The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
GIANTS PURCHASE
MORRIE ARN0VICH
al Season To Open April ID;
Majors Retire KLEIN In Other
Activities Oh Day
BY JUDSON BAILEY


CHICAGO, Dec. 10 Up The
major leagues agreed today TO the
reelection of Commissioner Kene-
saw Mountain Lands which will
take place in an unanimous action
at tomorrow's joint session OF the
National and American leagues.
In addition to matters which the
two circuits considered jointly, the
American league designated July
8 at Detroit for the 1941 all-star
game and the National league an
nounced that 65-year-old Bill Klein,
the great arbitrator, had been
retired from active service and
made supervisor of umpires.
The American league also voted
to retain its rule. against trading
by its championship club. The ma
tional league reelected President
Ford Frick for four years.
The two leagues were in session
for seven hours while managers,
scouts and onlookers milled around
in the lobbies hoping to make
trades and gossiping about nothing
in particular.
The only deal of the day was
transacted Just at dinner time by
the Cincinnati Reds and New York
Giants. It sent Outfelder Morrie
Arnovich to the Giants for cash
estimated at SIP, 500 - and ex.
changed Pitcher Milt Shoffner of
the Reds for shortstop Wayne
Amber of the Jersey City Giants
of the International league and
cash. Shoffner will be placed or
the Jersey City roster.
The Giants also signed Leo Cab.
by) Hartnett, the big, bluff ex-
manager of the Chicago Cubs, as
a player-coach replacing Coach
Travis Jackson, who retired be.
cause of ill health.
Hartnett, happy at getting an
other job after spending 10 years
with the Cubs, declared, I'll be
more player than coach. I think
I can catch 100 games if necessary
for the Giants"
In their formal meetings the
major leagues also set April IA for
the opening of the 1941 season with
the New York Yankees making a
ceremonial appearance at Wash
ington followed by the general get
away of all clubs the next day.
The season will close September
%.
Del Baker, manager of Detroit s
American league pennant-winners,
was chosen to pilot the junior cir
cults All-Stars while Bill McKech.
ME of the National league auto
m~atically returns as the rival pilot
under the National leagues prac-
tice of giving the assignment to
the manager of the champions.
In relieving Klein, who had been
an umpire for IS years, the Ma
tional league shifted Ernest c.
Quigley from the supervisors job
to a position in the public relations
division.
President Frick said Klein might
still see occasional service as the
fourth man in important games.
Landis' reelection was taken as
a foregone conclusion even before
the leagues went into session
when it was learned that the Amer
lean league would submit a resolu-
ton extending his tern for four
years until January IL, 1916, when
the Is year agreement of the major
leagues expires.
Each league was unanimous in
favor today and the formal vote
tomorrow will be just a formality.
A number of other important
questions which were considered
today found the leagues divided
and they refused to announce their
action pending the joint meeting.
One of the matters considered
was basebalps participation in war
relief, possibly with another all.
star game during spring training
such as was held in Tampa, Fla,
last season, and contribution OF
baseball equipment to the army.
The question of what to do with
players drafted into the army was
carried over, tomorrow, also.
The National league is seeking tc
have the American league agree
to limit night games to seven and
both leagues are considering pro-
viding for a disability list Of two
players in addition to the active
roster limit of IS.
Clark Griffith, president of the
Washington Senators, submitted
his annual proposal to prohibit
Sunday double : headers, but the
leagues were expected merely to
agree to delay scheduling them for
three weeks at tn start of the
season, as in the past. 3
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