The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1956-01-07
Cry Bobying Teller
Has New Conspiracy

Has New Conspiracy
One Of the sour notes in all the history American
sports is now coming out of Cleveland where the erstwhie
speedball artist Bob Teller has informed club owners to
approve S1oOO minimum scale for ball players
surfer the severe consequences
Most fans will off halfcocked and give Teller three
Tousng cheers for champonng the the players
But there will be some including yours truly who
nave always taken everything Teller has with grain
OF salt ever since the days years ago when he n the
famous crybaby Indians into the front office in revolt
against their manager
. frankly, we've never been too strong Teller God
gitted nlm with powerful muscles in his right and,
much like the strong in circus he used his freak
talent to make a fortune while still boy
Baseball was his only opportunity in life 1t did more
the game
Yet this fortunate but ungrateful man accepts every
opportunity to heap abuse and threats the very
who befriended him.
AS player representative Teller has not said what the
consequences will be if his not met There
appears little doubt however, that he is talking about
union.
Well if that's what the cry-baby has in mind we'd
advise him to talk with fans know before taking
If there were a bunch of insists wearing
baseball uniform we them in ac4on last
Most of them N big leagues only be.
cause IT lakes nine men 10 make team and The
club owners can't find anyone better So It's either
question of using what you've got, going
of business
With the exception of a Perrin here and there most
major league owners are satisfied to split for the
year and hope things will be better in the future
It's no secret that they pay fabulous salaries to bali
players who entice few through gates
And it's secret, either that they paying minimum
salary of $4,000 guys without enough talent and
ambition to work. with pick.
If we understand the present financial status of
player he must be paid al least $4,000 year .
ceve the benefits of lucrative pension should he desire
to retire at the age of 35 years.
Fancy some of the buns you watched last
son demanding anything better than that
They complain about reporting early Tor
spring practice under the Florida palm trees.
They complain about playing afternoon and
They complain about paying their wives
penses the road. They complain about the limited
expense accounts given them during the training
Never again let us hear anyone say that our school
teachers paid the school days they
work each year. You have far better material to crcse
in these overpad phoneys who call themselves ball players
This is one time, we are sure when crybaby Teller is
whining in the wilderness
Men and who their money in factories
with the sweat of their brow must be moaning low when
they hear Felers sneaky threat of baseball union.
Most working folks looking forward 10
social security when their muscles grow Tired and
weary in old age.
But these insists who call themselves athletes
grab million dollars from televisien
for their pension fund annually they retire
at the youthful age Of s.
And il is TO pay this riffEaff more. that
eEYbaby Teller is now threatening the owners
with union.
What kind of union has the cry-baby in mind? viii
the owners be allowed go in search OF capable baseball
talent? Or will Teller and his click name the players
and make us the public, like it?
We half dozen players the Red Sox
club and hope goodness that Tom YaWky isn't crazy
enough 10 pay tneTn penny over une present
One of the brats broke all records for striking out last
year His only promise the ended being that he
wouldn't strike out often in 1856.
Under cry-baby FeIerS plan suppose Tom Yawkey
would have to pay this kingofstrikeouts the $1,000
minimum face walk-out of his entire ball club,
Here's instance Of where the public will ask
questions about the union than the club owners.
Most of the questions we'd guess. will come
from members of genuine unions who know what
1t is 10 put in good days work and SO home tired
at night
And before get away from MI Teller we
touch of selfiShness in his crY-habY act
Mr. Teller wasn't championng the underdog we re-
call those hay days when he walked into the front office
and demanded 100000 year.
Every additional dollar they paid him was dollar
less than left for the small fry the club.
That was alright for Teller, when Teller was the
beneficiary.
But times changed for Teller. The strong right
arm that God gave him growing weak They've got
him down to around $25 900 He's getting the So
year marker And his thoughts turn toward pension
Oh yes He talked of pensions to club owners Lets
look at your books, he demanded so can see how
much money is in that pension fund