The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14
STOVE
LEAGUE
BY EDDIE ASH

AGh 1ENOClCh0, lTlDe DuSl-
~ ness manager, and Walter Ri
ley, secretary, we're in Chicago to-
day for a conference with repre-
sentativeS of the Louisville, Column
bus and Toledo clubs. The subject
of the gathering was the American
Association schedule. The four
western A. A. teams reached an
agreement Wednesday and the pro-
gram now awaits the approval of
the eastern half of the league. One
chart calls for the season to end on
Sept. 18 and the other on Sept. Is.
If the Sept. 10 schedule is adopted
it will mean a flock of double
headers. Opening day will be Tues
day, April IL.
OWNER Norman Perry of the
~ Indians has decided to make
all parking free at the new stadium
this year and there will be attend
ants on hand to line up the cars.
The lane system will be used to
prevent traffic tieups in the lots
and to avoid confusion. Cinders are
now being dumped on the land ad-
jacent to the stadium and
the work of leveling the park
ing fields will begin shortly. The
land has been cleared and it easily
can be seen now there will be room
for thousands of cars, north and
west and south of the walls.
NEARLY 1900 tickets have been
IN sold or reserved for the In
dians' opening day game, box seats
chiefly. Fans are calling at the sta
dunn nearly every afternoon or
phoning for reservations. Secretary
Riley or Dale Miller, assistant sec
rotary, are on ticket duty every day
from to 4 p. m. Grand stand
reserved seats and general admis-
SionS ducatS are now available as
well as the box seats. There are
2,108 box seats at the stadium and
2,244 reserved seats. Grand stand
general admission totals about 1000.
TRIBE player contracts have be-
Il gun to come in, both signed and
but according to Jack
Hendricks not a whole lot of trouble
is expected in the matter of reach
ing terms with the athletes. Some
of the veteran Hoosier FASTENERS
are complaining about salary reduc-
lions, it is said, but there are no Of
fetal holdouts at this time, Hen
bricks stated Wednesday. 1t is ru-
mored around the A. A. that the
high-salaried boys will be asked to
accept 10 per cent wage cuts.
MYTH some individuals, in the
w majors, who have had their
salaries whitfield more than 10 per
cent, it's a good guess the club
owners are riding for fall, espe-
cially with the players who estab-
lished good records in 1881. The
Giants. for one, have gone too far,
according to certain baseball au-
thorities. The st. Louis Cardinals,
champions, expect only minor diff
culties and will be in a position to
make a runaway race if the other.
pennant contenders get away to
slow start as a result of men report
ing late or not at all on account of
wage cuts. 1t is said most of the
stars are willing to accept 10 per
cent reductions.
u
THE New York Giants officials
Il are in a pickle. Their former
treasurer, Francis McQuade, won
out in court battle with Charles
Stoneham, president, and John Nc
Graw, and must be paid $4,000 back
salary year, with interest dat
ing from May, 1928, to the pres
ent and with the privilege of bring
ing suit any time in the future to
collect the same amount annually.
The decision left Stoneham and
McGraw groggy and apparently had
something to do with their wage
cuts Of 40 and Is per cent, respec-
lively.