New York, Jan. 9.
Baseball's 1939 "holdout season" was in full swing today with Van Lingle Mungo, the gigantic temperamental Brooklyn pitcher, the latest recruit to join the rapidly growing ranks of discontented baseball players.
Mungo. known as a perennial holdout, joined Jimmy Foxx, husky batting star and first baseman of the Boston Red Sox, Jimmy Ripple, Giant outfielder, and Buck Newsom, pitcher of the St. Louis Browns This group refused to sign new contracts under the terms offered by their clubs and are demanding increases in their salaries. Foxx is asking for a large increase because of his grand batting display last season [f when he headed the batters in the American league—United Press, Of New York Giants New York, Jan. 10.
Mel Ott, heavy slugging third baseman of the New York Giants has become captain of the Giants.
He signed a contract for U.S.$20, it was reported. Last season he paid U.S.$17,000. He became the first member of the Giants to sign a contract for next season. He succeeds Gus Mancuso, catcher, as the captain of the powerful New York squad. Mancuso was recently traded to the Chicago Cubs.—United Press.
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