The Washington times., 1921-02-04

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A statistician, armed with an add
ing machine, has just discovered that
since October 26, 1917. Huggins has
swapped, sold or fred forty athletes
and still the Yankees are battling to
cluinch the W. X. gonfalon.
Basebalps d. Harum swung into
action soon after displacing wild
BilT Donovan at the helm of the
good ship Yankee. His hrst deal.
completed three months after his
induction into office. spelled the de-
parture of Pitchers Urban Shocker
amaker and Inhelders FRITZ Maisel
and Joe Gedeon to the Brownies for
Second Sacker Derrill Pratt and the
ancient southpaw. Eddie Plank.
WHERE THEY WENT.
Pratt Joined the Yankees but Plank
proceeded to shed the diamond
Naisel was sold to the Baltimore
Orioles, but Shocker blossomed into
one Of the greatest slab artists IN the
majors. Gedeon recently was dropped
by the Browns for alleged intimate
association with gamblers.
Nunamaker now 10 wearing the
Cleveland uniform. Pratt declares he
will remain at the University OF
Michigan as coach Of the Wolverine
diamond greats. Smart blokes de-
clare Huggins was slightly out
generated in that trade.
Not long after that transaction
Huggins purchased Ping Bodie from
the Athletics and in his next breath
shipped Tim Hendryx to the Browns
and Lee Magee to the Reds. In
December, 1918, Hug" engineered his
first swap with the Red Sox. He
surrendered Ray Caldwell and Slim"
Love, pitchers; AL Walters, catcher.
and Outfelder Frank Gilhooley for
Pitchers Ernie Shore and Dutch
Leonard and Outfielder Duffy Lewis.
Leonard baked at the proposition and
was sold, to the Tigers. Shore was
fizzle. but Lewis played a bang
up game under the Yankee strate-
gist.
ROCKED GAME IN 1919.
Baseball was rocked in 1919 when
Higgins pried Carl Mays from the
Boston pitching staff. Then the yam
kee leader stirred UP another flock Of
excitement by Turing Bambino Babe
Ruth from the Back Bay Club. Since
the curtain dropped. last fall Huggins
has completed three important dick
ers. and as a result Broadway folks
are all smoked up over the pennant
prospects in the coming flag marathon.
The deals staged since last October
brought Pitchers Waite Hoyt and
Harry Harper, Catcher Wally Schang
and Infielder Mike McNally from the
Hub, in exchange for Second Baseman
Del Pratt. Pitcher Herb Thormah1en,
Catcher Muddy" Ruel, and Outfielder
Sam Wick.
Soon after that transaction Hug
gins up and traded Outfelder Lewis
and Pitcher George Mogridge to
Washington for Bobby Roth, who had
previously worn the regimentals OF
Ave other clubs in the Johnsonian
circuit.
STILL HAS THE HABIT.
The Yankee pilot was prepared to
go the limit in order to clinch the
claim to Johnny Mitchell, the sensa-
tional shortstop Of the Vernon Coast
League Club. so he delivered Catcher
Truck Hannah, Pitchers Ernie Shore
and Bob McGraw and First Baseman
Ham Hyatt for the western demon.
Then he signed an order banishing
Pitcher Larry O'Doul to the Frisco
Club, the latter being the tenth mem
Der of the 1920 Yankee Club to be
given transportation elsewhere.
And. judging from reports from
New York, the little strategist hasn't
abandoned the trading habit Other
deals are said to be pending, so 1t
looks like the New York scribes viii
be busy on the training juniet maxi
ing friends with lot Of little