Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15
nate Hedges to Sell Browns cA@eI VIII Stay in WaShng0

of Griggs of st. Louis for Clarke Of
Cleveland-has caused no end Of COM
ment. among the base ball men here.
While: of course. Griggs has yet to show
that he is anything but an ordinary
player, it is argued that he is decidedly
more valuable than Clarke. who has been
an invalid for year or more According
to reports it is decidedly doubtful whether
Clarke will ever be able to play again.
and there is a whole lot of laughing up
sleeves at Hedges.
Detroit, too. is trying to pull off deal
with st. Louis. Jennings is willing to
give up Mcintyre for Bill Bailey. Hedges
accepted this proposition once, then back
ed down on the plea that he did not
need an outfielder. Thereupon Jennings
offered Infielder Lathers, and again
Hedges accepted. only to back down for
a second time q few moments later. 1t
Is, however. believed that eventually some
sort OF a deal whereby Detroit will get
Bailey will be pulled off
Whether it will be possible for Boston
to get a battery from Detroit in exchange
for Wood and Cariigan remains to be
seen. Taylor is willing to take Mullin OF
Summers and Schmidt for his pair, but
Jennings absolutely refuses to consider
this. He does not mind parting with
Schmidt. but he figures that it would be
a serious mistake for him to turn over
either of his star pitchers. Boston al
ready has Frank Smith, one of the best
spring pitchers in the league. and II II
should secure a man like Mullin. who Is
always an early starter, it would give the
Hub team an advantage early in the race
which might be hard to overcome. There
does. therefore. appear to be put i.ttle
chance of a deal between these two clubs
being contaminated.
AS is usually the case at these gather
ings Of the club owners. only a very
small portion Of the deals which were
contemplated will go through. No one
seems to want to take the initiative in
making propositions. and when trade Is
proposed the club to which 1t is made i'm
mediately grows suspicious. fearing that
some of the players mentioned have
broken a leg or are suffering from some
other ailment 1t is very apparent that
these club owners and managers do not
when it comes down to making trades
and this more than anything else is re-
sponsible for the scarcity of swaps.
If one were to judge the strength o.
the Washington team by the many COM
plimentary things said Of its performance
last season the impression might De
created that McAleer had factor in the
next pennant race. Every club in the
American League seems to envy NC.
freely made that if he will secure the
addition of q few good ball players
ne will have club which must be reck-
oned with by those who aspire to the
next pennant This, of course. is all vel
and true. There is no doubt that the
Nationals gave every team in the league
hard fight last season. Any team
which beat them knew that it had beer
in q battle, but it was very apparent thai
q certain element of strength was lack
ing before the team could be seriously
considered as having a chance to finish
higher than 1t did. Whether or not Nc.
Lleer will be able to add this needed
strength depends entirely upon his sue
cess In trying to make deals and upor
what he may develop out of the raw ma
terial he is to try out in the spring.