Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1932, Page 45

[srmve | The Foening Star. DECEMBER 16, 1932. CATCHER OFFERED FOR LUKE SEWELL Would Bring Finish to Griff Trading, but Other Clubs Will Be Active. BY EDWARD J. NEIL, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, December 16.— N The wildest trading season in all base ball history has come down to its climax with the close of the annual major league meetings, but the end of a mighty effort to stir interest in 1933 with new faces in new places is by no means at hand. Loath to go home after three days of wholesale barter, a half dozen magnates of the National and American Leagues still haunted the lobbies of the hotels where the tread of aching feet had mingled with the bid, call and asked prices on choice and medi- ocre talent. Compared to the activities of their managers, the ponderings of the mag- nates in sclemn conclave on the weighty issues of the day provided only faint sounds, heard dimly off stage. Bill Teiry, youngz manager of the New York Giants and ringleader in the National League shake-up, still was not content with disposing of almost half his Athletes. and went to work anew on the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves in a three-cornered swap. This shift involved Catcher Shanty Hogan, who would go back to his first major league love, the Braves, for cash and perhaps & player who could be added to Terry's bid to Brooklyn for Vance, once the right-handed Dazzy pitching marvel of the league, NVOLVED in this same transaction I was Terry’s offer of Subst.tute First Baseman Leslie for Jchnny Frederick, Brocklyn outfielder. once re- Tused, but still alive if the Giants will G, throw in more collateral. Pending defi- nite decision on this, Brooklyn has vir- Fund of $2,000,000 Saved by Majors EW YORK, December 16— Among the facts brought out at the major league meetings is the information that the two cir- cuits, after 25 thrifty years, have set aside an emergency fund that now amounts to about $2,000,000. From each world serles a percentage of the gate rece.pts has been deducted and placed in the care of the advisory council, of which Commissioner Landis is chairman, The original purpose of the big leagues was to provide money to be used in the event of a base ball war resulting from the invasion of pro- tected territory by so-called outlaw promoters. It cost the majors nearly $700,000 to eliminate the Federal League 17 years ago and since then the emergency fund has been rolling up annually until today clubs that | require financial assistance can get | it without going outside the breast- | works of organized base ball. With this huge fund available, stories that the. majors are in dis- tress are unfourded. Should a real emergency matcrialize the magnates | would get together and vote to one | or more clubs the necessary aid. tually closed with Joe Judge for his first base services next season. Judge has the permission of the ‘Washington Nationals to make & deal for himself with the Dodgers only. The only hitch left in this deal is Judge's Teported demand of a bonus for signing. Meanwhile George Gibson, already one of the prime David Harums of the meeting because of his shrewd deal that brought Freddy Lindstrom, crack | Giants' outfielder, to the Pirates, stuck | to his hotel, awaiting an answer to his bids for a right-handed pitcher, aimed at several clubs. Charley Grimm still is dickering for a southpaw pitcher for | the Cubs. |~ Judge Emil Fuchs and Bill McKech- nie of the Braves waited to hear about the purchase of Hogan, and Joe Cronin, American League counterpart of Bill ‘Terry in free-handed dealing, expected an answer from Cleveland on & propo- sition to swap catchers, Roy Spencer for Luke Sewell IOMPLETION of the final deal last night, in which the frrepressible Cronin, backed by the master- minding of the “Old Fox,” Clark Grif- fith, nabbed Jack Russell, right-hand | pitcher, and Bruce Connatser, substi- | tute first baseman, from Cleveland in exchange for the siugging rookie firsi- | sacker. Harley Boss. from Chattanooga, {left only the worid champion Yan- | kees, of all the 16 major league clubs, ~ (Continued on Fourth Page) ON THE SIDE LINES With the Sports Editor By DENMAN THOMPSON. OOSE GOSLIN, Heinie G Manusa, Alvin Crowd- ¢i, Wally Stewart and Fied Schuite for Sam West, Carl Reynolds, Lloyd Brown and Dick Coffman. This is the net result of Washington's trading activi- ties with the St, Louis Club since June, 1930, when Goslin was sent to the Browns in re- turn for Manush and Crowder. Last season Heinie topped the Griffimen in hitting, Al led the local pitching brigade and of the entire Capital, which he always has liked ’ and will welcome returning to the and which aiwavs has liked him R aynoics, on the other hand. while the possessor of creditable batting | averages. has earned the reputction of being a “brittle” athlete and is not in the same class with Goose as an extra-base swatter nor in the all- important business of driving in runs. 8 for the Stewart-Brown angle of the switch there is no ques- tion that Washington got the better of it. During his career here Lefty Lloyd conclusively demonstrated he is a Spring pitcher; goes like & house afire for the first few weeks and then tails off into mediocrity. