Evening star., 1946-07-25
Big Cut Of Sale, Trade
Prices 10 Be Asked
OF Club Owners
By Joe ReichIer
Associated Press Sports Writer

dllQ OWll6IS Was GllVlSlOIleu tUudy DIS
representatives of 480-odd big league
performers were receiving final in
structions from their teammates for
Mondays history-making baseball
contract sessions with the presidents
of the two major circuits.
Already representatives of the
Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia
Phillies of the National League and
the Cleveland Indians and Phila-
delphias Athletics of the American
League were armed with programs
to carry into the players-owners
meeting next month in New York.
In addition, a pension plan, drafted
by Marty Marion, sterling shortstop
of the St. Louis Cardinals, will be
presented for consideration by rep
resentatives of the National League
clubs.
Preliminary steps were completed
last night when the Chicago Cubs
named Phil Cavarretta and Billy
Jurges to represent them on the
committee of 16 National League
players-two for each club-who will
confer with President Ford Frick in
New York, preliminary to drawing
up a new form of baseball contract.
The naming of the Cub captain and
veteran infielder completed the Sc
lection of the eight National League
clubs to the players board.
Bucs Ask $500 Minimum.
The American League delegation,
consisting of one representative from
each club, with the exception of two
which also selected alternates, was
completed last Tuesday. 1t will
meet with league head Will Har-
ridge in Chicago.
The Pirates, first club selected for
unionization by Robert Murphy,
organizer of the American Baseball
Guild. last night handed their
representatives. Pitcher Rip Sewell
and Third Baseman Lee Handley,
an eight-point program for presen-
tation at the meeting. Chief among
the demands was one for a $500
minimum annual salary. Other
points on the program were:
Ten per cent of the sale or trade
price of a player to go to the player,
revision of the Today clause in all
contracts to cover any player in
jured during the season and then
released, so per cent of all net gate
receipts of exhibition games during
the regular season, s5 day ex-
penses during spring training in
addition to expenses already paid by
the club, first-claSs travel during
spring training and throughout the
major league season and insistence
that once waivers are asked ON
player, the waivers cannot be
recalled.
AS Want Full Pay for Year.
The Phillies and Indians were a
bit more conservative on the salary
demands, but on most of the other
points, agreed almost verbatum with
the Bucs. Both clubs were content
to ask for a starting wage of $1,000,
but were firm on the modification of
the reserve clause, pension or in
surance fund; SIS per day additional
expense money during spring train
ing and a percentage of the sale
price.
In general, the Athletics program
agrees with the others already
drawn, but the AS also ask that q
player be given the full amount OF
contract as signed by him in the
spring, that an arbitrary board be
set up to pass on differences in con-
tract between owner and player with
the board also to confer on any diff
ferences the player might have dur
ing the course of the playing season,
that transportation expenses of a
players family at the end of the
playing season be assumed by club
and that the players should have
some voice in the election, along
with the owners, of the commits
sioner.
That changes will be made appears
to be a certainty Frick declared
recently he favored paying players
for spring training, killing the 10
days notice of release clause and
stopping the cutting of salaries OF
men sent down to the minors.
Owners Ready to Balk.
But it is known that most of the
owners are determined not to yield
to the players demand for a share
of the sale price of a player. Owners
opposition also is expected to the
Indians proposal that players
should be allowed to go barnstorm-
ing after the World Series and par
ticipate in other sports after the
baseball season.
The Marion pension plan, which
the Card shortfielder says will cost
club owners only an estimated So 500
annually, will benefit players now
active and who have played or
hereafter will play five or more
seasons in the big leagues. Efec-
tive for players reaching the age
of As. the plan would return $50
month for life to a 5-year man
or a maximum of 500 a month
to a player performing 10 years
or more in the majors.
Three-player delegations from
each league will meet August 5,
with the owners steering committee
composed of Harridge, Frick, Larry
MacPhail, Tom Yawkey, Sam Brea-
don and Phil Wrigley. Out of this
session will come the new form
of contract. 1t will be presented
to joint meeting of the major
leagues in New York between
August IS and 20, and. by early
September the new type of agree