New Britain herald., 1915-12-24
TANKS AND GIANTS
 WANT NEW PLAYERS
Lee Magee, RousCh and Rariden Are Sought By American League

HAV OVu6uC UJ AuVAIuau uOa6u0
 New York, Dec. 24.-Both of New
 Forks major league baseball clubs
 the Giants and the Yankees-expect
 to benefit by the amicable settlement
 of the baseball war with the Federal
 league. Both clubs are anxious to get
 the best players possible from the in-
 dependent circuit and 1t is certain that
 the playing strength of both clubs will
 be materially increased.
 Captain T. L. Huston, who Is re- turning home from Cincinnati, has
 been in communication with Mana
 ger Bill Donovan of the Yankees and
 will meet him here this morning
 Captain Huston has options on sever al Federal league players, but before
 purchasing any of them he will con-
 fer with his manager.
 After the conference today Mana ger Donovan will return to Philadel- phfa, and it Is expected that soon aft CT the holidays he will have another conference with Frank Baker, the home run hitter of the Athletics Since the signing of peace President Com1skey has consented to give the Yankees @ free hand in endeavoring to procure Bakers services and 1t is thought that the Yankees will come to terms with Mack over the transfer of Baker within a short time.
 Players That Tanks Want.
 It is known that three of the play CTS Captain Huston has under consid- eratfon to strengthen the Yankees for next season are Lee Magee, last year with the Brookfeds; Rousch the out fielder of the Newarks, and Rariden, the catcher, who was formerly with the Boston Braves. Captain Huston also has options on one or two of the Federal league pitchers, but the off, cials of the club would not say who they were, because the competition for players is so keen that all the club owners are trying to keep their plan secret.
 George Stallings, manager of the j'oston Braves, says Rousch was the best outfielder in the Federal league last season, and he has put in strong bid for him. If the Yankees can get Reriden, the catching staff will be $reatly strengthened, : because the Yankees were weak in this department of the game last sason.
 The amalgamation of the Federal league will also benefit the Giants, as Manager McGraw has deferred his l trip to Cuba until he canobtain some 1 of the Federal players.
 Two of the Federal leagues most l promising players jumped from the 1 Giants and it is expected that they will be back in the field next season. One is Jim Bluejacket, whom the Giants bought from Bloomington, TIL, just before he jumped to the Feds. This Indian showed great promise with Brooklyn, and developed rapid iy under the management of Magee and Ganzel.
 Giants May Get Claude Cooper ;, Claude Cooper is the other player who jumped from the Giants to the Feds, and in the past two years he has not only developed into a good hitter, but is said to be the fastest man in base running in the Federal league. As McGraw is in need of new pitchers it is believed that he will get one or two from the independent league | teams. One pitcher the Giants have l In mind is Harry Moran, the south paw of the Newark Feds, who showed great promise last season.
 Secretary John B. Foster of the 1 Giants stated yesterday that little at- I6nClOn SnOuIO De gwen to the TopOitS | from the west that the Giants would be l sold. s'The club has not been sold l yet" said MT. Foster, "and I can prob ably tell you the same thing next year or several years hence. MT. Sinclair has talked over the matter with MT. 1 Hampstead, but within the past year five or six men have talked about it 1 with him. The conversation, how ever, in each instance stopped when 1 MT. Hampstead named his price. The ] Giants were not sold today, but they may be tomorrow; no one can tell. I l do.sbt it very much, however"
 The proposed hearing before the | board of estimate yesterday on the 1 closing of 143d and 144th streets, east 1 pf Lenox avenue, at the request of the | Federal league for their new baseball | bark, was not held. Borough Presi- l )dent Marks withdrew the matter from l the consideration of the board, al- | Though it may be taken up again. l With the signing of peace the Federal l league project of building the new | bark will be abandoned. The options l pn the property are held by Harry F. Sinclair, the owner of the Newark |club of the Federal league.
 SPORTING GOSSIP.
 Baseball makes strange bed-fellows.