Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1926, Page 38

SPORTS. COVETED ST. LOUIS STAR - OVER STRETCH OF YEARS Trades Frisch and Ring for Cardinal Manager in Big- Deal in Pastime’ s History—Worth of Players Involved Put at $350 000. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, December 21.— The biggest deal in modern base ball history, involving players whose diamond worth is estimated at more than balf a million dollars, brings Rogers Jornsby of the world champion Cardinals to share the metropolitan spotlight with Babe Ruth, - The transaction was completed might over the telephone after Horns- by and President Sam Breadon of the §t. Louls team had failed to bridge a &ap resulting fuwm Rogers' demand Tor a three-year contract. Although rumblings of negotiations for Hornsby's services by Manager John McGraw had reached base ball row, many observers believed that ‘Breadon would be unwilling to part with his brilliant second baseman, the first manager to bring St. Louis a Pennant in 38 years. Beliove Money Involved. Base ball men today insisted that ¥Hornsby was worth more to the Giants than the two players McGraw gave in exchange—Infielder Frankie Frisch and Pitcher Jimmy Ring. They maintained that a cash pay- ment of at least $100,000 in addition to Frisch and Ring would be required %o satisfy the Cardinals. Presidents “Breadon and Charles A. Stoneham of the Giants denied, however, that any money payment had been involved. Hornsby's value is estimated at '$350,000. - According to President Stoneham, Breadon broached the trade to him, suggestinng Frisch and Ring in pay- ent. Denying that the trade had n arranged prior to his telephone conversation with the Cardinal ow -er, Stoneham asserted that he “was s ‘much surprised as anybody.” i, “We had talked with Breadon about Hornsby in an offhand way,” ad- mitted the Giant owner, “but the ne- gotiations did not get very far. We ‘were rot very hopeful.” . For several years McGraw has cast Jonging eyes on Hornsby, six-time Na- tional League batting champion. A “few years ago the Giant manager of- Hered $250,000 and several players for the great Cardinal second-sacker. Frisch Is Philosophical. Frisch accepetd thesdeal as one of the breaks of the game. One of base balls’ fastest and best. hitting inficld- ers, he indicated that he would not balk at the shift to St. Louis. “It's tty hot out there, but I suppose ’ll play,” he said. ‘Had Frisch remained with the team he-would have been shifted to third base next season, McGraw indicated not long ago. After a disagreement with the Glant pilot at the height of the 1926 campaign, Frisch quit the .team and returned to his home in Fordham. Yanks Also in Deals. The Yankees have entered the trade market with a series of transactions which have not yet been fully com- pleted. One deal had Aaron Ward, Yankee second baseman, slated for the Chi- cago White in exchange for fifier J:ck rrabowski nmnj.k:n in- el 3 not} trade for Pitchers Sam thlFfl‘lnfl’ ‘Walter Beall to go to the St. Louis Browns in re- turn for Outflelder Cedric Durst, a left-hand pitcher and two other play- ers. Some reports today had these trades definitely arranged. ‘The club also announced the pur- chase of Julian Wera, third baseman of the St. Paul American Association club. The price is reported to be two players, $25,000 in cash and the use of a third athlete during the 1927 campaign. MORIARTY 1S NOTED FOR STEALING HOME By the Associated Press. 1If George Moriarty, new Tiger man- ager, is as successful in building a base ball team as he was as a player in stealing home, Detroit, in 1827, may see its first championship team in mearly two decades. Moriarty was the hero of a stirring editorial, “Don’t Die on Third”; a bit of writing which, first published in a Detroit newspaper, was built around & brilliant theft of home executed by Morlarty at the heyday of his career in a ‘game against Cleveland. The editorfal's substance was that the trip from third base to home plate is the most important part of the jour- ney around the bases. Moriarty never was such a bold base burglar as Ty Cobb, whom he succeeds. He was a mediocre infielder. His batting was even more common- place. He even lacked speed. But making up for these shortcomings was one of the keen base ball minds of the day. Moriarty, like Cobb, played base ball with his head. He was lightning quick to sense a “break,” and equally fast in taking advantage of it. Despite the fact that as a player he never was & phenom, he al was popular with Detroit base ball fans, because it always was apparent that Moriarty was al playing to his utmost ability § Moriarty went to the Tigers in 1809 from the New York Highlanders. He gained favor with the team mem- bers and with Hughie Jennings, the manager, and was named captain. His days as a Tiger were encom- passed by the years 1909 and 1915. Sold to the Chicago White Sox, he shortly afterward went to Memphis in the Southern Association as man- ager. His stay there was broken to