The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-18
PLAYER TERMS
 ALSO HEADACHE
 FOR CLUB HEADS
Await Government Sug. gestiOns; DurOcher IA
 Soon; Yanks Hard Hit
By PAUL sCHEFFELs

United Press Staf1 Correspondent)
 New York, Jan. i8 = (U.p) --The three Metropolitan Major League clubs, the New York Giants, Brook. lyn Dodgers and New York Yankees open. fire this week on baseballs annual player poser--contract nego. tiations-a task complicated this year by Q serious inanpower short- age and the government ceiling on wages.
 An official ruling on how to treat salary slices or wage increases has not been handed down to the major leagues as yet but all three local clubs plan to 90 ahead "as usual" as President Branch Hickey of the Dodgers was confronted with the added problem of choosing 6 new manager. b.
 Giants Active
 Secretary Eddie Brannick of the Giants announced he planned to put his clubs new wage figures in the mails either today or tomorrow, The Giants have not been too ser- iously affected by the service draft, only their pitching suffering im- poftant losses. Pitchers Hal Schu- macher, Bob Carpenter and Dave Koslo have enlisted but the remain der of the squad promises to give the Giants a fast breakaway.
 Sid Gordon, Dick Bartell, Johnny MiSe, Billy Jurges and Nick Witek remain to make up a good infield for the Giants while Manager Mel Ott, Buster Maynard and Babe Barna form an effective outfleld. ott announced he would begin per- sonal training immediately and ex- pected all of his players to report at Lakewood, N. J. at their best playing weight.
 President Ed Barrow reports that his contracts may not be sent out until the end of the week but he will facilitate signing for 194S as quickly as possible. Service calls have punctured his club almost be. yond recognition. Only topfiight men who will return to the infield are Joe Gordon and Frank Crosetti and the latter still has to serve 8 30-day suspension. r
 Manager Joe Mccarthy, with Joe :, DiMaggio as his latest loss, will call on Charley Keller to carry the out- field burden, helped by Tuck Stain- back and Roy Weatherly, former Cleveland hychaser. Red Rufflng is his first serious pitching loss while Bill Dickey and Rollie Hemsley will do the catching.
 New Idea
 After years of successful player negotiating at St. Louis, Hickey will introduce new "stagger" system to Brooklyn contract procedure. In- stead of sending out his wage docu- ments in one bunch, Rickey will mall only Q few at a time and ex- poets few, if any, holdouts.
 The Dodgers, already hard-hit by the loss of Outfielder Pete Reiser, tentative resignations of First Base- man Dolph CamilH and Outflelder Dixie Walker, must now meet the probable departure of Manager Leo Durocher.
 Expected to return to active duty as Q player-manager this year, Du- rocher has been summoned by his draft board for examination - an apparent prelude to reclassiflcation in IA.
 The field for the managers berth has thinned down to Camilli. Should Rickey, who leaves for the Pacific Coast soon to talk with sev. eral of his players, offer Dolph the pilots post, the stocky slugger most certainly would return to his spot at first base. Bill Terry has been counted out of the running but Ray Blades, one-time Cardinals mentor, still is cast in the role of dark horse.