The New York herald., 1921-12-09
mo Deal for Roush, but
Willing to Buy McGraw
we Are Ready to Purchase Any Player Who Could
Help Us Win Another Pennant,' Says
Leader of the Giants.
by DANIEL.


rs II true that you have another deal
on with the Reds for Eddie Roush. the
centre fielder. to fill the gap caused by
the trading of George Burns?" we asked
John McGraw yesterday on his return
here from sensational doings at Buffalo.
mo. we have no other negotiations
with any club in the National League"
the leader of the Giants replied. II am
ready to take the field with the out
fielders now at our command AMI take
chance-as we have taken many an
other chance, and succeeded. Yol will
remember that we took our chances with
Burns and Young-and that they made
good. Bill Cunningham looks as IL he is
ready to step right into Burnss place
and fill the position with great credit.
However, let me say this We are
ready to purchase any player who looks
as II he could help us win another PEN
nant next season. We are not inclined
to stand still. We are preparing not
alone for next year, but for the years to
come after 1922; therefore our willing
ness to pay as much as $4,000 for
Jimmy O'Connell of San Francisco,
youngster who just has turned - and
has been In professional ball for only
two, years.
Would Purchase Roush.
Tho fans of New York want the best
there is-they are entitled to It. The
fans have been giving the Giants Won
derful support, and we want to throw
profits into the acquisition Of new ma
terial That is good baseball-you might
say IT'S good business. II the otner fell
IL ax,A
to sell them, and we believe that these
men would make the Giants stronger, we
are In the market. And. as we showed
in Buffalo, we are not stingy. In 80 far
as Roush Is concerned. we would not be
averso to buying him. But We have no
deal for him.
"As for Groh, he will make the
GiantB infield perhaps the greatest L
yet have managed. He will give the
team q terrific punch, for he Is hard
and timely hitter-a very smart hitter,
who bats to all fields and picks his spots
with uncanny ability. He knows my sys-
TEN and he will fit right into the ma
chine. I expect him to look better than
ever before.
'I will place Groh on third base, and
that means a third baseman who has no
superior anywhere 1 will move Frank
Frisch over to second base, where he be-
With Bancroft at shortstop and Kelly on
irst we will have an infleld with ter
ific speed, a lot of head and what
galop!
Rawlings Utflity Man.
Rawlings Will be infield utility. and
he ought to give us sense OF great
security which we lacked last season,
when we had nobody to jump into
c11. ToI fo
heavy and he had a lot OF physical
handicaps last year when he played
through his first complete season in
The National League. The race was
hot. the strain terrific. and Rawlings
was Ill from time to time. We had
10 doctor MIN lot, and ne proved
about as game as they come. He is
steady and be will help us II we need
him.
I'VE have few smaller deals with
minor league clubs which we expect
10 complete soon. We will close soon
for SINNERS. the Indianapolis out
fielder. who is said to have been the
greatest prospect in the American AS
soclation last season. 1t Is not true
that we are sending Slim Sallee in part
payment for Sallee, having been in
the league for more than ten years,
cannot be released to minor club.
He must be given his unconditional re-
lease. we nave no zeal WIFI bditl-
more and will not have one"
Were there really any other clubs
I'm the bidding for Groh?" we queried.
well. If you had seen Branch Hickey
waving his hands and frotring at the
mouth you would have believed that
there was at least one disappointed
bidder" McGraw laughed.
Trade Made I'm an Hour.
"The trade for Groh was completed
in just one hour-from to I o'clock
in the evening on Tuesday. On my
word of honor. there had been no ne
sotiations since last summer Last
season. when Groh had some trouble
with Cincinnati I arranged deal
whereby the Giants were TO give some
players and q lot OF money-let me say
lot more money than we paid for
me third baseman. But Judge Lands
believed that the transfer would have
bad effect. so we had TO cancel the
deal Garry Hermann asked me what
we proposed to do. and I told him TO
hold on to the signed pa pers. that we
would go through the proposition as
arranged at the close of the season.
However. after we got Meusel and
the team began to go as / wanted IL
10 go / got an idea that we would get
along without Groh. So / went to
Hermann and told him that the deal
was off, that we would not give the
players we had arranged to give, and
that we certainly would not give the
stipulated financial consideration. So
the agreement was torn into shreds.
did no more about It.
Last Tuesday when arrived in Buf
falo / found everybody taking II for
granted that was on hand TO arrange
deal for Groh. AS a matter of fact
went to Buffalo solely to complete the
purchase OF O'Connell. / knew that the