The Washington times., 1915-12-30
GRIFFMEN MAY YET HIKE.

IL the leasue does purchase the 'Cleve- I
land Club. 1t is more than probable that
Candil. Morgan and Boehllng will be
turned over to the Indians. II the
bankers' committee refuses to allow tnls
suggested plan to be carried out, tn
, Old Fox will hardly DO any suSn IN
Charitable act but will use MS men ~
possible trades with different clups III
the big leagues. $50, in
Cleveland yesterday tnat ne Sn that
he could announce that the lSt.in,,
would be strengthened by the aooiVC ~
OF a first baseman, second oa5enintn,,
least one COOL pitcher and posslply
catcher. These players are believed 10
be GandiI, Morgan. Boehhng anu pU
sihly Ainsmith. though this latIeI MI III
ton is the first connecting MN VIII 1rirtitS
declines to name the men he ID W lILn's
TO send to Cleveland. contenting nH .h;,a
with saying that hV Will DO anytnIns
possible to assist his ola irieno' 'O
That Ban Johnson is the car IN MS
cwn league is shown by his retusal W
promulgate the sale OF sam Af fIis ACTON
has stirred up the blood OF Joe Lannln'
who said today that he would nake
fiEht to keep Agnew. Lannin' LI.tnr
If RiiI CarrIgan to become bench man
srer in 1916, giving that as MS Iedson
for desiring Agnew to assist SaGy S nx.
Thomas, Ban Johnson MAKES XSnew
nlanatioh for his refusal to let Ashe"
20 10 the Red Sox.
~ see It reported" says Ban Johnson,
that the American League G WIn
~ Frank Baker. 1t would pe HnpUS
sIhie ~ do that Baker belongs 10 the
Philadelphia club and the league nT
nothing to say about where ne WIN
The boss of the league Is absolutely
correct in this attitude. BAKER Is CDi :,
ME Maek's property In basepaH anu ~
would be taking Mack's properly an W.,
without due process of law to order mn III
sent 10 this or that club. II might De
.SiI ~ remember, too, at this place,
thnt Connie Mack has said that bake,
Cyiu NAV in Philadelphia in 1870 OF h"'
at all
RuI Tohelon, a Cincinnati word-artlst
has looked over Buck HGrzogs tSlG 'T he
At not counting any Feds YET 10 ue
purchased; and op,LEs pnn Pheion.
stSCs leaving New York for Cincy' mas
9siiSn into real Cincinnati habits, wear
inE rose -colored goggles between ,,cds
S @s%sn,t so very bad last year and even
alIoW,;nr Tor Redland tendencies tnere
is much reason for hopr; ,orsr,Iv
For one thing. HerZog has aPpa s.tti,n ~
80
svSn caiIinE upon Davenport or CIiet
TnSnson who skipped to the Feds Ias I
vs"r Toney, Schneider. Mchehery a iIi
pale look TO be good quar ,o,rco %
w. h,,Sh records Of several newcolneI : :
IrevS beyond shadow vt DOUBT tnat
SineinnaU will entertain the "o'"
series in 1916. ai,r IN phaIon
stanley Dougan, aceoTotnH e ~ even
n he did play in the North League VIZ
ran IJnEiaub last year. M9ype una he
wby he is quick-thinkinS' had ST.. 20 US
a. tsen from listening to BOD oNp
70 800 hSep comeback, Is booked for Ger
ts;r Mace on the Reds slinsiInEx, "a san /:
FAR Moseley, being 3 retorrne e,,. T reI IN
nosItiVely sure of bH'ng ma GIsr-
Inc National League. Why not: 1 ~ i,
c me MitchSn. the Denver southpaw: -, ls
s,iTe 10 be an Improvement on H O.TI
Luton because he pitched great oS'i
on an all-star tour last 1GL,ryA oncs
~ SIg noise in the Tri-State League,
who '.can hit like a demon to he.p WI
Ms own games" Cochran " r., ~
from the Virginia League, ana .Iasny
nisco Caparula. the spaghetti ln ii,l,eI
ClsSo ne Sew York state League, VINO
rs ninpin last summer, ana Is p S,
I,svsS To be as good as Willie Mltcne,i
~ cleveland, was when ne trsI O''N'
'"i Gor,t YOU wish after all, that yor
lived in Cincinnah-in the winter
II n rumored around ulc DIX iSoe
mar Grover Cleveland Alexander ma
sore arm that refuses 10 ncnSS SS SiT
thst Manager Moran has ordered M,
a. tske some kind of treatment LOT !
tbis winter IN the hopes of oclng y, N
,yhen the training season opens nvS
snrInF. Alexander Is said TO nave huI
Ne nitcbfng wing on Labor Day IN
same day that saw Bin Kilhfer lose nl
cunning behind the platter; s'Eili
George Burns e chance 10 nelSsl tSa
vnspTv STUFF IN the worlds serles.
,bS Ei1s of twirlers in the Tencr cireul
r"Us " he ready next year. you c.
nsts Sour own ticket that the PM
won't Fe9eAt
Reading the papers these last rev
DAYS. we have seen the following, ~
lures outlined for Branch y NJ T.
VIII retire 10 take ur LEGAL practic
with Judge George n. Willlams' OF -
viii become president Of the amalga
mated Brownies -
Will become assistant manager an
scout Cor FIELDER Jones.
viii replace Clarence Rowland
nranager az the white SoN.
Will Teplace WilbeTt Robinson as ma
aEer of the Brooklyn Dodgers
win replaCe Lee Fohl as manager
the Cleveland CLUB.
VIII he given league position by rs
Will PLAY bail again, signing TO cat'
rhtT. have besn couple Of other T
lures for him. but aren't these enoul
20 keep him busy?
The Chicago Cubs have completed I
T1ans for their coming raining seaso