The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-17
Another "AHSt. Louis ' World Series Doubtful
Cooper Case Would Drag Chandler Into Salary Fights
By HARRY CRIMSON NEA Sports Editor

New York - The cooper case would drag Albert Benjamin Chandler into all salary disputes, which is precisely why the new baseball commissioner will tell the brother battery that Samuel Brea- don knows best what he can afford to pay the Cardinals.
 Anybody rem otely acquainted with ball players will assure you that one favorable decision in such a situation is guaranteed to wipe the smile off the face of even Sen. Harry Chandler. He'd be snlothered with complaints. There hardly would be time for him to hold two jobs.
 Although the staunch friend of the player in all other depart ments, Judge Landis wisely refused to establish such precedent.
 Sam Breadon is probably paying the Red Birds all the St. Louis trade can carry. After all, the old automobile dealer is not operating in Yankee Stadium, where Col. Jacob Ruppert paid Babe Ruth $80, 1000 a year, but finally had to put ceiling on Lou Gehrig' at $39, ,oOo.
 A front office easily can go over board with its payroll. An outfit can have too many Ruths and Gehrigs in the party even in New York, Chicago or representing such a rich one-club franchise as De- troit.
 President Breadon came clean with Morton and Walker Cooper. When the brothers signed for $12,- 900. he told them that no one on the squad would get any more.
 When Slate Marion convinced the boss he was worth $13OOO, contingent on the approval of the Wage Stabilization Board, Bread on voluntarily offered to up the Coopers to s13,50o. They demanded $15 ,0OO, walked out when Breadon bowed his neck, returned and took O'Connor of the then Baseball Ad- visory Council
 Dizzy Dean hung the cheap tag on the Cardinals popping off while drawing $27,OO0 a year. or Dig collected $500 as freshman, far above the avertge. His pay checks matched those of Carl Hub bell of the Giants.
 Breadon has satisfied numerous name players at Sportsmen' S Park, is more thrifty than penny pinching. The National League is fortunate to have such an astute and practical proprietor in St. Louis, for many years a problem baseball city until his organization put the club on it's feet.
 Breadon paid his general manager and chain store superintendent, Branch Hickey, s8S ,OO0 a year.
 He gave Rogers Hornsby s40,OOO, offered the Rajah 5000 before trading him to the Giants for Frank Frisch and Jimmy Ring. Frisch got a raise, wound up draw ing the National Leagues top salary as a Cardinal.
 Burleigh Grimes banke as much in St. Louis as he did in Brooklyn, New York or Pittsburgh. Lon Warneke fared better financial ly with the Cardinals than he did with the Cubs, who had the Ark sansas Traveller when he was at his peak.
 Breadon paid Terry Moore S12,- 900, although the homegrown cen- ter fielder was hardly a terrifying figure at bat. Dick Bartell was paid $22,50O by the Giants, but Martin Marions s13,OO0 exceeds what Row. tP TT a+ <J ing stage of his career. Breadon voluntarily gave Johnny Beazley a $2,000 bonus before the 1942 World Series.
 Sam Breadon is shrewd, but he isn't cheap, and where, outside of the Yankees in the other league, is player given such a clear shot l at a World Series Share2