The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-23
Wisdom Of Trades Of
 Winter Being Prouen
Gainor Has Helped the Cards, Scott the Tanks, Deberry the Robins, McInnis the h. dians, and Others
By GEORGE CHADWICK Special Correspondents of The AEe-H Herald Copyright. isss. by The Age-HeraIdl

ANOpyrlKht, fsSS. by The AEe-Heraldl
 New York, April 21.-An interest ing ten days have been passed in the big leagues. Note how fortune has played its pranks more or less hap oily up to now. Branch Hickey was laughed at when he took Del Gainor out of the minors and brought him back to St. Louis. Yet where might the Cards have been were it not for the good work that Galnor has dis played from the start of the season.? And what would Hickey have done had he not called Toporcer and his specs back from Syracuse? The Kid has been playing life saving ball at short in place of Lavan.
 DeBerry has slipped new quality of catching into the city that slides into Coney Island. The New Orleans Youngster has come up from the bayou and shown Brooklyn some catching of the sort fans have been dreaming about for five years.
 Pitchers Have Failed
 True the Brooklyns haven't been winning very often, but that Is be- cause the best pitching staff in the National league hung out over nient and get rusty in the ocean mists that blow up from the Jamaica bay shoals When the pitchers are emery papere1 and polished up. Brooklyn should bt better.
 shinners of the Giants is not Burns. but he Is helping to keep the Giants in the fight.
 Buster" said she owrld of the Tanks when the high commissioner put Ruth in detention pen. Busted nothing retorted the veracious Col onels and they went forth and for aged in Boston and took away two pitchers and a short stop. Never mind the pitchers for the moment, but he- hold the shortstop. Scott's superb defensive play has been keeping the Tanks in the thick of the pudding when it is most essential that they stay put
 Fletcher Has Helped
 Don't say that one man can't do heap for team. No one knows what the Phils might have done if Fletcher had not come back. but 1t is safe enough to say that they would not have been riding bareback They would have wanted the saddle put on old Nell and perhaps some pillows laid across the saddle.
 Out in Cleveland there is McInnis. Speaker lured him from Boston where
 
 ting like balloon buster. Cleveland looks pretty good. Some folks said the Clevelands were stale and never were going to be in the fight this year. One player enters and the plot changes.
 Browns Prove Wisdom
 The St. Louis Browns gave up a regiment of ball players to get Dan forth- st. Louis said it would give two regiments to get one winning pitcher. Danforth Immediately holds up to his reputation by winnine' For the moment the Browns seem to have gotten what they wanted. The play CTS think it has been found; that's half the argument.
 Two teams took their players on in adult doses. These were Chicago and Cincinnati. and until the teams as- simulate what they've got, it won, be possible to get much of a line on them
 If the Pirates could pick up third baseman who is the equivalent of Groh. Pittsburg would be beating the other clubs oftener. A third base man. tip topper class. Is needed above everything.
 Then there's the Boston Americans. another team like Cincinnati ana Chicago, plugging along trying 10 establish itself.
 That New Waiver Rule
 The Boston Nationals haven. aroused. They trained slowly. They are still moving sedately It was the new waiver rule that gave Johnston and Young to the Athletics. The new waiver rule says that the lower teams shall have first choice when waivers are asked. Be funny if that rule should help the Athletics to beat out the other clubs.
 Last down the alphabet. but not las down the scale in importance. Wash ington Is not winning quite as Griff wishes and not winning as it will, but certainly showing that it Is another