Evening journal., 1916-02-19
MAISEL FOR Jackson
VERY latest RUMOR
White SOx Would Give Out
Fielder for Third
BaSeman
OTHER OWNERS
NOT SO KEEN

Il is never any trouble for Chicago
10 rig up p baseball trade The Windy
CITY exports pursued j. Franklin Ba-
ker through one column after an
other They spent ass much as $4,000
OF Mr. Comiskeys money in one cdi-
ton 10 land the Trappo Terror and
yet they didn't get him. Now, they
say they want Fritz Maiscl
ln the opinion Of the experts
Maisel is the most valuable third base
man IN the American League Chicago
is trying a. Dee fair in The matter ln
exchange lor Maiscl they would give
Joe jackson Joe enjoys the disiinc-
fion of having been beaten out Of
tho American League battins honors
nv Tyrus Raymond Cobb more than
amy other single halter I'm the circuit
n Joe IS addicted 10 nightmares his
most popular one undoubtedly would
he an impression Of Tyius Cobb bat
ing ramon balls at him and using the
Washington monument for o club
Jackson Cor Maisel'
What do you think OF o.
Now What would you have thought
nf il two years ago? But What do YOU
think OF It today? " you are good
orthodox Yankee fan you will Join
Manager Donovan and the Messrs.
Rupert and Huston in declaring the
trade no contest For all the power OF
laclsons bat there are reasons for
believing that he Is not as valuable a
ball player as Maisel. particularly
since the tremendous development of
the midget third bascman during the
1915 season.
jackson is the kind Of httcr who
has prompted some one to say they
are born His stance at the bat Is Ia
baseball hitting what Chick EvGns
address Is to golf As a stylist OF hit
ting jackson is very nearly in a elias:
by himself. lie strikes a picturesque
medium OF Cobb's studied alertnesi
and Wahoo Sam Crawford's toe-hol'
solidity. For that reason jackson
smacks the ball harder than Cobb an
yet Is not SO slow to get away "a
Crawford.
but when that Is said most of tho
story Is done Lack OF more thar
normal pedal ability makes him a
fielder Of limitations. His arm is frs
class; his base running almost negli
gible. That is Jackson.
OF the two Maisel is the more versa
tile The relative value OF an in
fielder and an outfelder perhaps may
be found in statistics Jackson ham
died 164 chances successfully last
season as against 407 for Maisel Jack
sons fielding average OF 1858 was lS
points superior to Maisels but the
complex difficulties Of policing third
base are i'm no way comparable to the
iiyllic life Of an outfelder.
More. perhaps. than by any othei
method the one run game is won b,
the batter who reaches first, steals
second and then IS driven home by
sharp single The man who is NOR
than average as a base stealer alway
IS a dangerous gentleman in tigh
~haii game There is where Maisel
advantage over Jackson is so obyiou
as TO stamp him a player more valu
able in combination than Jackson
Naisei stole 81 bases last season. a
AGAINST Is for Jackson.
The White Sox need a third base
man. They have needed one ever sine
larry Lord bid Comiskey adieu. tn
Blackburnes. Bakers and Bretons haY
rendered the third base property Of n
sox in that fearful condition where
has been said that ground balls n
longer even whistle as they 60 By.
Good third baseman last season woul
have pumped the Sox into q Dositio
hfeher than third.
This Is the open secret IN IN
American League. and il is so ope
that other managers are taking pal
ficular pains not 20 assist Comiske
IN the least in acquiring third saci
ct OF even reasonable ability. Bake
in Chicago would have made the SO
top-heayy favorite this year. Mais'
would do the same thing.
Even II New York would benefit b
a Maisel-Jackson trade the roar in th
American League would probably b
larger than anything since the cy
clone of St. Louis.