Arizona republican., 1914-08-26
NUMEROUS BIC
 LEAGUE SHIFTS
Year 1914 Distinguished by Great Many Dickers-The Feds Had Something to Do With It-All Teams Strengthening Line-ups
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 NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-The base ball season of 1914 already noted as period of unusual occurrences in the national sport promises to es- tablish a record for the purchase and exchange of players in the big leagues. Quitting entirely any refer ence to the sensational trades and purchases which preceded the open ing 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 toward strengthening one or more depart ments by means of exchange or cash transactions. Not alone have the mi nor association been invaded fo- big league clubs have dealt with each otEer to an extent greater than has l been the case in other years.
 1 In the American league Boston se- cured Egan, Shore and Ruth from l the Baltimore club of the Interna- 1 tional; Hoblitzell from Cincinnati; Vean Gregg from Cleveland in ex- change for Coombs, R. Johnson and Egan, as well as several minor 1 league and college players. The Chi cago White Sox have signed or re- i leased to date an even dozen players, not including Hal Chase who jumped ! to the Buffalo Federals. The deal 1 ing, however, has been confined to l the minor and college class, although l Comiskey holds the present season record in his purchase of Fielder Felch from Milwaukee of the Amer ican association at s12,000 cash and
 two players.
 The New York Americans have purchased, exchanged or released sixteen players since April fl. Some of the big league material secured includes Catcher Nunamaker from | Boston American, 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 dese.tion this
 season. A majority of these trans
 actions involved minor leagues. the principal major league deal being with thes Boston Americans, whereby Pitcher Vean Gregg went to the Red Sox in exchange for Pitcher Coombs, 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 Clark Griffith s
 Washington combination. The capi- tai club purchased Outfielder Mike
 Mitchell from the Pittsburg Nation als, released Pitchers Collier and
 Cashion and secured J. E. Blair from
 the Martins, W. Va, club. The St
 Louis Browns released two players
 and purchased one for future de-
 livery.
 Far more activity in this direction las been shown in the National league The Cincinnati club record
 shows that close to thirty playe--s have figured in one way or another
 in club deals or jumped to the Fed
 eral league. Claude Derrick was
 bought from Baltimore and then
 traded to Chicago for First Baseman , Hollowitz Hoblitzel went to the
 Boston Americans and Tex Erwir from Brooklyn to Cincinnati and back again. Bert Daniels. former 7 Yankee and part of Jack Dunn's
 $e0000 Baltimore International league , assets, found his way to the Gin
 cinnati club, to say nothing of 2 number of minor league and college players.
 } Pittsburg scouts, too, have beer
 busy and the Pirates have thirteer
 deals of one kind or another to theil , credit. Aside from the deal with tht
 Washington club. whereby Mike
 Mitchell was sold. the transaction: !. involved the purchase O. release o
 players from or to minor leagues The Philadelphia Nationals have tel transactions on record the principa
 one being the trade of Gosh Devort
 to Boston for Third Baseman Johr
 Martin. Boston records show sOmt thirteen deals, the major transfers
 including the sale of George Beck tG the Cleveland Americans; the trad ing of Hub Perdue to St. Louis fol players Whitted and Gather and Josf Devore's acquisition for John Martin The Chicago Cubs have clever transactions in the record. Elimi- hating the minor league purchases and releases the schedule shows that Pitcher Koestner was sold to Gin cinnati and First Baseman Mollowit7 traded to the same club for Claude Derrick. The St. Louis Cardinals have held fairly steady to the early season enrolment. Hageman was sold to the Chicago Nationals and Whited and Gather traded to Boston fer Pitcher .Perdue. The other deals involved minor league players.
 The New York Giants have a list of thirteen players signed or released this season. but not in single case does another major league club fig ure in the dealing Brooklyn's prin- clpal efforts in this direction include the sale of Kraft to Boston: Riggert to St. Louis; Erwin to Cincinnati and Smith to Boston.
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