Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-11-16 | Page 12 | Gardner Will Return to Fold

GARDNER WILL RETURN TO FOLD Star Third Satker to Bo In Indian Lineup in 1921 Play Manager TrJs Speaker, (,f tnc Cleve- land ind ana, is authority for the state men! that lisrry Gardner, Indian third l tor, wil bo: retire from baseball, ns was announced after Ihe recent world's series. Speaker says he al-t- dy h. Gardners signed contract In the Cleveland club strong box, ami he alio has Larry's word for it that he wlil respond to llo ,all next spring without fail. According to Speaker, Gardner waa i rer absolutely contented with a big igue tub until hi l ooked on with the Indiana In Lloston Gafduerhed more or less trouble with the club heads over salary, und while with the Athletics Ath-letics be was fori ! to tttd for much raszingv f rorh tin i. because of the poor calibre of the machine presided o -t b) !brrhie Mat k. in Cleveland ;.-nin-i w is accorded belter treatment, -W. ggv l.arr .i Intl.- more shlqry limn he asked tor," said Speaker, and for L921 hf lias r--reived a substantial boost, thai wjii place him on a par with an) third baseman in I h Johnson circuit. B"-f.liles. B"-f.liles. I.arrv Opines ,.s wc all do :h.,; i r it- Ihdlaus have ii swell cbanci to repeat next year." It is disclosed that Gardner had b-ngtliy conference iih Owner Dunn about Ihe ret ir.-mnt storv at the close of the . , I sen.-- I i rr felt 1m. I about the stor and hastened to tell Dunn there was nothing to it. Dunn wnntr il to make un jniinum I'nicni at thai time but Gardner Insuited that the .in go unnoticed because he declared declar-ed such tales are. always spread after a team wins a pennant or a world's championship, and lc did nbl care to dlircity it with a denial.