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| Sports News | @f]}g Zfign WASHINGTON, Infield Subs <> PLAY OF RESERVES SEASON SENSATION Travis, in Debut, Is Highly Successful, as Was Boken on Western Tour. BY JOHN B. KELLER. T certainly doesn’t pay the opposition to cripple the Na- tionals’ infielders. Out goes one who has been playing a great game—and up bobs another to give an even greater perform- ance. While the club was out West, Bob Boken jumped into the in-| jured Buddy Myer’s shoes at sec- ond base to put up a flashy game | afield and become a potent factor | in attack. As the club opened its long | home stand yesterday, Cecil Travis stepped into handle the | crippled Ossie Bluege’s job at third | base, fielded brilliantly and helped | himself to five hits. The Nationals' infield reserves are do- ing more than their share, it would seem, to keep their club around the iop of the American League. i During the Wester., swing Boken, in nine games at the middle sack, fre- quently proved a stumbling block to the enemy offensive, and by batting .324 was mixed in the making of many of | the Nationals' runs. His hitting was | directly responsible for three of the six victories scored by his club during its first invasion of the West this year. | As the Nationals took the measure of | the Indians, 11 to 10, in yesterday’s 12- | inning _struggle, young Travis, fresh | from the Washington farm at Chat- tanooga, cracked four of the five pitch- ers rushed into action by Manager | Peckinpaugh, and his hitting figured in four of his club’s runs. Three of the tallies he toted in himself Travis took care of everything that came toward the third sack, and did so in the best of style, too. He looked a veteran in_handling his five chances Travis' brilliant debut probably means that Bluege will have plenty of time to bring his injured leg around to proper condition. | IRAVIS' display of offensive power | in his first appearance in Griffith | Stadium was all the more remark- able as a spike-wounded finger on his right hand made it difficult for him to grip 8 bat firmly. It was right after he | had soared to the head of the Southern Association batiers with an average of 452 that he had the finger hurt in a | play at third base. The injury so handi- capped him h fell off more than 100 points in his stick work in little more than & week But the yourigster went after the Cleveland pitching with a veng:ance yesterday, though every time he swung | his bat against the ball the impact| - caused severe pain in the lacerated | finger. His determined swinging de- | spite the physical agony bound to follow clearly revealed the recruit’s meness. gum“s was_out_there to help his ball club as best he could, regardless of what suffering his efforts might inflict upon him. Most of Travis' safeties were well hit. His first, made in_ the second inning, was a grounder that Morgan, Trike first sacker, got so far away from base he did not have time to get there ahcad of the youngster and| th> pitcher crossed too late to get throw. The second and third hits, made in the third and fourth inn.ngs, | were line drives to center. They w:re| hits in any company. The fourth hit, made In the sixth innine, was a looper to short center, and the fifth, made | in the tenth inning, was a drive to left field. Travis made his first four hits the first four times up. The first two were gleaned off Belve Bean and the third off George Connally. The fourth was at Howard Craghead’s expense. The last was made off Mel Harder. Only Clint Brown, fourth of the hurl- ers sent in by Cleveland, did not vield the youngster a safety, yet Travis got hold of one of this hurler's pitches and made first when the drive was fumbled by the second baszman. Travis went up for the seventh amd | Jast time in the twelfth inning to be thrown out, but it was a sturdy drive Harder had to knock down for the re-| tirement. | FIELD, Travis was as clever at| handling bunts as he was at scooping up the harder hit ground- ers. Twice the Indians attempted to get away with short taps toward third base, but each time the boy recalled from the Chattanooga club tore in for lightning grabs and throws. Evidently bent upon unpoising Travis at the outset, the first Cleveland batter of the game bunted. Travis, though. rushed in for Dick Porter’s tap, picked it up smoothly and