The morning times., 1897-02-17
RUSIE MAY Be EXCHANGED
The Deal Both Affirmed and
Denied i'm Philadelphia.
WOULD BE 4 POPULAR TRADE
Pitcher Taylor and Catcher CIem-
ents Are Slated to Go to New
York in Return for the Recall
citrant Hoosier Boy With Al
Strong Arm.

The all-absorbng gossip among baseball
fans at this time is the reported exchange
OF PITCHER Rusie, OF New York, To the
Philadelphia club for Pitcher Jack Taylor
and Catcher John Clements The trade is
both affirmed and denied.
The Philadelphia Times said yesterday
morning: AT last we know what is TO be
done with Rusie. In spite OF all that las
been said 10y Mr.. Freedman he is to be
t,aded, and 10 the Philadelphia dub at
ttat This no doubt viii appear Mg
thing To some>at first sight and VIII cause
no cnd Of JOY among the local enthusiasts
Rut when these self-same cranks are con
graduating themselves they Will hear mat
for Mr.. Amos Rusie the New York club
VIII get Taylor and Clements. That an
nouncement will take the edge off all their
pleasure. and so il should. for il does look
as If the local club owners mad made an
other Sullivan-TurneT-Co Cooley deal
In dispute OF the above tie / hiladelphia
Re, ord published the following statement.
ti,at Catcher lohn Clements and Pitcher
.IoI,n Taylor had been traded 10 the New
York club for Pitcher Rusic. When asked
asto the truth of il late last evening, John
i. Rogers SAID there was absolutely no
truth in il, ana thsit there were 10 nego-
tiatious in progress looking 10 such a deal.
The adviSsbiIity of such a deal is doubt
ful. TheTe is Eo certainty that RuSic is a.
come quite standby, ana patrons of Tie
game would Toe 10th 10 see HIM 90 10 an
other club
At tins writing il appears that the
QGakcTsarcdiyidedi III opinion TO wieIEsr
OF net il is true that RuSie VIII play an
their city Looking at the matter IN an
impartial way, il seems that the tfade
wolld Toe beneficial TO all parties con
ccrncd.
The case can he reasoned from both sides
and with advantage 10 each club. 1t IS
evident 20 all followers OF the game hat
Rusics usefulness to the New York club
has been completely nulIifed 10y the
wraBEleS and ordinations and recrinhna-
tions resulting from the quarrel dating
from the close of the season of 1895. II
is not possible in the range OF human natI
10 heal the sores and dispe the acriInOny
existing het ween the big pitcher and Presi-
dent Freedman 1t would be beyond all cX-
pcctancy Tor RuSe To give in and acknowl-
t,ige that he was wrong. Likewise, it would
be d perverson should Freedman admit
that le was in error. 1t is a good deal like
the proposition of n immovable body meet
ing ah Irresistible force.
All hands are agreed that RuSic is needed
in the game. He is the greatest pitcher in
The ranks. and the patrons OF baseball do
not relish his eXllemcnt Right or wrong,
they want To see him At work, and the
league cannot afford to hide his light under
q half-busheL
The trade between New York and Phila-
delphia. il il should prove a fact, would
be happy solution or the affair. IL would
give New York a good pitcher TO aid
Meekin and Clark. and Clements would fill
that horrible vacuum at backstop.
Jack TAYLOR. while hardly the equal of
Rusie. is q star JwirIer. and considering
Amos controversy with Freedman he
would prove the more valuable man for
the Giants. As for Clements, he has no
superior AZ catcher. and be can hit the
bah like a house afire. With Clements
added 10 the club scrappy Joyce aggrega-
zion would be strong candidates for the
nag.
Clements j. q left-handed catcher and
batter, and with him in a New York uni
form, imagine what a reinforcement he
would be for Joyce, Beckley. George Davis
and The other south side hitters of the
team.
Taylor ilas outlived his usefulness as a
Quaker. and the same reasons that apply
TO Rusie n New York are potent to Jack
in Philadelphia. He is dissatisfied and
would welcome a change.
Considering that New York and Phila-
delp,ia are the greatest baseball cities in
the League circait, trade OF the kind
would prove beneficial, and its consumma-