The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-07

1t seems no one Is SATISFIED Win
this deal but Pennock.s' said Bar
patches coming from the Far West
that Herb at least is pleased.
Nobody appears particularly
pleased around here over our deal,
and the newspapers are hopping on
FraZee, as usual, in Boston. But
this time, believe they are doing
1t because of force of habit.
Il agree we gave up some real
good youngsters, but consider the
deal justifiable from the fact that
we were sorely lacking good left
handed pitcher. The field for south
paws is limited in the American
League. and we made a deal for the
best man procurable. We didn't
want to try to get Mogridge back,
and Kerr is out for another year
There are few figh-class lefthanders
in our league, and we were forced
to try for Pennock. We gave
Frazee considerable strength, but
were able to give him men who
had been sitting on our bench.
Therefore, we added our .lefthander
without weakening any regular po-
Gttion.
ksACttA1u0Alp IHly EHAkHhU, -t1f6
best man we sent to Boston. He
handles himself well and unques-
fiOnably has possibilities. Murray
viii get more Of q chance i'm BOs-
ton than he had i'm New York,
= but don't think Murray is the
pitcher that some Of you fellows
paint him to be.
Every man, of course, is well
come to his own opinions. Murray
has certain amount of ability,
but I think when he is hailed as
q coming Alexander, that is quite
an exaggeration. My view on these
players is shared by George Stall
ings, who used them both as regu-
lars in Rochester. He, too, is OF
the opinion that Mcmillan will be
the better player of the two.
However. it is a difficult thing
to pass judgment on youngsters.
passed up some good ones during
my managerial experience. Man
ayers always are getting tips from
friends, and if they knew which
ones to take they could have a
worlds champion team.
ST" could have had both Cobb and
Evers for $500 each. I was man.
aging indianapolis in 1905. and
friend of mine was managing the
Augusta club of the Sally League.
He wrote me early in the season
that he had a pretty good second
baseman who was a particularly
hard hitter, Clyde Engle. That is
the same fellow whose fly Snod-
grass muffed in the 1912 world
series.
"Then he told me of q young
0utfielder, Cobb, who had been
released by Augusta and taken
back. He said that Cobb was q
fire-eater, fair hitter, very fast,
with remarkable ambition. He
wanted to sell me Engle and
Cobb for $500 for the pair or $500
apiece. 1 let them slip.
The same year a friend from
the East kept bombarding me with
letters on RUDE Oldring, when
playing semi-final pro ball around
here. He told me RUDE was a
coming star. / let him rave, and
Oldring soon went to the Southern
League, and then developed into a
great player under Mack.
I'm 1902 / was managing To-
ronto and the manager of the Troy
club begged me to take Evers for
$500. There was a pitcher then
with Troy who was going pretty
good. The owner of the Troy club
wrote me he didn't know whether
he could finish the season, but he
said he had two good ball players
on his club, this pitcher and Evers.
His price was $500 for the two 1
II let the thing drift, and before
] knew it Evers had been sold to
the Cubs.
But my experience has been lit
tie difference from other mana
gers. They all pass up many fine
prospects If they are in the game
Tor any length of time. When l
got Hans Wagner on my Paterson
team a lot Of other managers had
passed him along without appreci-
ating what a star they had on
their hands,"
RAGAM nENEI Npc CHANT