The Washington times., 1913-01-25
FRANK GRANGE WILL
ENGINEER TRADE
At Big MEETING
Many Other Major League Man
ayers WIN Try to Swap
Players at Coming ConcIave.
By SENATOR.

r. Leroy Chance says he will en-
deayor to engineer q deal by which he
win get Q third baseman, and that the
date Of this engineering win be Febru-
ary II, or thereabouts. In New York.
Jeems Jawn Callahan says that he
would like to rid himself OF several
superfluous pieces Of diamond bric-a-
brac. and that he win endeavor TO do
20 at the approachfne meetingsof the
major 1eaguers at the waldorf.
Josephus Birmingham. manager OF tbs
Naplanders, admits that he would like
to get hold OF a couple Of youngsters
for the betterment OF the Forest City
outfit. and that he hopes for the best
ut the coming meeting
Manager C. c. Griffith win be on
hand to grip hands with '.Husk"
Chance. and. incidentally. see what's
doing. He wouldn't care to overiook
any good thing coming In his direction
As . matter OF cold. hard fact. with
out any trimmings. the wholesale trad-
Ing that was scheduled for the D.
cem6er meeting Il likely to be found
at the February gathering
Trades Are Outlined.
In both leagues many trades hzvu
been outlined Miller Huggins is anx-
ling with chicaso and Pitfsbursh. usins
Ed Konetchy for q bait. Koney Is de-
sirious Of receiving $500, much foo
much for the Cardinals. and Hugxins
can't see himself paying all that money
to one man. Murphy and Dreyfuss
admit that they can, 30 something may
turn up1in that direction.
Charlie Doom has IN Earl Moore q
twirier much desired by the Cubs
- - -
tones denies furiously that Moore has
. chance of escaping from the Phillses.
those on the inside hint that there may
be something doing during the coming
meeting.
George stalIinss. In his effort to make
. first division team out OF his forlorn
hopes IN Boston, may be expected TO
cut . few strings, the announcements
Of which viii come at this same meet
ing.
No wonder baseball men from every
where win be there. The meeting Is
the real one OF the winter. Owing 70 the
many miles between tine New York and
Chicago, the December meetings or tne
two major leagues were hardly pro-
nounced success Ban Johnson's crowd
met and adjourned until sufficient tine
had elapsed to make il look Ike \
regular meeting. but nobody was hood
Winked- The National Leaguers In New
York got all the headlines. but didn't
do % very much 1t wJrl be done next
month at the Waldorf.
se May Dust Austin.
George stovail 10 training fiedgiing
who may GUST Jimmy Austin, the bum
die Of wire who held down third for the
Brownies last summer. The younzster
Is Bunny" Brief. However, Brief has
one great handicap. His feet fit COM
In a No. 10 shoe. He can't get
the jump. though he fairly flies when
once he gets under way. Brief is
slugger, and toward the end Of last
year looked prettys good in the Mound
Jimmy Austin would be a worId-beater
were he with winning club. He has mere
pepper than the Boston and Phfladel-
phfa teams combined. and Sea Lion.
Charlie Han IL In mind right now, too.
the fastest men In the game going down
20 nrst and not bad baserunner.- but
bis light hitting makes him undesirable
Ior any team not winner. This chap
Brief win have to travel. though. to
Walter Alexander, the Brownies
catcher: has signed. This .youngster
looks Ike a possible star He's a trifls
ngnt; though not any more so than
Eed Kuhn. who caught big Ed
" oish win SO mucn success last sea-
son. and stands up to his work like q
veteran He has q fair whip. and NAV
De good man with more experience.
Lowe Boosts Him.
Bobby Lowe, the old-time secon5 base
brilliant. now chief OF scouts for Frank
Navin, is there with a strong boost for
Boehler. a young pitcher due for a
rial with Jennings this spring.
Il watched Boehler quite a lonr tima
ast summer" says Lowe. .He has,
needed-the physique. pitch
ng ability, and apparently enough rr,v
natter to hold his own. He is more
lnished than most green pitchers and
LOOK Tor him to stay with the team IN
Lowe Is also rather pleased with
Shariie Deal. the Young third baseman.
ie thinks that, after he has overcoms
us style of hitting, he NAV make good
n the pig show. Deal has the free
wing that makes for honaers in the
'ushes and breezes in the majors
On the witness stand in court Johnny
hcGraw has the nerve to saw that the
,e~spapers do nothing toward making
ne reputation OF a manager or a PLAYER.
te just talks to the scribes "to helm
mem OUT. as they've got a living 10
make; Somehow or other, ''Muggsy,"
MS doesn't Just sound right.