The Washington times., 1921-12-22

sticks to it.
II was criticised just as bitterly
for getting rid of Ruth, Hooper. Hoyt
and Others" he declared. 'but the
Red Sox were up In the race all
I season. Let results speak for my
judgment next year"
While news of the transfer of Nc
Innis to the Cleveland club was an
ticipated, the New York deal stunned
Boston fans. With hardly an excep-
] ton. Boston baseball writer's are flay-
ing Frazee and some are demanding
that Ban Johnson take some step to
rehabilitate the American League in
that city. In story, statistics and
cartoons the deal IL being panned to
q fare We well. 1t Is front page"
story in Boston and the headlines
shrek In angry Indignation.
Some Hub Headlines.
Here are few of these headlines.
picked at random:
"Frazee Junks His Ball Club"
Fans Convinced Wreck Is Complete,
''Frazee Got Check Beating Ruth
Deal, Hangs Crepe on Fenway
Park"
The cartoons depict the total wreck
Of q championship team. One pictures
Frazee selling the gold filling out Of
his teeth and another advises baseball
1ans to head for Braves Field.
One writer points out that, of the
worlds champion Red Sox of 1915 and
1915. only Pitcher Herbert Pennock
survives.
Despite the assurances Of Manager
Duffy that he will have heavy hit
ting team next year, the outlook for
the Red Sox is depicted as hopeless
ard Hub fans are urged to transfer
their allegiance to the Braves. Prob
ably no deal IN baseball history has
ever aroused such public spirit of
condemnation.
Insist on Money.
Nobody would dream of giving
scott. Bush and Jones for Peckin.
paugh, good as he is" says one Boston
enthusiast. A bale of money must
have changed hands, too.
And then the Boston Herald tops
off the money accusation with this
editorial utterance:
''The Boston fan begins to think
that big league baseball Is becoming
too much business and too little u
sport. The trading of Scott, Jones
and Bush to the Yankees by the Red
Sox yesterday is shock much more
severe than the going to Cleveland
of McInnis. Red Sox's stars have
been peddled to the Yankees with
such consistency that the New York
team has climbed from an also-ran
position in the American League into
q pennant winner. And this last
deal makes the Yankees all the more
powerful. And all this added New
York strength has meant a poorer
grade of baseball for the Boston fan
He 10 losing his taste for sport
which allows the biggest city in the
land to cruelty the enthusiasm of a
nation or a cross of gold When
victory depends on the size of the
competing bank rolls, true sportsmen
turn their backs. The Scott-Joues-
Bush deal with New York is an In
suit to Boston fandom and will not
be forgotten, even IL the McInris
trade with Cleveland may be con-
sidered fairly equitable"
Will Prove The Straw.
Reciting the complete history of the
Boston clubs deals with New York
since Frazee took charge, the Boston
Post says this last deal will prove the
straw breaking the camel's back, add
ing: ..
1T was believed then that tho Red
Sox management had done its worst
and that the Sox had gone down into
a class with the Mackmen. Yes.er-
days deal takes what little there was
left out of the Boston team and there
Ia nothing but franchise left.
The result of this ruinous policy
was evidenced by idle turnstiles ut
Fenway Park last season. In the
opinion OF many local fans this last