Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-25
PLAYERS SOLD
and BOUGHT
Season Of 1914 Noted For Mum
Der Of Exchanges Of Big
Leaguers.

tiOnal sport promises to establish a
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 penant
races the present season has been an
exceptional n in this respect. With
the exception of the worlds cham.
pion Philadelphia athletics every
club in both the American and Ma
tional leagues has made unusual ef-
forts toward strengthening n or
more departments by means of ex-
change or cash transactions. Not
alone have the minor associations
been invaded ffS@r big league. clubs
have dealt with each other to an
extent greater than has been the
case in other years.
In the American Leagde Boston Sc
cured ,Egan, Shore and Ruth from
the. Baltimore club of the interna-
tional; 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 OF re-
leased to datea n even dozen players
not including Hal Chase who jumped
to the Buffalo Federals. The deal
ing, however, has been confined to
the minor and college class although
Comiskey holds the present season
record in his purchase of fielder
Felch. from Milwaukee of the Ameri-
can Association at $4,000 cash and
two players.
The New York Americans have
purchased, exchanged or released six
teen players since April IA. Some Of
the big league material secured in
cludes Catcher Munamaker from
Boston Americans, pitcher Carroll
Brown from the Athletics in addition
to Birdie Cree from the Baltimore
Internationals. Cleveland is another
club which has dipped deeply into
the players mart. Close to twenty
players have been bought, sold, ex-
changed or lost by desertion this
season. A majority of these tran
sactions involved minor leagues, the
principal major league deal being
with the Boston Americans whereby
pitcher Vean Gregg went to the Red
Sox in exchange for pitcher Coum-
bes, and johnson and catcher Zen
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
Washington combination. The CAPT
toll club purchased outfielder Mike
Mitchell from the Pittsburg nationals,
released pitchers Collier and Cashion
and secured J. E. Blair from the Mar
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 81 players have
figured in one way or another in club
deals or jumped to the Federal
League. Claude Derrick was bought
from Baltimore and then traded to
Chicago for first baseman Mollowitz.
Hobitzel went to the Boston Ameri-
cans and Tex Erwin from Brooklyn
to Cincinnati and back again. Bert
Daniels, former Yankee and part Of
Jack Dunn's 100000 Baltimore Inter-
national iexgCfe assets found his way
to the Cincinnati club to say nothing
of a number of minor league and
college players.
Pittsburg scouts too, have, been
busy and the Pirates have thirteen
deals of one kind or another to their
credit. Aside. from the deal with
the Washington whereby Mike Nit
chell was sold, the transaction involv-
ed the purchase or release of players
from or to miner leagues. The Phil
adelrhia nationals have ten transac-
tons on record the principal n be-
ing the trade of Gosh Devore to Bos-
ton for third baseman John Martin.
Boston records show some thirteen
deals. The major transfers includ-
Guiding the sale of George Beck to
the Cleveland Americans: the trad
ing of Hub Perdue to St.. Louis for
players Whitfield and Gather and Josh
Devore's acquisition for John MARTIN.
The Chicago Cubs have eleven
transactions in the record. Eliminat-
ing the minor league purchases and
releases the schedule shows that pit
her kOestner was sold to Cincin-
natl and first baseman Mollowitz
traded to the same club for Claude.
Derrick. The S.. Louis Cardinals
have held fairly steady to the early
season ~enroll~'ont. Hagcman al
sold to the C'icogo Nationals and
Whited end CS'cnr~ traded to Eos.
ten for r'tchc. 'c,due. The other
deals involve ~: LEAGUE players,
The New Y,rk Giants have a list of
thirteen ~rlavcss signed or released
this. season bit -ot 2 single case
does another maior 'eague club fig.
|ura in the dealing rroohlyn's prin-
c'rnl effcr+s in 4N'- lection include
the sale Of Kraft to Boston: Riggert
to ST., Iru'e! r~'''n to Cincinnati,
and Smith to Eostcn.
q. p. o.. IN PICTURES.
Bismarck will 10 Interested 70
krow C. w. Crcckacd won a prize at
t 2 Elks convention recently le.d ut
Minot. The Gr"nd I'bentsr has sc,
cured motion pictures f the event.
which will be shown here, Friday ard
Saturday of this week. All Elks are