The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-23
GIANTS IN BIG TRADE GET FROMME
MGraw Swaps Ames, Devore and Groh for Cincinnati
 Pitcher

An important baseball trade was
 accomplished yesterday by Manager
 John J. McGraw of the Giants, and
 Manager Joe Tinker of the Cincinnati
 Reds, whereby Arthur Fronme, the
 veteran member of the Cincinnati
 pitching staff, comes to New York in exchange for Pitcher Leon Anes, Out fielder Josh Devore, and Utility In fielder Henry Groh- Fromnae report Grounds this morning and Devore will join the Reds at Philadelphia Ames
 and Groh will report to Manager Tinker at Cincinnati next Monday. The trade will reduce the roster of
 the New York club to twenty three players, two less than the number al-
 lowed by baseball law after May 20.
 but it will add considerable strength
 to the Giants pitching department.
 Manager McGraw is well equipped be- hind the bat and in the inf1eId and outfield with regulars and substitutes,
 but his pitching staff has failed to
 show the strength expected this sea son and he has been on the lookout for another pitcher almost since the
 season opened. Demaree and Mathew son have been the only consistent per
 formers in the box and the former is
 now incapacitated with a strained
 back.
 ETOYn1l0, alCnOuSh ne mas not been listed as one of the leading pitchers
 of the game, is high-class performer
 and should add considerable strength
 to the Giants. He has been pitching
 in the National League since 1907,
 when he was obtained from the Quincy Club of the Three-I League by
 St. Louis He worked with the tail
 end Cardinals in 1907 and 1908, win
 ming five games and losing thirteen
 each season In the Fall of 1908 he was one of the principals in the not able three-cornered deal between the
 New York, Cincinnati, and St. Louis Clubs, whereby Roger Bresnahan was St. Louis traded Fromme and Beebe
 to Cincinnati for Catcher George
 Schlei and then traded Schlei, Arthur
 Raymond, and Jack Murray to New York for Bresnahan.
 The departure of Ames marks the passing of one of the real veterans of the New York club. Ames was pur- chased from the 1Ifon club of the New York State League in the Fall of 1903, joining the Giants at the beginning of the following season, at the same time that George Wi1tse came to New York.
 Mathewson is the only present mem Der of the New York team who was with the club when Ames reported. At times Ames showed wonderful form, especially in cold weather, and as g relief pitcher, but he has been trou- bled at periods with lack of control He has the widest curves of any pitcher in the National League.
 Falling off in batting and his chronic weakness against Ieft-handed pitchers hastened Devore's departure from the camp, as he is first-clasE
 outf1elder and speedy base runner Devore was purchased in June, 1907 from the Meridian club of the Cotton
 States League. He joined the Giants on the 1908 Spring training trip, but
 was turned over to Newark for de
 velopment that season. He was re- i called by Manager McGraw in 1908
 and worked throughout the season as substitute outffelder. He was the regu-
 lar left fielder in 1911 and 1912. He 1 batted .275 last season.
 l Groh has never been a regular, al 1 though the Giants have had him since
 the Fall of 1910. He was turned back to Buffalo. but played only a few
 games in 1911, owing to an attack o1 l typhoid fever. He rejoined the Giants ] last year and was a substitute infeId- CT, batting .271 in twenty-one games 1 Groh is a most promising player, bu1 l Manager McGraw could find no place for him on his present team.