South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-21
Lee Foil Tells
Why He Traded
Team for a Star
Manager That Gave a Ball
Club and Substitutes for
Danforth Confident.
BY BILLY EVANS


Lee Foil Of the St Louis Browns
isn't strong on interviews He sell :
dom breaks into print with anything
sensational. lie has his own pecu-
liar methods about doing a lot OF
things. Some OF them perhaps may
not be classed as conventional. yet
Foil IN his quiet way gets results.
And after all IL is results that count
I'm baseball like anything else.
During the recent meeting OF the
major league in New York ] was
sitting in the lobby OF the hotel
where the conference was being
held talking 20 FohL Baseball of
course. was the subject OF CONVEX
sation.
A few hours previous tho st. Louis
club had announced that IL had
traded IL ball players TO the Column
bus team Of the American Associa-
ton for Pitcher Dave Danforth h.
Naturally such an unusual trade was
the sole topic of conversation among
baseball men who thronged 20 the
lobby.
Foil and I talked for perhaps an
hour. While we were sitting there.
our conversation was interrupted at
least so times by some player, man
ager or official. who either joshed or
inquired about the extraordinary
trade
What IS the idea Of giving ball
club and a couple OF substitutes for
a pitcher who has had chance?"
was the question that was constant
I ly fired AZ Foil
The St Louis manager simply
smiled at all the hot shot that was
poured at him and usually remark
ed, Yes. and I have II more play
ers who I VIII be willing TO give for
any other one pitcher who L believe
VIII help my club"
Most Unusual Trade.
The deal involving Danforth is un-
! questionahly one Of the most unique
ever made in baseball often three
or four players and cash have been
handed over for one player, but to
turn over a whole team and a couple
OF extra men certainly was out OF
, the ordinary.
The peculiar feature about the
. transaction IS that neither club
seems 10 have been gold bricked.
The st. Louis club, however, is TAX
ing by far the longer chance. 1t is a
deal hHed with possibilities for both
clubs PROFESSIONALLY It was
whale of a deal for Manager Row
land of Columbus
Rowland gets Palmero, a left
handed pitcher with plenty OF stuff.
II Palmero had confidence in him
self ne would be a big league star.
He lacks that IN the majors lie
seems TO have plenty OF II IN the
minors. He should help Rowland.
Aside from his pitching he can hit,
is a good fielder and fast on the
bases. a handy man 10 have about
Lowdermilk. another pitcher with
a world Of stuff. goes TO Rowland.
Lack Of control has always kept
Lowdermuk from making good in
the majors He gets by IN fine style
I'm the miners. He has so much stuff
batters hate TO hit against him. IN
stead of waiting for him out I'm the
minors they swing away 10 hurry
their time at bat
Burweu, II he had just a little
more speed, would be a big league
. fixture. He pitches inteIligent,y.
has plenty Of nerve and a good
curve. but his fast ball lacks Just
enough TO enable him 10 ge, by in
the big show. In the minors hc
ought 90 be "a big one.
Gleason the second baseman is
mighty valuable ball player. The
other men who viii figure In The