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, Deal for Spencer Sought by Griffith, Who Steals Show at Winter Convention A NEW SHOW FOR THE TRADE. e 11%&@3‘&\5&‘(. < —By TOM DOERER | ] BALL, Curb on Landis’ Interference With “Chain Store” Plan Noted By Bosses of Major Base Ball BY HERBERT W. BARKER, NOMADS OF LINKS IN $4000 AFFAIR | exacted a promise from his fellow TRAPSHOOT IN AUGUST Grand American Will Be Held on Range at Dayton. DAYTON, Ohio, December 18 (A).— John W, BEsselman of Lancaster, Pa.; R. C. Coftey of Prairie City, Iowa, and R. A. King of Wichita Falls, Tex,, directors of the Amateur Trapshooting Associa- tion, have fixed the week of August 21 RIVALS HOLD NATS AIDED BY BARTERS Old Fox Believed to Have Built Club Certain to Figure in Race. BY TOM DOERER. NCLE CLARK GRIFFITH, I I the big six-gun trading man of the American League, departed from New York last night at the head of his retinue, crowned by the | base ball men who were in ses- sion there as having furnished all the fireworks for the annual Win- ter diamond chin-wagging fes- tival. Uncle Clark of the Nationals did lit- tle chin-jiggling. But he did do some tall shooting while the other boys were lighting their cigars, kidding about economy, dise radio—maybe they don’t like the programs—and other things which came up peculiar to the confab. But if you think that Uncle Is through shooting because he is back home you are wrong. Uncle still has a few good shots to make. He is going to shoot himself a nice, young catcher, | and from somewherc or other will pop an inficlder. NCLE'S pan'mg New York shot rifled & pitcher and a first base- mazuma. It hit the Cleveland Indians and laid low for the Nationals young Jack Russell, the right-handed slabbist who always has been plain poison to the Washington club, and Bruce Gon- n&:@]& C?ufltflt:: gave in exchange for Hlm o 100ga's prize first sacker, all of this trading, selling and r:xy{!::cg on‘ tlullz pinrc u:)t Uncle Griff came e of tic his brother magnates that Dneie nea boys and, maybe, his hat band. swap ideas in the minds of some of to do real business at the meeting, He was, after all, the only fellow to put fglce “é ut:)e l;le:eetlng. which was turn- g ouf another one smoke-curling confabs. r And, it might be added, he was the only man there to see the wisdom of J. J. McGraw's advice to the base ball universe that unless some of the clubs shanged faces this year, and attempted to give the customers something new m their side shows they were going to suffer at the gate. Griff with one swoop, in that deal with the Browns, | showed that he is a man with an eye | to showmanship, color and knew exactly what the men who spin the turnstiles | want. ET me give You a few comments gathered in W York yesterday to show you folks here what Grifl's playmates think of his big deal with St. Louis. EDDIE COLLINS—“We were never much afraid of the bats of Reynolds, or West. But, boy, oh, boy, that Goose man is different. He is a bad plece ggs b;x:tlnm when he starts to loosen JOE McCARTHY—"Goslin will make ‘Washington tough. The club was bad enough for us last year. But it's going the passing of Schulte, Stewart and man, not to mention a bundle of | nothing other to swap than a few bat | Yet Griff, the man who could only | the other tall hats of the pastime, was | the only owner in the American League | to be rough riding from now on. But | M’Larnin Favored To Whip Fuller b"EW YORK, December 16 (#)— Boston's fistic e, rugged little Sammy Fuller, returns to Madison Square Garden tonight to face the greatest test of his career. Not only must he tackle ane of the greatest welterweights in the business, Jimmy McLarnin, but he must spot the smiling Irishman from Vancouver seven or eight pounds . well. Few xers are beating McLarmin % even weights and the beving fra= ternity has made him a 2-to-1 fae we are in for it with S—“It was & good of business for both clubs, but'wul?!::: gg:'l.sgvlnx to put up a fight next sea~ And 50 on, down the line it went, with Bill Killifer telling me that dealing with Griff is such a satisfactory piece of business that it is going to be an annual affair. And you can tell from that v\hnlt Bill thinks of the trade from his angle. ¢ (OSLIN is the man Who is going to clear those bases for us this Summer,” says Joe Cronin. “You know