threw to g2t his | man with plenty to spare. It was in the fifth inning. though, | that Travis made his finest fielding play | A and again it was cn a bunt. This time, | Farl Averill, one of the fastest runners | ¢ in the league. tapped the ball along the | third base line. Up came Travis like a flash for a one-hand grab and he| g followed with a remarkable throw to| first, & “strike” that got an eyelash de- cision over the fleet Indian. “Travis has come along fast since his training days at Biloxi in the Spring. Then he was accounted a gcod batter, but it was believed he lacked the field- ing skill of a big leaguer. He looks to have that now. | Griffs’ Records ‘000 2000 | 000 | {000 CLUB BATTING. 2b. 3b. Hr. 48 13 16 AB. R H RbL. Pet. Qe W7 151 aie 140 204 | Manush, 1f Goslin, rf | ] } | Washingtor 034 01001100111 o eep Boone, With .430, Tops Int. League By the Associated Press. F the Toronto Maple Leafs fail to get anywhere this Interna- tional League season, it quite evidently won't be the fault of Big Ike Boone, hard-hitting outfielder. The former Brooklyn Dodger fly- chaser, always noted as a strong batsman, had hit safely in 23 con- secutive games today and piled up a healthy average of .430. Boone's collection of 46 hits includes nine doubles and three home runs and has driven in 20 runs. But even a double and a single off his bat yesterday failed to save the Leafs from a 7-4 beating from the champion Newark Bears. MUST BEAT YANKS, HARRIS DECLARES }Main Pennant Hurdle,Though| Not as Good as in 1932, Says Tiger Pilot. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, May !'l.—stanley‘ (Bucky) Harris, young mana- | ger of the Detroit Tigers, still | thinks the New York Yankces' are the club to beat for the American League pennant, even though he's con- vinced the champions are by no meatis as formidable as they were a year ago. On the basis of the first month's re- | sults, Harris figures on a much closer race all the way, with the Washington | Senators, Philadelphia Athletics, Cleve- land Indians and Chicago White Sox all | good, tough clubs, and the Boston Red Sox a much improved outfit through its numerous player deals. | “As for the Tigers,” he said, “we're | seventh in hitting and eighth in fleld- ing. which just about explains why we haven't started out so well. If we can snap out of it, we should get back into the first division. Our pitching has been good, but so has everybody else’s.” He bemoaned the loss for a month of young Lyn Rowe’s pitching services be- cause of a sore arm, but insists that the “schoolboy” will be a winner when he gets back. Harris pointed out that the Yankees had all sorts of troubles on their first road trip; thinks Babe Ruth has slowed down a great deal, although he still is | | the “most dangerous man on the club | Stix Baer and Fuller team of St. Loul | at bat”; believes Lou Gehrig s0on may | United States title holder, will meet for begin to feel the strain on his long playing streak, and doubts whether the chamricns, cven when Johnny Allen gets back into harness, will get quite as good pitching as they did a year ago. GRIFFS ARE LISTED | FOR 3 DOUBLE BILLS All Will Be Played Away, Chisox, Browns and Tribe Are Hit Hardest by Weather. By the Associated Press. HICAGO, May 17.—Chicago, St., Louis and Cleveland have suffered most by the whims of the weather this season. a revised listing of double- headers and alt<rations of the American League scheduic i-cued by President William Harridge chows. The White Sox have six double-head- ers piled up, 2nd St. Louis and Cleve- | land have five cach. Eighteen of 22| double-headers listed will be played in | the West. ‘Washington has no double-header at home, but will use June 2. an open date, to play off a game with Boston. It has three twin bills away. however. ‘The schedule, double-headers unless otherwise designated: 1—Chicago at Detrot. 2—Cleveland at 8t. Louis. 3—Boston at Washington' (fills open 4—Chicaro at St Boston. ew York at Philadélpbia. 11—Detroit at Chicago 13—Cleveland at Detroit. 1R—New York at Chicago. Boston at Cleveland Philadelphia_at Chicago. t. Louis. Boston at Cles Philadelphis ‘Washington PITCHERS ON PARADE CLEVELAND. AB. Porter, rf. Coise Burneft, s ¥ of b e S S s tPowers Totals *Batted fo tBatted for Craghead in seventh. 30ne out when winning run scored. WASHINGTON. AB. Kuhel. 