Evening star., 1928-12-07
G. MEN SHIFTED
IN LAST 3 DAYS
Most Recent RumorS Have
Myer, Donohue, Luque
on Trading Block.
BY HERBERT w. BARKER.

n YEw YORK, December 7.-More
IN or less ouiescent during the
VI playing season. the base ball
market where Ivory" is bought
and sold with reckless abandon,
is booming along at its peak right now.
The ticker" has been able to keep up
with all sales so far but It's been taxed
to the limit.
Whenever base ball men gather in
large quantities. as they have at To-
ronto, buying and selling of players be-
comes a favorite indoor sport. MANY
a minor league sensation has a hotel
lobby conversation to thank for MS pro-
motion to the majors. Many taolng
veteran definitely was Shunted to the
minors as two managers stood WIN
their backs to the lobby wall OF some
hoStelry and talked the situation over.
A more or less complete count shows
that no fewer than 81 players have
changed hands in the past three days.
Most of these deals, of course. we're
completed at Toronto where the annual
meeting of the National Association OF
Professional Base Ball Clubs now is IN
session.
While the convention itself is directly
concerned only with minor league mat
ters. the boys from the American ana
buying and selling in their eternal CT
fort to do better next year,
So 1ar few outstanding major league
PLAYERS have been affected by the trans
actions. But there are rumors OF trades
to come that may effect a wholesale
shifting in the major league llne-ups
next season.
The Detroit Tigers completed the most
sensational deal buying First BaSeman
Dale Alexander and Pitcher Johnny
Prudhomme from Toronto Of the In
ternational League for about SlOO,O0O
In cash and three players. Toronto gets
First Baseman Sweeney and two
pitchers not yet selected.
The Boston Red SoX wanted Catcher
Alex CASTOR and Outfielder Scarrltt
from ST. Paul and swung the deal by
giving the Saints Bryan Harriss, tau
right-hander; Third Baseman Bill
Rogell and an unnamed catcher.
Four former major league stars took
on managerial worries. Alan Sothoron,
a good pitcher in his day, will handle
IouisvilleS team in the American ASSo-
citation. Gabby Street, Walter JohnSons
old catcher, was hired by the st. Louis
Cardinals to handle one of their farms.
Jack Bentley signed to manage York
of the New York-PennSylvania League,
and Heinie Groh, who didn't have much
luck at Charlotte in the South Atlantic
circuit last season, will take another
managerial whirl at Hartford of the
Eastern League.
Evar Swanson, San Francisco Mis-
sions' outf1elder, was sold to the Gin
cinnati Reds, who also bought Bernie
NeiS from Seattle, probably for use at
Columbus, which is controlled by the
Reds.
The Browns sold Pitcher Walter Beck
and First Baseman Guy Sturdy, the
former to Buffalo and the latter to Bir
mingham. The Phils sent Pitchers
Walsh and Miller to Los Angeles and
Outfelder Art. jain to Portland. The
San Francisco Missions took Eddie Null
ligan,. infielder, off Pittsburgh's hands.
Cleveland parted with cash and two
players for Jim Zinn, Kansas City
pitcher. Ray Blades got word that The
Cardinals were sending him to Roches-
ter, in part payment for Charley Gel
bert, star ShortStop.
The Boston Braves sold Howard
Freigau, inf1elder, to Toledo, while the