Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-28
ea Alone Can Change Personnel Of Grits PLAYING SQUAD
GRIFF LIKELY TO HAVE IS
PLAYERS IN TRAINING CAMP
If Change Is Made in Squad 1t Will Result
in Trade for Hard Hitting
Outfielder.

Criss made the following statement 9
few days ago:
II will stick around the big league
this time like sick kitten to a hoi
stove" said the big pitcher. IF can
not get enough of the necessary bis
league speed on the ball to make me q
pitcher. why can go some in the out
field, and II I am in there every day
will make all the outfielders hop around
l never was regular when I was In st
Louis. and when a fellow cannot pla,
every day he cannot come UP to require
| ments. l am going to prove that tt
Chance next year
When friction develops in q ball team
1t Is always best for the manager to Xe
busy and rid himself Of the players wht
are not in accord with his policies. Mil
Ter Huggins, who recently signed agar
to pilot the disorganized st. Louis Cardi
nails. is pursuing this course. and In 8
short time we can expect to hear of hin
trading Ed Konetchy and Mike Mowry
because they are at loggerheads with the
little manager
Higgins is doing exactly right, but
little hope can be held out for his team
next season. 1t finished last this year
and most likely will end up in the same
place in 1914. Honey and Mowrey are
two of the best players on the team, and
when they go the outfit will be practi-
cally complete wreck. Higgins will
naturally start building a new combina-
ton. but he won't be able to get one
working for several years. The outlook
SO far as the Cardinals are concerned is
worse than ever.
Rumors that the worlds trip will be
abandoned were set at rest the other day.
when Comiskey and McGraw deposited
enough money to cover the expenses OF
the entire trip This was done to satisfy
the players, who were growing doubtful
because of the poor attendance In the
west. where the weather has been OF the
worst. It was clear from the outset that
II Comiskey and McGraw had agreed to
make the trip it would not be aban'
doned, regardless OF what the f1nancia.
outcome of 1t might be- for neither could
afford to have it said that their feet had
grown cold.
can League, the chances are that at the
annual meeting. which has been called
for Chicago November 6, the gathering
of the magnates will run Off as smooth
ly as these meetings usually do.
That Jim McAleer and Ban johnson
are not on speaking terms because o,
the latters protest against the releas-
ing of Jake Stahl is we'll known. but
this matter will likely be patched VI
without the slightest trouble. The
OleVelanO cluD Is a DIT pecVcO because
Johnson declared that Birmingham
was not fit to manage ball club. be.
cause he tolerated Joe Jackson in max.
ing a scene during one OF the Sunday
games. If these conditions prevailed
in the National League there would be
an all-winter row, but in the American
such matters are not thrashed out in
the public prints. and about all the
public will hear Of the meeting is that
the pennant has been officially awarded
to the Philadelphia club, and that Der
Shibe and Connie Mack have paid TO,
banquet.
The demands of the players will be
considered, and the present system OF
playing worlds series indorsed, bu;
further than this there will apparently
be nothing doing.