1b.. s E azaaans PRl *Bacted for Weaver in eighth. 1Batted for McAfee in tenth. 1Batted for Crowder in twelfth, §Ran for Bluege in twelfth. Cleveland.. 01 002313000010 Runs batted in—Vosmik _(3), 5, Myer. s Sewell (2). Two-base hi Three-base _hits—Kuhel, ~Porter, - Morga Home rul uhel, Sacrifices—Weaver. Myer. Left on bases—Gleveland. 10: Washinston. First base cn_balls—Off Weaver, off Harder, cAfee, 1. " Hits—Off Bean. innings: off ‘Connally. 5 in 215 innings: off Cragneaa. in 1 inning: off Brown. 3 in 1% innings; off Harder, 9 in 4 innings: off Stewart, 11’ in 5%; innings: off Burke. 1 in L inning: off Weaver. 4 in 1 iuning: off Russell. 0 i 2 innings: off C: by pitched ball—By Stewart (V¢ McAfee (Averil). —Winning pitche der. " Losing plicherHarder. Umpires™ g3 2 T ecmuwmsst @eRBTRAN oouokRza | walked the baszes full imm his fourth hit of the game. “ 11 frames to beat the Boston Red Sox, o | Nationals. Bean and Connally had been 0| the elghth )| Then Crowder came on to retire the 2| the victory. ) | for D singles by Manush and,Goslin and Cro- — | drive to center. | o | WEST GETS RAPPED IN PARENT CIRGUIT Pittsburgh Is Sole Winner as Eastern Clubs Open In- Inland Invasion. E invasion of the Western sec- tor by winning three out of four decisions. Pittsburgh’s league- leading Pirates were the only home team to win. They rapped Cy Moore, ‘Snipe Hansen and Ad Liska for ten hits, including six doubles, and a homer by Gus Suhr, and beat the Phillies, 8 to 4. The New York Giants, only a half- game behind, came through behind Carl | Hubbell's left-handed flinging to beat the Chicago Cubs, 4 to 1, despite four errors. The Giants got only six safe- ties, but Pat Malone walked in two runs in the opening inning. Joe Mowry, just up from the Ameri- can Association, provided a lot of the punch_that enabled the Boston Braves to beat the third-place Cincinnati Reds, 6 to 3. He accounted for two runs with a single and a triple. | The Brooklyn Dodgers kept St. Louis down in the fourth notch, just a point behind Cincinnati, by rallying for two runs in the ninth inning and a 6-to-5 victory. Bill Hallahan and Dizzy Dean and Johnny deciding runs ASTERN. clubs of the Na- tional League began their Frederick drove in the NLY one game other than the ‘Washington-Cleveland tilt was played in the American League yesterday. The St. Louis Browns touched their former mate, Lloyd Brown, and Bob Kline, for 13 hits in 3 to 2. Catcher Mervin Shea, recently of Boston, scored the winning run on ! a single, a sacrifice and Carl Reynolds’ base hit. The Eastern openers between Detroit and New York and Chicago and Phila- | deiphia were rained out. e PLAY FOR SOCCER TITLE | Toronto, St. Louis Teams for World Fair Battle. CHICAGO, May 17 (#)—The Toronto Scots, champions of Canada, and the Billed |the soccer championship of North America at Soldier Field, June 11. The match will be a world fair feature. On June 13, the German-Americans | of Philadelphia, national amateur cham- pions, and the Swedes of Chicago, Ili- ;nll; title holders, will meet on the same eld. [ 4 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, SCALPING THE INDIAN MADE “THE {Rave Foaser A MAL NPMED *Juoce” N TRavis Gets Five & S/NGLRS To PRIVE Curving Corps Is Worn Down While Griffmen Hammer Way To Runner-Up Tie With Indians UNCH—of which they have plenty to spare—has pushed the | Nationals to a second-place tie | with the Indians in the Ameri- | can League championship chas2. Now their prcblem is finding the pitching to keep them around the heights. The Washington wallopers Rave | packed power plus the past two weeks, | y2t their heavy hitting has not saved their pitching staff. While this sound socking has been going on, the Na- tionals have averaged three pitchers to the game, a strain no curving corps may reasonably be expected to with- stand for long. The Nationals yesterday gave their | greatest display of offensive power this ' season in amassing 27 safeties to get their 11-to-10 win over the Tribe, but they had to go to the twelfth inning for | their triumph. The Washington pitch- | ers tottered so, the Indians brushed | aside a_7-to-1 advantage gained early | by the home side and before the game was bagged Manager Joe Cronin had paraded six of his slabmen to the fir- ing line. Al Thomas, the newly married, and Earl Whitehill, starters in last Sun. day’s