The Washington times., 1912-08-24
GR|FF PASSES UP
TWO PLAYERS OF
MACK'S ATHLETICS
Deal Expected Today Where
by They Will Go to
Orioles.
DRAFTING SEASON
BEGINS TOMORROW
Lelivelt To Report For Duty On
the New York High
landers.

II Bris Lord and Claude Derrick are
10 go to Baltimore today In return for
Eddie Murphy and Jimmy Walsh. the
track outfelders Of the Orioles, the deal
will very likely go through, as Manager
Griffith Is not willing to take either of
,rem. According to reports from Phila-
delphia today, the deal is expected to
60 through before nightfall, as the
drafting season opens tomorrow and
then the stars Of the Orioles may be
mapped up by come major league CLUB
for tho smaller price allowed by the
agreement between the major and minor
leagues.
Neither Lord nor Derrick would be OF
eny use to the Climbers, and If they are
the players to figure in the big Phila-
lelphia- Baltimore deal, 1t will go
through. for all of Clark Griffith. He
wants neither of them.
According to the program, Connie
Mack Will today, send Lord and Derrick
to Baltimore, allow Jack Dunn to keep
Ehawkey and Dabefroh, pitchers, and
pay 5000 to get Murphy and Walsh,
who will be put I1to the Philadelphia
lineup at once
Roy Crabb. the young pitcher let go
by. Jimmy Callahan, has arrived in the
Land of Nod and may appear in some
Of the games on the schedule for the
Athletics in the near future. Indeed, he
rs expected to pitch one game against
the Tigers next week.
linn to Rochester.
IN order to obtain Jack Lelivelt,
former National outfielder, from the
Rochester club Harry Wolverton has
bad to send Guy Zinn, the slugging
gardener, to John CANCELS club. Zinn
is trif1e slow to hold his own in ia st
company, though a good hitter. He
should make good with the Rochester
club. Lelivelt is expected to report to
the New York club tomorrow and ap-
pear in Mondays game against Cleve-
land. He has already shown his abil-
lty to hit big league pitchers. and
should be a success from the start on
the Hilltop.
Manager Wolverton has another deal
on hand, endeavoring to arrange a
trade to obtain a second baseman
that he will get either Jack Lewis,
the Red Sox substitute, or Ivan Oh
son, the former captain of the Cleve-
land club.
Pitcher Green from the Holyoke club.
Of the Connecticut State League, and
keaging. the star twirler of the Law
renee club, of the New England
ember 70 smtR TeRGrt star Gn seR oaf
fielder of the Brockton club of the
New England League, will join the
Highlanders next week for a trial.
Davis In Danger.
Harry Davis, manager of the Cleve-
land club, is by no means sure of
keeping his job next season. When
asked about Davis future, Charlie
Somers, owner of the Naplanders,
said: II don't know whether Mr.. Da-
Wis contract will be renewed or not.
] decline to discuss the question at
all"
Cleveland sporting writers believe
that Davis is done as leader of the
Naplanders. and that Somers will re-
fuse to sign him again. However, SO
Tar as known, no other man has been
suggested to Somers to take Davis
place and nothing may come of 1t until
the winter meeting Of the American
League.
Meanwhile Harry Davis is eollec ting
a team to tour Cuba, playing a series
OF games in Havana and Santiago. He
will meet a promoter of the Havana
club in New York tomorrow and will
arrange for the games to be played In
December.
Axes Making Good.
Jerry Akers, sent to Rochester by
Clark Griffith. is more than making
good, and is now considered one of John
Cancels winning twirlers. Yesterday
he lost a hard game to Providence, los
ing to l. He allowed the Clamdiggers
but threet hits and yet lost though his
own team got eight hits off Bill Slime
Akers is expected to be drafted by
some big league club this fall.
Champaign, Ill, where Jake Stah
started his career as a professional
baseball player, is crying to have the
Boston Red Sox play a game there or
September 9, the day before they play
in Chicago. George HUFF, the scout who
sent Stahl to Boston. is trying his bes
to get the consent OF Jimmy McAleel
to having his club play there.
Jim Delehanty, the former Nationa
and Detroit player, has caught on will
Joe Cantillon's Minneapolis club of thu
American Association, and is cloutinl
the ball hard He is expected to VIII
the pennant for the Millers.
Jimmy McAleen president of the Rec
Sox. and John Shibe, president of tn,
Philadelphia Athletics, are N town 10
day to attend the funeral Of Thomas c