The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-24
E.. H.. DILLON & co.
SEASON BREAKING
 RECORD FOR PURCHASED PLAYERS
Weekly Sport Letter Telling Interest,"
 ing Events by Prominent Athletes
MED DRESS HATS

New York. Aug. 24.AThe baseball l season of 1914 already noted as period of unusual occurrences in the national sport promises to establish a record for the purchases ana ex- change of players in the big leagues. Quitting entirely any reference to the sensational trades and purchases which preceded the opening of the penpant races the present season has been an exceptional one in this re- spect. With S4ae exception or the worlds champion Philadelphia Ath- ietics every club in both the Anerlcan and National leagues has made un- usual efforts toward strengthening one or more departm ents by means or exchange or cash transactions. Not alone have the ninpr associaeions i being invaded for big league clubs have dealt with each other to an ex. d tent greater than has. been the case in other years.
 In the American league, Boston se- cured Egan, Shore and Ruth rom the. Baltifnore club of the interna-- tionsi: Hobitzel from Cincinnati; Vean Gregg from Cleveland in ex- change for Coumbe, R. Johnson and Egan as well as several minor leagues and college players The Chicago White Sox have signed or released to date an even dozen players not in cIuding Hal Chase who jumped to the Buffalo FedAra1s. The dealing, how ever. has been confined to the minor and college class. a1tho hongh sComiskey holds the present season record in his purchase of fielder Felch from Milwaukee of the American associa- ton at $12sOOO cash and two players The New York Americans have pur-S chased, exchanged or released sixteen players since April IA. Some of the big league material secured includes Catcher Munaemaker from Boston A Americans, pitcher Carroll Brown l from the Athletics. in addition to Birdie Gree from the Baltimore In- ternationals. Cleveland is another club which has dipped deeply into the players marE Close to twenty play l CTS have been bought, sold, exchanged OF lost by desertion this season. A majority of these transactions iip- I VolVeds minor league, the principal major league dead being with the Bos- ton Americans whereby pitcher Nean Gregg went to the Red sox in ex7 1 change for pitcher Coumbe, and l J Johnson and catcher Ben Egan.
 Aside from the purchase of two | minor league players and the release l of catcher Gibson. the Detroit club l has stood pat to date and the same may be said of Clarke Grimth's Wash I 1ington combination. The capitol club purchased outf1eIder Mike Mitchell from the Pittsburg Nationals, re- J leased pitchers Collier and Csashi on
 
 tinsburg W. Va. club. The St. Louis Browns released two players and pur- chased one for future delivery,
 Far more activity in this direction has been shown in the National
 League The Cincinnati club record shows that close to so players have 1 figured in one way or another in club l deals or jumped to the Federal fleague. Claude Derrick was bought from Baltimore and then traded to l. fov. f3V-Cf has ifz fHobitzeI went to the Boston Ameri- cans and Tex Erwin from Brooklyn @l to Cincinnati and back again. Bert EDaniels. former Yankee and part of
 Jack Dunrl's $60,000 Baltimore Inter ! national league assets, found his way to the Cincinnati club to say nothing j of a number of minor league and coll
 1ege players.
 Pittsbnrg scouts too, have been busy
 and the Pirates have thirteen deals of T one kind or another to their credit. Aside from the deal with the Wash
 ingtons whereby Mike Mitchell was
 sold, the transaction involved the pur-
 chase or release of players from or to
 minor leagues. The Philadelphia
 Nationals have ten transactions on record, the principal one being the etrade of Gosh -Deyore toe Boston, for fThird baseman John Martin. Boston
 records show some thirteen deals. The
 major transfers including the sale of
 George Beck to the Cleveland Amer
 jeans; the trading of Hub Perdue to
 st. Louis for players Wh1tred and
 Gather and Josh Devore's cacquisi-
 ton for John Martin
 The Chtcag go Cubs have eleven
 transactions in the record. Elimin-
 ating the minor league purchases and
 releases the schedule shows that
 pitcher Koestner was sold to cincin-
 natl and first baseman Hollowit2
 traded to the same club for Claude
 Derrick. The St. Louis Cardinals
 have held fairly steady to the early
 season enroIIm ent. 'Hagenan was sold
 to the Chicago Nationals and Whited
 and Gather traded to Boston for
 pitcher Perdues. The other deals in- volve minor league players
 The New York Giants have a list of
 thirteen players signed or released this season, but not a single case does another major league club figure in the dealing. >Brooklyn's principal ef- forts in this direction include the eale
 of Kraft to Boston. Riggert to St. Louis. Erwin to. Cincinnati, and Smith to Boston.
 An unusual athletic feat was re- leently accomplished ata Putney, Eng land, when Walter, Brickett, 9, well
 known professional swimming coach ran, walked, rowed. cycled and swan < a mile, his time for the combined five