The Washington times., 1922-11-19

players to bondage by sending them
20 Baltimore" continued McGraw.
"I don't know whether we will send
three youngsters there or not. But
II we are we are rescuing Bentley
from bondage and giving him a
chance In a real big league. The ar
gument must have two sides. We
can't be wrong both ways.
However. l happen to know that
one American League club and two
National clubs had In big bids for
Bentley. We never were members
of any agreement not to deal with
Baltimore. I suppose II some other
ed II would have been all right.
When the Giants proposition is &C
cepted II is all wrong.
Slams Ban johnson.
"The Cleveland club recently pur.
chased Lutzke from Kansas City.
Mr.. johnson. I believe. still has finan.
cial interests In the Cleveland Club.
The Kansas City club is as much op.
posed to the draft as Baltimore, yet
II seems all right to do business with
It. Is Mr.. johnson sure that Cleve-
land will not send some young play
ers to bondage in Kansas City as
part payment for Lutzke?
"I am becoming wearied OF this
continual crying every time We buy
q ball player. St. Louis has made a
lot Of money In recent years. In
stead Of crying every time we buy a
player. why don't they open up and
buy q few men themselves?
II suppose II we were down every
team in the league would rush about
to help us. Yes. they would"
Discussing his team, McGraw says
he is far better off now than he was
q year ago. At present, he does not
contemplate any deals. but he said
there IL no telling what the winter
will bring forth.
Certainly Better Off.
IT certainly am better off for
pitchers now than l was year age" +"
continued the leader Of the two times
world champions. "A year ago l
had Fred Toney, going back fast and
indispensable, and Phil Douglas. who
always kept me in hot water.
I'm their places l now have Nc.
Quillan, Scott and Bentley. 1t sure.
ly looks as though Scott has come
back. No man ever pitched bet.
world series. Then I think very
highly of the three youngsters who
finished with us In the fall-Cven-
gros, Johnson and Bluhme. Cven-
gros,, the left.hander from Little
Rock, looks especially good. He
pitched q no-hit game after return.
ing to his home town and struck out
something like eighteen men. He
has stuff.
Unless something new comes up
the Rousch deal Is off. expect
to start Jimmy O'Connell in center
be rather a tough thing to have to
crowd Stengel out of job. It would
be rather a otugh thing to have to
sit Casey on the bench after he hit
800 for me last year. And, let me
tell you, his hits were timely. Look
up Stengel's hits and you'll find
he won as many games as any man
on the club"
Paid Their Worth.
Discussing the new association of
players, Mc0raw said he didn't see
how they could hope to dictate salary
terms. He says ball players would
continue to be paid what they are
worth. regardless of whether the
men were organized or morgan
lied. .t
These unions or organizations of
Diayers come up evef SO often" con.
tinued McGraw. i've seen about
three of them come and go during
my lifetime In baseball"
He expressed the opinion that
Cannon, the Milwaukee lawyer, who
10 behind the new association, Ia not
Q man to inspire particular conf.
dence.
There In a chance of the Giants
training IN California next spring.
though a California training jaunt IL
not yet assured.
"They want US out there" said
McGraw. I'VE have received invita-.
tions from club owners, newspapers
and others on the Coast to pay them
Q visit. would consider southern
California, but there is no chance Of
going to northern California.
I'VE had an odd experience when
we last trained In California. 1t
was back in 1905. the spring after
we won the world championship
from the Athletics. We got one bad
break In the weather, and between
time we lost in travelling east and
through bad weather, there was a
period Of nine days In which we did
not get into uniform. I was rather
alarmed and was afraid we would
be In for a bad start, but we won