The Washington herald., 1916-02-27
Indians Buy Gandil;
Judge to Play First Bag
Nationals Big First Stacker Is
Sold for Price Reported
to Be $4,000.
OTHER SPORT GOSSIP
Pitcher Doc Ayers in Capital-Du-
mont Will Arrive Tomorrow.
Comment and Notes.
By WILLIAM PEET.


Chick Gandil. who has been with the
the club IN 1912. was yesterday sold to
the Cleveland Indians at a price reported
to be 5000.
This transaction makes II plain that Joe
Judge will be the regular Washington
first sacker during the coming season,
but Grin is particularly fortunate in
having on his clubs versatile chap like
Alva Williams who can put UP a credita-
bic game on first base and who will be
used there In case Judge turns out to be
"a "bloomeT."
There are many who believe the Old
Fox has made a serious blunder in dis
posing Of Gandil until Judge has demon
strated that he is a sure enough big
Lacquer. but Griff Is running the ball club
and he will have TO shoulder the blame
~ it is shown later in the season that
mistake has been made.
Gandil is z years old. He was pur-
chased from Montreal in April, 1912, Join
ing the Nationals in Boston during the
last OF the month.
The coming OF Gandll made the team
a formidable aggregation. for Chick
started to hit like a house afire and fin
ished the season with an average of 800.
The following year Gandil bstted sos, bS
1914 was a bad year, also the season Just
passed, Gandil's marks being .259 and .25s,
respectively.
In order to buy Gandirs release from
the Montreal club in 1872 Grif was forced
to pay $500 and turn over in players
Bill Cunningham, Buck Becker and Jerry
Akers. the last two named being pitchers
Gandil Is at present in New Orleans
and will start practice with the Cleveland
candidates this week.
pitchers. arrived in Washington yester-
day and looks as If he had taken the
best possible care of himself during the
winter. Ayers will probably go to
Charlottesville with the first squad next
Wednesday morning.
George Dumont. the young right handler.
has written friends in the Capital that
he will be here tomorrow
Dumont was the hurler who created
such i1-c~~N," impression during the
tag end Of the 1915 season and is picked
10y many as a sure enough regular dur
ing the near approaching campaign.
Is it possible that Charles weeghman,
new owner of the Cubs. who operated
the Federal League club in Chicago, is
trying to deceive the public in order to
scare off wealthy men who might-want
! to start another baseball war? In a
statement issued recently by weeshrnan.
he told of his tremendous losses In the
| Federal League venture, but the books
of the club which were taken into court
during the suit instituted by ]. L. Sher-
! lock against Weeghman show the losses
for 1914 were only $1,000
This Is large sum of money to drop
in one season, but not anywhere near
what has been claimed. In his recent
announcement, Weeghman evidently in
Cluded the cost Of his new park in the
losses. He still has the park and the
Cubs viii play on It In the future, so
this can hardly be considered a dead loss
The figures given out by Phil Ball, in ST
/ Louis, also were greatly exaggerated
/ Perhaps this statement was also given out
for the same purpose.
! The Yankees and Boston Braves. &C.
| cording to a dispatch from Macon. Ga.
will be the teams to fight it out during
the next worlds series. Here's the dis
/ patch:
Macon. Ga, misunderstanding to
| Capt. Huston, George Stallings manager
of the Boston Braves thinks the next
world series will be between the Yankees
and the Boston Braves. He expects his
| Braves to win in the National League, -
| said Huston, who met Stallings at their
hunting lodge at Dover Hall, and he told
me that he figures the Yankees to have
as good a chance as any club in the
| American League to win the pennant
staLtnss thinks We could stand a little
strengthening in the catching depart
ment. but that in all other respects the
team is a well-balanced offensive and
defensive organization. hope that
Stallings Is right So many have praised
the Yankees to mo that I'm beginning
to belieTe that we have a look in at the
championship at that Wouldn't 1t be
great II We won2 Whoopee!"