The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
YANKEES ARE
LONGING FOR
EDDIE ROUSH
His Acquisition Would Solve Proh.
lem That Threatens TO
Ruin Chances.
By JOHN B. FOSTER

(Copyrlgnt, 19Zz, by The Argus
New York, Jan. 2l.-CoIoBaI
Huston and Colonel Rupert. who
control the destinies Of the New
York American league ball clnb
are casting longing but somewhat
hopeless eyes in the direction of
Ed Roush, it became known TO-DAY
They are all ready to futter real
money beneath the noses OF the Gin
cinnati management but the
chances of nipping the outfelda-
away from the other league owners
seem slim indeed at present.
Were it possible for the two colo
nels TO get Roush from the Nation.
al league it would solve a situa.
ton which is giving them a little
worriment as the time draws near
for frogs to crOak and ball PLAYERS
to quit the woodpile for the train
ing camps.
Roush, like other prima-donnas
is squabbling over his contract He
is not an unwelcome guest at Gin
cinnati but his salary is. Since the
Cincinnatis won the championships
in 1919 Roush has held his services
at figure which is based on his
own idea of his Importance to the
team.
While it takes nine players to
win a championship, it is the theory
of Roush that any eight which Gin
cinnati can muster will not be equal
to the task without him. He esli-
mates his value on a little sys-
tenn of his own which amounts 10
so much of a certain percentage
of the estimated gross receipts. ii
he plays, he figures that the Gin
cinnati club will draw SO much. II
he doesn't it will not.
The Yankees could afford to pay
the Cincinnatis fat and round sum
for the services of ROush. To them
he would be worth more. The New
York Nationals, however, would
never let \ Roush get out of the
National league and Hermann
knows that it would be folly TO ask
waivers, yet the Cincinnati club
honestly says that it would receive
smashing price for Roush if n
would let the outfieIder go. He
would sell for $4,000.
The Yankees haven't much with
which to start the season in the
outfield and they recognize it. With
Ruth and Meusel suspended only
Miller, of the regular force, is left
for 1922 and there are a great many
who think that Miller will not be
strong enough for the coming sea
son, judging by his work in the
world series. It isn't what the
American league champions did ia
the year 1921 in their own league
which will be the test by which 10
measure them in 1922 but what they
failed to do when they met the CT
ants in the world series. Miller
did not impress the critics as be-
ing fast enough for big league
championship baseball when the
pitching is high class.
Colonel Rupert is determined
that he will have d world series
winner as well as a league cham
pion before he is through. If the
Yankees could get Roush, or if
there was a man of his ability in
sight in some other club who could
be secured for the team, their
chances would be overwhelmingly
improved. AS il is. they are faced
by a handicap that is worrying
them.
John G. McGraw, who acts in a
dual capacity with the Giants be-
cause he is both vice president and
manager, and who must sign
contract as manager f he wishes
to appear in the field. has hitched
his name to another agreement for
five years. His salary has been in
creased because he was good and
won the world series IN 1921. The
president of the club saws he can
get as much as $4,000 a year and
in addition TO that will share IN
the profits if the Giants happen to
make anything. Which makes il
happy new year for McGraw.