Evening star., 1951-02-28
MichaeIs Signs;
Only 7 Players
Still Baking
Vernon Talk Likely
Soon; Club Expects
Mirundu's S Arrival
By Burton Hawkins
BY Burton Hawkins
Star Stuff Correspondent

1 -
ORLANDO, Fla, Feb. 2S.-Eddie
Yost, the Mats star third baseman
who had threatened to become a
prize holdout, came to terms with
the club today and agreed to sign
a contract that could bring him
$4,000 for the seasons play.
Yost, in a telephone converse
ton with Calvin Griffith, vice
presidents of the club, said he
hoped to be able to reach Orlando
tomorrow.
The agreemen; with the "a
year-old inf1elder came shortly
after it was announced that Sec
ond Baseman Cass Michaels had
signed his contract after talking
with Clark Griffith. It trimmed
the list of baking Washington
players to two.
Still unsigned are First Base
man Mickey Vernon and Short
stop Willie Miranda, but Nat Of
f1cialS believe the differences are
minor and will be ironed out
before long.
Yost Due Tomorrow.
Yost, at his Richmond Hills
IN. " home, said he will attempt
to join the club in time for the
start of full workouts tomorrow.
Calvin Griffith said they com
promised" on the terms. Yost had
been asking $4,000, double his
pay last year, while the club pre-
viously had offered $4,000 with
a $1,000 bonus If attendance
reached 100000. It was learned
that Yost settled for $15,500, with
a $500 bonus based on attendance.
Clark Griffith. who handled the
Michaels signing, termed the
agreement satisfactory to both
of u.s." Michaels is believed to
have signed for about $4,000, the
same as he received last year.
There had been reason to believe
Michaels would be a holdout, but
arrival of his trunk Monday indi-
Gated that an agreement would
not be difficult to reach.
Griffith hoped to confer with
Vernon today. but whether that
materialized depended on Vernon.
Griffith Is content to play wait
ing game with his first baseman,
who is on the scene but thus far
has been reluctant to discuss SAL
ary. Il. saw Mickey the other day
and asked him if he wanted to
talk with me-, Griffith said. "He
said NO and I haven't talked to
him since. But I imagine we'll
get together today"
Second Contract Sent.
In regards to Miranda, Griffith
said he dispatched a second con-
tract to him shortly after the
Cuban rejected a first offer and
the Mats boss expected him to re-
port on schedule today.
In recent years Griffith has had
temporary signing troubles with
Outfielder Eddie Stewart and
Pitcher Dutch Leonard, but their
holdouts were brief and the Mats
boss could recall no holdouts of
real significance since he came
with the club in 1912.
Coach Clyde Milan recalled that
Pitcher Hod Lisenbee missed some
training before coming to terms in
1928. "but think Walter johnson
was the most serious holdout
Washington ever had" he added.
II was holding out the same year
had a tough time getting $4,000
after I hit .315 and stole 60-some
bases.
Beaten After johnson Quit.
"Walter held out for $1,000 and
when he didn't get 1t he left the
team at Atlanta and went home
to Kansas. He had. Joined the
club for training, but left us there
and didn't rejoin us until about
! 10 days laEer after we took a fear
full beating opening day. think
he got what he wanted after we
took that terrible licking"
Outfielders and inflelders not
already in camp are due to report
today and work out tomorrow
Also slated to arrive are six Cubar
Ipitchers who were granted per-
mission to report late.
| Manager Bucky Harris is con-
fident that most Of his pitchers
are in excellent condition. Harris
has been managing clubs since
1924 and says his current group OF
pitchers has participated in more
batting practice than any other
squad he has handled.
"They won't have too much o1
an opportunity to hit after the
entire squad starts to work,
Harris said, "but the sessions
they've had have been beneficial
We worked particularly hard or
bunting and I think it will pay
dividends. We weren't too hot in
That La,>o x&y,oa,of Ioe% xyaorD