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Will Be Forced T(]Make ReductionsOne Month EarlierAdvancing1 Of Date To May 1«Expecteding; No StepsCutting Salaries.Bv EDWARD J. NEIL(Associated Press Sports Writer/NEW YORK, Dec, 14.—(JP)—Now thathe storm clouds of economy have broken over (he annual major league meeting?the baseball magnates hustled back today to their efforts to trade broken dowr athletes for healthy citizens, with additional good reasons for haste.Next season the managers of the national and American leagues will have one full month less of the unrcstrictec barter period, during which they car buy, sell or swap their warriors back anc forth without asking waivers of the opposition clubs of either circuit.unanimous vote of the leagueowners, meeting separately in the opening sessions yesterday of the arrnua three-day conclave, the final date wher each player roster must be pared to Z mm was advanced from June 15 to Ma\15.No Action On WagesNo resolution was passed in eitherleague moving toward cheaper prices for tickets, for the scaling down of players’ wages in general or Kenesaw M. T-anriis’ S65.000 salary in particular, for achance in the present system t world series pasteboardsthree, or tor an increase in uie «ult;n-ter of cheap bleacher seats.Instead the club owners decided to letm-n wiit info effect his own schemeror retrenchment in the manner best suit'd to his individual problems, making economies, shaving overhead, wherevericiTo this end, John A. Heydler, re-elect'd president for another four-year termn the course of his SO years with thevoluntarily reduced hisd pledged other economiesi the management of the league’s af-iirs.N L. Attendance SlumpsWhile the American league withfigures for the season, the National league announced a decline of 16 per cent in attendance in 1932 in comparison with131. The Cubs led m home auenoanrc ith 975.000 paid admissions, as comired with the league record they set at185.000 in 1929. The New York Giants pre the best road club, attracting 650,-000 fans.Brooklyn ranked second to Chicago in home attendance with Boston, New York, I Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and I Philadelohia following in that order. .
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Huron Evening Huronite
Huron, South Dakota, US
Wed, Dec 14, 1932
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