Evening star., 1911-05-24
BY J. ED GRILLO.

Shade for the occupants Of the grand
stand at the ball park will be provided
by means of canvas hung on high poles
in the rear Of the stand as to hide
| the sun. In order to make this system
effective the games will not be started
until about 4:15 in the afternoon, the sun
by that time being sufficiently low to be
behind the canvas.
1t was found absolutely impracticable
to erect a temporary roof over the entire
stand. nor could any other system for
shading the seats be found but the one
adopted 1t was originally believed that
the steel necessary for the construction
of the upper deck would be delivered in
plenty of time to have this work about
completed by the time the team returned
here but there has been a delay and the
material will not get here until about
June l.
Rumors that McAleer is contemplating
a number Of deals for players are being
| sent out of the west. but nothing Is
known here regarding them. President
heard nothing from Manager McAleer for
some days, and that he was not familiar
with anything he was doing with refer
ence to securing new players.
Those matters are entirely in Nc.
| Aleers hands," said President Noyes,
| "and, whatever is done. 1t is up to Nc
Aleer to go ahead. He has carte blanche
| to go ahead and strengthen the team,
and no doubt he is making every effort
| in this direction
| The great hitting that the Detroit
team has done this season Is attributed
! to the batting practice which Jennings
| has insisted on ever since the players
Ire tn6
whether he Is a regular or a utility play
! er, catcher or pitcher. puts in about
two hours every morning hitting the ball,
and the result is that the Tigers owe
| their present high position to their abil-
| ity with the bat.
| Jennings believes that practice makes
perfect, and his team is now SO adept
with the stick that even after the known
cannot feel safe, for the catchers and
pitchers are also hitting. In many OF
] their games the Tigers have upset all
calculations by having the players who
are not supposed to hit deliver the
goods.
Clark Griffith still insists that he never
| has played the role of Santa Claus In
making deals for players with rival ma
| jor league clubs, says the New York SUM-
Griff doesn't like the idea Of being told
| that he has used poor judgment or has
been hoodwinked by the David Harums Of
| professional base ball. The Cincinnati
manager is conscientious, energetic fell
| low, who seldom allows his mind to wan
| der from the national game and who
would rather pilot a winning team than
| be elected President of the United States.
| Grifi has had SO many heated arguments
| over bis deals that several critics have
| taken the time and trouble to enumerate
them. iving the result of each with as
much mpartiality as they can command.
| One of Griff s early swaps. while man
| ager of the Highlanders, was with James
| McAIeer, then in charge Of the ST. Louis
| Browns. He handed over Jack O'Connor
| to McAleer for big John Anderson, and
| results show that Griff got the better of
| the trade inasmuch as OConnor had seen
| his best days, while Anderson proved a
| worthy member Of the Hilltop team for
some time after Another deal with Nc
| Aleer involved the exchange OF Joe
5! Yeager for Catcher Branch Hickey. Yea
| ger did well third baseman and utility
| infelder for the Browns but Hickey,
| after reporting in New York became i'll
| and finally retired permanently from the
professional arena.
| Griffith's third deal with McAleer was
| complicated affair. He got hold of
| Hobe Ferris of the Boston Americans in
| a roundabout way and traded him with
| Second Baseman Jimmy Williams to the
| Browns In return for Pitcher Fred Glade
| and Outfielders Harry Niles and Charley
| Hemphill. Williams and Ferris, who have
| dropped out OF major league company
| made the Browns a first-divison team
| that year. Glade was a big disappoint-
ment in New York. and finally quit base
| ball. Niles was a failure. too, and was
| traded, but Hemphill remained valuable
| addition to the Highlanders. McAleer got
| the better of trade in which he turned
over Big Jack Powell to Griff for Harry
Howell and a stiff cash bonus. Howell
| pitched great ball in the Mound city.
while Powells indifferent work soon
| found him in much disfavor. Later Griff
| let POWELL return to St. Louis for a
| paltry sum and the latter assumed a
| new lease life, which Is still in evi-
dence. Before resjgning the management
| Of the Hillmen Griff sold Third Baseman
Moriarty to Detroit for $500. and Catch
| er Ira Thomas. now of the Athletics. was
| also turned over to the Tigers for almost
| nothing.
| AS manager of the Reds Griffs first
deal was with the st. Louis Cardinals.
| by which Roger Bresnahan secured Sec
| ond Baseman Miller Huggins Center
| Fielder Rebel Oakes and Pitcher Frank
| Corridor in exchange for Pitcher Fred
Beebe and Alan Storke. Higgins Is one
| of the best infielders in the National
| League and Oakes is q coming star. Cor
| ridon Is in the minors. Beebe slumped
| in his work in a Cincinnati uniform and
Storke died before the championship sea-
son began. Griff traded Third Baseman
Mowry to Bresnahan for Shortstop
Charles. the former making good and the