Evening star., 1941-03-18
Old Fox Scents
Plot 70 Annoy
Junior Loop
Sees Nat Rocks Play
Before Heading for
Joint Meeting
BY Staff Correspondent of The Star.

BY Sta11 Correspondent OF Inc star.
ORLANDO, Fla, March 18-
Clark Calvin Griffith, that raucous,
radical knight and defender of all
that is pure, just and fair to the
American League, mounted his 120-
horsepower black charger today and
galloped off to st. Petersburg to bat
tie the National League windmill in
true Don Quixote style.
The dander of the Old Fox is up.
He is smelling a large mouse. The
purpose of the spring meeting pri-
marily seems to concern the right
OF the minor leagues to have voice
in the selection of the next czar of
baseball. The minors think they
have right to name Judge Kene-
saw M. Lands successor and, Griff
suspects, the National League Is of
the same opinion.
Griffith thinks the major leagues
owe the minors nothing. Three
times in the last 80 years they have
gone broke" he argues. They are
not stable and never have been.
They don't pay anything toward
Lands salary, besides. And, finally
we amt a-gonna be governed by the
National League, by sin"
Senior Loop Favors Minors.
The crux of the whole works is
the National League angle. Griffth,
Tom Yawkey of the Red SoX, Alva
Bradley of the Indians and Ameri-
can League President Will Harridge
are meeting in behalf of what is
called the junior circuit. They will
vote against the minors having any
right to dictate the identity of Lam
dis successor.
Griffith thinks that Branch Hickey
of the Cardinals, Warren Giles of
the Reds, Leo Bondy of the Giants
and National League President Ford
Frick will be sympathetic toward
the minors.
why shouldn't they?" he asks
"Rickey runs most of the minors
Giles is tied up with some of them
clubs. I wouldn't trust them fell
lows as far as can throw a piano.
The meeting, Griffith thinks
should run whole week. To-day
the American and National League
Committees. convening in separate
rooms, were to lay their respective
plots. Tomorrow they are to NEE,
with Judge Lands and minor league
representatives. The major minor
agreement, which is the excuse fol
the confab, is some sort of legisla-
tive fol-de-rol which dates back tt
1921. The time has come for a re-
newal of pledge, or something, and
so the boys are meeting in the
spring.
Vernon Stages Batting Show.
The Mats today were to play an
intra- squad game. Griffith wants
to take a quick look at such as
Dick Poydock, Joe Cleary, Bill
Zinser and Carl Twyble before they
are shipped away. Following a
seven-inning practice game, the Old
Fox was to head for ST. Pete, which
is 1913 miles from here.
These four rockies, none of whom
has appeared in any of the six for
NAL exhibitions, were to be unveiled
for some vague reason. In the
meantime, camp talk is centered
around James Mickey Vernon, the
first baseman who was married last
Friday. Vernon reported yesterday
for practice and hit the first two
pitches over the right field fence
Before the batting practice was over
he had parked four drives out OF the
park. After betting his first homer" +"
Vernon screamed for all to hear,
Hey, Harris, did you see that one" "
In case anybody cares, Alexandra
Carrasquel, still is missing Around
camp here the indifference is mon
umental. This is we'll shared by all
attaches, important and or other
wise