we didn’t get much of that last year. Reynolds would have produced some of that, but he was made useless by Dickey in that regretable incident. “West is a great outfielder, one of the best in the majors,” continues Joe, “but Schulte will hit_better, as he did last year, and he is the right-hand hitter we | wanted to take Reynolds’ place. Goslin will do the left-hand poking with Manush, “Do you know that T'm figuring Schulte to be my lead-off man? Thars a fact. He is rated as one of the best of lead-off men, because he is fast, [ tricky and can place the ball pretty nearly where he wants. And he can take his time up there, too. Yep, he may be my lead-off man. Then will come Myer, Manush, myself, Goslin, Kuhel, Bluege and the catcher. That's for you to speculate over., I'm not say- ing that it is going to be our line-up, but you'll agree that it is worth think ing about. “Our defense will not be lessened by the swaps, &s those who take & chance on the Goose and Schulte Wil dis- cover.” Although Griffith has practically re- made his team to give the fans a bet- ter club in 1933, the shooting is not over. At any moment. the trade may | expect “some more firing from Uncle | Clark. He's got his six-gun sighted on something way out there, and from what I hear, the Yanks, despite their claims to being set for the season, are drawing a bead on something, too. TABERSKI BEATEN AGAIN Drops Pourth Straight Match in Title Billiard Tourney. NEW YORK, December 16 ). — | Frank Taberski, the 43-year-old cue master from Schenectady, N. Y., rates only an outside chance of winning the national pocke: billiard championship. | The “Grey Fox" of Schenectady, N. | Y., dropped his fourth game in seven starts last night to Erwin Rudolph of Cleveland, 125 to 93. ‘The leaders: Plaser. Erwin’ Rudolph. Cleveland E&L Greenleaf, NeImYux BG. Ponzi, P} James Caras, Wilm 'ton, Pasquale Natalle, Chicago. HOPKINS ELECTS RUSSELL BALTIMORE, Md.,, December 16— Thomas (Tip) Russel of Baltimore, who | prepped at Forest Park High School, Nearly 200 Playing in Open For five seasons with the Nationals Brown won 53 and lost 52 games. to 26 as the time for the thirty-second | the Goose, is going to make the Browns ' has been elected captain of Johns Hop- Jot Goslin packs the greatest punch annual grand American tournament at | a trifle easier for us to handle. kins foot ball team for the 1933 season. 4 is by tar the mcst colorful, Associated Press Sports Writer. and is he mcst . g magnates that legislation would be | adopted to bring about unrestricted On the face cf thngs, there is no question which of the w0 teams got the better of the bartering. CVHOULD the trades Claik Griffith G bas engineered this week accom- 4 plish nothing else they will prove a good thing in creating more interest in base ball locally, for there's nothing like a shake-up in sonnel for centl:ldng attention on the national pastime. New blood is & potent lure to the 't}lluh customers who weary of seeing e same old figures performing in the same old uniforms. This is & fact the National League fong has been taking advantage of to its financial benefit, wWhereas the junior circuit permits lowly entries jike the Boston and Chicago Sox to continue floundering, just for the lack of a bit of bolstering. HE deals consummated by the Griffmen this week are far mcre than interest-inducers, however. They are calculated to strengthen the team on attack as well as in the ‘ox and undoubtedly will be hailed with satisfaction by a great majority of the fans here. For analytical purposes the ma- for part of the business done with the Browns may be regarded as three separate deals—Stewart for Brown,. Goslin for Reynolds and Schulte for West. i This does not take into account the unspecified amount of cash Washington sends to St. Louis, nor the fact that it sends Dick Coffman back there. F the trio of regulars shifted O to the Browns by the Nationals West must be accounted the greatest loss, for as a ball hawk he has no equal today and. with his arm in condition, has few, if any, superiors in throwing. g:mmy. however, has been an in- different hitter, slumping to .287 last season after two campaigns in which he belted .328 and .333, but in the latter of which his wing was almost useless for pegging. To replace West the Nationals get in Schulte, also a veteran of five full seasons and of a like age, 28, a de- pendable fiychaser, fast for his size, and a right-hand hitter of approx- imately the same batting ability so far as averages go. although the newcomer has something of an edge on West in the matter of toial dis- tance derived from his bingles. OSLIN'S slugging ability is too well known to need comment. He was the punch of the Browns last season when. despite the .300 mark, he than 100 tallies. But Goslin hasn't been the player for