permit him to join the League staff of umpires. The new manager will find virtually ball club from the one he left Two men who played with | still_are members of Dauss and Harry however., club—George Hellmann. GETS NEW UMPIRES. LES, December 20 (P). of three new umpires for the Pacific Coast Base Ball League has been announced. The new a ters are Fred Westervelt of the Vi ginla League, Hemiy Fanning, one- armed, of the Texas League, and Frank Brown of mp Eastern League. WILL BIDE OVEB m MPS. NEWMARKET, England, Decem- ber 21 (). —Steve Dionoghue, the well known flat racing jockey, is tired of remaining idle throuch the Winter season When there are no flat races about and decided to part in the steeplechases. which throne 1926 BIG RACING Yk New York racing associations dis- tributed $2,280,000 in stakes purses to owners In 1926. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, December 21.— Trading of Rogers Hornsby, star second baseman and manager of the champion St. Louis Cardinals, to the New York Gilants for Frank Frisch and Jimmy Ring is the culmination of several years of effort on the part of the Giants to bring Hornsby to New York. Back of the Hornsby trade lies a story of friction in the St. Louis club and an attempt by the Glants to an- nex Rogers as a counter attraction to Babe Ruth in the metropolis. The New York club has denied that any deal was in the making to trade Frisch, but it is absolutely certain that negotiations for Hornsby began some time ago, and the man most likely to go to St. Louis would be Frisch. The Giant second baseman now goes to St. Louis as captain of the Cardinals. The presumption Is that Branch Rickey, one of the part- ners in the St. Louis club, will be- come manager of the Cards again. Friction in St. Louis. Friction in the St. Louis club bes gan at the time of the world series. Possibility of bringing Hornsby to New York was talked over time, and there is reason to believe that he knew quite a little about it. Since then Sam Breadon, president of the St. Louis club, has endeavored to reach an agreement with Hornsby for another vear, but the latter stub- bornly stuck out for a three-year contract or none. It is fortunate for Hormsby that his future is thus definitely arranged. The St. Louis club could have forced him to remain idle had he been un- willing to sign a contract. Breadon and Hornsby have not been on good terms because of per- sonal differences between them re- garding some things that Hornsby has done. Hornsby also has been op- posed to Branch Rickey and has re- fused to co-operate with him. On several occasions after the world series in St. Louis Rickey was given dinners by admiring friends and hail- ed as the maker of the St. Louis club. This added fuel to the dislike. be- tween them. Rumors Were Prevalent. Rumors of trades involving Frisch have been heard often since McGraw criticized the second baseman last Summer, and from that time on rela- American | tions have been strained between them. Frisch as a second baseman is about the equal of Hornsby, but he is. not so good a batter, provided Hornsby has not gone back. There have been lots of stories broadcast about a large cash extra being thrown in for Hornsby, but these stories lack confirmation and on the surface it looks like a trade, pure and simple. By the Associated Prees. T. LOUIS, December 21.—Minus the services of Rogers Hornsby, second baseman and playing manager, and with two New York Giant players added to his roster, Sam Breadon, president of the world champion Cardinals, today turned in search of a manager. After a second conference yester- day in which Breadon and his man- ager could not come to an agreement over a contract, the club president an- nounced the trade of Hornsby, with no money consideration attached, to the Giants for Frank Frisch, infield- er, and Jimmy Ring, pitcher. As to a new manager, Breadon says: “I will give the matter much thought. I do not intend to rush into the matter hurriedly.” * No One Has Inside Track. Among those linked in gossip as possible successors to Hornsby is Roger Bresnahan, a Giant coach, but Breadon insists that Roger has no “inside track to the job” and “right now is not being considered above the other men who will come in for con- sideration.” The club president was outspoken in his announcement that failure to agree with Hornsby whether he should have a one-year or a three-year contract was the cause of the trade. Breadon had offered the playing man- ager a one-year contract with a yearly salary of $50,000, but Hornsby remained firm in his demand for a three-year term with the same re muneration. His salary had been $30,000 a year, and his old contract still had a’year to run. “He stood pat on this demand,” the President said, “and I realized then that T would be unable to sign Horns- by to a manager’s contract, and that to protect the Cardinals’ interests I would be compelled to trade Hornsby. Sorry to Lose Hornsby. “I am sorry that I could not come to terms with