The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-14
TOPICS OF rHE DIAMOND
RECENT TRADES AND RON
THEY NAVE COVE our

swap % Lsrd and Mcdonnell fer av,v>
and Purteil SHOWS Uncertainty :,
stars stay with One Team-.I.e.
McGraw ~ . Developer % ral..,
Merit TO what happens on the bali A.,
the fans are moro interested In trade. :,
players than anything elss Fr.au..,
changes In the psrsonnsl Of teams -.
20 keep I'D interest, but What the fans IN,
70 keep track Of is how the clubs involy.,
will fare In the deals The trade Of h.,
Lord and Andy Mcdonnell. who U.r.
third bassman and second basemaa "a.
spectiysly for the Boston Americana "a,
Prank Smith and william Purtsi r.sn.o.
spectively pitcher and third bas.nan -,
the Chicago White SoI. 10 the late., % Al.
tract their attention.
John l. Taylor. the Boston owner Il,
bold trader and has q way Of accomplish.
ing things he wants ParentheticaIly b.
may accomplish q pennant some day EaTy
In the eason the idea Of getting nd Of Lord
and Mcconnell wouldn't have been sut.,.
tanned for . minute Lord VAS rut.d N.
best third baseman in the country lau
year and was invaluable Mcdonald -a.
q rising young second baseman. one whom
the Bostons preferred TO keep in preference.
to Frank Laporte, 80 they let New Yors
/ have Laporte back again
Mcconnell was taken down with app.n
dicitis this sprinE and has been out ~ M.
game since. There ~ no reason. however
MAS hsrt this year and Clyde Ensis i1m ao.a
In and made good In his place All n which
goes TO show that you never can tell hos
usefulness with such and such a club viii
expire. Boston wanted another pitcher
and sot one in smith who hasn't hem
but temporarily In eclipse. Anyway Bos-
ton vas willing 20 take the chance
club wss fortunate in hsS,ns on bsns G IN
Larry Gardner another young second hass-
man who made good from the starts Henc.
Purteil boston gets a third baseman Who
ian't showy, but who. 30 far as his pla ytns
in New York 70 concerned, always shosed
caso this year, 30 could be spared and II
Lord IL his old self the White SoI Won't
lose any strength at third base good
have liked to see q trade made witch would
have brought Lord here
Deals frequently turn out ~ differently
frorn the general expectations that n IL
risky work venturinR . prophecy on them
Remember how McGraw was nimhammed
in prevailing opinion. when he suappe-i
McCiann. Ferguson. Bowermsn and Dahlen
for Tenney and Bridwell Well tbs,
turned out to he . mighty good srap Tor
MeOraw. Hts head was longer than thoss
Of the snap Judgment critics. Bridveu
alone wae worth the price and 10 still helping
the Giants to win games and stay near the
front even n Tenney has gone
The Brooklyn club was pronounced dasy
when II parted with McIntire to get Touy
and Happy smith and Davidson, three
practically unknown players. The deal.
however. turned outs beneficial one for
Brooklyn n help>d patch up holes Ia
the team. also to obtain some ambitious
young blood. and the pitching star hasn't
been weakened ~ all by the loss Of Mcln.
Chicsso club didn', get the better Of Brook;
Ign. though not neednR the men u traded
Il didn't suffer. Trades can be mutuany
The trade that ssnt sheokard 70 Chicago
for Maloney and q string Of others Sas
decidedly helpful one for Chicsso and vas
now. while sheckard has been no mean
10 Chicago Shrewd trading helped make
oTeraiI and steinfeiSt for instance
One Of the best bargains the New Yors
American League club ever made vas when
u got cree and WARRIOR from Detroit. Tbs
Detroit club passed these players over To
New YORK and later New York let Moriar'y
20 to Detroit The exchange wssnt stimuli.
taneou-. bu, Was tAntamount to . trade
heavy hitters and has developed greatly
this year warhop II and always has been
a good pitcher. something which no club
has ~ excess when the Bostons traded
I.apoTte back to New York for Jake stshl
that was a good deal both wayr Having
Chase. New York didn't need StAhl. whis
h. has been a good man for rhe Red soI
La porte's return furnished the Highlanders
with q robust batter
Only the trade Of Lake and Demmitt for
Criger has been one made nv the New YORK
club which looks as N 10 would better NOT
have been made. That doesn't necessarily
follow but the New Works could use Lake
to advantage just nov. The trade mace
ny McGraw OF Herzos and Collins foI
Rocker looks like q standor. hasn't helped
either team much. but may furnish more
evidence along ths' line later on u hasnt
weakened New York any. that's a sure
thing ,-,,-
the New " rk Natonals Nould have dons
ING the trade for Murray and RAYMOND
McGraw VAS Influenced largely by. Bre--
age The murray part Of he trsde "a.
better than the RAymond par McGrar
va. ecndeRnss Tor shs ~ Me iss,sS s.
more value TO New York than Mertes ""
Last year Connie Mack traded Pitcher
MoTsAn y helping the Athletics to win tbs
v ears pennant. while Schichtcr, where %
heS Jennings Jared the better In trad.
last season which brought Delehanty TO De
trolt and cent SchAefer to Washington
Mack seems to have improved his team ~
MA recent trade OF Rath for Brtseoe Lord,
Lord thus returning TO hrs old love. Fred
Clarke increased Ptttsburg's pennsnt
chances when he turned over First BasemAn
SHARPE TO Boston and took In exchange
Pitcher White White has done not . litts
good work for the Pirates since he became
one OF them.
Men Who have been let go by McGrv
played the game In such WIFI
wind manner as TO reflect on McGrs~s
jud sment or course Bresnahan Is an e.
ception. but that was not Q care Of con
q players worth. but Of giving hat
player chance to better himself MeGrsv
has been criticised for too much securing
Of players Of known worth and not enough
developing Of his own talent A. matter
OF fact he has done his share OF the latter
Snodsrass IL q McGrav development
pure and simple. = slow development, OCT
none the lees valuable one once the mana
ger decided to make uss OF him. $500.
araas Uas a catcher when McCraw pcEen