The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-27
TRADES OFTEN.
LEAD TO FLAG
Exchanges Of Players Be
tween Teams Has Proven
Road to a Pennant.
(By Tim

Boston. Jan. a7.-One or two ex-
changes of players will often improve
both teams. Even the exchange Of two
players has put one team to the bad,
while the other club thrived. I have
even known one trade to win a cham
pionship..
Great players are usually high
strung, self-willed fellows. that require
aS much care in handling as a spirited
horse. The man who could uccess-
fully handle a team made up. of stars
would have no trouble in running
of those South American republics.
A manager will often find Il PLAYER
although a fine athlete. The wise
manager will let this man go at once
rather than try to reform the player.
That n player will take a personal
liking to some other manager and
work his head Oft.
The %clevercst manager is the one
who can keep his men Interested and
ager must fill his players with con-
tidencc. Clarke Griffith and John Nc
t;raw can fill even ordinary players
With great confidence. They note ~
cry move 0f'fttc players. dress with
them. and while mixing up eve lose
their hold on them simply because
they know the game and can explain
baseball problems as few other men
can.
L believe. here is where Johnny
Evers will come strong. All the play
ers have a good word for Evers. just
as they have for Jimmy Callahan. and
this is a Very good sign. No n will
attempt to put one over on either
Callahan or Evers.
Managers on Lookout.
When 1t come to trades all the
managers now in control of the major
league clubs are well able to take care
of their clubs interests.
John McGraw made three trades
with the Boston Nationals that won
gave little for AL Bridwell and Fred
Tenney, and made the Boston club
believe they had no use for Herzog,
and yet these three men made New
York championship winners. Amy
time McCiraw allows a player to go
he is due for the scrap heap unless
he allows the man to go because he
has become too strong with the New
York fans or swelled up with the idea
that he should be drawing down a
fancy salary as 81 manager, as was
the case with Roger Bresnahan.
There are few managers among the
big leaguers who can see the good
for several trades. at the big meeting
next month, with John king in the
shuttle.
The trade of William Nash to the
Philadelphia. club in 1896 for William
Hamilton by the late Manager Frank
G.. Selee gave Boston two pennant
winners. The Quaker team was weak
at third and not satisfied with the
captain of their team.
Quakers Needed Leader. =
Selee Was one Of the men who was
quoted several times as saying Moth
ing could stop the hard-hitting Phil
adelphia team IL they had a real lead
or on h field: Bill Hamilton was
having more or less trouble each sea-
son with the Quakers when it came
to signing his contracts. Boston was
Dadly in need of an outnelder to work
with Duffy n Chic Stahl as Man
ager Selee had figured OH Stahl for
his outfield in '96.
William Nash was slowing up. and
Jimmy Collins. having made a pro-
nounced hit at third for. Louisville,
where he was farmed out, the Boston
manager had planned to work Collins
at third on the Boston team.
The bait was thrown out and the
Quakers nibblcd. We must have
BIZ Nash,":thc Quaker fans said. Il
might consider Nash for Hamilton"
was Selects refrain. The deal hung
IRE for a long time. Hamilton was
anxious to ON to Boston near his
home in Clinton. Hamilton was one
of the leading batsman Of tho country
and the star base runner. Hugh DUFFY
had for years divided the salary given
for handling the team on the field.
with the title OF assistant captain.
The night the trade was consum .
mated Frank Selce broke several boz:
ties OF champagne. Jimmy Collins
protested about coming back to Bos.
Ion. but Selec finally induced the Buff
falo boy to Join the Boston club play.
crs.
Collins Shows His Ability.
AT the training grounds at Char.
lottesville. Va. Collins made q SEN
sational showing in the practice
games. 1t looked like an Impossible
ity to hit a ground ball through this
phenomenal fielder. He was anxious
to show off his throwing arm, and re-
ceived quite a setback. only to come
all right later. The work of Collins
ut third was the most sensational ever
seen on a ball field. The brilliant
Long and Lowe were playing great
ball at short md second. Tom Tuck
err was falling of in play at first. and
Fred Tenney was developed rs n first
baseman. bill" Hamilton was de-
lighted with his new berth. "Chick"
Stahl was q success from the tump.
while h new catcher, Martin Rer-
gen. was the sensation Of tho season.
Tho Boston players found fault with
:he ..wretched hotel accommodations
through thr south and were Indifferent,
in their playing 10 return home with
several defeats. Collins work at third
electrified the ans. The great l3aiti-