double-header in Chicago, were the only Washington hill hands who failed to crash the line-up as the stand against the Western outfits opened, and Whitehill was down in the bullpen warming up when play ended. FF STEWART, Burke and Weaver the Tribe collected 16 hits and two passes to wrest the lead from the rapped in the first three rounds for | seven runs %1: another tally had been | gleaned off -Connally in the fifth. But Stewart, weakening in the fifth, was forced out of action in the sixth as the Tribe put across its sixth run. Burke ylelded a score in the seventh and in ‘Weaver was so soundly slapped the Indians were two runs ahead before Russell was hurried to the hill to end the rally. Russell gave way to a pinch batter after finishi the eighth and so did | McAfee after hurling two hitless rounds. Indians in order in two frames to get Craghead, who pitched the sixth, was | the only Tribe tcsser not giving Up a | score. His successor, Brown, was nicked a tally before giving way to | Harder in the eighth, and in the ninth nin’s long fly got a tying score. Harder’s beating in the twelfth came from singles by Myer and Sewell, a base-filling pass to Bluege and Kuhel's SE of 11 pitchers in the game set a new American League mark and tied the major league record. Twice 11 pitchers have been in a National League fray, the last time on June 9, 1928, in a Cubs-Phillies battle. Travis, Kuhel and Sewell got more than half of the Nationals’ 27 hits, each cracking five.” Ope of Kuhel's hits was his third homer of the year, a loft over the right field wall in the fifth frame. Myer, in action for the first time | since he was cracked on the head by a pitched ball in Detroit 10 days before, played & smooth game at second base for' Washington and helped himself to three singles in six times at bat. bat and & runner were Messrs._Van Graflan and Owen, Reme—3 Hours and 34 minutes. « into the fray by Harris batted for | er by Umpire Van Graflan. | Russell in the eighth and was retired | only by Averill's fine catch of a line ve. Rice batted for McAfee in the | tenth to get an infield single. Travis tried to scere from second on the hit, only to be cut down at the plate. The crippled Bluege hobbled up in the twelfth and drew a pass, then gave way to Kerr. LTHOUGH Bluege walked on four successive pitches in the twelfth, | it was no intentional pass. With | runners on first and third and only‘ one out Harder wasn't risking & squeeze | play by putting the ball within bunt- | ing distance. | Harder is a game one. The Cleve- land hurler worked, despite a splinted | broken thumb on his left hand. He took & lot of punishment when he stopped Travis' hard drive in the twelfth. | i Bill Cissell, Cleveland second sacker, | after being out of the game more than | two weeks because of a sore shin, | sprained wrist and heavy cold, kicked himself out again in the tenth round. He protested a called third strike so | vigorously he was thumbed to the show- | Senator Huey Long, who owns some stock in the Cleveland club, was in a bax by its dugout. The Louisiana solon, wearing a nifty straw sailor, rose to the rooting peak in the eighth as the Tribe forged ahead. He was out of the box in a hurry in the twelfth. — BRITONS IN NET SWEEP Perry and Austin Take Final Cup Singles From Finland. LONDON, May 17 (#).—England made | a clean sweep of her Davis Cup tennis | series with Finland as Fred Perry and H. W. (Bunny) Austin won the final two singles yesterday. Perry outclassed A. Grahn, 6—1, 6—2, 6—4, while Austin disposed of G. Gro- tenfelt easily, 6—0, 6—1, 6—4. game seven innings.) ni The Britons previously had won the opening two singles matches Saturday and the doubles Monday. Major League Statistics WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1933. AMERICAN YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Washington, 11; Cleveland, 10 (12 nings). Louts. . Loul Boston, 2. Detroit. York, rain. Chicago-Philadelphia, rain. in- Minor Leagues International League. Baltimore, 10-1; Buffalo, 7-10. (Sec- ond game seven innings.) Toronto, 7; Newark, 2. Rochester, 4; Jersey City, 3. Albany, 9; Montreal, 7. American Association. Minneapolis, 12; Kansas City, 5. | Milwaukee, 6; St. Paul, 2 | Columbus, 4; Louisville, 3. | Indianapolis, 6; Toledo, 5 (13 innings). Southern Assgciation. Atlanta, 8-3; Memphis, 5-2. (Second | Nashvile, 10; New Orleans, 5. Little Rock, Knoxvile, 5. Chattanooga, 6; Birmingham, 3. Pacific Coast League. Missions, 8; Los Angeles, 6 (11 in- ings) San Francisco, 3; Hollywood, 2. Seattle, 11; Oakiand, 5. Sacramento, 7; Portland, 2. Western League. Omaha, 5; Des Moines, 4 (12 innings). Hutchinson, 10; Wichita, 9. St. Joseph, 5; Topeka, 3. Springfield, 9; Joplin, 5. . Mississippi Valley League. Springfield, 7; Keokuk, 3. Quincy, 9; Davenport, 1. Peoria vs. Rock Island (called fourth, rain). Piedmont League. Durham, 7; Richmond, 5. N. Y.