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' Cleveland ClevelandRams Clevelandams ClevelaailRama Rams ams Chlcaf Chicago Bcara Bears Cblca Chlcaf Chicago o Cardlnals Carinals Car dlnals iaala inals Rid and I > letrolt Ietr ) etrolt it Lions Ll ns aaj and tbe thr tbeEastern thrastern theEaatera Eastern astern cmbraclne embracing tke the New TTkGlaati York YorkGiants Yorklants Giants lants . , Orwkly Brooklyu Brooklyn l I > odger lodgers ) ) depr < Wacklar Washinc Washing Washincton Washingso ton ( so a BeJ Red Skins ShiM rittaburEk Plttsburcb Pittsburgh Piratesrut Piratesaod riratea Pirates aod & rut Philadelphia rhlla elihl | Eaflea Eacles Eagles Elcht Eight El ht of 01 ofthe 01so fta the so alae nine club clubs clubs * are la In citiea cities that thai sup- sup support supart - - - port Tt art aiaj major r leariie leacue league basebaU baseball teams teamsla ( eaaia eaaiaPlay Play la ' 011 Once ( ' ( " a WeekTeams Week Weekichedule Teams play but once a wee1l week ; on a aschedule a'hedule ichedule schedule 'hedule hedule ' calling for only 11 eameaEach games gamesEach gamesach Each ach team play playa plays a home and home homeseries hometries hom cries series tries with every other team In Itsvision its itsdIVllllon itadivnon dIVllllon vision plus three thre * inter sectional sectionalgames sectionalimes aectionaltames games imes The winners of each divt divl dlvi divlIllOn dlvion IllOn ion on meet tot fat the world s cnampion champion cnampionship championsip championthip championthipWif ship sip sipWith Withouch Wif With lIuch ouch ucli a mldl'et mldlet midget ml ' fet ackeJal schedule * IImay itay It II may nay ay frrem M'em Mem seem ' mlracBl miraculous miraculom aa that lh the theleague theague league ague ts is able t.o to . stay tn in business businessBut businessit I businessI But it the pro pr boys bay * Lav have aa an aairaatafli advan1aceIn advan1ace advantage advantagethe In the matter of f verheaa overhead The7 They The7bave Theyive Theyhav bave ive no lie a * iBvextmeBt Investment la In .ound ound grounds groundssrkti . fre . ar Parlul srkti .rk rk . . are rente rented * usually usuaUy from ( ra * kase-kall kase kall base- base basebaU baseiii - - - baU iii clubs dubs fT for a lat Oat flat aum sum , . or r as a the theGiants theianto tk tkGlaata Glaata Giants ianto and everal several otbera others tkera do fo for forper f & ' r11 It . per cr cent of f the tbe rraa trrosa gross * receipts receiptsNo recelytaN receiptsa No a scoutJI Scouts fill * are r hiredin kireJ hired kireJIn In the season sedson just clo closed e < l th thworld the theworld therld world ) rld a 8 championship went to the theWash theash theWash Wash ash r I K R g lied Red Skins Skin kIn * winner winners * of ofthe ofe ofthe the e east rn ro division title who de do deteated doated defeated teated ated It tI Li e 'hfcago hfcago ' hicaeo hicago Bears leaden leaders leadersthe leadero leadenof * of ( the western "estern estern nestern " division In a game gameIn gameCh famin * In Ch cigoThe c cigo C'lIO ClIO ' -igo igo - igoThe { The alary aalary salary ; of player players * li Is a major majorItem majortm majorItem Item tm I neamcn nesm'n nesmn nesrnen { ' usually receivefrom receive receivefrom receivem from m $125 125 $ to $175 175 $ i7S a 8 came game Bit Big Big Bigname Bigme ; name me player playerll players * either All American Americancollegl.ms AmericanIlegians Americancolleiians collegl.ms colleglms Ilegians . or leiue league * high scorers scorerswho scorersio tcorcrwho * who io hve have * fate gate uelling sv.elling svelling suelling . , pruwess pruwessearn ptuwcisearn tuwess tuwessin earn i-n i n - ai al ywhere from $5 5 $ 000 to fl $7 7 $ 500 500a 500seasoi a sea seasoi easoi so I or approximate approximately (400 400 $400 ( ' $ 400 to to(050 to050 $650 650 ( $ 50 a eame game Slinglne Slinging Sam SamBaugh Samugh SamBaueh Baugh ugh who pitches passes with such suchhair suchir suchhair hair ir tnner trigger timing for tor the th WashIng WashIngIon WashingIon Ion , Red lied Skis Skltla Dutch dark Clark of ot theDetroit the theDetroIt thettroit DetroIt ttroit Ltons Lionll Lions and TufTy TutTy Leeman Leemanl Leemans * of at atS ofthe atui the S Giants GlantJI all collect f7 $7 7 $ $ 000 or mofa morea more moreyer a yer ye er , r which Is II better than the theaven.e theerase th thaverage average aven.e avene erase . mine run big bil league leal\le leal le \ base- base basebaU base11 - - baU 11 p-.ayer p.ayer p .ayer ayer Iayer - . drals drags doWQ down for pla71.n8 pla71n8 playing pla71.n8II playingI . I lames games II - , Dyke D ykes ke8 New Dayid Dadd Da id Borum ffanu ffanu1'liE H HT THEy-am THEy am 1'liE 1liE