The Washington herald., 1911-01-21
BY WILLIAM PEET.

ito waive claim on his old first baSeman
tom Jones, of Detroit, whom Hughey
Jennings wants to send to the minors.
This does not necessarily mean that
Tom Jones will be purchased by the local
management at the waiver price. but as
the club is short on first-sackers, Jones
may be given try-out. AT least. Nc
lhieer thinks well enough of Jones to
block any deal which might send him TO
the minors, and Manager lin should
have the right dope on Jones ability,
a: old Tom has played under him several
years
The Washington Herald's correspondent
lin Milwaukee is authority for the state
:'nent that the Nationals have refused 10
waive on Tom Jones. and also states that
~ Louis also stands in the way of that
player going TO the minors.
rhc dispatch from milwaukee, reads as
follows
Milwaukee, Wis, Jan a,.-Two Amer
1can League clubs-Washington and st
.I-ouis-Stand between First BaScman
Tom Jones. of Detroit. ard :hc manage
mont of The Brewers.
This discourtgin:; bit Of information
was ielegraphci to President 9. s. HAY
encr by Owner Niv:n. of the Dctroi,
club. late this afternoon. according :"
the Tiger boss. both the ST Louis and
Washington clubs have refused to waive
claim on the veteran infielder, and it is
impossible to get him out of the .Amcri-
can League Whether the Detroit man
acement will retain the Welshman or sell
him to one of the two American LeaSu"
clubs is question. bur that featur" Is
OF little interest the proposed deal
between Havener and Navin has been
knocked in the head.
of course. we are disappointed over
GU, failure to get Jones'" said Havener.
hut Barrett already has lines out in
another direction for n player who We
think will do just as well as ;he Detroit
man
II will ne remembered that two years
ar" Jones figured in a peculiar deal. and
one which circumstances made result
very badly for the St. Louis Browns. In
midseaSon. when Claude I;"SSman had
gone all to pieces and the Tigers were
hanging on tn" ropes. Hedges rushed
into the breach. and traded Tom Jones
To- Detroit for RoSSman. Claude refused
10 rcport for long time. and he dis
appcarcd again Immediately after he
ordered I" play first baSc by the Browns
management 1t was stated at the time
Of the deal that if RoSSman failed to
show up. Jones was to report hack t" the
ErownS L:ut RoSSman did not show.
u"r did Jones come back to the Browns.
Instead. he remained with the Tigers.
and his good work on the initial bag and
his clean hitting restored confidence to
the whiting Tiger club, the team winning
lii" flag
Thus Hedges contribution won A PEN
nant for the Tigers and netted the ST
E"ulS team nothing. unless Jennings
grew generous and kicked in with some
l.a- fn ba nj
Ro>>man.
y dispatch from Cleveland reads as fol-
IowS.
'Ncan Gregg has signed. Ordinarily
that may not mean much. hut in this
case il does.
Word came from the Coast yesterday
that tn" now famous southpaw. who
I"lpni to pitch Portland to the pennant
i" tho Pacific League last year. had
affixed his signature to a cleveland con-
i-nct calling for sum of G.1M.
The history of the Gregg case is not
without interest. Prior to the time that
Jam Mcclure had become manager of
tho Cleveland club he served for a time
III the capacity of scout. He toured the
Coast >aw Gregg pitching for the Spo-
kaue club Of the Northwestern League
hurried to tho telegraph Office, and wired
home that he had found a star Jim
had moi seen the records, nor had he
heard much OF Gr0eE
a deal was immCdia teIy closed for the
purchase OF Gregg for s4,GN" TO the sur |
prise of the Cleveland club. Gregg i'm
nediatciy went bark His arm broke |
down. he rarely worked, and it appeared |
that he was all in. and that the Clcve-
lind club had purchased lemon
But Jim had confidence in Gr-.Sg and |
his ability 10 come back 1t did not |
seem though he would be ripe for the |
hiC leagues in 1910. He needed another
year in tho minors ConSeguently. when
j. grew ohstreperous last winter and |
failed to show desirr 10 sign a CIeve- |
land contract the local management |!
d, cmed il adv iSablc to shin him to Port
land for trial |!
His record of thirtV-two victories and |
eighteen defeats last season showed that !
h" merited the confidence M"Guire placed |
IN him.
Il don't want any good fellows on my |
ball club says Manager Barrett, of Mil |
waukee. the same old Jimmy once a |
Detroit player. Il don't drink myself and |
j am just selfish enough to want all my |
men to keep away from il. Of course, a ,
glass of beer once in :. while will not |
hurt any ona but as for this stunt of |
staying out until the wee Srna' hours and !
trying to make Milwaukee still more
famous-nothing doing
Washington fans have not forgotten
Larry Schlafy, who playsd here under
Jake Stahl. The following, story is now
going the rounds:
Wise old Joe McGinnity has been
jumped in battle OF wits between
Larry Schlafly and George Heinie Smith
and tie outcome will be watched with
interest. The Buffalo Courier gets this
inside story from Heinie. who lives up
there:
Joe McGnnity wanted George Smith.
and as soon AS he heard Heine was re-
leased by Buffalo. got him on long dis
tance phone and tried to sign him.
George asked for bigger money than
McGinnjty thought he could pay. Then
Smith told McGinnity to think it over
and il he decided to come across he
would sign. provided he hadn't hooked
up elsewhere in the meantime.
Now Larry Schlaffy is McGinnity's
regular second baseman. Larry is also
half owner with Charlie Dooley of the
Troy club. Naturally SIhlafly wants to
get away from Newark to run the team
Always the Same.