-Penn League. - All games postponed, rain or wet grounds. — CHARLEY 0. IS BURDENED Given Top Load of 122 Pounds in Illinois Derby Saturday. CHICAGO, May 17 (#).—Chatley O., the R. M. Eastman Estate's 8-year-old which finished third in the Kentucky Derby, will carry top weight at 122 pounds in the first running of the $5,000 added Illinois Derby, Saturday, at Ex- position Park. Of the 11 other nominees, Col. Hat- field will be in at 118 ‘with Sweep Rush, Fingal, Trace Call, au Brooms, Spicson and North Mill carry- ing 115. Slapped, at top, Fair Roches- ter and Justice B. have been assign 110 pounds. Charley O. probably will face the bar- rier a topheavy favorite. NATIONAL YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. New York, hicago; 1. Brooklyn. 6; Pittsbus ; St. Louis. 1. 8; Philadeiphia, 4. Cincinnati, 3. N_York. BT 4121 17 11 G771 81680 Cleveland .| 2/—{ 1/ 3| 2/ 4 3 N_York. 27 0/_81_11_31_4116] 81.667 Wash'ton. | 41 1/—I 2/ 41 21 2| Cin'na i Chicago .| 11 4] 11— 11 2| 4[ Louis. | 1/ 1] 20121 61 2j131121.520 _I 41 21141131.519 rooklyn .1 01 01 181111111500 Phila. .1 0/ 21 31 I—I 21 11 3111113 Dat -1 100 11 31 0/—1 b 11111141 .1 11 4l 13161448 roit 31 21 11 01 2i—I 211171 11 .| 31— 1111/161.407 St._Louis.| 11 Boston .| 01 0/ 2 1/ 21 1] 1i—I 711 01 0] 0] 21 31 21— _8191.296 Tost .. 0111111131417 17I—I—| RI12113/11116(1619—i—| GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW Glev. at Wash, (3:00). Cleveland at Wash. B, " R 8t. ktlll“'o at Boston. %‘wl at Y. Phils. Boston. GAMES TODAY. _GAMES TOMORROW. Phila. at Pittsburgh. Phils. at Pittsburgh. ny Star. Boston at Cincinnatl. N. Y. st N St. Louis. t att. Fni Rk e n JespeEE Classified Ads WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1933. PAGE C—1 L3 —By TOM DOERER AOMER , TRAPLE , THREE SAGLES.... Travis Follows Boken in Showing World That Veteran Pilot Can Pick ’Em, BY TOM DOERER. post held by the smartest third-sacker . either your league or mine. en UMBER one of the home | he began to spell the enemy players’ stand in Uncle's book. names with his willow. — | _with Kuhel ing And the gray pilot needs | ravis, laying o ! thet s e it, too, making Uncle’s | the Goose and Manush swinging more young men tie with the Indians | freely, Uncle Clark is again making fcr second place. maps on Eddie Eynon's desk of world series arrangements But those Indians are no sweet yyyymg it took 12 innings to wallop peas and honeysuckles. No, sir. | the Indians, the showing made When it takes Wednesday after- | by T{fl;fl-fl &rl\l the tbunters w!};lo hne«; to s joat was wi o noon to whip a club that you start | = e VORI the a;tn 'm'g.e b to play right after noon on Tues- | And remember, young Mr. Myer, the day, you are not meeting a line of | b3, the cpposition has been trying 1o stuffed prunes. he ll:velrl did. v‘gmclh uuvmy.u 7 all, your Uncle’s Nat als prove Yet Rog Peckinpaugh learned & W, ypopcolieq 45 be, in that overtime com- things that he never knew was in the (pgt the team to be whipped by any book. For instance, Rog discovered | ong with pennant aspirations. mn gnm hll;tmnre 3;1 "‘}{E‘ hg‘:;‘; It appears that the Eagle is about eft ear than Billy i 3 can. confime with the ld of a pair of | (o toroed his Wings magicians. | | OG'S team was riding along in com- fort until two of Uncle's little children popped up to set off the | fireworks under his tent. They were, gentlemen, the Messrs. Kuhel and | ‘Travis. Kuhel has been hanging around | with his menacing willow for some time. Travis, a quiet, studious young man, is up from the jam and cotton bel for a visit. Gentlemen, when young Mr. Cecil | Travis unbuttoned five singles in seven nods at the platter, he not only did what Uncle Clark said he would do when he got a chance in the big time, but ‘he backed up the statements of the Chambers of