New York, Feb. 2. Determined to obtain his own terms, Joe DiMaggio, brilliant Yankee outfielder and leading batter, left for San Francisco to-day without signing a contract for 1988 with Col, Jacob Ruppert, owner of the world baseball champions, The youthful Italian-American was reported to have countered an offer of $25,000 with a demand for $30,000.
Although DiMaggio and Col. Ruppert have discussed the matter on several occasions during the last two weeks, the salary deadlock remained unbroken Since "coming up" from the San Francisco Seals two years ago, DiMaggio has burned up the American League with his heavy slugging, throwing arm and fielding. Last year, however, he made 17 errors in felding. But he led in both base hits and home runs and placed fourth in the averages.
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