Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-17
SEASON OF DEALS.
Hard to Keep Track Of Players Sold
and Traded.

Not for years have there been as many
deals In balloon as have marked the
progress of the pennant fights in both Ma
tional and American leagues this season.
Garry Hermann. the owner of the Gin
cinnatis, struck the keynote of success
when he declared the other day: THE fan
public likes new faces, and 1t doesn't do a
club any harm to keep a few in the back
ground ready to spring upon the populace
when 1t grows restless and is hungry for
something else
That was the thought which was pre-emi-
nent when Sunny Jack Sutthoff was per-
mitted to go to Philadelphia, for at that
time the Red mortgage on Charles W.
Chech was about ready to be foreclosed.
The Red club, which pulled off some Of the
biggest swaps in 1903, has figured extern
sively in the deals of the present campaign.
In addition to Sutthoff the Cincinnati club
let Claude Elliotte go to New York, and
made the Donlin-M cCormick-Se bring deal.
The Giants secured Catcher Marshall from
Philadelphia. Philadelphia let Jack Barry
go to Chicago for Frank Corridor, and ac-
cepted Jack Doyle and Outfielder Van
Buren, from Brooklyn and Charley Dono-
hue from ST. Louis.
Two American Leaguers were turned over
to Pittsburg-Wyatt Lee of the Senators
and Patsy Flaherty of the White Sox
Lee failed. but Flaherty is, the Pirates
slab star. Those were the only transac-
lions between the rivals, although Detroit
picked up Bob Lowe, discarded by Pitts
burg. The swap OF Donlin for Burkett,
proposed by John f. Bruce to Garry Herr
mann. was blocked inside the National
League. st. Louis did not care so much
for Donlin as it did to unload 1.-The crab
and his fat salary and get bundle OF Red
greens to boot.
The American market has been lvelier by
Tar than the National. Outranking all other
swaps in Importance was that Boston ex-
change of Pat Dougherty to New York for
unglaub. The Senators have been kept on
the move. Lew Drill was shipped from
Washington to Detroit, Al Ortiz sent to New
York in exchange for Long Tom Hughes
and Smiling Billy Wolfe. Bill Coughlin sold
to Detroit and Charley Moran to st. Louis
In exchange for Hunter Hill and Frank
Huelsman This has been a regular pussy
wants-a-corner year for Huelsman. He has
played with Chicago, Detroit ST. Louis and
Washington. Huelsman signed a contract
with Cincinnati when King Bid McPhee
was in command, and then repudiated it.
Jack Thoney has also changed his base OF
operations many times. He began with
Cleveland, was sent to Washington. and
thence to New York. Clarke Griffith passed
the FIT. Thomas boy on to Rochester. and
during the past week the Raws handed him
back as damaged goods. Osteen is another
Senator who was switched from Washing
ton to New York. Tom Buelow was Ship
ped from Detroit to Cleveland. and the
same clubs pulled off another surprise iT
Carr for Charley Hickman. Monte Beville
whom Ban Johnson offered to Cincinnati
was given a transfer from New York to De
trot. This typographical panorama Is of
fered In proof of the assertion that 1904 Is
entitled to rank the greatest era of deals
in modern ball times. And the end Is mo-
yet. The tremendous changes in team per
sonnels must make Frank Richter recall
his dream of the late eighties. when Sport
ing LIES millennium plan called for
change in team make-ups every season.