New Britain herald., 1923-01-31
TANKS GET PENN0CK
 FROM THE RED S0X.
McMillan, Murray and Skinner Are SWappsd for Veteran Aurler

Red RoN yesterday m one or me Mps'
 one.sided trades in the history Of the
 American league
 In return for the veteran Boston
 southpaw the fanks handed over
 George Murray, right-handad pitchers
 Norman McMilan, third haseman and
 autnelder, and Camp skinner onl'
 fielder. Needless 10 say, no money
 was passed over 10 Harry Frazec'
 Either Murray or MeMillan is aa
 valuable as the aging Pennoek and
 skinner is not far behind
 Tn other words, the Tanks gave
 nearly three times as much as they
 got and did not ind it necessary to
 cross Frazee's palm with silver, They
 gave q good flght-hander for a good
 southpaw and tossed in two promis-
 ing youngsters to boot. Fra2eo is still the David Harum Of baseball
 traders.
 The Pennock trade is the first in a
 general reorganization Of the Tanks.
 With Ave veteran right flanders and
 one tried and true southpaw on their staff the Colonels are now ready 10
 proceed with that trade for Eddie Collins They have baked at in- clndng Waite Hoyt in the deal. but there Is a good chance now that the youthful Flatbusher will be shipped to Chicago and Columbia Eddie brought to the new Yankee Stadium in a New York uniform.
 Collins Deal Still Pending.
 As part of this deal Aaron Ward. Bob Meusel and Hoyt will be traded for Collins, outfelder Bob Falk and Pitcher Charley Robertson of per feet game" fame. Negotiations are still very much alive, and Colonel Jaboc Ruppert said yesterday that the two clubs will get together again at the February American league meeting in Philadelphia. The Tanks now feel that Hoyt can be spared. With a pitching staff consisting of Bush. Shawkey. Mays. Jones' Rob- ertson and Pennock, with Collins at second base and Falk in left field, Huggins would have the best team that he has ever had in New York.
 The Tanks were the first to admit yesterday that the pennock trade was a trifle lopsided, but they justified their action by pointing out that Pennock will be of more immediate valuf than the three youngsters.
 'fhe worst trade the Tanks ever made" said one of the club officials. That is, if you take it by and large, in it's broader aspects. But we are figuring on the coming season. The Tanks need a left-hander badly if they are to win another pennant. Murray, Skinner and McMillan would not be of much use to us this year, for the simple reason that there is we are sacrificing future prospects for the immediate season.
 "Huggins was consulted about the trade. I talked with him over the long-distance phone, and he approved the trade. He said that Pennock ought to win fifteen games for the Tanks next season, and he repeated what have said about our three players--that none of them would be of much use next season.
 Murray is a first-rate pitcher Higgins told me. But he would only sit on the bench next year. I have enough right handlers now-all need. The staff needs left hand CT of experience |"
 With the exception of two brief trips to the minors Pennock has been in the major leagues 10 years. He is 29 years old and first broke in with l the Athletics in April of 1913. In June, 1915, he was released on waiv- CTS to the Red Sox, who sent him i under option to Providence in August and then recalled him in the same | month. The southpaw was released again to Buffalo on option in July, | 1915, and recalled by Boston in Au- gust. He has been with the Red Sox ever since.
 Last season, with an eighth place club, Pennock pitched in 32 games, won 10 and lost 17--a record mo- where near as good as Joe Bush and Sam Jones made at Boston the year before. In 1921 the left handler pitched in 32 games, won 12 and lost fourteen He was near the bottom in earned runs per game in the 1922 records, with a mark of 4.32 runs for each nine innings.
 Pennock is a half inch over six feet but is slight in build, weighing only about 160 pounds. He has al- ways been known as a steady-going pitcher but never was one of the top notchers.
 Now for the players that go to the Yankee colony in Boston. Murray, one of the best young pitchers in the big leagues, has been hailed by all good judges as a sure conner. He is tall and brawny, with a great curve. plenty of speed and a good head on his shoulders, although he is utill green.
 He worked in twenty-two games last season, but pitched only five complete contests, winning three and osing two. Under the Miller Hug gins system he spent most of his afternoons on the bench Hatching Jones and Mays lose ball games.
 McMillan.i Is another North Carolina md Rochester product. He was picked up by Scout Bob Gilks while Norman was third baseman on the Charlotte club of the South Atlantic Association in 1920. He was farmed ut to Rochester along with Murray n 1921 and recalled in September of hat year. Huggins converted him rom a third baseman into an out |elder and used Silent Mac" as cen-I erfielder against left-handers whom e could hit with zest and abandon. fcMillan is one of the best fieldingi hird basemsn in the big leagues and howed signs of being hard hitter. Camp Skinner was with Cedartown. 'a., in the Georgia State league when ,e yanka ann6Eed hin, ip 1aoo uaI