The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-15

Four Pitchers Included In
Deal---Buy Shorten, Too
Miller Husgins Signs to Manage Yanl<s Again.
Pirates Believed to Have Paid $4,000
For Recruit Third Baseman.
By JAMES cRUNsENBERRY.

NEW YORK. Dec. 14.-Miller j
Higgins will again manage the
Yanks next season. This welcome
news TO the followers Of the Ameri-
can League pcnnant winners ema-
mated from Yankee officials tonight
and while his agreement with Messrs.
Rupert and Huston is for but one
year the consensus Is that his Sc
lection will meet with general ap-
proval. II developed that there was
quite a gab-fest over the PROPOSE
tion. but the interested parties nm
ally came to terms and settled upon
next years contract.
While there was plenty doing in
the several baseball arenas today,
undoubtedly the biggest thing in
the matter of trades developed at
the Commodore where the American
League pooh-bahs held forth. was
that in which the St Louis Browns
gave eleven players for Dave Dan
forth. a Columbus A A. pitcher.
The Browns are to deliver eight
Of the players before next spring,
two in the spring of 1928 and an
other during the early months of
1924. Only five Of the players were
named today. these being the pitch
ers: Loudermilk. Sanders. Burwell
and Palermo. and infelder Gleason.
Another deal was made by the
Browns when they bought Chick
shorten from Detroit.
On good authority it was stated
the Pittsburgh Pirates had pur-
chased Third Baseman Joe Shapner
ISOLATION team for $4,000 and four
players to be named later. Shep-
ner was with the Giants In 1917
but showed little class until re-
Gently.
Brooklyn and Pittsburgh have a
trade in the making involving
Catcher Schmidt and Outfielder
Whitfield. Of the Pirates. it was
learned.
The National Leaguers finished up
their legislative labors at the Wal
dorf today. the principal thing ac-
complished being an evolution OF
the Ebbetts idea in relation to the
draft.
After much discussion OF the
Brooklyn magnate's scheme. Garry
Hermann offered resolution
which was adopted unanimously
and which reads as follows:
Resolved, that President Herr.
mann, as a member of the advisory
council. be instructed to present Il
his colleagues at the joint meeting
Of the American and Nationa
leagues, and the minors. a PROPOSE.
tion to amend the major and minoI
league agreement so as to re-es'
tablish the draft"
1t is generally agreed that tn,
resolution adopted by the Nationa
League may be followed by similar
action at the American League SEES
sion and that the matter will also
be taken up with the minors to.
morrow.
After the Danforth deal had beer
completed Bobbfe Quinn said: :"
know il looks as though we wer,
giving a lot and promising a grea
deal more for a pitcher who is nc
longer young, but the players we
are sending to Columbus aren't
worth a nickel to US, and Danfortt
may make us. All observers agree
that the Browns lack little of be.
ing formidable pennant contender.
next year, and we believe we have
remedied this lack in the acquisi.
ton of Danforth."
Danforth made his major league
debut with the Athletics in 1911
He remained with the Mack.
through the season OF 1912 anC
then was returned to Baltimore
Recalled by the Macks he wa.
subsequently, shifted to the Whit,
Cox. and next to Eddie Cicott'