The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-01-31
HOLDOUT SEASON
ON IN BASEBALL
Demands for More Dough
Given Little Publicity.


on In the baseball world. OF course,
Babe Ruth opened his personal season
weeks ago and there were few
echoes from Lefty O'Doul, Burleigh
Grimes, and Yves Terrell.
Now. anybody who hasn't signed his
contract can hold out for any reason
whatsoever. And he cen be assured
of a degree of privacy, for the usual
demands for more dough at this sea-
son of the year are given little or no
publicity. It's not until the travelling
secretaries start buying training camp
tickets that the rank and file of hold
out troops begin to get space in the
public prints.
Members Of the two championship
teams usually are the main aggressors
in this phase of the holdout era. This
year promises to be no exception, es-
pecially with the world champion
Athletics. Most of Connie Mack's boys
are due to sign new documents, and
there Is no reason to believe that any
one Of them will hurry much about
signing the first contracts offered
them.
The Eastern Interclub Basketball
league at meeting held at the Cres-
cent club, New York, named DIR.
Charles w. Dayton as president to fill
the unexpired term of Horace Fritts
of the Monclair club, who has re-
signed. III. L. Van Richards, also of
the Montclair club will serve as vice
president.
The league voted to adopt the inter-
collegiate rules for the remainder of
the schedule.
The Amateur Athletic Union is go
ing to get it's shoulder behind hockey
in the immediate future, according to
President Avery Brundage. e. G.
Delaporte of the Chicago A. A. U.
has been appointed chairman of the
hockey committee and will outline a
program within the next few days.
The A. A. U plans to manage the
sport the same as track. Heretofore
hockey has been in the hands Of an
affiliated national organization.
New York will not be without its
Rockne influence during the 1880 foot
ball season. John Law, Notre Danes
1929 football captain, has been ap-
pointed assistant coach at Manhattan
college. Law, leader of one of the
greatest teams Rockne ever put on
the field, and his teammate, Cannon,
were rated as the best pair of guards
in the country.
Smead Jolley is the first Coast
league player to hit 80 home runs In
three successive seasons. He had so
in 1927, 45 in 1928 and 30 in 1929,
total no in three years. Other San
Francisco players hitting 80 home
runs in one season we're: Bert Eli
son, 33 in 1924; Frank Borwer, SO in
1925; Frank O'Doul, 33 in 1927; Earl
Averill, SO in 1929, and Gus Suhr. 81
In 1929.
Ike Boone of the Mission Reds of
the Pacific Coast league had the high
est batting average Of any player in
organized baseball last season among
the players who participated in more
than 100 games. Only three players
in twenty leagues, whose official aver
ages have been released, compiled bat
ting averages of 400. The three play
ers were: Ike Boone, Mission, Pacific
Coast, .4O7; Cramer. Martinsburg, Blue
Ridge, .4O4; a. Pember, McCook, Ne
braska State, 400.
DR.. James Naismith, who invented
basketball, watched a game at Kan
sas recently in. which the experiment
of eliminating the center jump was
tried. Afterward he stated that the
elimination of the tip-off made the
game monotonous, but also made 1t
a little faster.
Fred Lindstrom, star third baseman
of the New York Giants club, has re-
covered from sickness that married his
efficiency in last years play and is fit
and ready for the fast approaching
season, according to word received
by the Giants club from Lindstrom.
Lindstrom has been recuperating
from an operation for tonsils. 1t is
believed that infected tonsils caused
the decline in his play in the 1929
season. Last year he played in 139
games and batted .31S. His fielding
record was only one point below those
of Andy High Of st. Louis and Pinkey
Whitney of Philadelphia, the leaders.
But his 1929 performances were be-
low those Of 1923 In which he batted
1858 and led the league In third base
fielding.
Notre Danes indicated football
squad elected Tom Conley, left end,
captain of next falls team. The cleo
ton was held at the annual mono
gram banquet and Coach Rockne. who
has been confined to his home since
the middle of the last football sea-
son with a leg ailment. made his first
public appearance with the aid of o
cane.
A beautiful trophy has been donat-
ed by George King, well-known To-
ronto hockey enthusiast, for the most
popular player in the National
Hockey league.
II seems rather strange to arrange