The Washington herald., 1913-10-15
GRLFF PLANNING
some Big TRADE
Nationals Leader Postpones
Hunting Trip to Montana to
Bolster 1914 Club.
DENIES MARSANS RUMOR
Capt ArsOn, the Grand Old Man of
Baseball, Praise, the Old
Fox's Team.
DENIES MARSANS RUMOR
BY WILLIAM PEET.

MdnaSer Slark Grlmth, OF the Wash
ington baseball club, will forego tn,
pleasure of a hunting trip in Montan
this fall, and intends to be right OF
the job from now until the time fol
reporting in Charlottesville mex
spring.
The Old Fox is keeping his owr
counsel these days, but always sleep:
with one eye open, and it would not
be at ali surprising If he put over q
couple of important trades before the
year is out.
The Washington is well forti-
fed with trading material. Grif wants
another good outfielder, one who car
hit, and he will go the limit to obtain
the player he believes will fill the bill
1t has been rumored that the Old
Fox would like to put through a trade
with Cincinnati for Marsans, but un-
less a lot of wire pulling is done, as
was the case when Frank Chance was
landed for the New York Americans
there is little chance of Washington
landing Marsans, for the National
League clubs would hardly waive claim
on this star
Griff declares that while in New
York during the recent worlds series
he did not talk trade with anybody,
and denied all rumors to the effect
that he was after anybody from the
National League.
As the Old Fox never lets any of his
friends, least of all the newspaper men.
in on prospective trades, ii is hard to
get a line on what he is doing, but
for the benefit of local fandom ii can
he truthfully said that Grin in refus-
ing to take his annual vacation hunt
ing in the wilds of Montana, and stick
ing close to the job, probably is keep
ing his wires and mails busy, and will
do so until he gets some AL player
who will help bolster up his 1914 club.
Cap Anson. the grand old man Of
baseball, who is doing a monologue at
the Cosmos Theater, called on his former
pitcher. Clark Griffith, yesterday and was
warmly received.
Il am going to take some of my play
ers and friends to see ,ap' AnsOn pull
of his stunt Wednesday night" said
.'Griff;" fog he is one of the salt of the
earth, grand ball player in his day,
and Il grand fellow all the time
Anson pays 'Griff'' high tribute. and,
in addition, says that the Old Fox de-
serves all the credit for finishing in sec-
ond place with a team which has always
finished hopelessly last.
We all agree with what Cap Anson
says. Don't we, fans?
Brownie Burke, the masco. of the
Cincinnati club for years. is in the Capt.
tai, the guest of Clark Griffith.
i am gradually making an American
League rOoter out OF Burke" stated the
Old Fox last night.
Stuffy McInnes was about the only
player on the Athletic club who disap-
pointed the fans and others. The good
little first sacker did not hit much, but
there was nothing the matter with his
fielding. All that the first sacker had
for a batting average was lis. Strunk
was also weak with the bat, hitting for
the same average.
pitcher with more speed than Wal
ter Johnson will be on the pay roll of the
next season if Catcher Rey-
nOlds, one of Chances recruits, may be
believed. Reynolds. as catcher of the
Houston club, of the Texas League,
handled the delivery of this heralded
wonder. The heralded wonder is none
other than our old friend, Dode Criss.
Criss led the American League in batting
in 1905 and was pinch hitter extraor-
dinary for the Browns Even then he
professed to be a pitcher. but could not
get the ball within six feet of where
he wanted it. However, he had remark
able speed-enough to throw a ball
through a pine board, as the expression
goes. He later came to Louisville, and
his failure there is well-known. Rey-
nOlds says that Criss has mastered <his
delivery and can control it. As a re-
suit he was the sensation of the Texas
League during the past season. His
effort to come back next year will be
with interest.
II folk are looking for reasons why
the so-called player-writers should let
up. they need have no difficulty in find
ing them, says the Baltimore News.
Take the case Of Marquard, for example.
The New York southpaw in a number
Of articles which appeared before the
series started stated his willingness to
pitch every game If necessary, and
added his confidence that he could win
them. When the Rube went to the
mound in the opener and was driven
to the clubhouse by the walloping of the
Mackmen, his article was recalled by
thousands. Then, to make the matter
worse, Rube came out in subsequent
stories cTiticising his teammates for GER
tain things they should have done and
others they should not The entire bust
hess must create a bad feeling among
McGraw's men, and the leader Of the
Giants would do well if he insisted in
future that his men not allow their
names to appear over stories The
olayer-writer business has always been
in New York, more so than
any other place.