New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-07
Dalton Jumps to Buffalo
Feds and Ray Caldwell
Returns to Yankees.
BROOKLYN FIELDER
GETS $4,000 BONUS
Nap Rucker Contracts New ALL
ment and Things Look Bad
for Robbie"
BY HEYwOOD BR0UN.

Warfare between the Federal League
snd organized ball has reached the
givo-and-takc stage. with the accent
chiefly on the take" The Fec. .0OA
Jack Dalton. outhelder, from the Su-
pcrbsS yesterday. and Ban Johnson as
serted that the American League had
reeaptured Ray Caldwell for che
Yankees.
caldwell has accepted terms with
thc New York club for the seasons Of
1915, 1916 and 1917" said Mr.. Johnson,
land / believe that he has actually
signed a contract with the club. al
though / have not been officially ir-
formed Of that fact as yet
Captain Huston also declared that
the star pitcher would be here next
season. His new contract calls for q
salary OF $1,000 o year. and the man
agemout OF the Yankees has also
agreed 10 return the $4,000 which the
player drew from the Buffalo club Of
Tho Federal League.
Caldwell left The Yankees carly in
August last season after making re-
markable showing up 20 the time that
he and Chance fell out.
He began the season with three sue
cessivc shut-outs and ran his string Of
scorclcss innings up 20 twenty-nine.
Rays temperament entered into vigor-
Gus fermentation some little time be-
fore he deserted the club, and his fare
well appearances on the mound were
not successful. At that, on the basis
of his entire seasons work, he stood
seventh in the official records Of fifty
two American League pitchers.
A fine Of $500 sent Ray scurryng out
Of the ranks. and he signed a contract
with the Buffalo Feds for the season
OF 1915. According 70 the manage
inent of the Yankees, he was also paid
not 20 finish out his cootract with the
Yankees. which ran through the season
OF 1913 and contained clause provid-
ing Tor sn option on his services for
the following gear.
On the diamond Ray Caldwell has
speed. curves and control. OF the field
he has only speed.
Jack Dalton will not see the tower
ING palms of Dsytona next season. The
stately palmettos and the long. smooth
beach viii be nothing in his life. The
ancient ruins in the tropical forest will
miss him, for yesterday he signed a
two-vear contract with the Buffalo Fed
erals. lie had been threatening such
leap for some time.
". Robertson. president Of the Buff
feds. and Larry Schlahy, the manager,
gained his signature after confer
cnce which lasted for many hours. He
received a bonus Of $4,000 for signing
and his contract calls for salary of
$4,000 a year Dalton said that Ebbets
had offered him $4,000.
"Charlie Ebbets tried to keep me
10 f.la I
decided TO quit him.
Dalton came up 10 the Superbas from
Newark last season with no great repu-
tation. The Superbas had tried him
once before and ne had drifted back
again TO slower company. Just q good
minor Lacquer and nothing more" was
the verdict of the baseball experts, but
Dalton proceeded 10 astonish them by
hitting al such a pace that he led the
National League for the greater part
Of the season. A slump in the closing
months carried him from the top. but
he finished with .319. As fielder Dal-
ton was erratic, but he was fast man
and made some of the best catches OF
the year. Robinson will find it hard TO
fin his place.
Most pitchers spend the winter
months in devising new and startling
curves for the evening newspaper
slants which dip and hop and soar and
generally shift around-but Nap Rucker
contracts new ailments. Deltoid burst
lis laid him low in midseason, but now
he has developed an eXostosis which
has formed d periostium. He has also
discovered q freak bone in his left
shoulder and trouble with his tonsils.
II Charlie Ebbets doesn't look out the
scout OF some medical school or other
viii induce Nap to jump.
Yet II Rucker cannot pitch Brooklyn /
l.