New York, Apr. 18.
The New York Yankees denied t day that they had traded Joe Di Maggie to the St. Louis Browns for Beau Bell and a cash sum of The rumours were started in San Francisco, where the latest holdout is taking things easy hoping to receive a contract for a salary of U.S.$40,000 for the 1938 season.
Gol. Jacob Ruppert, owner of the Yankees, is standing pat on his final offer of U.S.$25,000, an increase of U.S.$10,000 on his original price.
"We feel" the Yankee owner said, "we have been completely fair. We do not intend to have him tell jus year after year what we must pay him. Our limit for 1938 is U.S.$25,000. He takes that or he stays out of baseball, and if he thinks I am fooling—well, that's up to him."
Meanwhile, D. L. Barnes, president of the St. Louis Browns, said that he had fruitlessly offered the Yankees U.S,$150,000 for DiMaggio—United Press, Sassoon Putter Won By Laffond The golf contest—eighteen holes medal play—for the Sassoon Putter was won by H.
Laffond who, with a handicap of 14, shot an 84 to gain a score of 70 which led the field of eighteen entries at the Hungjao Golf Course on Sunday. In Second place was J. K. P. Hadland who, with a handicap of 9, was just one stroke behind. C. O. Cumming was third with a net score of 73 (handicap while J. F. Maclennan (handicap 5) gave him a net of 74 and fourth place.
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