the Browns he will be for the Nationals. Except for the fact he could not get along with one of the Jocal cast, who since has departed, he never would have been traded. Compared with that Stewart, in six campaigns with the Browns, won 73 while losing 74, but it must be remembered he was performing for a chronic tailender while Brown has had the advantage of a consistently first-division outfit to support him. Unless Brown flashes unusual meess in his starts against the ationals next season the landing of Stewart will be justified solely on the score of eliminating him as a box opponent, for he always has been one of the toughenaflmmhlm problems faced by the Griffs. CQUISITION of Whitehill from Detroit gives the Nationals a southpaw of demonstrated worth who is needed to team with Stewart, for Fred Marberry, a veteran whose value to Washington has been be- coming _increasingly impaired through his inability to get in physical shape until late in the season. In point of age there is little to choose between Whitehill and Mar- berry, but Earl has better withstood the inroads of time. In his 10 years of service with the Tigers he has participated in a total of 253 games that have gone to a decision, winning 133 while losing 120 for a club that has landed in the second division for the last five years in a row. Marberry, on the other hand, dur- ing the same perior and with a team that finished out of the money only once, has gotten into 185 tilts where he was credited with victory or charged with defeat, with the bal- ance 115 to 70 in his favor. That Whitehill is a_far better prospect of the two for steady work is shown by the fact that last sea- son. when he started 31 contests, he hurled 17 complete games while win- ning 16 and losing 13, while Mar- berry, who started 15 games, went the route in only 8 in winning 8 and losing 4. 'N the deal that sent Harley Boss, first baseman recalled from Chat- tanooga to Cleveland for Jack Russell, young right-hand hurler, and Bruce Cianatser, an initial sacker, the Nationals probably have done well by themselves. Connatser very likely will move on to the Look- outs to take care of the post vacated by Boss, but Russell may be ex- pected to do some worth-while fling- ing for Cronin’s club. Russell's record of 6 wins against 14 losses for the past season is not s0 impressive until it is understood that 7 of those deleats and only 1 of the victories came while he was wearing the uniform of the lowly Red Sox. Jack was a far better pitcher when backed by the run-get- :‘M Indians after his transfer in une. And Russell, like Stewart, was ever a handicap to the Nationals. He scemingly was able to give them a battle at any time. It should be a It is no secret the Goose has been dissatisfied with his 8t. Louls berth reliel to them in not having to face his pitching next year. Fou those who like to mull over statistics here are the 1932 records of the principal piayers involved in the 8t 2 B B 2 B Oonlin . L 572 88 171 168 i: Reynolds s 2 406 Schuite .. . 2 i 508 West ...l 2 a4 =y ‘hitehill Marte Lows ‘and Detroit trades 0B MR e | v 17 12 ) 3 124 . s % 2 12 L] w Ab w0 W 1] 203 801 53 P . e 60 EW YORK, December 16.—Base ball's “chain store” systems will flourish in the future out interference from Kenesaw Mountain Landis, high commissioner of the game. By unanimous vote, major league magnates, closing their annual sessions here yesterday, gave the system a vote of confidence and drastically curbed the weapons with which the commissioner frequently has attacked it. ‘The magnates ruled, in effect, that player contracts negotiated by two or more clubs of the same “farm system” shall be regarded as independent trans- actions and in exactly the same light as those negotiated by clubs having no | common interest. An outspoken foe of ‘“chain-store” base ball, Landis heretofore has de- clined to regard dealings among clubs of the same chain as independent trans- actions. Under the new rule, he will have no choice. As matters stand now the only curb on further development of the “chain store” idea lles in the rule forbidding any major league or- ganization to hold stock, or have con- trol, directly or indirectly, in more than one club in the same league. The majors’ action, as sudden as it was unexpected, served to demonstrate in striking fashion, the about-face most club owners have made in their attl- tude toward the “chain-store” idea. Once its only determined backers were Sam_Breadon and Branch Rickey of the St. Louils Cardinals. Now virtually every club in the majors has extended its operations into one or more minor leagues. The system now has come to be regarded, rather generally, as of the utmost value to the minors in their fight to keep alive, and an economic necessity, as well, for the majors. Credit for the new rule, it