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Show t j DIAMOND DUST t W.illy Sohangi former Boston catcher who was sent to the New j York Yankees in a trade, may be one I "f ihe verv best backstops In Ban I Johnson's circuit, but he Is also a j clever, level headed business man. 'When Schang had been notified that he was the property of the New York club, he asked for a raise. The Inside story of his first conference on the salary question with the Yankee officials, offi-cials, deals with Schang s absolute refusal re-fusal to take an increase In pay a sort of compromise -when Col. Huston Hus-ton Is said to have blurted out that Schang had the club t his mercy, j Schang declared he was asking more money as on object of charity. Ha is also said to have opened Col Huston s eyes with his sarcastic speech about magnates who. when forced to yield a point, believed everybody crooked" but themselves. Sehang got his raise and an apology George Gibson, manager of the Pittsburg Pirates. Is authority for the st.itpnioni th:it ma tor lr.icriie V. 1 1 nlav- ! ers will get into playing condition this 1 .spring quicker than ever before in ' the history of the game. He says pro-j pro-j hihitlon has done much for ball play-' play-' ers. because they are no longer able to lie around during thr- winter months consuming suds and laying up excess fat. filbson does not figure I tho home brew stuff to be a factor worth noticing When the Yankees ivfused to trade "Home Run" Frank Baker to the Washington Senators for Joe Judge and Rice, was Miller Huggins stalling for time to see how Baker does his come-back, or was he sincere In his statement thai Baker was, ton valuable to trade? Rumors from the Yankees' southern camp Indicate that overtures will again be made to the Washington outfit looking toward a consummation of some sort of deal that will land Baker in Washington and at least secure se-cure Rice for the Y inks. Huggins Is not so certain that Baker will he the star he was formerly, according to letters received from the Yankee hots, and he does know that Rice, w ho Irv-nl 1 hk Amr.riean lentrne in riilfrtni ii-iiu in- Aiiiviii n M.-aiu' in 1 j 1 1 : 1 1 1 i; bases last season, would do much lo speed up the Gotham entry. Detroit players who happen to be-' be-' eonip disgruntled or peeved with Manager Man-ager Cobb to the point of going to the 'big boss," Frank Nat In, will find little or no sympathy, regardless of tho nature of their complaint. When the "Georgia Peach" signed on the doited line to succeed Hugh Jennings ns director of the Jungaleers. there was a special stipulation in the contract con-tract that Cobb would be boss In fact as well as In name. Southern association fans will have plenty to sustain their Interest this year in the majors, If the gang of Southern hurlers who went up to the hljr show, stick. Eleven moundmen I nave oeen promoted to tno iig line and while some ol them have records that are Impressive, the majority of them dirl not seem to have the polish that la demanded of boxmen who arc starting In the majors. Yellovvhorse. of the Little Rock club last year, seems lo be the likeliest candidate of the crew. He goes to the Pirates. Yellowhorse turned in an lnteresllnt: record In the Southern, marking up 21 victories and seven defeats. The great need of hurlers in the American and National is aid to have been responsible re-sponsible for tie promotion of some of these hurlers. , George Slsler of the St Louis Browns, is out to better one of his own marks Slsler struck out 19 times In 1920. and closed with a bind-1 geon averago of . 407. He says he wants to lower this mark to 15 this year, and in 1 922 he wants to total whlffa not to exceed 10. Not given over to the making of predictions. Owner Jimmy Dunn, of the Cleveland Americans, says he will enjoy thw coming baseball season more than any that have passed, bo-cause bo-cause the Indians will be fighting to repeat their 1920 success "I am not going to say Speaker's men will win the flag, but I tell you the team that heats us will have to be a whole lot better than any team In the 1920 race," said the magnate. |