The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-27
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES J. CoRBET1


 really hadn't come back. They insisted that any old dub could perform like a wonder of wonders in the Feds.
 When the outlaw organization dissolved. Chase was taken over by the Reds. Dur ing his first year with the Reds-1916- he startled baseball by hammering his way into the batting leadership of the circuit. He repeated his sensational work in 1917, but in 1918 rows with his manager and with the club owners became fre- quent, and Chase just dubbed through the year.
 What will he do with the Giants in 1919?
 The Yankees are banking heavily on Ernie Shore and Duffy Lewis, secured in trade from the Red Sox, to aid them in tLe cir pennant scramble. If the pair dis port in the fashion of their Red Sox days they surely will do much to lift the Tanks to pennant heights. But will they play true to form?
 Al Mamaux was pitching wonder with the Pirates. He failed miserably when traded to the Dodgers. On the other hand, Burleigh Grimes, who lost something like IS out of 20 games for the 1917 Pirates. joined the Dodgers in 1918 and won 19 out Of 2S.
 Dave Shean wasn't a success in the Ma tional league and was waived right out of it into the Boston Red Sox lineup. There he helped Boston to win a world S championship. Lee Magee ''flivvered' with the Yankees and also with the Browns but he became a most valuable member of the 1918 Reds. Earl Hamilton, who couldn't win a game in the American league while with the 1917 Browns, didn't lose one in six trials for the 1918 Pirates.
 Clarence Walker, was only ranked as a fair sort of swatsmith while with the Browns and Red Sox. Connie Mack got him and immediately afterward Walker became a noted buster of horsehides. George Burns never was famed for long distance clouting' while with the Tigers. but as soon as he climbed into the Mack ian livery he broke into the extra base column nearly every day.
 
 The Athletic rooters are rather enthused over the acquisition of Bobby Roth from Cleveland. They figure he'll smash ali existing home-run records. Why? Well, because half of the circuit swats Roth has delivered during his career have been done in Shibe park It's figured that playing half the season in that play ground will be just to his liking.
 Fair sort of reasoning. But wait!
 Frank Baker gained undying fame as a home-run artist in 1911 when, during the world series duelling, he sent homers on successive days into the right field stand of the Polo grounds, New York When Baker became a Tank and was privileged to play for half season on the same field, his admirers reckoned he would hit out four bases almost every day or so But Baker has lost caste as a home-run manufacturer, and only on the rarest occasions has he been able to deliver the ball into the stands.
 Fans in some cities are not at all happy because of deals engineered by the club owners. On the surface of things several clubs got decidedly the worst of it. But in baseball you never can tell. The truly greats that go away frequently skid into the dub class in few months and the incoming 'dubs" star in a luminous way.
 Cincinnati rooters were very unhappy a few years ago over the deal with McGraw that took from the Red lineup many seemingly great players and brought in exchange, among others, youth named Reinie Groh. Nor were the folks there