Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-12
NO CASH INVOLVED
IN HURLERS' TRADE
Pirates Get SpitbaII Vet for
Curve Pitcher With
Poorer Record.
BIZ the Aasociated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK. February ii.-Bur-
leigh Grimes, veteran spitbali pitcher
Of the New York Giants. was traded
to Pittsburgh today for Vic Aldridge.
curve ball star of the National League
champions, in a deal that caught the
base bail world again by surprise.
Made on straight playing basis.
with no cash involved. the trade vas
completed in long distance telephone
conversation between Barney Dreyfuss.
president of the Pirates, and Jim Tier
ney. Giants secretary.
On the basis Of 1927 records. which
showed Grimes a much more consist
.rft performer, the Pirates got the bet
ter of the deal, but both twirlers rank
among the best in the league.
Grimes. who pithced his first big
| league game for Pittsburgh in 1925.
| turned in a sensational streak Of IL
victories in row last year. Aidridge
| failed to show his best form at the
| start of the 1927 race, but rose TO
great heights when Ray Kremer. acc
Of the champions mound staff. was
| injured. At this point the Hoosier
schoolmaster jumped into the breach,
pitched and won two games in one
! five-game series against the Giants. and
| continued TO turn In victory after VIC
| tory until Kremer returned TO The
| line up.
| So lar as figures 60. Grimes outranked
/ Aldridge both In games won and loss
and in earned-run allowance. Appeal.
| ing in 80 games. Grimes won ID ana
/ lost 8 to rank third among the league
pitchers in the won-and-lost column.
| Aldridge. with Is games won against 10
| lost. stood eleventh in the list. In
| earned runs Grimes stood fifteenth and
Aldridge twenty-fourth.
Both hurlers have seen long service
| IN the big leagues. Grimes, who Ii "a.
started his professional base ball career
with Ottumwa in the Central Assocfa-
! ton In 1919. going to Detroit the same
year. He pitched no games for the IT,
gers. however. and was sent TO Chatta-
/ nooga and later 10 Richmond and Biz
minzlam. Scouts for the Pittsburgh
/ Pirates garnered him from Birmingham
| in 1916. late in the season. and the re-
cruit turned in two victories against
| three defeats in his first season OF actual
. big league competition. In 1918 the Pi-
rates traded Grimes. Ward and Ma
maux to Brooklyn for Stengel, CutShav
/ and cash.
Robinson Helped Grimes.
| Under Wilbert Robinson's tutelage
Grim.s quickly jumped into the front
rank among the pitchers. He remained
as nne of the mainstays Of the Brooklyn
stat until last year. when he came to
the Giants.
| Aldridge. who Is 50. has been In the
. big leagues for eight years. He was
with the Chicago Cubs in 1917 and in
| 1918 but was sen, 10 Los Angeles of
/ the Pacific Coast League for further
seasoning After three years on the
Coast, Aldridge returned to the Cubs
In 1922 For three years he turned
| In more victories than defeats for the
| Cubs. and then was traded TO Pitts
| burgh IN the Winter OF 1924 with
Grantham and Niehaus for Cooper.
| Maranyille and Grimm
| Aldridge helped the Pirates win the
National League pennant In 1925, He
| won his first two starts In the world
| series with Washington. bus was
| knocked out OF the box In the first
/ inning Of the deciding game. which.
| however the Pirates eventually won.
Through the acquisition OF Grimes.
| the Pirates get one of the three remain
| ing spitba,i pitchers In the league, the
! other two being Bill Doak of the Robins
i and Clarence Mitchell Of the Pills.