The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-10-31

Peerless Leader Welded Pruning
Knife Vigorously With N. Y.

OF the twenty-six plt ycrs who went
to Bermuda with Frank Chance last
spring, only ten remained on the New
York \mericans' pay roll when the
season ended. This proves the asser-
ton that Chance, when he took hole
of the team. had such inferior mater
ial that q complete reorganization was
necessary before the Z. l.. could lay
the foundation for a winning bah club.
Chance made no mistake in gettins
lid OF the undesrables, for with the
exception of Hal Chase and Jack Leli-
Welt none OF them stayed in major
league company. OF the ten who were
retained six were pitchers. In Bcr-
nuda Chance began the campaign
with these mon:
Pitchers Ford, Caldwell, Warhop,
Heating, Fisher, Schulz, Davis, Nc
Council and Hon: catchers, Sweeney,
Williams and Sterrett; infelders,
Chase, Hart2ell, Derrick, Young, Mar
tin Priest, HARRISON. Stump, Barry
and Mdkiff; outnelders, Cree. Voter.
Daniels and Lelivelt
Before the American league season
was month old, Chance be an 10
use the pruning knife. Hon was ola
TO Lawrence. Young to Sacraneu'
and Barry 10 Jersey City. Then Der
rick was released TO Baltimore, while
Martin, Priest, Davis and Williams
were turned over To Rochester. Lcl.-
Welt and stump were traded TO Clcve-
land for PecEiHpaugh. HARRISON was
returned to Atlanta and Stcrrctt was
sold outright To- Venice. Cal. Chase
went TO the White SoX in exchange
or Borton and Zeider, Whilc Mdk,ff
and Daniels figured in the deal for
Haiscl of the Baltimore Orioles. Nc
Connyll was allowed to go 20 the
Crowns by the waiver route, while
Borton, a failure, was assigned to Jcr-
soy City.
To replace these men, Chance au-
thorized the expenditure Of moro than
50 600 His first purchase was Catch
er Gossctt for whom $500 was pald
to the White SoX. AS zeider was
crippled, Jack Knight was secured
from Jersey CITY for $4,000.
With both Sweeney aud GossoIt on
tho hospital list, Smith, tho young
Italian backstop, was Lcu Int from
Kingston for $500. The New Works
paid $4,000 to Jersey city for Pitcher
McUlle, $4,000 to Baltimore FOR
Maisel and $500 to Montreal for Gil
hooley The price paid to New Lon
don for Outfeldcr Holden was $4,000. !
while the Houston club Of the Texas
league received "a total Of $40 600 for /
Harry Williams, Reynolds, Whiteman /,
and Rose. Luther Cook was secured |
from Austin for $500 and Boone, the |
Dallas shortstop, cost $1,000. Dode |
Crisis, of Houston, was sold To Chance |
Tor $1,000. while the same amount ~as
spent for King Cole drafted from
Columbus.
Sweeney, Ford, Schulz, Caldwell,
WARRIOR, Cree Heating, Fisher, VOL
ter and Hartzcll are still IN the NJ
1loy of the New York Americans. hut
L is generally believed that beture
next season Wolter, Cree, Ford aud
possibly WARRIOR will be sent b Other
fields. Chance intends to further
strengthen the pitching department
md the outfeld. Gilhooley and C,ok
,ro practically sure of regular out
icld berths. while Chance will make
10 changes in the inflcld that tintshod
he recent campai II. There will be
.tar outfiedcr added to the cluhs
'oster before New Years and also
pitcher Of national reputation. The
ask OF building up the team has been
that only Chance could ac-
omplish ana the end is not yet.