The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-24
HEROES OF GIANTS
 ARE TO BE SOLD
Douglas and Barnes, Who Pitched Team to Worlds Title, to Go to
 Highest Bidder"

'Shu1i1n Ph1l Douglas and Jesse
 Barnes, who pitched the New York Giants to their world series victory over their Metropolitan brothers, the Yankees in the last baseball classic, are going to be sold to the highest bidder. The announcement was made by Charles Stoneham, president of the Ma tional League club who added that sev- cral tempting offers have been received for the lurlcrs, but that the announce ment as to the future baseball homes of Douglas and Barnes would not be made until later.
 The proposal to sell the pair of world series heroes came out of a clear sky in National League circles. Though neither Douglas nor Barnes has signed l his 1922 contract it was not for that reason that the Giants decided to get rid of them Stonellam declared. The an- nounccmcnt will hit the camp of Giant followers harder than the sale of Bush Jones' Scott and McInnis struck the balliWick of Boston Red Sox rooters
 and there will be considerable conjec- 1 turing as to the cause of the sale. The pair will be disposed of Ito the club offering the best nducement." As McGraw is not i'll need of any player, except possibly a veteran out1elder to displace Burns 1t is likely that a cash settlement will be demanded
 l Douglas and Barnes were the veter- ans of the Giant staff, with Fred Toney
 the ponderous heaver who failed dis 1 malIy to come through for the club dur l ing the October fracas. It was expect ed in baseball circles that Toney, if any ! hurler. would be the o1le to get the gate and few fans dreamed that the two pitchers whose brilliant box work en- abed McGraW to win his second worlds championship in 16 years would be cut l loose from the club
 The pitching staff, minus Douglas and Barnes, will not present a for1nid- able appearance when the Giants take l the field for the opening of the season McGraw will have Fred Toney and Art Nehf as veterans and. to support that none-too- impressive right-hander and the hard-working southpaw, Pat Shea, Bill Ryan, Virgil Barnes, Cecil Causey, Fred Jonnard and a bunch of recruits, among whom is George Mcfarland, who pitched for the Springfield club last year,
 With the exception of Toney and Nchf. none of the pitchers took part
 in the tituar contests, though baseball
 critics at the time declared that Shea 1 and Ryan could be used in an emerg- 1 ency. Causcy's arm caused him much | bother all last season as did Ryan's, the
 former Holy Cross and Toronto Inter
 national League heaver not getting much
 of a chance to show what he was worth It is thought that McGraw is banking
 on Shea and Ryan to come through l for him this season.
 Douglas and Barnes were really re sponsible for the winning of the world baseball title by the Giants "Shuff1ir1
 Phil' twice bettered the underhanded de l l1Ner1cS or NdIl Mays, WIllle bdIlcS, lS
 placing Toney in the third and sixtl
 games, completely subdued the Yanke
 attack and emerged victorious each time
 In the third, fourth and sixth game
 of the series, the pair gave wonderfu
 exhibitions of heaving, retiring on strike
 the clouting Ruth and Meusel leader
 of the Yankee attack, and keeping tn
 American League hits we'll scattered