Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-05
CLEAN HOUSE IN NATIONAL
Every Manager in League Except
Moran Intends to Take Axe to
His Ball Club.
sTAILINas GETS EARLY START


There is going to be a lot Of cutting
and slashing by National league owners
and managers during the closed season.
Rumors Of the shRke-ups are now in cir
culatlon. The Phillies will be just about
the same in 1916 as they were the last
season. A couple OF pitchers will be
farmed out and possibly an outflelder,
but otherwise there will be no startling
changes. But every other club in the
league. with the possible exception OF
Brooklyn, will undergo a thorough house
cleaning.
Stallings informed the Braves long be-
fore the season ended that there would
be many new faces on the team In 1915.
which caused Tommy Fitzpatrick to
reply in this manner to his chief: IAN
right, will grow a beard during the win
ter" 1t is just as easy to win pennant
as to win an argument with Fitzpatrick.
No one knows this better than stallings.
Stallings isn't at all pleased with his
pitching staff. and he is less pleased with
his outfield. He started the house-clean-
ing by sending Herbie Moran and Bert
Whaling to Pacific Coast league club
in exchange for Outfieder Without. More
changes will be made. No manager in
pdSt Ddn tdu swap pldNeTh
than Stallings when he gets started.
HuEEins VIII shuttle "Cards."
Miller Higgins Is going to cut loose in
st. Louis. At least eight players who
drew salaries in 1915 will not play with
II" Cardinals OF 1916 These players are
Pitchers Perdue. Robinson, Niehauss and
Griner. Shortstop Butler. Catcher Roche,
Outfielder Hyatt and Utility Player Dolan.
Dolan is the only player in the lot who
has a contract with another year to run.
But II some other club in the major
leagues doesn't take Dolan off Higgins
hands, Cory" will find himself in Medi-
cine Hat, Kalamazoo, or some other
town, with the Cardinals paying one-half
of his salary and the minor league club
the other half. Higgins expects to make
trades for some of the players, and
where a trade isn't possible. the player
will find himself in the tall sticks, There
art several managers who are willing 10
take chance on Lefty Robinson and
maybe on Dan Griner, but Perdue more
than likely. will find life in Gallatin, Tex,
more to his liking. 1t will be noted that
thfee of the players that Higgins got
from Pittsburgh in that memorable trade
several years ago. are booked to go-Rob-
inson. Hyatt and Butler Miller will be
the only player remaiz!ng who went to
the Cardinals in TIE trade Pittsburgh
isn't any better OF than Higgins on the
'ade. for Harmon is the only one now with
the Pirates. While Higgins had the
better of the trade for a couple of years,
there is very little difference now.
Pirates VIII Walk the Plank.
g. 10 II
cellar to garnet. Barney Dreyfuss will
not announce the new manager until a
week before the National league meeting,
in December. He will need e manager
then to plan the trades he has in view
Dreyfuss intends to- get rid of every
player whom he thinks hasn't dono his
best for the Pirates. Barney picked up
a few good players in the draft but not
many. The Pittsburgh owner hasn't
given up hope OF landing Slsler from
the st. Louis Browns. but he might as
we'll. Dreyfuss has a good claim to
Sisler. President Tener of the National
league thinks the claim Is proper. but
Hermann and johnson usually vote
in accord, and as Sisler played with the
Browns during the 1915 season. It is a
good bet that he win continue on
Hedges team. National league officers
say that Hedges has no right to Pitcher
Koob, either, and in base ball circles the
Browns are now known as the within
the law club. Brooklyn viii have to
let out a few men TO yet within the
twenty-one-player rule, and they do say
that Rube Marduard viii be one OF the
players to go. New York experts are OF
the opinion that the RUDE is through.