Evening star., 1931-12-01
DEAL IS EXPECTED
AT MINOR MEETING
Chicago Club Is Said to Be
in Market for Several
Star Players.
BY PAUL NICHOLSON,
Associated Press Suorts Writer.

w yEST BADEN, Ind, Decem-
wv Der $50 far there has
v Y been plenty of sparring,
but no knockoutS in the
big major-minor league SkirmiSh
at West Baden to land better
players or more desirable playing
combinations for the 1892 base
ball campaigns.
All the major league clubs had
their camps pitched today, and
while rumors floated about the
hotel lobbies, all the owners re-
mained silent as if waiting for
more favorable deals to turn up.
The Chicago Cubs, here with big
bag OF William Wrigley's gold to tempt
such clubs as the Boston Braves, the
Phillies and the championship st. Louis
Cardinals, intimated they we're making
good progress and almost ready to
break the monotony with an announce
ment.
Grimes for Sale.
Molly AuIIOIS llNOlNeU IIlelT HuQQlSJ
and cne Of them included Burleigh
Grimes, star pitcher of the Cardinals,
who may wear Cub uniform next sea-
son. 1t was learned from a fairly
reliable source that Grimes was for
sale at the right price and every one
knew that the Cubs had the cash.
Ed Brandt, star hurler for the Braves,
and Witty Klein, home-run producer
for the Phillies, also are mentioned as
probable Cubs for 1882. President Will
liam L. Veeck of the Cubs answered
nouncement for either today or tomor-
row.
Col. Jake Rupert of the Yankees
and his manager, Joe Mccarthy, also
held frequent huddles. while the other
club owners and pilots, excepting the
Chicago White SoX. spent most CT their
time lolling about the lobbies. The
White SoX caused somewhat of a mild
surprise yesterday by announcing a
Spring training schedule without a
major league exhibition and were "hot"
after few trades.
Meanwhile, the minor leaguers held
various meetings of no great Importance
to the outside base ball world. The an
nual meeting of their general body,
the National Association of Professional
Base ball Leagues, was postponed from
To-Day presumably TO give some OF the
representatives more time to get here.
Under the postponement the meetings
will be held Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday.
Leagues Are Meeting.
The Western League, the first to hold
business conference, met all day yes
terday and ell but decided to continue
the 1882 season status quo with the
same eight clubs In operation. The
Southern League had a meeting sched-
uled for today, while the three Glass
AA leagues, the American Association,
Pacific and International Leagues, plan
ned to meet tomorrow.
More than a score of former man
ayers, club owners. coaches and scouts
I were in the throng looking for oncn-
| ings. DOME Bush, former manager OF
the Pittsburgh Pirates and the White
SoX, was locking around" and might
turn down the offer to manage the
Minneapolis club of the American AS
sociation to become scout for major
league team
Ray Schalk, former White Sox coach,
was still linked up with the Toledo
franchise, while Al Mamaux, manager
of the Newark club, now owned by the
Yankees, was the center of Interna-
tional League attention. No one knew
whether he would return to Newark
under the Yankee regime, go back to
vaudeville, or take some other post.