New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-21
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Major League Players Who Havs
Been Sold and Traded.
M'GRAW HOLDS NO STRINGS
Superbas and Yankees, However,
May Drag Back Some OF
Their Recruits.

| The National Baseball Commission pro-
mulgated yesterday a list Of all major
league players who have been sold or re-
leased outright 10 minor league clubs or
under agreements for their return.
| 1t turns out that John J. McGrsw sold
nine players outright and without any
strings attached for $40 These included
| Rudolph. for whom the Giants received
$3.50 from Toronto. and Manush, Tesreau.
shontz and Jenkins, who were disposed
! OF for $500 each.
Brooklyn, on the contrary, did rush.
| ing business in disposing Of twenty-five
| players, eleven Of whom may be repur-
chased at a slight advance. KAISER" Will
helm. the pitcher, and Dessau were sold
outright to Rochester for 5000, but Lem
nox the third baseman. was turned over
to Louisville for 5000 under an option to
repurchase at the same price. If, however,
the option Is not exercised the Louisville
! club must pay Brooklyn an extra $500
! Lumey. onetlme manager IF the SUI
perbas, and Fischer were released to tbs
Binghamton cup OF the State League for
81. 80. Brooklyn reserving the right 10 re-
purchase Fischer for 1880, and also 70 Sc
lect any other player in lieu OF Lumley.
|
baseman, was sold outright to Toronto for
| 1900
The players on whom the Brooklyn club
| has strings are az follows: Sykes, Mayer
! Ulrich and Miller. with Atlanta; Dent and
! Reisigl, with New Haven; Sentel. with
Chattanooga; Breen and Miller, with Sioux
| City; Fischer, with Binghamton, and Lem
nox. with Louisville.
| In the American League the Yankees sold
nine players for $13,5J as follows: Priest
| Channel and Walsh TO indianapolis for
| $3.50 each; Mitchell Hughes and Foster to
| Rochester, the first named for $3.50 ana
the other two for $3.50 each; Roach to Jer-
sey City for $500; Ables to Oakland Tor
| $1,000 and Bailey to Newark for s5Vp
Hal Chase has an option 10 repurchass
Hughes from Rochester for $3.50 While III
the case Of Roach the manager OF the yam
KEGS has the right to select any player OH
the Jersey City team, with the exception OK
Tonneman and Fullerton, for $3.50. Tonne
man also is included II he is not wanted py
the Boston Red Sox.
There is no record Of the sale OF Fullerton
to Jersey City by the Giants.
In publishing the list the following state
ment is issued:
The National Commission has decided
that a major league club desiring 10 feCdh
any player specified must notify the secle-
tary of the commission, as well as inc
minor league club with which the player -
PLAYING, on or before O'Clock or Angus
~ that il intends to exercise It's Optoh. IT.
must also send 10 the secretary OF the con-.
mission a check for the amount speClneL
for each player al the time the nouce -
Given that the option is TO he exercised,
which will be forwarded by the secretary
TO Mr.. Farrell the secretary or the Ns-
tional Association. with INSTRUCTIONS a o, -
transmit the same to the minor league clup
Interested Failure to so notify the secre-
tary of the National Commission ana ,ne
minor league club and to transmit Gneon
will he construed as notice that the opium
Is not TO be exercised. ,
Major league clubs are reminded that the
National and American Leagues have eacg
adopted a rule limiting the number OF plaN'
ers a club may carry on Its reservation llsf
10 thirty-five, exclusive or lneilslole piaE-
ers. and are cautioned to conform 10 tnla
lea que legislation in recruiting thelr respeC-
Major league clubs also are directed 20
carefully scrutinize the list and TO notlly
the secretary OF the commission AZ once
OF any mistakes or errors OF OMISSION tLele
in. 4 : soon as the secretary mas receiver
Tho money speciied under any or the ABOVE
Hn,,ons tho plaVer's name shall be trans
ferred from the roster OF the minor league
club to that of the major league cluo secu'-
ing him. ,.. ..,.,., 90 ,ba
niles pertaining 10 the sale and purchase OF
ma Tor league players, as printed on me 80
and back Of the blank agreements, snu
serves notice that there VIII be no ueltd
zion from these rules. under any clrcuIn
stances. and that all sales and purCNaSS..h
must he made I'm strict compnance 10
and under the conditions haiheu ."
regulations.
Al woIsast and "Packey" Mcfarland
may vet face each other at Milwaukee III
ten-round bout in place of McF ariai.u a'''
Matt Wells The latter have sigheu a..
cles for ten-round. no decision bout carr
in September although a change may '
made.
Word came out Of the West yesterod'
that Uo,east has sent word to Mcfarland
shat unless he signs to meet him IN 'eH-
round 90 in Milwaukee he never will con-
Itdor him as an opponent for twent .
round bout on the Coast later, ana II -
POSSIBLE that "Packey' viii accede 10 N'7
champions demands and sign up
Two more young players have been
weighed in the balance by Hal Chase ana
sent back 10 the minors. F1tzserald' q"
ortaelder. has been sold 10 the Sioux Ciy
club of the Western League. and I'D hlep-
fer. a pitcher, will join the Lincoln Ne''
nine. Fitzgerald played in several games
on the hilltop when the YANKEES
home He appeared very promising Aeln9
evcentionallv fast on the bases and aDoN"
tho average i'm hitting ability. KEEPER
faced the Athletics twice I'm the iatdl sSylie'
around July I, and was treated as pdGN ."
the rest OF the staff. II was narull "''
ausnicious time for him 10 start MS careSt;
but even so, Chase considered t.a' nc
moi have the makinss of star tNlllei'
Russell Blackburne. the $1,000 snort
stop Of the Chicago American League osSe-
hall team. who has been out OF the game
since early in the spring. following SUI
gical oneration on his kneecap. has feCos
cred and will join his team In a Few od''
According 10 President Charles W. Mur-
ply OF the Chicago Cubs Frank L. Chahce'
manager Of the team will never don UNI
form again, unless he does so In order 70
GO on the coaching lines. Murphy sd''
that Victor Safer hereafter will be az hts1
base and that Chance Will do the dictauns
from the bench Chance has been suuSN
ON the head nearly forty times since 10
took up the game, and " is said the lds1
blow caused his retirement
Clarke Griffith was suspended by FTesT
dent Lynch for three days, yesterday t''
disputing the word OF the umpires lasI
week Griffith sat I'm the grandstand anu
watched his team beat the Superhas
Harry Groh Of Rochester, reported w
McC;raw at the Polo Grounds. yesterday
Groh was purchased recently by the New
York club for $1,000 He practsed WIN
the team for ten or htteen mlnu ...,
fore the game. and drew round stter
round of applause from the snectators LOT
his snappy work at short Held.