Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-05
KGRAW GOT MOST OUT OF TRADE
OF MATHEWSON FOR BUCK HERlOG

would have been Obliged to pay the
same sIal mt 10 MatheWson. who
could he Of little use to the team OK
eepfiDg as a coach. III. 81. !. IA
The seltuisiten of Herzeg viii boil
Ster M enc Of the weak spots of Me-
Graw's team md. will g,ve. the Giants
the best : intIeld IN the National
League, but Il the object of the deal
was to put the Giants back in the
race we belieRe 1t will fail. New
York makes enough runs to win under
ordinary conditions, but cannot get
Tar, without better pitching.
It really is odd that q, great hurler
such as. ,Toney or Schneider was not
included in the deal. Then 1t would
be. almost a certainty that the Phillies
would not repeat. President Tener
probably will deny il because he al
ways has played fair, but it is fact
that every magnate in the National
League is pulling against this city,
because it is considered "a 25-cent
ball town" 49,. -. J. -
As for the rest of the deal, McGraw
also got all the best of it. He did not
get a ball player who will be of much
use to him when he landed Wade Kill
lefer. but he got rid of two 'ironclad"
contracts carried by players he did
not want. -
Two Fed Players: -
Roush is carrying contract which
has two more years to run. and it is
said on excellent authority that it
calls for $500 a year McGraw has
httle use for Roush, as he failed to
| land a regular position, and he right
i fully figures: that $500 year is too
much money for a substitute. Nc
Kechnie is drawing close to $4,000 a
year, and there is little use for him.
either. $ z Pm. -
| Thus McGraw has got the players
he needs in Herzog and Killefer for
about $13,50Q a year; the latter not
getting, more than $500 per annum,
while he has rid the club of three
contracts which amount to about $780,
600 per year. This is figuring Ma
thewscn's salary at close to $4,000 a
! year. =. ~. ,s
If Matty was going to one or two
/ other teams; needing a manager,
where the owners are well known for
their generosity in spending money
for players, and for their policy. of
allowing the manager free rein, he
surely would make good, but in Gin
cinnati it is different. ~ ~.
Maty Has Hard .tJob. *. y. ..".....5 3
Matty is tackling one of the hard.
/ est managerial jobs ever wished upon
any enc. 1t was tough proposition
when Herzog took it up, and is doubly
hard now. The famous hurIer is go.
ing to a club which is in such poor
financial condition that it has done
without scouts for two years In order
to cut down expenses, despite the
fact that the team needs strengthen.
ing.
/ While Mathewson is taking a team
i which is in badly diSOrganized con
ditien, he has the foundation for one
f.of the most powerful teams in the
league. If Rousch, should live up to
the record he made IN the Federal
! League Mstty needs only two infield
1 ers 20 sire him one of the Best-baI
anced teams IN the National League
Z The Reds have wonderful pitching
| staff if it IS handled properly and
Matty can get work out of two hurlers
who did not care to work for Herzog
I GiYep q free :oit and a little money
to s7cnd fer players. Matty has a
! great chance 10 establish himself in Z
) position where he may be a leading
|. figure. fer t1S more years. But if tht
same rolicy that has controlled thf
] tasTn Tor Il wears is pursued, tins
1 flush OF Matty's major league careel
i probably will not be quite so brilliant