Evening star., 1915-02-03
GRIFFITH HOPES
TO MAKE ADEAL
Goes to League Meeting Un-
expectedIy to Be Present at
Promised Swapping.
STOVALL'S JOB WITH FEDS
SAID TO BE IN DANGER
Bill Donovan Has New Plan for Oh.
tanning Mascot for Yankees.
Base Ball Gossip.
BY ]. ED GRILLo.

Ii The object of Manager Grlfhth trip
to the meeting of the American League
lin New York, which he took rather un-
expcctedly last night, is not solely for
the purpose of putting up a fight
against the proposed rule which is to
restrict the number of players club
can carry.
y Information coming from reliable
| sources is to the effect that there arc
apt to be some important deals made
I during the present meeting, and re
! alizinS that he might be benefited by
some of these proposed transactions
iGriffith very wisely decided to be On
hand.
! There is hardly a chance for him to
make the limited trade of Harry Harper
for Memo Leibold, the Cleveland out
| fielder. Griffith would have taken Lei
bold last summer when Milan was hurt,
but he is not of that class of players
that Griffith would want to take a
| chance with now.
| Harper on the other hand stands a
good chance of becoming mighty use
full pitcher. He is Il mere boy, but has
a world of stuff, and in due time may
develop into .erling left handler.
But with the chances of several
trades being consummated 1t is essen
| llal tnaC SIoulu Uc oli lilC
scene. He may not get chance to
| figure in any of these swaps. yet when
the American League clubs get to-
gether it is policy for a manager to be
on hand.
The rumor is current that George
Stovall, manager of the Kansas City
Feds, is to lose his job with the out
| laws before the season opens because
| of his failure to land any players out
of the Pacific Coast League. Stovan
has been doing missionary work this
winter in the Imperial valley. He signed
Roy Corhan and Ernie Johnson, and
was supposed to have landed Walter
Schmidt and Skeeter Tanning. Some
one blabbed, however. and Corhan and
, Johnson are said to have jumped back.
! Now Stovall has no one in tow, and his
associates are after his scalp.
| 1t develops that the ten-day clause
sas City newspapers intimate that a
storm is brewing.
Bill Donovan is going to try some
Yankees start the championship sea-
| son. Bill is now in the market for
youngster from ten to sixteen years
, of age who will act as mascot for his
| team. Instead of picking up some kid
around the Polo Grounds and putting
him in a uniform, Donovan has decided
to invite all the youngsters of New
York to try for the job. He has
worked out a set OF rules ana lne
youngster who can prove that he is
best able to bring good luck to the
Yankees will get the place. Usually
| mascots for ball teams are selected
in a haphazard fashion, but Wild
Bill is going to pick his in a scien-
tiiic manner
There is entirely too much conf
dence expressed by those identified
with the Boston Red sox as to the
! outcome of the next pennant race for
that team to come through and win
the flag.
game to pick winners in pennant
race, and, while it is sometimes pos
sible to figure the strength OF various
teams by putting its members names
mean anything when the campaign is
under way.
SO far as Owner Lannin, Manager
Carrigan and other of the Boston club
are concerned the race is over now,
with the Sox yards in front
Here is the latest bit of encourage
ment which the Mr.. Lannin hands out:
I'VE have the strongest team in the
Wood. Leonard, Foster. Collins,
| Gregg and Shore. Wood will come
back strong this year. and that will
help US wonderfull:. But we will have
! troits, Washingtons, White SoX and
Athletics. | believe that the Mack
| men, even without Eddie Collins, Ben
| der and Plank, will make things hot
| for the pacemakers.
| II hope that Bill Donovan will bring
the Yankees up to fifth place or high
! CT. for he is hustler and deserves sue
/ cess The Browns will have a fast
team, doubt, and even the Cleve-
| lands, with several new men. will i'm
| prove. But keep your eyes on the Red
| SoX soon as we get under way!'
7 Eddie Foster, the Natienals' crack third
/ baseman, will sign life contract with
Miss Nan Crismond this afternoon at the
| Church of the New jerusalem, the Rev.
Frank Sewall official ng.
The young couple will leave for Fosters
! home in Chicago this evening to spend a
couple of weeks.