Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-15

/ Kenny Kauff. who led the Feds with
the bat. is not believed to be In the
same class with Magee, who was hand
icapped last year by reason of the 1act
that he had managerial worries He
! realizes he was not suited to be In
charge of a team, and 1t is believed
that when relieved of this burden he
will play better ball than he did last
year.
If Sinclair has started to dispose of
his players, Kauff probably will be the
next one to be sold He is much sought
after. and it is not unlikely that the
Yankees also will purchase him, for II
Sinclair has decided that the Giants
price is too high he will not be apt to
sell any of his players to help McGraw's
team.
Magee and Kauff would make re-
markable difference In the 1ankee
team, as these supposedly good hitters
would be figured to make the club
contender in the coming race.
According to Joe Villa of the Men
IsYork Evening Sun, the owners Of the
Yankees offered Sinclair $4,000 Tor
Lee Magee, which proposition was
turned down. Yet the deal was closea
Yesterday, and while it may pc that
this was the figure which made the
deal possible, it is good guess that
Magee did not bring that much money!
Incidentally, the sale of Magee proved
that Sinclair was kidding when ne put
a sixty thousand dollar price on him.
Harold Janvrin, the Boston utility IN
fielder has signed his contract LOT next
season, and it is needless to say that ne
did not get an increase in salary, Whlcn
he expected when. lie refused to accept
Inc contract which Owner 1.annln sent
him. Ianvrin realized that he had bet
ter take what was offered, lnasmuch as
some of the real stars OF the team
would have to stand cuts and still could
not make q howl. Janvrin should prove
a valuable man for the Champions. Tor
he is capa bic in almost any positlon on
the team. and with Heinie Wagner out
of the way he will be the only real
utility infielder that Carrigan will have
to depend on
Dave Fultz is getting some severe
nannings for his action in warning the
players about signing new contracts
when most of them have long-term
documents that still are in operation.
Toe Jackson of the Detroit News hands
the head of the Players Fraternity the
following:
beers of the base ball fraternity about
signing new contracts when they already
are possessed of long-term documents that
have not expired IS not hattering eX-'
lAbltiOn OF commence III IHe lllelllSeice
of the athletes who pay his salary. The
players are told not to sign new con-
tracts with organized ball without the
consent of their former Federal employ
ers, and to be careful to sign none whose
provisions are not as advantageous as
those of the contracts that they now hold.
"Why any player who has long-term,
roncald contract should worry, Or should
start signing new ones. is mystery. The
men he signed with are responsible for
|, C1Il II hrrx-c h inn
is merely buying his contract, and it as
sumes all of it's obligations. Any intel
Iligent ball player knows this. President
Fultz doubtless has become alarmed by
the slowness of major league clubs, and
especially those of the American, to bid
for the talent that will be on the market.
He probably fears that the players, to
assure themselves work, will toss up per-
fectly good contracts. Maybe some of
them will. A year of idling more often
than not ends ball players usefulness"
1t is understood that Jim Callahan is
trying to get some of the Cub players
whom Tinker does not intend to carry
There are several of these athletes,
who, in Callahan's judgment, would
help the Pirates, who need consider
able Strengthening before they will be
able to cut much of a figure in the next
pennant race.
Callahan is hustling to better condi-
tions, and he is very apt to get some of
the Tinker castoffs. Tinker seems to
believe that a majority of the new
Cubs will be made up from his Whale
team, which won the pennant in the
Federal League last season, and, he
may be willing to let some good Cub
material slip through his fingers.
So far as is known. nothing has been
heard from iris Speaker, who has been
told that his salary will be cut. iris
friends insist that he will make no
ink hlIf hat he Ui1 n