Marvin Miller finds 663 players are in favor of a strike

On March 30, 1972 — – Marvin Miller executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association Thursday said on the eve of a critical vote on whether to call a strike against the game “It’s all up to the players now” Miller concluded his poll taking among the 34 big league clubs Thursday with tho Milwaukee Brewers The final court Shows 663 players in favor of calling a strike unless their demands for an improved pension are met and only 10 were against with two abstentions “Obviously we have an overwhelming sentiment for a strike” Miller said “Now it’s up to the players and they have the right to do what they think best” MILLER is scheduled to meet with the 24 club player representatives and their alternates today at a motel near Dallas Miller said he had invited National League President Charles (Chub) Feeney American League President Joe cronin and John Gaherin the owners’ counsel to the meeting but they had turned him down Cronin was believed en route to sarasota Fla Feeney was on his way home to San Francisco and Gaherin’s whereabouts were unknown Feeney told newsmen he Cronin and Gaherin had been invited to today’s meeting “But we turned down the invitation when he (Miller) refused to allow us to sit in on the meeting proper and answer questions” Feeney also said he refused to go to Dallas “just to stand around in some hallway waiting for an audience” MILLER took a verbal potshot at baseball commissioner bowie Kuhn after revealing the Brewers had voted in favor of a strike 26-2 Responding to questions about Kuhn’s optimism that a strike will be avoided Mill- er said “nothing could be more factually removed from the truth than : that view I don’t know where he gets his information To me it sounds like an attempt to mislead the players It’s a joke except that it isn’t funny” The ’ commissioner had ‘ been quoted in New York as saying he “was happy in the midst of this difficulty because the players have been meeting regularly with the clubs” “That’s a bunch of nonsense” Miller said MILLER added that he fully “expected” the owners to “do some wild things” if the players vote for some sort of strike The vote could 1 take several turns The players could vote for a total strike meaning complete refusal to start the 1972 season they could vote not to participate in nationally televised games (Saturdays and Mondays) or refuse to play in the All-Star game Edmund B Fitzgerald chairman of the Brewers’ executive committee when apprised of the situation said: “If they vote for a strike everything end? That’s it It’s the end of the ball game And I hope they have a nice summer.”

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