Evening star., 1915-02-05

VIII OBTAIN Hugh High, the ourfielder
ana Walter Pipp. the first baseman
DonoVan's team more than A little
Both are hitterS OF more than ordinar,
ability, and as they will get a chance
TO play regularly they are expected tc
! improve rapidly. Donovan also was t.
get RehS, the Boston Red SoX extra
ouihelder, but ii seems that this dea
is being held in allowance because
President Lannin of the Boston club
thinks he has put too low a price or
the young man, who cost Jim McAlee1
pay $500 to recall the option he gave
the New York club on Rehg.
g Cant 'tns Huston; Ha 1.9a one Of tn the owners
club, is going TO Cuba tomorrow
for the purpose of having a cha;
with Armando Marsans. the recall
citrant outiieldcr of the Cincinnati
Reds. Huston. who knows Marsans
well. is TO make an effort to get the
Cuban 10 join the Yankees. 1t is un-
dcrstood that the shift has becn ar
ranged which will make it possible
for Marsans to come from the National
to the American League. There are
few better ball players in the National
League than Marsans. and he would
be of great help to the Donovan ag-
sregation fl he could be corralled
Though it has been hinted time and
time again that the other seven clubs
In the American League would make d
special effort to strengthen the New
York Yankees, it is noticeable that in
every instance where a club has offered
to turn a player over to the Yankees
star has been demanded in return.
Maisel and Caldwell seem to be the
only ones acceptable to the other clubs
Hedges would have been willing to
hand over Earl Hamilton providing he
could get MaiseI. and during the re-
cent gathering in New York it de-
Veloped that Bill Carrigan would have
given Bill Donovan one of his left
handers If he could get Ray Caldwell
in return.
Any. ball club that figures it is going
to get winning team handed it by
its rivals is going to be sadly disap-
pointed. There is only one way that
a winner has ever been gotten togeth-
er. and that is for the man in charge
to go out and dig for himself.
Bill Donovan very wisely is not going
to let out First Baseman Mullen until
bill. Mullen will be taken south with
the team, and if Pipp shows good
enough Mullen is to be sold to the In
dfanapolis American Association club.
But before any such deal is made
Pipp must show that his record in the
International League was not a f1uke.
There seems to be a mix-up in the
signals in the Federal League. Presi-
dent Gilmore recently announced that
Cy Falkenberg would pitch for the
Brookfeds the coming season, whereas
the owners of the Indianapolis club
said that Falkenbers will remain with
them.
Charley Comiskey made a special ef-
fort to obtain Bert Shotten Of the
Browns during the recent meeting in
New York. Write your own figures in
a check and give me Shotten.' he is
quoted as saying to Hedges, the
Browns owner. But the latter said he
could not part with Shotten at any
price.
The International League situation
looks 4 lot brighter than it was jig
ured a few days ago. Owner McCaf-
fiery of the Toronto club insists that
he will stand by the league, and Lich-
tenhein of Montreal also is ready to go
on. President BarrowS has announced
that it looks very much as IL an eight
club circuit would be retained. and he
expects that as a result of next weeks
meeting schedule will be arranged.