THEyameaUlng T ' HEYRB - * calllns eaUlng cnthng Mana- Mana Manager Man ManaA ; - gw ger , sfjsamy Jimmy Dyke Dykes Dylte of the 11 thiChicago theChlcbgo 11Chictigo Chlcbgo Chictigo DavlHarum Whif Wbtte White Sox the th Dav DavUarum David DavidHarum Davl < Harum Uarum of baxeball basebaU baseball ilncc since sincemade he hemade hmade ( MickeaCochrane MickeyCochrane made that deal with MICIiC MICIiCCochrane5 Mickey Cochrane Cochrane5 , . manager of th thDetroit the theDetroit U UDetroit < Detroit Tieeri Tigers , . whereby the theSox U USox th thSox < Sox got Gerald Walker , . Marv MarvOwen Max MaxOwen ManOwen Owen and d Catcher Tresh tor f foiVernon torVernon fVernonKennedy Vernon VernonKennedy Kennedy . , Dixi- Dixi Dix11 Dlxji DixiWaUcer - ( } ( WaUcer W WpIl WpIlen Uc " er en and Tony Piet Plet . . It seems seemsthat Sceir Sceirthat teemsthat that other manafiera managers have be- be become becorn bi bicome - come * trade trad shy hy ever since sinci sinciDykes lnceDykea . Dykes has plugged that holat hol holat hole holeat at third base and added one on onof oneof 01 of the most colorful outfield- outfield outflelc outfielders outflelcers outfield-era outfield era - - ers in the big leaguea leagues . Caiaraa CpchrlLae Cpchraae * to Is . te In thai the lochouse "doghouse doghouse "doghousewith " . ' agaaac'wttk agaaacwttk ' . with Detract Detroit Dtrol $ raaa rlLDS fpg fr lor for Cradlnc trading ( ra lac oft oftallch o oouch fl , nch allch ouch aa aD an Kal 11101 Idol an as asWalker a aWalker | Walker . The Tbe r tans faa . . * fir firmowl i iV imotor l act mowl motor r ' tiwa iowQ town ara are .are are ow owbe . aariaa .arebe be wa wg . tir tbe the oncoa- oncoa oncoaaelo uneoi n - aI Iwc uneoiIwc , , ; ' aelo scious . a Tictlaa victim of f the the.mart Iii ( aiy\ aiy aiymart * V \ mart .mart smart . traJlag tradlnc trading Mr Mi MiifF Mrl _ j Dyke Dykes DJkes * . . Anil And Aa Ihey Iheyaren thearen the ; < w3sUM aren I * & WT an1 aug bappler bappie bappieI bappiewhep " * ' * ' ifF ifFDykes I whep " , bell they remem- remem remember remen remenher - ber her er taa the Simmons Sinimom SimmonsI Simmonsdeal Sinimomwy lanmaaacal deal wben when waea Dyke Dykes Dykev wydeal I wy v peddled p aa d died l il iba that thatrBJhe t b a & I ( _ - w < rBJhe rBJheay sbed-up sbed up flshed-up flshed -ay ay - .tal tal slar . tar ' taJIaaaay to toI toJbnm I IJimmy I Jimmy Jbnm Dykethe Dykea D'kea Dkea Dyke ) ' the * e Tigera Tlcel'll Tlcelll TIgers ' for l r , $ n- n nOOB l5 ; , . - , OOB 000 caah cash a . couple ail * of ofyears c cyears Iyeara years ago ag * Bat BlIt lint thasa those on a &he he the ta & inside bald baldsay laalaisay ! sa7 say this &Ida Ida & lateat latest deal eai was a aaatter matter e enecessity of ofI ofnecessity I aeceaalty necessity with Mickey A recent recentI recesexamination recaa reces I xaaslaatlaa examination of f School a l Bey 007 Soy Rowe R w ' 'iarm iarm ' . arm they con confide o aQ de , falcate indicates * that he hewUl h hwill hiwill wUl will uot not t nltch pitch agala a.alD aalD again . So C Cochrane Cochran Cochranebad Cochranhad caraai caraait bad had to have a pitcher anll and be bad badto ha hato to t * aacrlflc a.orlOce aorlOce sacrifice . * Gerala Gerald Walker to t * get eel th lb the thecompetent lbcompetent competent eteat KennedyDead Beaaeay KeJlDedy Kennedy BeaaeayDead DeadVB Deadvs Dead vs VB Lively BallInherent Ball BallInherent Inherent differencea dUferences differences In the th * base base- baseball basebail baseball - ball bail philosophy phllosophy of the th * National and andAmerican an anAmerican andAmerican American league leagues * were wer * opollighted spot- spot opol spotUghted pot-llghted pot llghted - - Ughted lighted in th their lr reiaectiv respective actloniover actions action actionsOver actionOver Over the dead and lively Uvely ball at their theirrecent thel thelrecent thairreceat recent joint meettngln meeting In Chicago . . . The Theleagues Tb Tbleagues Thileagues leagues took separata .eparate eparate separate . , ; nd widel widelydivergent ; divergent action actions * . Ttr The NaUonn NaUonnleague National Nationalleague Nationalleaeu league * voted to adopt for ( or next sum- sum summer summer um-mer um mer - mer a baseball basebail knowa known as 81 No 4 . 4 , 'uai uai 'uaia jus jusa ) ' u ta a trUle trifle trifl * less lively Uvely than the tb Noball No 3 < 3ball ball in use us * in hcth hath both leagues since sinc lnc 1135 1935 Tai Tbe The Americaa American leagui league voted votedto vote voteto votedti to retain No . . X 3 Tht The Americanleagu American Americai Americanleague Americaileague league actloa action surprised surprls d the th * National Nations |