The Washington times., 1927-12-14
GRIF MEN
SEEKING
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BY Davis ]. Walsh
NEW YORK, Dec. ii Having
put over what, in our elegant
circles, was generally characterized
.As q fast one in sfoxing Out
fielder Heine Manush and First
Baseman Lu Blue away from De-
troit, Dan Howley was about the
premises at the annual American
League today endeavoring to hawk
the last Of baseball's. great trinity
TO the highest bidder. Cobb and
Speaker. It would seem, are to be
no more. Now George Sisler Is
about to go on long journey. !.
Three clubs - the Washington
Senators. the Cleveland Indians,
ana the Chicago White Sox-were
understood to be exchanging very
dirtv grinaces over the man who
stepped off a campus at Michigan
University some 10 years ago to
becofne. pronto and without pre-
ambIe, one OF the three great
names of modern times. Five years
ago. YOU couldn't have bought him
for the entire Brooklyn ball club,
with Uncle Robbie thrown In or
thrown out. according to the way
you might feel about that worthy.
Today. much Of the old Sis
Ter had departed because eye
trouble cut him down in the
full flush OF his career. Vet
he still had enough left to cause
three ball clubs to go into .
huddIe for pad. pencil and pay
roll. n.
As a result. it was rumored that
Washington was willing to give up
Joe Judge, first baseman, and sam
Rice. outfielder. for the privilege
or Georges daily society next sea-
son. The law only requires that
you listen to this one. YOU don't
have to believe 1t. However. II
was pretty well admitted today that
the Senators want Sisler and that
Judge was on the market.
Perhaps Howley and Stanley Har-
fis win reach basis Of understand
ing, with this fact for fact
ground: perhaps not. If they don't,
the player Is certain to go to one
Of the other two clubs.
The transaction, when closed,
probably will furnish the big deal
Of the meeting. if not of recent
years. They say there may be as
many as seven players involved be-
fore the boys decide to close the
book and call It q plot
Perhaps a dozen other deals were
on the first today over q slow
flame, but whether they win come 1
20 boil before Thursday night
was an open question.
However, it was no mans se-
Cret that Cleveland, Washing.
ton, st. Louis, Detroit and Chi
CagO, OF the American League,
and Chicago, Cincinnati, st.
Louis and Boston. of the Ma
ffOnal League, were here with
the definite purpose Of doing
business in those poor hired
men of the pastine.
AS to that it was taken as fact,
rather than fancy. that that deal
Of Manush and Blue versus Elam |
Van Glider, pitcher; Harry Rice.
Cutfielder, and the masked marvel,
whose identity was yet to be di-
vulged, might start all the boys
In there swinging, like chance
remark at q corner bar,
1t didn't take the Cardinals long,
an any case, to follow with d trade
OF Jimmy Ring, pitcher, and John
Schultz, catcher, for Jimmy Cooney,
anfielder; Johnny Mokan, oltfielder,
and Clarence Jonnard. catcher.
hitherto the property Of the
.Phillies.
1t was the sense Of the meeting
that both st. Louis clubs had done
themselves some good by these
transactions Certainly the Browns
will be q better club for having
Manush, leading hitter Of 1926, IN
their outfield, and when Sisler goes,
lBlue win be his successor.
On the Detroit end, the best
that could be shown was d fair
pitcher in Van Glider and an out. 1
Fielder who may or may not be
better than the one who was sent
away.
The other transfer OF players
really didn't amount to anything
|in the first place. but, as long as
you take the trouble, you might
las well be right. IT would seem
that Bill McKechnie was. He rot
Cooney, who can play fair baIl in
the infield over short periods: |
Mokan, an average Outfielder. and |
Jonnard, an active young catcher. |
The latter alone would seem to |
be as good as Schultz. Therefore,
L was to be assumed that the
Phillies gave Molxan ana Cooney for
CJimmy Ring. The Phillies could |
have done worse, but not much.