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Show OWNERS AGIST WINTEJ1EIIG0E Mujor league club owners and managers man-agers are apparently not strong for the winter league id- for p!oers. It has developed that Branch RJckc: o :)ie Cardinals tried to persuade Roger Hornsby not t phi) wfth the winter cirOuil ijeing launched in Florida for ten the Cardinal star might Injure his arm or permit his ha: Mug eye to become Kinle. Rickey '.id not order Hornsby to giw- up the winter Idea, bill hi released releas-ed a number of arguments. In the direction di-rection of the Texas star In the hope hc'would see the point. Rickey maintains main-tains players need winter of absolute abso-lute r ! from baseball to maintain 'r,. i- baseball form. Brafricti has fre-qUOntly fre-qUOntly advised the playing of basketball basket-ball a--j he Dunks the floor game a good one to k'-ej, players in condition. Mon Hi. in .".a major I.-igu.- nt:. rs will he enlisted In the Florida venture. New-York New-York Yankee owners are said to have tried to persuade -Babe" Ruth to give up his Cuban contract, but Rnth could not s--e (he argument. |