The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-13
REDS TURN DOWN
Big GIANT OFFER
Report They Refused $4,000
! and Catcher for 'Pick
Of Club
HUGE JENNINGS'S VIEWS
Too Much COddling Nowadays
-HerZog Wants Name
Cleared-Gossip.
HUGE JENNINGS's VIEWS
by WILLIAM II. HANNA.


afternoon while awaiting copies of the
new baseball agreement. but no deal
for players had been effected up till
time to go home. Offers submitted
by one side didn't suit the other side.
and so it went McGraw will be here
until Wedr esday before returning to
Cuba, and Moran will stick around
until after the National League meet
ing tomorrow. and there Is time yet
for n deal, though the prospect isn't as
good as 1t was yesterday morning.
1t couldn't be dragged out of either
side who was wanted for who. One
report however was that the New York
club had offered a catcher and $4,000
count II $3.50. 000-real money, gold
or certified check. for the pick of the
Cincinnati club.
The Cincinnati club has several
picks" Roush or Groh. or something
like that. The amount named Is more
than the Yankees gave for Babe Ruth.
and ii wasn't supposed another player
IN the land would send the demand for
talent kiting to such dizzy financial
realms II doesn't appear that there's
anybody else the New York club would
pay that much for, and. for that mat
ter the report that S150.000 was offered
for, the pick" will be received with
something akin to incredulity. In any
event. it will be recalled that Roush
and Groh once were members of the
Giants. Greasy Neale was on hand yes
terday. but IL was denied that the dis
cussions involved him.
Miller Higgins Of the Yankees is. due
in town to-day, and Bob Connery. the
scout, tomorrow. Higgins l. busy trv-
ing to land players to strengthen his
team, and may have to 60 to the Anseri-
can League meeting in Chicago Fri,iay
to carry on his efforts. Connery prob
ably will bring final word of what has
been done about the Yankees training
camp.
Arthur Wilson. Braves catcher and
former Giant ard Cub. will go to Toledo
to manage that team, according to in
formation received yeste day, Though
George Washington Grant, owner OF
the Braves. didn't say so. Mr.. Grant
said he had several talks with Branch
Hickey of the Cardinals relative to pos
sible swaps. but had gone no further
than that.
'Just what will be your duties as
assistant to McGraw in directing the
Giants next year?" Hughey Jennings
was asked yesterday. "Win he be as
active as ever from the bench?"
'Oh, we'll get along all right. In
the field management of n BASEBALL
team there are a number of things
common to all teams. You order a
bunt, or a sacrifice. or hit and run. as
you think the game requires. and try
TO keep the other fellow guessing.
''But there are things in National
League playing I've got to learn. as I
haven't seen anything Of It for long
while, and IL will take me several
weeks to fully get the hang of things.
/ know I'll be better off for a change,
just as the Detroit club will be better
off We both needed It. They got
tired in Detroit of seeing me, though
I have many friends there.
1T has been my observation that
New York fans know more baseball
than they do in Detroit. Chicago and
other towns. and therefore q ey are
more tolerant of managers mistakes
The mare a fan knows the less critical
he's likely TO be. That's the way they
are in New York.
II really believe" Jennings continued,
that the Chicago exposures are going
0 be good effect on players. Not in
making them more particular in mat
tiers of honesty. for it's only once in
long time you find all players are
not square and honest but that they'll
be more interested In what the public
thinks of them and less of themselves
in their relationship to the game
players In resent years have coddled
themselves too much. / notice par
ticuIaTly now that pitchers get a lame
arm when they come into the majors
who never knew of such a thing In the
minors. ] don't approve of this thing
Of players OF rival clubs hobnobbing in
front OF the stand before a game and
public displays of friendship. The field
IS tho place to fight each other.
"The present day plan Of .aving club
houses on the grounds Is not a good one.
II brings rival players together where
hey can talk things over and get
friendly. The old days, when visiting
players rode out In a bus, were better
They went out as enemies then. They
went in the grounds with n chip on the
shoulder and snarllng. :Let me at him
was the way they felt about It, Now
adays they're too fraternal."
Jennings has arranged with Henry
Fabian. gtoundkeeper. who went to
Texas yesterday and who will be In San
Antonio by the middle of February to
have two batting cages ready for the
Giants when they get there The Cages
will be of canvas and netting, sixty feet
long by ten wide. This arrangemen.
permits of n squad of players being
taken off 10 one side of the field and put
through batting practice without inter
ferng with the practice of another
squad.
I'm tho championship season." Jen-
nings observed, players get too much
batting practice. Three or four cracks
at the ball before game are enough
But in the South they need all they can
get The hours they put In at Il there
are well spent, but after the pennant
fight has begun hours thus spent are
waste Of time and tire player out
without doing him any good"
There has been a report that the
Giants would raise prices for seats at
the Polo Grounds next season. There is
10 such Intention. John McGraw says.
but he added that che club Is consider
ing having more reserved seats. The
only reserved seats at present are the
boxes, up stairs and down. and many
patrons. according to McGraw. prefer to
reserve seats even n they have TO pay
more for them They can be taken care
OF In one OF two ways--by putting In n
row Of boxes In front Of the present
lower tier ones. or by setting aside front
rows In the lower stand which Ia the
more likely way In case more reserved
seats are provided for
Tho Detroit club wants 20 trade Ira
Fagstead, outfelder, for Roland Naylor
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