Evening journal., 1914-08-29
record Trades
IN BIC LEAGUES
Many Players Were Ex-
changed During the
Present Season
IN. Y. AMERICANS
TAKE SIXTEEN MEN

The present season In the Dig
leagues will establish record in the
number of trades and exchanges Of
many well known players. Omitting
entirely any reference 20 the sensa-
tional trades and purchases which
preceded the opening Of the pennant
races. the present season has been
~nn exceptional one in this respect.
With the exception OF the worlds
champion Athletics. every club in
both the American and National
leagues has made unusual efforts to-
ward strengthening one or more de-
partments by means Of exchange or
cash transactions.
In the American league Boston Sc
cured Egan. Shore and Ruth from the
baltimore club. of the international
league. Hoblitzel, from Cincinnati;
'vean Gregg, from Cleveland. in ex-
lrhange for Coumbe. r. Johnson and
Egan. as well as several minor
league and college players. The
Chicago White Sox have signed or
released TO date an even dozen
players, not including Hal Chase. who
Jumped to the Buffalo Federals. The
dealing. however. has been confined
to the minor and college class, al
though Comiskey holds the present
season record in his purchase of
Fielder Felch, from Milwaukee, of
the American association, at $4,000
Y cash and two players.
The New York Americans have
purchased OF released l6 players
since April Ia. Some Of the big
league material secured includes Cat
cher Nunamaker from Boston Ameri-
cans: Pitcher Carroll Brown, from
the Athletics, in addition to Birdie
Cree. from the Baltimore lnterna-
tionals. Cleveland Is another club
which has dipped deeply into the
players' mart Close 70 90 players
have been bought. sold, exchanged oI
lost by desertion this season. A ma
iority OF these transactions involved
minor leagues. the principal major
league deal being with the Boston
Americans, whereby Pitcher Wear
Gregg went to the Rcd Sox in ex
change fol Pitcher Coumbe and John
edh. snd Catcher Ben Egan.
Aside from the purchase Of tw'
minor league players and the releas'
Of Catcher Gibson, the Detroit clul
has stood pat to date and the same
NAV be said Of Clarke Grinlthi
Washington combination. The CAPT
tai club purchased Outhelder Mike
Mitchell from the Pittsburgh Ma
tonals. released Pitchers Collier and
Cashion and secured J. p. Blair from
the Martinsburg, w. Va. club. Th'
st. Louis Browns released two play
ers and purchased one for future
delivery.
Far more activity In this direction
has been shown in the Nationa
league. The Cincinnati club recorS
shows that close to 30 players hav'
figured in one way or another n
club deals or jumped TO the Fedora
league Claude Derrick was bough
from Baltimore and then traded 4
Chicago for First Baseman Mollwit7
Hoblitzel went to the Boston Ameri
cans and Tex Erwin from Brooklyn
20 Cincinnati and back again. Ber
Daniels. former Yankee and part o
Jack Dunns 100000 Baltimore Inter
national league assets, found his wa
to the Cincinnati club. 70 say nothin
OF a number of minor league and col
lege players.
Pittsburgh scouts. too. have bee
Nusy and the Pirates have i3 deals {
dA kind or another TO their credi
che from the deal with Washingto
anreby Mike Mitchell was sold, th
aisactions involved the purchase q
Ease Of players from or 10 mino
Ngues. The Philadelphia National
,ra
.incipal one being the trade of Jos
Devore to Boston for Third Basema
John Martin. Boston records sho
scme 1S deals. The major transfer
including the sale Of George Beck
the Cleveland Americans; the tradin
-. OF Hub Perdue to ST. Louis for Pla,
ers Whitted and Gather and Josh d.
vores acquisition for John Martin.
The Chicago Cubs have II transa
tions in the record. Eliminating II
minor league purchases and releas'
the schedule shows that pitchl
Roestner was sold to Cincinnati ar
First Baseman Mollwitz traded to Il
same club for Claude Derrick. TT
St Louis Cardinals have held fair
steady to the early season enrollmeT
Hageman was sold to the. Chicai
Nationals and Whitted and Cath
traded TO Boston for Pitcher Perdu
The other deals involve minor leagl
players.
The New York Giants have a list
10 players signed or released III
season. but in not a single case do
another major league club figure
the dealing Brooklyn's princip
efforts in this direction include Z
sale of Kraft to Boston; Riggert
ST. Louis; Erwin to Cincinnati. al
Smith TO Boston.
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