was gen- erally understood, could be claimed in- directly at least by Fred Bennett, an outfielder of no particular major league qualifications. Bennett figured in a “shuttle” from the St. Louis Browns to a Brown farm, Milwaukee of the American Associa- tion. Landis declared the deal jllegal and made Bennett a free agent. Phil Ball of the Browns, denied the commissioner’s jurisdiction and carried a suit to the Supreme Court. Event- ually he was persuaded to drop pro- ceedings, but it was understood he 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. AURICE McLOUGHLIN has been ranked No. 1 by the United lon ing Committee, and, with T. C. Bundy, also has been put at the top in_doubles. E. B. Henderson has given six Howard University players a place on an All-Middle Atlantic colored college foot ball team Howard men honored are Bramon, Clelland, Bell, hter, Brice and Capt. Gira~ John Henry, catcher of the Wash- ington team, must submit to & knee operation C. M. Danlels. leading American swimmer, will meet Duke Kahana- noku, Olympie 100-meter champlon M Btreet Migh basketers lost to Btreet players player transacticns among clubs of the | fame “chain.” Only one direct step was taken in the general direction of economy during the three-day sessions. That move ad- vanced the player limit date from June 15 to May 15, thus saving each club & month’s salary to a number of play- ers who might otherwise be retained until the later date. A policy of “home rule” was adopted with regard to radio broadcasting in view of the wide difference of opinion prevailing on the question of is effect on_attendance. Competing clubs in the world series were given the privilege, if they desire, of selling tickets for single games es well as in three-game strips. GRID COACH AT MOBILE Ducote Returns to Post at Spring | Hill College. MOBILE, Ala., December 16 (#).— Appointment of R. J. Ducote as foot ball coach at Springhill College here has been announced. Ducote, former coach here and at Louisiana_State University and Loyola, succeeds Pat Browne. Basket Ball Results Local Teams. Missouri, 33; George Washington, 30. Central, 44; Forest Park, 9. Eastern, 32; Wilson Teachers, 26. East. St. John’s of Annapolis, 25; William and Mary, 22. Duke, 38; Baltimore, 34. Cornell, 40; Toronto, 13. Allegheny, 34; Youngstown City Col- lege, 24. Midwest. ‘Knnns State, 35; Davis and Elkins, Washburn, 39; Haskell, 28. Kanses, 43; Ottawa, 23. DePaul, 29; St. Viator, 21. Notre Dame, 24; Illinois Wesleyan, 12. Earlham, 39; Bluffton, 11. Hanover, 38; Franklin, 30. Hillidale, 39;: Manchester, 28. St. John’s University, 29; St. Cloud Teachers, 28. Gu:tavus Adolphus, 38; Stout Insti- tute, 26. Tarkio, 41; Hastings, 39. Coe, 34; Iowa State Teachers, 32. n!own Wesleyan, 33; Carthage College, Mankato Teachers, 23; St. Olaf, 21. dle Aggies, 39; Oklahoma City, 35. Clarkson Tech, 45;: M. I. T., 41. 8t. Thomas (Pa.), 36; ‘Temple, 53; Lebanon Valley, 13. Michigan, 36; Mount Union (Ohio) at Pasadena—Dutras Il With Influenza. By the Assoclated Press. ASADENA, Calif., December 16.— | Nearly 200 of golf's nomads, some from the ranks of the un- employed, descended on Brook- side Park course today, seeking & share of the Pasadens Open Tournament prise money of $4,000. Olin Dutra, Santa Monica, National P. G. A. champlon, and his brother Mortfe, Long Beach, still are suffering from influenza contracted in the San Prancisco open, while George Von Elm, Los Angeles, siways a threat, returned from the East with a bad cold, which might keep him from starting. Two former champions besides Cooper stand among_the leaders. They are Craig Wood, Deal, N. J., pro, who won the San Francisco match play tourney Monday and who is back to seek the title won three years ago, and Horton Smith, Chicago, winner in 1930. Others who stand out pion and one of the leading money winners last season; the Espinosa brothers, Al_Abe, Romie and Henry: Leo Diegel, former P. G. A. title holder: Tony Manero, New York, and Wiffly Cox, Brooklyn. N CHICAGO CHARITY BOXING Four Ten-Rounders to Be Presented in Coliseum Ring. CHICAGO, December 16 (P).—Box- ing comes back to the Coliseum tonight for the first time in more than a year, presenting & charity card of four 10- rounders. Eddie Shes, Chicago Italian feather- weight, will meet Harry Blitman, Phil- adelphia veteran, and Billy Jones, Phil- adelphia Negro light heavyweight, will tackle Charley Belanger, Canadian champion. Paul Dazzo, another Chi- cago featherweight, will meet Young Geno of La Salle, Ill, and Young Terry of Trenton, N. J.. boxes Jack Moran, | tough Chicago middleweight. Midwest Leader On Collier’s Team the permanent home here. MARTY McMANUS, Boston—“Now He plays center. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! 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