New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-22
Wild Bill Makes Another
Move TO Build Up a
Winning Team.
SOUTHPAW HAD FINE
RECORD WITH FEDS
Carroll Brown and Jimmy King
Sent Adrift Daley Goes
10 Los Angeles.
Il, FRANK O'NEuL.

The heights by managers reached ana
kent we're not attained with second
rate teams. and Bill Donovan. manager
Of the New York Yankees. Is worSlng
day and night 20 build up an aSgi'-
cation which Will Eight It's way 10 me
topmost rounds OF the ladder M me
American League. Al his suggestion
(aptaiu TN Huston and Colonel JACOB
Ruppert. owners OF the Yankees. pur-
chased thc release Of Nick Cuilop. The
crack left handed pitcher OF the Fedora.
League. and Joe Gedeon. youngster
o.bo leaned 20 the Feds last fall. from
Harry 7. Sinclair yesterday afternoon.
The Yankees also signed Herman
Schacfer. the famous Germany OF
,bo Detroit Tigers and Washington
senators Schaefcr was one OF the
hest infclders in the game az one
tine. and when he passed as player
won the hearts o. the fans by ms
merry antics on he coaching lines.
Germany viii act as coach and uthty
man. and Will star as the humorlst
OF the team.
The price paid for Cullop and Ged-
CON was not announced. and the pur-
chase was made conditional upon the
men coming 10 terms with the Yam
KEGS. Cap Huston said yesterday mat
he had no desire for any such contro-
versv as Is going on between the mod
st and retiring Benny KaufF and the
New York Giants. He added. however,
that no trouble was anticipated with
either plaver. As for Schaefer. he
crinned. and grinned, and grinned.
In securing these players. the owners
~ the Yankees demonstrated once
more that nothing would stand IN their
wev in an effort 20 build UP VIM
ming team. Only the other day u was
said that M Sinclair demanded almost
$4,000 for Cullop. Il IS not probable
that such a sum was paid for him. but
!, is safe 70 say shat the figure was not
far below y.
Gedeon. Il Young man, and born
fence chipper. was not bought Tor
song. either. so the bank roll Of the
Yankees j. probably somewhat de-
Melted These men will not terminate
he purchases. for Donovan still seeks
timber 10 strengthen his team.
Cullop will fll long felt need: lie
* pitcher Of the right type. lie Is
almost SIX feet tall and weighs about
49, mounds ~ condition. lie IS twenty
seven wears old. and Bill Donovan IN
sists that Nick IS southpaw IN the
s,r ONLY. He ranked eighth among
The pitcher. Of the Federal League last
year -, o.
Working IN - games, Of which p
we're complete. he pitched 303 l-3 inn
ings. facing LIS batsmen. who secured
e7S hits. lie gave so bases on balls;
hi, 10 men. made wild pitches and
struck out los. His rivals made los
runs. and OF these only II were earned.
lie won p games and lost y, for
percentage OF 647. He allowed 23O
runs 20 a game
In 1914 Cullop worked IN ~ games,
pitching 2q5 % innings. lie allowed
254 hits. gave SIS bases on balls. hit Y
bstters and made & wild pitches. lie
struck out 1872 men. lie faced ll9O
batters and allowed 2.67 earned runs a
game. Such 8 record, established with
team that finished away down deep in
the mire, is eloquent evidence OF the
ability or this big fellow. and Bill
Donovan. believes that he scored ten
strike when he secured his services.
Joe Gedeon is a boy who may extract
l whole chunks of JOY from the exist
ence Of Charley Mullen, Paddy Bau-
mann. Lutte Boone and a couple OF
others Joe is never so happy as when
IN the heat 81 the game, slammng the
leather 20 OH sorts of distances And
i'm slamming the ball is where he
shines Last year he participated IN
100 games. facing the pitcher 1879 times