Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-17
WILL NOT TRADE
slim" CALDWELL
Yankees Will Retain Pitcher as
Long as There Is Ability
in Right Arm.

CHICAGO. July II. Despite the
Yankee owners frequently reiterated
declarations that they have no inten-
ton Of trading. selling or In any otner
fashion disposing Of Ray Caldwell. the
rumor mongers of the~ middle west are
again making use Of the Salamanca
Silver as a peg on which to hang all
sorts of swap stories. In st. Louis tney
had him all but given to the Browns IN
exchange for Second Baseman Derili
Pratt. and here in Chicago they are
deciding him to the White Sox as pay
ment for one of Clarence Rowland's
outfielders.
There is, OF course. not a particle OF
truth in any of these reports. The
owners of the New York club an
nounced last summer that Ray Cald-
well will remain the property Of the
New York club while there Is any
pitching ability whatsoever concealed
about his long right arm. and there are
the best of reasons for believing that
they are still of the same mind. Dono-
van did want Pratt last winter. and
tried to land him for the Yankees, but
the Browns allowed as how they
couldn't even consider taking any one
ding negotiations faded and died right
there.
The history of the oft-reported Felsch
story is very similar. At about this
time, or perhaps a little later. last
season Donovan tried to arrange a
decker that would have given the
Yankees one Of Rowland's outfelders.
but when he mentioned Felsch as the
player he yearned for above all others,
Comiskey asked so much in return that
he oil Inn 10 Mt
Comiskey's terms never have been made
public. but 1t is supposed that he want
ed Caldwell. an inffelder and several
million dollars to boot. Since that time
Donovan has made no attempt to win
Felsch away from the. old Roman.
Would Buy Fe1sch.
If he could gain title to Felsch at any
reasonable price there isn't a doubt in
the world that William would snap at
the chance. Caldwell, however. would
constitute no part of that price,
for. in spite Of all the heart
aches Caldwell has caused him, Dono-
van still regards the arrant right
handler as one of the real leaders in his
profession. He epitomized his estima-
ton of Caldwell last night when he
said:
IF were the owner of the New York
club and I was asked to put a price
i
in cold. hard cash. and wouldn't even
look at one cent less"
There have been no new develop
ments in the projected Marsans-M agee
transfer since the Yankees left ST.
Louis. Donovan is more than ever
anxious to make the Cuban a member
Of the New York forces. but can do
nothing in the matter until Col. Rup-
pert or Capt. Huston or both. can come
to Chicago to pass upon the various
financial questions involved. He seems
confident that he has only to make his
principals see the trade as he sees 1t
to gain their sanction for It,
A Great Fielder.
II haven't the least doubt that Mar
sans would make a wonderful ball
player for the New York club" he said
this morning. "He always has been
great fielder. with a wide range, a
sure clutch and a great throwing arm.
and ! believe that the encouragement
he would surely receive from the New
York fans would soon have a decidedly
uplifting effect upon his batting aver
age.
'Marsans wouldn't have to hit much
more than .245 or $50 to be real SEN
sation in New York. With his speed
and base-running ability he would
score more runs from a $50 batting
average than most 300 hitters. With
our present lineup we have a terrible
time scoring from second base on long
singles to the outfield. but have seen
Marsans do it on inf1eld hits and make
1t look easy"
Col. Rupert is expected to reach Chi
cago tomorrow. and il Capt. Huston
can secure a short leave of absence
from his regiment he will come out
from the Detroit training camp on Sat-
urday or Sunday. The fate Of the
decker should be definitely settled
either one way or another within the
next four days.