Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-25
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NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-The baseball
season of 1914 already noted as a pc
riod Of unusual occurrences in the ma.
tional sport promises to establish q
record for the purchase and exchange
Of players in the big leagues. Omit.
ting entirely any reference To the SEN
sational trades and purchases which
preceded the opening of the pennant
races the present season has been an
exceptional one in this respect With
the exception Of the worlds champion
Philadelphia 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. Not alone have
the minor associations been. in
vaded, for Dig league clubs have dealt
with each other to an extent greater
than has been the case in other years.
In the American league Boston Sc
cured Egan. Shore and Ruth from the
Baltimore club of the International:
Hobitzel from Cincinnati: Vean Gregg
from Cleveland in exchange for
Coumbe. r. Johnson and Egan. as we'll
as several minor leagues 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 con-
fined to the minor and college class al
though COmiskey holds the present
season record in his purchase of Field
er Felch from Milwaukee of the Amer.
lean Association at $4,000 cash and
two players.
The New York Americans have pur-
chased. exchanged or released rs
players since April IA. Some of the
big league material secured includes
Catcher Munamaker from Boston
Americans. Pitcher Carroll Brown
from the Athletics in addition to Bir-
die Cree from the Baltimore Interna-
tionals. Close to 20 players have been
bought, sold, exchanged or lest by de-
sertion this season. A majority of these
transactions involved minor league,
the principal major league deal being
with the Boston Americans whereby
Pitcher Vean Gregg went to the Red
Sox in exchange for Pitchers Coumbes
and Johnson and Catcher Ben Egan.
Aside from the purchase OF two
minor league players and the release
of Catcher Gibson the Detroit club
has stood pat to date and the same
may be said of Clarke Griffith's Wash
ington combination. The capital club
purchased Outfielder Mike Mitchell
from the Pittsburg Nationals. released
Pitchers Collier and Cashion and Sc.
cured ]. f. Blair from the Martins
burg, w. Va. club. The St Louis
Browns released two PLAYERS and pur-
chased enc for future delivery.
Far more activity IN this direction
has been shown in the National league
The Cincinnati club record shows that
close to 80 nlayers have figured in one
way or another IN club deals or iurnp.
ed to the Federal league. claude Der
rick was bought from baltimore and
then traded to CHICAGO for first base.
man Mollowitz. Hehitzel went to the
Americans and Tex Erwin from Brook.
lyn to Cincinnati and back again. Bert
Daniels, former Yankee and part of
Jack Dunn's $4,000 Baltimore Inter-
national league assets, found his way
to the Cincinnati club to say nothing
OF a number CT minor league and col
lege> players @.=. =.
Pittsburg scouts. too, have been
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