Evening star., 1946-05-19
Plan Flight Here
From ST. Louis
AT End Of Trip
Tribe TussIe7 Deferred
Club Resumine PIoy
Against White Sox
By Burton Hawkins
Stor StoH Correspondent

CHICAGO, May 18.-Saved, tenn.
porarily, from transportation woe.
| by postponement until next Thurs.
day of the threatened railroad strike
the Mats nevertheless are making
plans to travel by air if rail traffic
is suspended. Other major league
clubs were reported taking similar
precautions.
Washington was the only club te
call off its game today because OF
the strike threat, making a hasty
exit from Cleveland to beat the i'm
pending tieup. Ordered by Ameri-
can League President Will Harridge
after long-distance conversation
with Clark Griffith, the move put
the team in here in plenty of time
for tomorrow's twin bill, opening g
three-game set with the White Sox
But all the players agreed it was
better to loaf day than hitch hike
here. The lost game will be made
up in double-header at Cleveland
on the next Western trip.
Nat Plans Shifted Quickly.
Other teams had made arrange
ments to travel by bus or plane il
the strike had been called yesterday
at 4 pm. The New York Yankees
and Boston Red Sox had their
chartered planes ready. Wher
weather conditions made play i'm
possible at Philadelphia and Boston
the Cincinnati Reds and st. Louis
Cardinals took early trains for New
York and Philadelphia, respectively
The Chicago Cubs had a bus wait.
ing at the Polo Grounds to take
them to Boston, but at Detroit Con-
ME Mack sent the Athletics into
action against the Tigers, saying a
postponement wouldn't help his
team get to st. Louis.
The Mats now appear to be safely
out OF the rail doldrums on this
trip. They will travel to st. Louis
over the Illinois Central, a road
not involved in the wage dispute
The tWo-game series with the
Browns ends Thursday and if the
strike goes into effect that day
the last of the five-day period, the
team will fly to Washington.
The decision to pull up stakes ir
Cleveland came suddenly this morn
ing, Players decorating the lobby
and dawdling over second cups OF
coffee at breakfast were rounded
up, heavy-hdded sports writer's were
routed out of the hay and the en-
tire party herded aboard a Chicago
bound train departing at 1920 m
Normally, the team would have left
Cleveland last night at 9:45.
Sunday Sales Back of Move.
Harridge's order obviously was In
the interest of gate receipts. A
heavy advance sale for tomorrow's
games was reported in Chicago
while Washington did not draw well
in Cleveland. Harridge was reported
ITO have polled all clubowners about
calling off Saturdays games to gel
travelling teams to a site of Sundays
assignments before railroads quit
running. Emergency plans to meet
the problem if a strike is calico
Thursday were in the works tonight
Manager Ossie Bluege, who was
to have started Sid Hudson against
the Indians today, rearranged his
pitching plans and will toss Roger
Wolff and 40-year-old Johnny Mig.
gellng at the White Sox tomorrow
Wolff registered ISL victory
over the Tigers in his last start ane
will be pursuing his fourth triumph
while Niggeling tipped a 4-hittel
at Philadelphia in his last outing
to win his only start.
The Mats will be attempting tt
mar the incredible record of As.
year-old Ted Lyons, White Sox vet.
eran, who has hurled 27 consecu.
tive complete games. Mickey Yer.
non, the leagues second hitter al
the moment, will carry a string o1
Is straight games in which he has
hit safely, into the twin bill