Commerce of Chattanooga and stations in various directions. ‘Two months ago the gray pilot said that he had the best flock of yearlings | in the American League. There was a snicker from Moscow to Alexandria upon word of Uncle’s talk. ‘Then Mr. Boken belted his way into the base ball hall of fame without ask- ing for advance notice. duces all the [OW up comes young Mr. Travis, green and willing, to make the smart Cleveland hurlers wonder whether it is- Wednesday, or the day before the Fourth of July. Uncle’s” shoes were quivering and the fans were muttering to themselves when Travis went out to take over the Stars Yesterday By the Assoclated Press. Johnny Frederick, Dodgers — His fourth hit drove in the tying and win- ning runs against Cardinals. Mervin Shea, Browns—Singled in g;umwmnnnymzmzm wift, Pirates—Set Phillies down mic RAZOR S?;“ne..... ‘cout by, biting Sve sl ms el E gles against Cleveland. = Carl Hubbell, Giants—Scattered eight hits to Cubs, struck out five, to win N Randy Mous aad Berger. loore Wi " Braves—Made three hits :l"lcyh in 6-3 triumph over Reds. Radiator Service We Repair All Makes CREEL BROTHERS 1811 14th St. N.W. Decatur 4220 Griffmen Around Top : Revamped Red Sox Fxpected to Climb <> BOLSTERED BOTH INBOX ANDINFIELD Eddie Collins Doing Good Job in Strengthening the League in Boston. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, May 17.—The Boston American League club has received some needed and effective im- provement. No club has been strengthened as much as this has been. The proof of this will be demonstrated in the current series of the Red Sox at home, against the invading Western teams. A good catcher was secured in Rick Ferrell, brother of the famous Wes Fer- rell, who pitches for the Cleveland club. In addition, two pitchers who have something in them have beem pur- chased—Lloyd Brown from St. Louis and George Pipgras from the Yankees. To top it all off, Boston obtained Bill Werber from the New York club. The Washington, D. C., product and Duke University graduate is a shortstop and a good cne. he sale of Werber by New York was much of a surprise. It generally had been expected that Joo McCarthy | would let one of the other infielders | of his team go. After giving Werber a geod trial in the Spring, McCarthy must be convinced that the young man is nct quite ready for his team, in view of the fact that he is carrying Frank Crosetti at shortstop and has Lyn Lary to use in case Crosetti is injured. T Boston, however, Werber will be a welcome addition to a team that is on the upgrade. Werber's work at shortstop in 1932 for Buffalo was thoroughly indorsed by Ray Schalk, who managed that team. It may be that, waiting to see whether he was going to be put out on option, Buffalo has been disappointed this vear in not being able to get him back at an option figure. Or it may be that the Yankees were afrald there might be some ques- tion about their right to option him again. Rather than take a chance on a dispute over anything of the kind. they determined to sell him to Boston outright. Pipgras has been in disfavor with McCarthy ever since he came so near slipping up and losing a world series game with Chicago Jast year. His work on that day was not particularly satis- factory to the New York crowd and he was taken out of the game before it was lost. He has plenty of strength left in his crm. however. and under Eddle Collins' direction he is pretty sure to piich some good ball for the Boston club. ’I“ deals for Ferrell and Brown are said to have been made direct by | Phil Ball, who makes most of the deals for the St. Louis Browns and seems to make them from a personal standpoint as much as for any other reasop. That is, if a ball player gets the advantage of him one year, he will come back the next year, or the next { month perhaps, and sell him for a good round price. Apparently Ball has no notion of winning the pennant this year, as he has not yet reached the nucleus of good players with whom he might expect to capture, some day, championship honors. Building up the Red Sox, as has been done ever since it was announced | that Eddie Collins and his millionaire | boss, Tom Yawkey. had taken charge of the club. is an act of rare good judgment on their vart and sure to earn them apprebation in the future. 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