Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-02-10 | Page 14 | Yank Payroll Running into High Finace

Yank Payroll Running Into High Finance By GEORGE KIRKSEY United d Press Sports Writ Writer r NEW YORK Feb 10 Colonel lo-Colonel Colonel JaCob Jacob Ja Ja- Ja cob ob Ruppert now knows what the governor of North Carolina meant when he said to the governor of ot South Carolina If It it Isn't one of I the tho damn Yankees its it's another Joe Joo DiMaggio asked the colonel for 40 grand and th then n along came Lou Gehrig and hoisted the ante to The Tho Yanks' Yanks first baseman arrived at his odd figures by asking for lor a 15 per cent raise over his 1937 pay ay of Colonel Ruppert turned down both requests leaving DiMaggIo and Gehrig heading the major league holdout parade My Last Offers Offers' Not a penny more for DiMaggio or r Gehrig spewed the multimillionaire owner of the Yankees Those are positively my last offers offers of of- fers for DiMaggio and for fOt Gehrig I think Im I'm being very generous and they can take em or leave em Getting the world champion Yankee Yankee Yankee Yan Yan- kee ball baU club signed up is not going to be bo a simple task Only 12 Yanks have signed and of this group only four are regulars regulars Pitchers Pitchers Pearson Hadley and Murphy and Outfielder Selkirk The others signed are Pitchers Andrews Beggs Sundra Vance and Wicker Catcher Jorgens Infielder Dahlgren Dahigren and Outfielder Powell Real High Finance Including the salaries of Manager J Joe oc McCarthy and the three coaches Fletcher Combs and Schulte the Yanks' Yanks payroll may go beyond this year highest In baseball history The following figures are believed to be accurate Bid Aked Catcher Bill Dickey C First tr f Bueman i rt U gg Second Baseman Gordon Cordon Third Baseman Bueman Roll Rolf Rolfe 12 00 Shortstop Crosetti 12 00 Outfielder Henrich 7 8 00 Outfielder WI rDA Selkirk rr o. o OO Pitcher Ruffing 16 00 Pitcher Gomez 1 Pearson Hadley signed These 12 players will cost coot Colonel Ruppert close to Then he has to pay 11 other players play ers Manager McCarthy and the coaches McCarthys McCarthy's salary is 35 and Art Fletcher draws about as the highest paid coach In b baseball With 10 to 12 lZ players drawing salaries In five figures the Yanks have more players player In the top brackets brackets brack brack- ets eta than any other club in baseball The National league champion Giants possibly have no more than seven or eight players drawing five- five figure salaries with Carl Hubbell the top man at followed by Mel Ott at approximately The Chicago Cubs probably have havethe havethe havethe the highest paid club in the NatIonal National Na Na- league with Gabby Hartnett the No 1 man at followed by Billy Herman at and Larry French at