Hornsby, but there was no use in further dickering and I felt that the best thing I could do was to make the best trade I could get for him.” Hornsby said that “it doesn’t look right’ 'to be traded from a club he had piloted to the world championship, but “if they want to trade me, it’s all right with me.” He intimated that the trade would | not be the “end of the matter,” but would not explain what he meant by The trade, he said, ty good exchange, the statement. “might be 2 pre cipate | but I don't know Breadon, however, | mistic. “I am sorry over the loss of Horns- { by, but T have obtained a great star | to take his place at second base, and, in addition, I have obtained a first string pitcher to work with Hatnes, Alexander. Sherdel, Rhem, Reinhart and the others. “I do not believe that there is any pitching staff in base ball that now can equal that of the Cardinals. We was more opti TPOUSERS --wu Tour Odd Coats lammm's 7th & F l at that | | nell sprinter who c THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1926. PRINCIPAL FIGURES IN MODER ASE BALL’S MOST SENSATIONAL TRANSACTIO FRANK FRISCH. ROGERS HORNSBY. CARDINALS BEGIN HUNT FOR NEY, PILOT OF CLUB Bresnahan Among Those Mentioned—Hornsby Of- fered $50,000 for 1927, But Demanded a Three-Year Contract at the Same Figure. have a first-string pitcher for almost every day in the week.” No announcement was made of the disposition of Hornsby’s stock in the Cardinal club. He is the second high- est stockholder. PROMOTERS WRANGLE OVER BIG MAT BOUT By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 21.—The Tlli- nois Athletic Commission may have to arbitrate between two promoters seeking to hold the first important heavywelght wrestling match here this Winter, bringing together Ed (Strangler) Lewis and Wayne Munn, the Nebraskan, who once separated Lewis from his champlonship. Two January wrestling dates have been granted the promoters, and each has one of the principals signed. If they do not get together at their con- ference today, the State commission likely will be called upon to d cide be- tween them. Jim Mullen, boxing promoter, says he holds Lewis’ contract, and Capt. Peshmalyan, another matchmaker, claims he has Munn signed. Mullen date is January 3 and the other is January 10. Munn was the cause of a champion- ersy that has raged for 3 Lewls insists Munn's victory at Kansas City in March, 1924, was {llegal, because Munn threw him from the ring. Munn was declared winner, lost the title a short time later to Stanlslaus Zbyszko at Phila- delphia, and in turn it passed to Joe Stecher, scissors king. Stecher and Lewis failed to car through their plans for a match at Los Angeles last September, so the title controversy still rages. PUB.DUE FILLS GRID DATE. LAFAYETTE, Ind., December 21 (#).—Purdue University has scheduled a foot ball game here October 29, 1927, with Montana State College. The gume gives the Boilermakers two intersectional contests. The other is with Harvard. RUSSELL IN TRAINING. Henry A. Russel tional Cor- ptured the inter. colleglate 100 and 220 yard champicn- ships last Spring, is in training again at Philadelphia under the watchful eye of Lawson Robertson, Pennsyl- yania mentor and head coich of the 1924 Olymple team. -~ - MOTOR CO. Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street 1333-37 14th St. Main 5780 3 ES GIANTS’ SPRING LIST INCLUDES GRIFFMEN By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 21.-—The New York Glants have announced 27 games booked for their 1927 Spring exhibition schedule, including 13 with their erstwhile world series opponents, ‘Washington. Starting northward, after two games each at Tampa, St. Augustine and Sarasota, Fla., the Giants and Wash- ington will play at Birmingham, At- lanta and Augusta, Ga., winding up with two contests, A])rfl 7 and 8, at Washington and two more at the Polo Grounds, April 9 and 10. Three games are scheduled with the Athletics, two each with the Browns and Braves, one each with the Cardi- nals and Cleveland. Buffalo, Toledo, Memphis (twice) and Chattanooga are minor league opponents listed. DEER MOST NUMEROUS. Out of a total of 700,000 big-game animals in the national forests of the United States, there are more than 500,000 deer in these reserves. herelsno frlend P Id friend likean &“ for Aaron_Ward, Yankee YANK MANAGER UNABLE TO GET CHICAGO PITCHER Had Hoped to ‘M:l;w Deal E;;;a;ging Ward for rst-Class Moundsman—Collins’ Failure to Drive Men in Drills Annoyed Comiskey. EW YORK, December Miller Huggins, the energetic manager of the New York Yankees, had hoped that something more would come from his visit to the base ball session in Chicago than a chance to inhale plenty of Lake Michigan ozone and frigidity. Huggins thought he had a trade made with the White Sox, but no response developed on the Chi- cago end of the projected deal. The White Sox had been angling inflelder, and the Yanks wanfed a Chicago pitcher who would ber worth while. Some said the Sox pitcher was Blankenship and some . pinned Hug- gins' choice on Thurston. In any everit, the White Sox would not weaken their pitching staff and inci- dentally strengthen the Yankees, be- cause the Sox have a notion they can say a lot about the pennant chances in 1927. Infleld Needs Bolstering. But while the Sox were dickering with Huggins they were playing an- other card for assistance, and before they get through they may put in an addition or two that will give them a stronger infield. That is the point at which they seem to need medicine to get them up in the race next season. Their outfield will play good base ball and they have good pitchers. In fact, they almost seem to have more pitchers than they need. ‘There has been no little curiosity as to why Eddie Collins did not get along well enough in Chicago to have been retained as manager, even If he dld not play second base. Tt may be news to some that Charles A. Comiskey, the White Sox owner, is a great stickler for morning practice nulh “h.., F tmas FOR good fellowship and areal good smoke—give him ADMIRATION Cigars— his tried and true friend throughout the year— the gift he will appreciate most. ADMIRATION Cigars can be bought wherever cigars are sold—in all sizes, packed 25 or 50 to the box. and constant work on the part of his players to perfect themselves for the games of the season. “When I played base ball.,” said Commy, “and we found that we needed a bit of sprucing up to do this or that, we went to the park in the morning and -we played among our- selves until we knew what we could do in the afternoon. Nowadays the players may go to the park in the morning and they may not, and if they go, what do they do? I want my players to play ball for the good of my club and for the good of the league.” Too Easy on Players. It is gossip around Chicago that Collins did not make the players of the Sox work hard enough in morn- ing practice to suit the ideas of Comiskey. So when Collins no long- er could play base pall for the “old Roman,” the latter thought he would get another manager and appointed the veteran catcher, Ray Schalk. Cleveland would like to get another outfielder. The Athletics are also looking for one. Both teams have their quota of outflelders and both are looking for something far out of the ordinary. McNulty is likely to start as centerfielder for Cleveland as the successor of Speaker. Conpie Mack says if he can get another hit- ter he will have a team with a punch that is stronger than any he has had in two years, even if a bit slower on its feet. CLAIMSV CA'ifALINA HONORS. Walter Grange Taber, aged 28, of Los Angeles, claims to have won the honor of being the first man to swim from Catalina Island, off the southern coast of California, to the mainland, a distance of 29 miles. fh 4 w'i:: HH’IH = — M°Graw Realizes Ambition in Getting Hornsby : Base Ball Hou_secleamng Hinted LANDIS REFUSES TO DENY RUMOR OF DRASTIC STEPS Judge Says He May Have Something Today in Re- gard to Story in Chicago Tribune Saying Action Taken After Long Investigation. By the Aesociated Press. HICAGO, December 21.—Inti- mations that base ball has had a new housecleaning as drastic as that which out- lawed eight stars from the game several years ago, are given in a story published in the Chicago Trib- une today. The action, the Tribune says, came after months of investigation, but the paper declared that details of the in- vestigation, reported to have been carried on by a corps of detectives: the names of the players involved, and the league in which the reported shake-up occurred had not been given out. Reporters who questioned Kenesaw M. Landis, base ball commissioner, were unable to obtain any comment on the rumored base ball situation beyond the statement that the base ball head might have something to say late today. 'm sorry that I can't discuss this matter—now,” the newspaper quoted Landis as saying. “Six men, men from all parts of the country, have, asked the very questions that you have asked. They put the questions to me this week, and I told them nothing." Reporters then told Landis, the ac- count continued, that rumors were flying thick and fast, that they were bound to come out and that there were reports that the base ball head |and club owners had acted decisively. Again Mr. Landis smiled and it is against my whole nature. You know I've always acted frankly You know I'm not afraid to tell the truth, no matter whom it hurts. But I can’t talk now." This question then was put to the commissioner: “Mr. Landis, te when will vou release these fac “I'll tell 'you whether I can do sc Tuesday at 4 o'clock,” Mr. Landis said, the Tribune related. DE MONTREVILLE, FORMER SHORTSTOP, IS VISITING Gene De Montreville, old-time short- stop of the Washington base ball team, is in town to spend the holidays with his sister, Mrs. Willlam W. Keck, at 1352 Monroe street. De Montreville at present is super- intendent of privileges and conces- sions of the Memphis Tri-State Fair. 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