The Washington herald., 1914-09-13

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Many BOObs Assuring Each
Other that National League
Magnates Want Money.
GETS BEST OF SMITH DEAL
.StalIinss Rounds Out In6eld with Ad
dition of Dodger Third Sacker.
Giants Need Good Pitcher.
GETS BEST OF SMITH DEAL


New York, Sept l2.-And now the boobs
are assuring each other thusly:
( well, maybe the National League race
amt fixed for the Giants to win the PEN
nant. but it's fixed for a close finish. so
the league magnates VIII make money
II seems that those folks who cannot
believe baseball is an honest game can
not be suppressed. They are like corixs-
always bobbing around And. Ike corks,
they are light throughout their makeup.
Fixing a pennant race. as previously
pointed out. would be the height Of folly
for the men behind To i1 a race. the
managers or owners OF the clubs that
were not to win would have to issue
orders for their men to LAY down"
Probably the men would lay down"
but the chances are they would refuse.
They want a share Of that world series
money Just as well as the next person.
WOuId he n SqueaI.
But assuming that the men did agree
70 lay down Some time in the. future
one or another of those fellows might
get raw deal from his owners Il
would make him peevish and vindictive .
What would be his first move? Nothing
else but to rush to some newspaper Of
fee and relate the inner details Of the
frame-up-
Does any one think that the baseball
uragnates whose fortunes are tied up in
baseball, and whose success depends
upon the honesty Of the game, would be-
come involved in a crooked deal that
later on certainly would be disclosed by
some disgruntled player?
In other years. il may be remembered.
the claim was made that the Giants
were strengthened in mid-season at the
expense Of weaker clubs. so that il would
be a cinch for the New Workers TO win
the pennant- The boob element had il all
figured out that the National League
powers wanted the Giants to win be-
cause the Giants could pull a bigger
crowd than any other town in the Ma
tional circuit
Best Drawing Card.
The Giants are able 10 outdraw any
other city in the worlds series crowds,
but II Isn't at all certain that they'll be
in the worlds series They need help
in the form of real players. but they
aren't getting it They need at once a
clean-fielding. hard-hittinE OUtheIder to
bolster up their outer garden They need
some one to take Stocks place at third.
he is weak with the stick.
And, most of all, the Giants neeG a
seasoned pitcher, one who can be counted
upon TO win at ttwo-thirds Of his
games. But they Invent got him. and
1hey won't get him. The other clubs need
their good pitchers just as much as the
Giants And they are hanging onto them
The New Workers got Marty O'TOole
from the Pirates last week for the waiver
price OF 1850. but it's a question whether
OTOoIe will help them
Tie condition seems to effectively spike
any yarn that the powers that be in the
National League force other clubs to
make trades with the Giants that are
advantageous TO the Giants II they did
they won't They never have nd never
win.
smith Deal Fixed.
Some folks seems to think that the
Boston-BrOoklyn deal whereby the
Braves got Red" Smith. the third
sacker. was fixed" More bunk The
funny part of the deal is the fact that
the Dodgers were glad to get rid OF
Smith They would have let him 60 to
the minors. SO the story goes. II the
Braves hadn't taken MIN OF their hands
smith didn't play any wonderful game
for the Dodgers, either at bat or in field,
and he was accused Of being a trouble
maker Manager Robinson had Get=.
whom he wanted to play at third and
whom he considered better than smith.
were figuring on what to do with the
third-sacker. Stallings came
along and made an offer for him.
Stallings figured that Smith was just
the man he needed to round out his in
field. He got Smith-almost at his own
terms-and Smith justified the Judgment
Of Stallings.- He has played an almost
saultless game at third. has hit IN timely
and has rounded out the stone
wall infield of the BostOnians.
StaIIings took a chance on Smith when
no one else would. And Stallings also
has taken a chance on Moran. the one
time Brooklyn outfielder whom StaIlinGs
bought from the Reds. The Braves Ou,-
field up to the time Moran Joined the
club was not a powerful looking set. and
many believe that Moran viii not be
much Of an Improvement.
But Stallinss figured that Moran would
help him He paid 4 price for him far
beyond that which any other manager
would have paid. He ritted his estimate
Of Moran against that Of the other man
ayers in the old league as to Moran'B
value
VIII Moran demonstrate that Stallings'
Judgment was best? And II Moran makes
good will the 'hxed' element have
to say about the race being
ixed for the Braves tn VIM