Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-03
MIRACLE MAN IS
ARRANGING DEALS
Stallings Using Surplus Players
to Strengthen Braves for
Next Season.
FEDS MAY MAKE CHANGES
Two-to-One Shot That Cleve-
land Will Be in Circuit When
Play Starts.

LEW YORK. January 2.--Cicorge
under his feet while waiting for the
start Of the next National League Den-
chnr,nion Boston 'i braves re is busy ' Try, r,
Ing to put through several deals for
players about which nothing definite
scason begins. the Miracle Mn OK
pects to have .xcha"rch quantity for
quality. TO use his own words.
The Braves 1T present own one Of
the largest lists OF players hoasted by
amy major league club. Stallinss used
scason and hn has % ,Gir rur prS III,
have just come up from the minor
Leagues ana haze no, yG, participated
SELF cannot s.y o:fhand. without count
Ing them uD JUS, how many there are.
where liz tn" ncirhtorhood OF nfty mcn.
or thes" Il. least ten or nttecn may be
regarded as suitable trading material.
dent Gaffncy. Of the club. who is back
inE him !" the limit, is TO trea; With
would be willing 70 trade one good
player TOR two or three fair ones. 1t
r. on ,hs n.sis thn' ,hree or four
TO present plans. and If Stulings, CONF
plctcs all the deals he has In mind.
he VIII be the leading David Harum Of
the day.
Hrnnd-Ncw Problem This Ycnr.
THIS next ptnnnnt race will be
oranh-ncw sort of problem. in the opin-
mate view Of conditions last year w;s
obtained in recent conversation with
nS P the eEIy sSers IN oh " m 1aLef
leagues laid down on the Job" last
neas1n, threat ming 10 tump ., the Feds
measures: Stallings kept his ,nen from
doine this. however. He talked to
tnat this very condition framed an
teams loat ana on, 1us,les, Iha,, one
was liz now apparent.
There will be none. of this in 1915.
IN the opinion OF the Miracle Man.
Will be n there trying. he believes.
which will make IL strictly q problem
wood Masce was his iirs, big capture.
but there VIII hc at l:o't three or four
others II all goes we'll.
Hrrmudn Wants Annth-r Chance.
bermuda wants another chance To
nuke good as spring trimming camp
took the New York Yankees there In
the spring OF 1913. and ran into a lot
back L. the States IN poor condition.
They got "A bad start in the American
League pcnnnnt rae. and never were
OFT. of the second division This Elk
pcrience gave black "y" TO bermuda
~ health resort, and the h3spitahie
land in the Atlantic never have ceased
10 feel badly about IL.
The writer has jas, returned from a
he had AN opportunitv to get acquaint-
cd with sorn- OF the leading citizens
OF the island. Allan McNichol, pro-
pric;or OF the kcnwood Hotel. and one
~ the most cntcrpris!ng residents in
Bermuda. showed Your correspondent
the Sovrrnmcnt record OF weather there
for the last twenty years. II revealed
the fac; that the spring Of 1913 had
rain than any other during the
& 'ecadcs. and three times as much
" average spring.
weather in bermuda was delight
:I. practically ideal when the writer
there The thermom.ter huctu-
~ between tho limits OF - and IS
dl ccs Fahrenheit in the daytime and
Il light varied from co to 90 degrees.
one drop OF rain fell during the
veral big league club owners have
Y discussing the possibility. Of Wis
: Cuba Tor spring training-hot
Il n. II they are in search OF mild.
Il perate climate instead OF sizzling
T. they will 90 we'll to give Bcr
" IA another chance.
So Federal League Unsettled.
vi number of different prediction
BYHeral League when II takes the field
again this year Various stories have
nsafP Gops %ha VIII ii S Se ao 5ns
The real inside dope is that there is
no s inSias d hon.; That is the Feds
they. will start tho. season. though.
President Gilmore, Of the circuit. has
said at times that there would be no
still think Ing over several propositions
advanced by men In good-sized cities.
and at the same time are looking for
still more offers of capital The bet
ting is about to that Cleveland will
abe IN the lineup: but 1t Is not at all
certain. Kansas City is the most like
ly city 10 drop out
John NJ. Ward TO Retire.
According TO a close friend of John
departments OF baseball is about to
retire from the game for good and
an; John p NJ Nv who was business man
Federal League club last year. has had
n most eventful career. In his playing
days he was regarded as the greatest
aged the New York Giants and was
prominent in the historic brotherhood
year 1890, when an effort was made to
league combined. Later he was half
owner Of the Boston Braves. who then
were nicknamed the Wardmen. He ran
for president of tho National League
after the death of Harry Clay Pulllum..
and was prevented from getting the
office only because of the opposition of
League. Tom Lynch was elected in.
stead But Johnson said things about
ward at mat time wnich caused the
lect. Shortly thereafter Ward sold ont
his interest In the Boston Nationals.
and had not been connected With the
game for, over year, when the Fed
erals made him an offer OF the position
he accepted last winter
Cigarettes DOnt Hurt Speaker
Several big league managers have
hard and fast rule against cigarette
smoking by their players, but one that
has not Is Bill Carrigan. leader Of the
Boston Red Son, II he did have such
a. rule. he would have to institute il
at tho cost of losing the mos; valuable
player on his team The same is none
other than iris Speaker. regarded bv
many as the. greatest outfcldcr In the
game. Speaker is an inveterate user
of the coffin nails" He always has n
smoke Just after n game. and generally
manages to stink out from the players,
bench under the Erandstand between
innings Mt least once or twice during
"a game for n few pnfTs
1t Is this cigarette habit that caused
him to he Il MI mber OF the Red SoX. |
queer as that may sound. AS the story
Is tod, TITS Twas WIS p.nying With Class
Pirates purchased him. Barney Drey-