New-York tribune., 1919-03-13
I allIxees Reap
A Big Harvest
In Contracts
Pcckiupaugh. Moaridec and
Wick Rally 10 Call of
Manager Miller lIuggins
By " ! Macbeth

By W ] Macbeth
It nccdea bul the .6tmation thas
charlea Lincoln liersor. Of the
hfaeca. might be aealabie to YaaIce
paipoae4 to ehase a 10, of pteaumed
New York American Leaeue hold outs
aHder coeer SO less than three o.
Miller uussns's reoalciaant athletes
came ID ont Of the wet Yesterday az
tefuooa
These we're shor'stop Roger rccs
tnauat soutaraw George Mogrdpe
and Omaeldet Sammy Wick A cou
p'a more dags hAe 1hai iusl sped. if
ihe ua pclcolaies as faf as rrntts
lebanon sud Bakers lrappc. Md. ad
dresses and even the 1ank may have
no further use for tho Cau'cloupe
King
l'eeknrnueh always has been dc
fheate ca Though mower 81 hold.
out This feaf hovetct hcenuae o.
the close peo4may of iho training
Tip ho had paf Ieu gfay bo,ta 10
the haieA OF llHrene hut be eume
20 ihe scratch voluntarily
co'oheI 81 llaaion 1l not aoo fbe
sho1iNeliei dnrne ma recent tflp a.
the Middle West ma hnd been ropori
cd 'efhiupnuphH ptrHaurs WnH psi
tfulafif doHifnhlo al fhr moment be
cnnHo of the uncertainty of the Infute
or lihit mud Hahnr II iH brllrtcd ihn
Home Run king viii be on dcct hy
th" lifnr Tire acaHon opens. 'cckin.
paufh is rated az ono of the most
valuable Hhonsfops OF The game
Two Star southpaws
MogfdQcn eligibility assures Hug
gins two crackalAek aouihpaws. at
loaHi as Ihormahlcn has already
aiaued There ls efery REASONS to be
hoYe that "putch" Leonard, too, viii
he ~ llue before the end Of thc week
MogfldFe ls "a veteran left handler who
na5 moro than made good for the
Yankees the last three seAsons HIS
work WAS very impressive last year in
spite oi inferior support
Sammy Nlck. n product Of the South
or Association, is a promising out
fielder Mike Donlin, who wns his
Memphis manager for short time In
1884, declares him an embryo Ty Cobb
Nlch has never had an opportunity
prove has worth IN fast company.
lie went into the service last spring
and was only recently discharged from
the army.
Nothing new was reported in the
Herzog situation yesterday. At q late
hour last night il was said the Bos-
ton National and New York American
League clubs had not gotten together.
Golonels Jacob Rupert and T. L. Hus-
ton returned from the Middle West yes
terday afternoon.
Manager Huggins. of the Yankees,
viii not discuss the case and Justly
so, for Herzog is the property Of the
Boston club. and the midget manager
does not wish TO meddle So far
Huggins has no official knowledge that
Herzog IS on the market, and even
presuming he might bid for him does
not believe it according to etiquette
to make the first advance. George
". Grant was in town yesterday, but
declared positively there were no new
Developments
Bert NiehoF, second baseman Of the
Giants, may be sold to the Washing
ton American League club, John !
McGraw announced yeste rday Waiv-
ers were secured on Niehor some
time ago, when it was reported he was
~ manage lHe EOulSVllie club OF tho
American Association. Griffith. st the
moment, is sorely pressed for infeld-
ers Hal Janvrin is suffering from
pneumonia, while Eddie Foster is dan
gerously ILL.,
Business Manager Harry Sparrow,
Of the Yankees. announces that ar
rangements have been made to have
me Burns Detective Agency police the
POLO Grounds next season when tho
American League clubs play there.