The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-25
Clark Griffith
 Has Poor Luck
 In His Trading
Cincinnati Manager Bun coed Many Times By
 Other Magnates

In spite of all that happened to one of his trades last week, Man ager Clark Griffith still was vehem- ent in denying that he ever made a baseball deal for which he could be called a baseball Carnegie, that is, that he ever let go of anything with out getting something just as good in return. Rain recently prevented the entire series scheduled between Reds and Cardinals, and the baseball writ CTS had space to fill and they filled it with recounting all the good things Griffith ever let slip through his fling ers-to their way of thinking.
 And Griffith came right back at them. He even declared the now famous trade with Philadelphia one of the best he ever pulled off. and he affirmed that he had pulled off some dandies in his time.
 During Griff's connection with the Yankees of New York, and the Reds of Cincinnati, he was continually trad ing players. Some of his big deals were with the two St! Louis clubs.
 One of Griff's early swaps with Jim McAleer, then leader of the Browns, was the exchange of John Anderson bone in the vernacular of players. Griff gots on1e good service out of him, while OConnor had seen his best days as a catcher.
 Another deal with the Browns was that of Joe Yeager for Branch Hickey, the catcher. McAleer evened up on this, as he played Yeager on third and as a utility man for quite a while but Hickey, after going to New York, became i'll and finaly gave up the game.
 Gfiff's big trade with McAleer and the Browns was when he turned over Second Baseman Jimmy Williams and HNIz ar,,fc nf 41A ton Americans for Pitcher Fred Glabe, Infielder Harry Niles and Outf1elder sCharley Hemphill. The three new players, especially Williams and Fer ris made the Browns a first division team.
 Glade quit baseball that same year, while Niles was of little service to the Yankees. Hemphill is still good.
 McAleer handed it to Griffith when he traded Jack Powell to the New York club for Harry Howell. Griff tossed in $6,500 with the spitbal1er. He proved a valuable man for McA1eer, while Powell didn't go well in New and the boilermakers returned to St. Louis for $1,000 So McAleer got Pow ell, Howell and s5.5O0 while Griff was out Howell, Powell and that sum-
 Griff let other valuable players get away from him while he was in charge of the Hilltop team. He sold George Moriarfty to the Tigers with out getting any talent in return. He also had Catcher Ira Thomas, now of the, Athletics. but chose to turn him loose.
 Then after Griff switched over to the National league, Rober Bresnahan took a 'fall' out of him in the trans action which netted the Cardinals Mill Ter Huggins, Rebel Oalzes and Frank Corridor in exchange for Pitcher Fred Beebe and Alan Storke Beebe slumped and did little for the Reds, while Alan Storke died before it was time to re- port for spring training.
 Then Mike Mowrey was also a Red leg, but Griffith let him go to Bresna- hans team for Charles. who lasted but a few weeks with the Reds when he was turned back to the minors.
 His latest deal was the Rowan Beebe Paskert Lobert, McQuil1an- Moren Grant Bates transaction. When it was made baseball experts general iy considered that Griff had made the better of it. But no one looks at it that way now except Griff himself.