The Detroit times., 1912-10-22
McAleer Announces That He4is,
Not In the Player
Market
HAS BUNCH OF NEW
MEN BOUGHT, HOWEVER
Is Not Taking Any Chances on
His Regulars Going -.
Stale AZ

BOSTON. Oct. 22.-(speciai y.
we have shut up shop. We're out
OF the baseball market. We have ali
tne players We want for 1913. We're
satisfied with what we have. Q No
more purchases or trades"
This IL the last word OF James r.
McAleer. president OF the worlds
champion Red Sox, yesterday. It
means that Jimmy McAleer IL salts
ned with his team, that he will start
next season as he finished the past
season. And. confidently, Il means
that he expects to do as wen next
year as ne has done this year-or
better.
He Is confident that he win win the
1913 pernant more decisively than
ne won this years, even II the oppo-
sition Is stronger.
McAleer Is the first major league
magnate to announce that he II OUT
Of the baseball market: that he In
satisfied with what he has. He breaks
all records of early announcements.
The others will be buying and selling
and trading until well into next sea-,
son. But McAleer has all he wants
He has nothing to do till tomorrow"
He need not worry all winter.
The Red Sox president retains all
OF his present regulars and substi-
tutes. He has purchased one new
outfielder-Walsh, of Fail River, and
two new shortstops, Scott, Of Youngs-
town, and Carlstrom, Of Lawrence, in
the New England league. He has ex-,
ercised his option on Harold Janvrin,
the ex-Boston high school infelder
now with Jersey City.
He stands pat on HIS catcherA
The only now men not yet men.
tened whom he has purchased are
pitchers-Van Dyke, OF Worcester:I
Brant and Martina, OF Beaumont
Tex; Watkins and Ainsworth, OF
youngstown, O., and Foster, Of Hous-
ton, Tex. He has also recalled Leon
ard from Denver.
McAleer IL looking fartherfnto the,
future than 1913. That IL why he
has taken on another outhefder, two
more shortstops and 90 many PITCH
ers. He has to count on the eventual,
retirement Of one or more OF his,
peerless outfielders; also O. the times|
some day, when ''Heinie" Wagner will
quit, notwithstanding that Wagneral
for instance, is going better than
ever this year. But "Heinie' has been
IL years In baseball and the outfield-I
ers need more than the one substi-'
tute they now have. It In not too
early to begin the selection and
training of future stars.
McAleer may well be cuntented
with his present team. They. won this
years pennant and next year they .aro
bound to improve, for nearly all OF
them are young.
Sire up the great outfield trio, forl
instance. Iris Speaker Is only %,
and has been In the game but Ave.
years. Harry Hooper IL "a, and has
played league baseball only six years
before this. Duffy Lewis is Hooper's
age, with ave years In league base
ball before this year. Henrikson IN
%, and has been but three years In
the professional game.
The infield is a bit different. The
men, as a rule, are older. Here ara
their ages. and the years they played
professional baseball before 1872, re-
spectively:
stahi 81. 9: Yerkes "a, 8; Gardner
Is, s: Bradley %, a: Engle %, 109I
Krug 20, 8; Wagner 2S, IL; Ball 70, 81
Bill Carrigan Is %, with six years
league experience before 1912; Cady's,
figures are "a, four, and Nunamaker's
%, four. Which provides a catching
stan for q long time to come.
The pitchers care even younger
Here are their ages and years, re-
spectively, in professional baseballs
Wood %, 6; Pape "a. 3; OBrien %,
4; Collins Is, 4; Bedient %. .: Hall
&c, z.
All of the new men purchased are
youngsters.
This roster gives McAfeer 80 men
from whom to choose his pennant-
chasers Of 1913, with all Of his regu-
lars and substitutes now in good con-
dition with years OF baseball ahead OF
them.
The purchase Of two new Short
stops not only provides recruits who
may fill wagner's shoes some day,
but youngsters who will fight Krug
for the privilege OF substituting for
the Sox captain. Walsh has been |
touted as an exceptionally clever OUT |
fielder, and will be given q trial.
The new crop OF pitchers viii be-
carefully tried between now and the (,
opening OF NEXT season From them.
4 left-hander will likely be picked
for the regular team, Collins being
the only port-sider who has been on
McAleer's playing stan thls year.
McAleer evidently believes thn1
with the confidence born Of this years.
success, his 1912 team WIN play even
classier baseball next year. A young
as they are, most OF them are sea-
aonod PLAYERS now But the conn.
dence inspired Of victory ought %