Evening star., 1925-09-04

Maranville was rated as one of the
most accomplished infelders in the
game, Cooper a left-hand pitcher of
the first rank and Grimm toppy
first baseman, while Grantham was
ranked as only an average performer.
Aldridge only a fair to middlin' hurler
and Niehaus an untried rookie with
merely possibilities as a first base
man.
The returns show the Pirates have
gained immeasurably through the
deal while the complete flop of the
Cubs indicates they profited not at
all.
Niehaus first was swapped for Tom
Sheehan, a veteran hurler. who has
done we'll in relief roles for the Bucs:
CIrantham has proved a tower ON the
initial sack, where he has maintained
a batting average around the 300
mark, but a few points under that of
Grimm, and Aldridge has won about
two-thirds of his battles for Nc
Kechnie, while Cooper has been sue
cessful in less than half of his starts
for the Cubs, according to the latest
available figures.
Rabbit Runs True to Form.
After having the reins in Chicago
transferred from Bill Killifer to him
last June, Maranville, instead of be-
ing steadied by his new responsibili-
ties, proceeded to fully justify his
reputation of being hard to handle"
by indulging in a fist fight with New
York taxi driver. Other fragrant
breaches of the discipline the Rabbit
was expected to enforce among the
men under him followed. eliminating
In a row with a house detective in a
Boston hotel a few nights ago, which
taxed the patience of the Cub owners
to the breaking, point and Immediate
1y preceded his involuntary reduction
to the ranks.
Nominally rated as a. good hitter.
Maranville has a sticking average of
about .225 this year, and although he
is slated to continue as shortstopper
for the rest of the campaign under
the temporary management of George
Gibson, it is unlikely he will be on
the Cub roster another season.
That much-condemned trade just
about made the Pirates, who have be-
come a harmonious aggregation of
team workers instead of the skylark-
ing yodelers who attracted so much
unfavorable notoriety when Maranville
was leading the nocturnal songfests.
Dreyfuss to Enlarge Park.
AS result, Dreyfuss now is quiet
ly going ahead with plans for enter
tanning record crowds at his Forbes
Field plant, in the Smoky City. Dis
appointed on several occasions by the
failure of his employees to come
through when a pennant seemed as
sured, the Pirate owner is making no
public announcement of his activities,
but is reported to have perfected ar
rangements to so enlarge his park for
the title games that it will compare
favorably with any establishment in
the country.
When the last world series games
were played in Pittsburgh, back in 1909,
seats were available for only about
$4,000. Recently big additions were
made to the covered stands, double
decked, so that the normal capacity
now is close to $4,000, and it is ex-
pected that bleachers providing close
to 10000 more seats for the coming
autumnal clashes with the Griffmen-
If the Capital clan again gallops first
under the wire, as now seems assured.
Stanley Harris and his henchmen
are making no effort to conceal the
fact that they are confident of Sec
ond straight American League title
and of meeting the Corsairs for base
balls highest award, but they are fully
aware the goal mas not yet been reach
ed and can be counted on to remain
in high gear until all doubt as to the
verdict has been removed.
Red Sox Are Here Now.
The first of their stretch-testing eff.
forts was scheduled for today, with
the Boston Red Sox opening a three
game series. Boss Bucky planned to
send Alex Ferguson to the hill in this
initial combat, which was expected to
find thousands of fair fans in the
stands, taking advantage of the fact
that it was ladies day and to fol-
low with Jez Zachary and Dutch Rue
ther in the remaining two games.
That Harris realizes the Beaneaters
may not prove as much of a cinch as
their record of only three victories in
thirteen games against the champions
might indicate is proved by this twirl-
ing assignment of the boy boss The
prospect was that Ferguson today
would have to contend with Charley
Ruffing, formidable moundsman who
has made an enviable record with me-
diocre support, and with such accom-
plished hurlers as Ehmke and Wing.
field available for the other tits the
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