New-York tribune., 1922-02-07
\ ankee Moguls
Moving Toward
Capital City
Huggins VIII Also Be on
Hand; Trade May Result
During Schedule Meeting
By w. |. Macbeth

Our two battling colonols. jacob RUN
pert and Til Huston. sankcd by
rctinuc Of rctaincrs and advisers under
command O. Business Manager Edward
Grant Barrow, will sally forth at the
witchine hour Of midnight against the
capital city and an elusive second con-
secut'Nc American League pennant.
In Washington, where the American
League cub owners will sathor at tho
Washington Hotel to morrow for their
annual schedule meeting. rctinuc. re
tanners and advisers Of tho American
League champions will be joined by
Miller Huge ms, The mite Manager who
has the final word. Then. it is ex-
pected. the deadly mine will be laid
that should block to all friendly enc
mics their l92a entry to the port Of
fcnnantvillo.
Our battling colonies make no bones
Of the fact that they have traps baitcd
for several possible strays that would
bolster the local cause. II pure and
refined gold Of twcrty-four karats can
COAX a lead out Of the unwary there
viii be TO sparing hand in its sphinx
ling. There arc three or four clubs
in the American League any ono Of
which could realize years gate" by
turning over an outfcldcr to New York.
But rival clubs Gas we'll as our OWN
have pcnchant for looking for little
Tho best of it. Cash will no longer
20 as far in trades rs it once did.
Playing values for playing values are
now demanded.
Want Pitching Sacrifice
Two or three rivals who were in
clncd TO talk business at the Deem
Der meeting have suddenly discovered
their discussed chattels of vastly in
over the celebrated deal with Boston
that brought pitchers Joe Bush and
Sam Jones to this city. These two
acquisitions assure Huggins the finest
corps Of right handed pitchers ever
assembled under one banner. And as
pitching is about so per cent of the
answer, these rivals with whom New
York hoped to do business for q much
needed gardener without exception cN-
pcct our local champions to sacrifice
some of its unqucst'oned pitching ad-
vantage.
Not chance in the world for ans
Of the lads to snare Yankee veteran
pitcher tried and true.
Good pitchers Of occasion win pen
nants without great outtielders,' said
Colonel Jacob ycste rday. But great
outfeldcrs never have won any pennant
without good ptchers.'
"Wevl not impair our pitching staff
in any PARTICULAR cut in Colonel
Til. One cannot have too many good
pitchers. A few accidents to a limited
staff and -blooc! The jig is up. That
has happened TO the Yankees time and
time before"
The battling colonels, however. have,
corrallcd a great wealth Of young pitch
ing talent that cannot but 20 to seed
if it has to wait for time to break up
the present hurling corps Of seasoned
veterans. The owners would not be
unwilling to listen to overtures for
such as these, with possibly n good
substitute infelder thrown in if the
right sort of outfelder were offered.
Bobby Roth May Help
Not so many outfieldcrs rate up to
that standard Bobby Veach, Of the
Tigers; Harry Hooper and Amos
Strunk, of the White Sox, and Elmer
Smith, Of the Red Sox. have been
mentioned. Any one would help like
Roth may turn upths merry springtime
new man. He is convalescing from an
operation which specialists declare
has permanently cured bad case
Of water on the knee. With Roth
of 1920 the Yankees could afford to
forget all the rival out6eldcrs men.
toned. In reserve, also, is "Chick"
Fcwstcr. who can be depended upon to
carry fast pace in left field until we'll
beyond the May 90 mark.
Charles II. Ebbets, president Of the
Brooklyn club. is ready to come to
close grips with President William +
Baker. Of tho Phillics, at the annual
schedule meeting of the National
League in this city week from to-
morrow
The genial Squire of Flathush re-
flutes Mr.. Bak ker's charge that the Brook
lyn club has tampered with any Quaker
player.
"Beforc the National League I shall
demand that Mr.. Baker prove his as
sertion or publicly apologize" said the
! dean of the National Leagun nuncrs