Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-01-07 | Page 19 | Bucs Want Cheaper Faces, Says Disgruntled Waner

Rues Bucs Want Cheaper Faces Says Disgruntled Waner SARASOTA Fla Jan 7 AP Paul AP-Paul Paul Waner far from satisfied with a new baseball contract offered him by Pittsburgh said today the the Pirates Pirates probably want cheaper faces not faces not new faces The slugging outfielder was commenting commenting com com- corn com on President Bill Benswanger's Benswanger's Benswanger's Ben- Ben swanger's offer yesterday to trade his players star for star We feel the advantage advantage advantage ad ad- vantage of n new e w faces would be sufficient inducement inducement induce induce- ment for trades A Benswanger said f lly 4 s l leven even if d deals e a Is failed to strengthen strength- strength A ll en the h clubB club l i i fJ B e n s w anger probably wan wants wants- t s 1 f fA cheaper fa face c e s v Waner declared A AA r. r Y r v 7 A c c cording to to the contract sent me he has no Paul paui Waner Vaner stars to trade but just wants a bunch of bums at two for a nickel trade he wants made for me meis meis meis is okay by me Them's my senti senti- ments Brother Lloyd Waner who holds down one of the Pirate outfield posts said a trip to another club would be okay by me too Just what terms Pittsburgh offered offered of or- him Paul Waner did not say He was one of ot the chief holdouts last year remaining in Florida long after his team had gone into training training training train train- ing on the Pacific coast Benswanger said he was Interested interested interested inter Inter- ested in a major trade of any kind and and if one is made this year Ill I'll well we'll be in on it Mind you he added we dont don't want to give away one of our stars like lile the or Vaughan o or Suhr for two or three secondary players but we are ready and eager to make a deal with any club that tha will give us men of caliber equal t to those we lose He said he had no idea of wrecking wrecking wrecking wreck ing a third place ball club just t to get new faces