The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-03
MCGraw Plans Deal
 When He Gets Back
Giants Manager On Return From Cuba Expected to Startle Fans By Securing Star Players From Other
 Clubs-Must Strengthen Intield for Flag Race

New YOrk, Feb. S.---W1In the 6&- pected return of John hcGraw from Cuba this week the work of rebuild ing the Giants for the coming Ma tional League pennant race will be undertaken in earnest.
 AIcGraw has put in a busy winter with his racing interests at Oriental Park, near Havana, and has had little time to devote to baseball. He has kept in touch with developments in the sport through his agents in this country, however, and will be able to get into the swing of the work as soon as he sets foot on these shores. l The Giant manager will attend the big baseball meetings in Chicago next week, and 1t is altogether probable ithat the deal by which he hopes to fortify the club will be negotiated then. With what club or what play CTS it will involve is not known. The rurnor that Rogers Hornsby. of the | Cardinals, will come to New York still persists in local baseball circles,
 despite vigorous denials from St. Louis.
 One thing is certain, however, and
 that is the fact that a new third base man will take the place of Heinie
 zimm herman. Zim not only fell down : as a player last season, but his rela-
 tions with McGraw were anything but [
 Ora " that will keep him off the club
 There are few available third base men good enough to supplant the Bronx athlete, and it is for such man that McGraw and his aids now are searching.
 Due to the absence Of McGraw since the end of the last pennant race, the Giants have been little in the lime light this winter. The Yankees, with the purchase of Babe Ruth and the political activity of the owners, have drawn by long odds the greater meas ure of publicity. The Giants have done nothing except rest during the !cold months. It is likely, therefore, ithat things will begin to whirl when
 McGraw gets back.
 There have been reports that ne would switch his outfield, but the best information availaFole today indicates
 that the same orrtfin7d he had last
 season will be retained. There is
 chance however, that digger Staats. the youthful Holy Cross cCIsS1an, may break into the outfield 'oefore the end of the campaign. This young ster had an opportunity to per form toward the end of the last pen nant race and made such an impres- ? sion that McGraw may employ him in
 place of one of his veteran regulars from time to time. Whether or not l Staats gets into the regular lineup he 2 stands forth as one of the most prom 3 ising youn gsters developed in the col leges in years. 7 ! ! Nothing has been divuIged by Giant f officials in this city as to the Nkeli- Q hood of the club acquiring Hank n Gowdy from the Boston Braves. It IS r known. however. that John McGraw ] is anxious to engage a few players
 who will add the needed element or
 l color to the Giants, so that the cinn
 will be a match for the Yankees 1n
 the matter of a drawing card. Gowdy
 is himself big attraction in baseball | 1 and while he is not a better player
 than Snyder or Gonzales. his value at = the gate is considerably greater than = any of the one-tiIne Cardinal catchers. ', Gowdy's war record has made him = immensely popular all over the CIT e cult. He wants to come to the Giants r and McGraw is said to be anxious to | get him.
 = EIugginS Busy.
 @ Miller Huggins has quite a start on s McGraw in the task of getting ms V nlavers into line. While NIcGraw has e been busy with his racing interests far
 away from this country. Huggins has 5 been right on the ground trying ms 0 | utral ost to adjust all salary differences 0 between the players and the cluo' ae e has not yet got all of his men into ] the fold, but another week or two S will find them all signed and waiting e to set forth for spring training. o It is still doubtful whether DuffS y Lewis will sign. The left fielder who
 was by all odds the best of the Yankee
 outffeBders last season, is holding the
 club up for a oig increase, and Hug
 gins does not intend to pay what he
 considers an exorbitant figure. He Is
 | willing to meet his players half way s in the controversy ever salaries, pu'
 will not be imposed upon by any one
 Early next week wifi probably sec s Babe Ruth in New York to talk over = tDlans for the coming season With ms T new employers. Ruth is coming from a the far coast to attend to some boSl- V ness matters in Boston, after settling l. which he will come to New York 10 e receive instructions for the future y Ruth will be among the first to starr l. for Jacksonville, where he hopes to ge' j. his batting lamps trimmed for his Of n fensive upo3, new batting records neN 2 SoYnathinr You Want2 Use