The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-02
Baseball Briefs

Cincinnati. Jan. l." Rresnahan
does not offer us enough to warrant
our giving up any one of the four
pitchers mentioned by him" said
President August Hermann of the
Cincinnati Nationals here last night.
ANY deal along the lines laid down
by Bresnahan while here Is not salts
factory to us and Is a t an end 80 far
as we are concerned
Mr.. Hermann would not say Just
what Bresnahan had offered. but add
ed that the Chicago offer would have
to be increased considerably before he
would even consent to take the matter
under Amusement.
Chicago, Jan. t.-Roger Bresna-
han. manager of the Cubs, returned
from Cincinnati and said there was
a trade on between the Cubs and the
Cincinnati team by which he hopes to
Bresnahan named Benton. Ames,
Douglas and Schneider, and said that
the man wanted was one OF these. He
left list of sixteen Chicago players
with President Hermann as open TO
trades,
Boston, Jan. l.--"I have received
a telegram from one of the National
League stars who jumped to the Fed
eral League last year asking to be al
lowed to Join the Braves" said James
E, Gaffney. president OF the Boston
! Nationals, yesterday.
The man is d corker." he added.
and one the club could use. He has
never played with the Federal Lea que
and does not want to go back to the
| club he was with last season. ] have
wired to the club which owns him, and
until ! hear from them I will not he
able to do any business. There are
two other players who are anxious 70
! join the worlds cham pions, but I can
not announce their names until I have
| perfected deal which I am contem-
plating"
! A shortstop named Cy Young, who
stood third In batting in the Michigan
I State League last season, is going &c
give up baseball rather than leave the
town of Cadillac, Mich. Cy hit Tor
.406 last sensen, and led all the short
stops in his league. AT the end OF the
season he was sold to the Kansas
/ City Club of the American Association
A liberal contract was mailed to- him
and as Cy is not yet twenty-one, all
the natives of Cadillac predicted that
! he would make a name for himself in
| the national game. Imagine the dis
appointment of DIR. Sair G. Moore
president OF the Cadillac Club, when
| he received o letter from Young in
which the player said: Rather than
go to Kansas City will give up base
ball. i can't bear the thought of leav-
/ ing home and her"
! New York Jan. among the
many rumors set afloat regarding the
| proposed sale of the Newark Indians
by the Brooklyn interests Is a repor,
that the New York Giants might Sc
cura the Indians franchise. Manager
John McGraw Is said TO be anxious to
Ipbtain an International League Club
/ for the purpose of using * as farm
| for the many young players on the
! pay roll of the Giants. McGraw was
after the Indians at the time the club
/ was bought by Joe McGinnity and II
Clay Smith.
Philadelphia, Jan IA three-cor-
nered trade may be arranged within a
few days that will place Charlie Doom
| ex-manager and veteran catcher of the
Phillies with one of the Western clubs
| of the National League. One of the
other two clubs interested in the deaI
with the Phillies is the Cincinnati
Reds. Charlie Herzog manager of the
Reds, stopped Oft in this city yester-
| day to talk the matter over with
| President Baker, but the latter is IL
at his home in Brooklyn, and this will
hold up the deal for a few days.