New-York tribune., 1919-03-19
H Three-Cornered Deal
Fails Snyder May Come
to the Local Club
Bv w. ]. Macbeth

Manage
.,sry energy to effect that three-cor-
,s,cd deal which Barney Dreyfuss has
hacked for more than ten days now
Zach succeeding day, however, COM
.licstes the task.
II is said that when Dreyfuss came
ever for parley with number of his
,olearues one week ago the rails
,sre ali soaped for the three-cornere
.briller Dreyfuss sidetracked the big
,rpress by refusing obstinately to
save on the services Of Davey Rob-
srson. Griffith, at the time, might
.,s;ly have secured American League
asiyers on Doc Lavan in return for
an outielder of Robertson's worth and
ior Lavan. St. Louis was more than
Wiling to give up a seasoned catcher.
,specialy as Hickey is now carrying
four backstops of reputed worth.
But after all the "shimmying" the
interested parties of the two major
leagues have been forced to do as a
result of the well-known Dreyfuss OBJ
stinacy other selfish souls of the Amer
lean League have been given undue
time to consider And these are not
30 ready now to pass old Doc Lavan
along to the enemy. You see, Clark
Griffith showed less resource of diplo-
mey than McGraw. Mac secured
s,ivers on Robertson before he began
to talk turkey. The Old Fox assumed
he would have influence enough to get
the necessary waivers on Lavan. He
took too much for granted.
Refuse to Waive
Seversl American League clubs, it
now develops, have refused to waive
claim to Lavan's services. One Of these
is Detroit. Little Owen Bush has de-
yeloped real "hold-out" crouch. He
demands that he be traded by the
Tigers. Jennings has no better short
stop prospect to fill Donie's shoes than
Cooney, recently secured from the Red
Sox. At least until Bush recants,
Hughie does not intend to let a short
stop of the worth of Lavan waste his
young life in St. Louis.
Lavan. too, might be better than a
wild stab for the Yankees. 1t has been
reported that he would play for no one
bot Branch Hickey. But that was when
the Yankee prospects were not so
bright as they have become since
Roger Peckingpaugh and ]. Franklin
Baker decided to get back on the job.
A New York berth-especially New
York berth enhanced by pennant pos
slbllities--is not to be sneezed at even
hy Branch Rickey's most admiring
athlete.
Pratt, it must be remembered, is
obstinate still, though his presence is
nof so vital now. Should he come back
II is doubtful if the New York Ameri-
cans would be interested in the fate of
lasan. Under the circumstances. they
could scarcely be blamed for giving
up lavan before giving him a battle,
anyhow.
So far as can be learned the Yam
KEGS have made no move for Herzor,
igurlng, evidently. that in view of the
differences between that player and
MS employers 1t IS up to George W
Grant to make the first advances if he
aas designs of putting Charles Lincoln
on the auction block Like all the
otner fifteen major league clubs, the
Yankees evidently look upon Herzop
with his ten thousand dollar contract
as baseball luxury.
McGraw, however, is not permitting
MS efforts to rest with the status Of
the. much discussed three ornered
desl, lie has been trying for weeks to
worm Hickey out of seasoned catcher
ana Will go further than any one else
70 gam his end. Since the three-cor-
aeied deal was brought to an abrupt
nait Mac has pressed Mr.. Hickey for
some sort of action on Frank Snyder.
would IN nowise surprise the
trends OF McGraw if Snyder becomes
New York National League chattel
before sundown.
Snyder With A. f. r.
. IN laying his lines for Snyder, Nc
sraw knew what he was about, for it
nss oeen learned that the big fellow,
sho mas been with the expeditionary
.psces IN France, viii be home before
we opening Of the season. If McGraw
aoie TO secure Snyder by purchase
u uade, as he now hopes, he feels he
sn oe able to get the utmost efficiency
t,sA the pitching available. And pitch
.as-or rather battery strength
.ssms the sole problem of 1919 Giant
o9sside the box, provided he gets
tuha!oer, McGraw should have by far
f f.s most powerful club in the National
.egee: In barnes and Benton he has
~, Io sfied and true veteran twirlers
WAC should be next to invincible. He has
~ 'teaisn OF promising young material
~ boot Ordinarily ne might figure
IN tonsetting the deadly Cub pitching
3 his Offensive and defensive balance
~. ~. .nis is going TO be a particularly
sIugn year to beat the team that won
sne 1913 pennant.
), ufover Cleveland Alexander is or
@s.y q. way nome. He will be in the United
ss.es i,, IN two weeks. And it is cincf
Tr,"h wiz De ready TO take his turn with
n nTs.sr and Vaughn and Shutting Phi
vasias and Hendrix by the time the
r .ssaon opens. No wonder McGraw i.
sSvr.ng heaven and earth to get title
= FRANK Snyder.
.s;ase sane Yankees and Dodgers, both o.
SsIs@u ciuDs will train at Jacksonville
tsS., tsSs, "iii play seven exhibition gamci
Iii. Iiis spring, They will play in Jackson
i. 'S marcn 20, April S and April IL
brunswick, Ga, April ID: at Or
sMssburg, S. G., April is; at Colds
s9io, 5. G., April is, and at Newpor
'sNs' Va, April n.
80. resident Jacob Rupert Of the Yam
~ announced yesterday that big 81
latoe' the right-handed pitcher. ha
~ released to the St. Paul club O
"s American Association.
., inR Bodie, the rotund sun-dodge
fs.,a .asfankes picket line, paid HI
day 70 Colonel Til Huston yestcr
tsri, ring has been Iaborinx all win
souesxs Jersey shipbuilding plant. II
!ios !s'is m excellent physical condi
msistairnt .he past seven months, h
az Sfst Of July. He declares Il - IN,
a sahara caravan far him ~ ~ ~,
10y os his journey through life. y"
4 isss{}as Engle. Hilltop fayorite a
49, 4SSssa and outaeid during the sfaiIir "