Show al 0 now york post so a holdout technique of cards yankees provides contrast T THERE HERE probably are other ways in which the business heads of baseballs two most efficient firms perform their daily chores at this season searon though it is the manner in which they manipulate their hold outs that provides the most enlightening contrast branch rickey of the cards is a prime exponent of the lets raise hell before we sign the papers school even when not blessed with such a gifted debating opponent as dizzy dean he is a firm believer in the benefits to be obtained from airing salary squabbles in press n news mels reels and any other available public forums ed barrow of the yankees long has been convinced that bloed booed negotiations provide the best results now and then as during the later years of ruth cousin ed yields to the temptation of a fine fanfare of publicity during the weeks immediately preceding the signing of a contract but the blather surrounding such fieldings yield ings only serves to convince him the more that regular methods are the best but the fact that such high sala ried notables as ruth and dean usually are pretty close to a meeting of minds with the management before all parties start yelling in the papers probably is the reason why few business managers take N the winter furor seriously riou sly several big time clubs are notorious for paying pitiful wages but in dizzy dean general the average is high so because an eddie roush comes along very seldom the magnates are happily fortified roush never could have proved his point as easily as a bub hubbell bell who might give evidence that the added customers at one sunday game are sufficient to pay his annual salary but eddie knew he was worth once he held out most of the summer before cincinnati met his terms at other times he may have remained d away from spring training merely because the shifting sands of texas and florida did not agree with his aging dogs but all the while he knew he was worth and since the days of the lamented chris von der ahe abe no club owner has been willing to sacrifice a sum merely to humor a st stubborn whim so eddie got his way apart from the dean rickey bickey advertisement verti and one or two other c carryings on of similar nature this winters show of 0 holdouts foldouts hol douts see seems ms considerably below the usual ba ballyhoo ny par most alost of the boys although as one who likes to see greedy and mismanaging owners clipped for extra dough now and then I 1 make this statement sadly seem to have as little heart in their demands as hank leiber did twelve months ago public prints reported the big outfielder as threatening to coach baseball at arizona university rather than sign the contract offered by the giants in the midst of his most violent protestations he made one mistake c p though he kept writing to friends in new york asking how the giants were reacting reaction to his demands denvin ds this definitely regaled revealed a chink in his armor so having heard the gossip which may or may not have reached horace Stone hams ears I 1 was not surprised to see hank walk into a pensacola hotel only a few days late rocky mountain basketball teams usually travel long distances in autos for their league games panhandle A M recently finished a mile auto trip and won a one point victory last winter the utah aggles left for a mile auto trip at 8 a m and arrive until 9 p in because of snowdrifts snow drifts slides and cold weather then they climbed out of the cars put on their uniforms and won by a big bid score tn iv 1 l |