Indiana daily times., 1920-03-04
INDIANS LAND
PRIZE STAR IN
JIMMY SMITH
FIashy ShOrtstOp Obtained
From the Cincy Reds by
Manager Hendricks.
AN AGGRESSIVE PLAYER
BY EDDIE ASH.


Jack Hendricks today put over one of
the best deals for the Indians that has
been made for a number of seasons.
when he completed negotiations with
Manager Pat Moran of the worlds cham
pion Reds, whereby Shortstop Jimmy
Smith is transferred to the Indianapolis
club. With this deal made the Crane
trade with the Reds is brought to a
close and there will be few who Will
not admit that indianapolis got by Iar
the better of the exchange.
When Shortstop Crane was permitted
to go to Cincinnati Manager Hendricks
demanded two players OF his own selec-
ticn and q sum of cash and he has OD-
tained exactly what he started out TO get.
He named Barney Scheiber and Jimmy
Smith as the athletes wanted and he mas
obtained both, and as for the casn: that
is already in the Tribe chest. Smith Is
nor only a fiashy shortstop but good
hitter for an inielder and he also pos
sesses the valuable asset OF aggressive
ness. In fact Smith is fighter every
second of the way in ball game ana In
the worlds series last fall he held down
the lob OF "goat getter," his duties being
TO Ikeep after" the chesty White Sox
from the coaching lines. And he made
good on that lob.
LOTS OF FIGHT
IN THIS BUNCH.
Therefore. with Smith, O'Mara and
Covington on the in1eld the fans at
Washington park are going 10 see % s9ue
Of the pepperiest baseball possible when
the Indians are in action. In ADDITION
to this band of fighters the aggressive
Jack Leary also will be present, accord
ing to present indications, which means
that the Tribe will not be lacking III
conversational punch
Smith plays any position other than
Arst base on the infeld, though his
natural place is shOrtstop. In the games
with the Reds last year he hit 20, which
is not bad by any means, and he no
doubt viii boost this average in the \. A
He was with the New ork Giants In
1917, the Braves in 1918, and Cincinnati
last wear This winter when Pat Moran
started to arrange matters in an effort to
turn Smith over to Indianapolis John
McGraw stepped in and claimed the
PLAYER by the waiver route. so it Is evi-
dent that Smith is still rated well IN
major league circles. 1t took much
diplomacy to get McGraw to let the short
stop out of the National league. but ef-
forts by both Moran and Hendricks
finally did the work.
LOOKS LIKE
BEST a. A. INFIELD.
For the Tribe infeld Hendricks now
has COvington, Schreiber. Smith. ONIar1
and Wolf, and it is not thought that any
rival association club can produce an
innerwOrks to equal the class of the
Hoosier outfit. The Tribes achievement
in coming right back with a classy lineup
like this in the face of the retirement OF
Yerkes and Bronkie and the graduation
of Crane is to he commended.
From now until the opening of the sea
son Hendricks will pOint his plans toward
hOlstering the pitching staff and the out
field. The Outposts are fortified as they
stand with Callahan. Zwilling and Rehg
on the roster. but the garden lineup VIII
be changed II any of the trio fails t.
is hard to find at this time Of the year
but later on Hendricks believes he will be-
able to land capable hurlers to build NJ
tile Tribe corps. The squad departs for
the St Petersburg training camp next
Tuesday morning. where the players viii
find everything readv for Strenuous work