The Washington times., 1929-12-06

wondering how the many Ameri-
can League teams which could
use a slugging highlander,
happened TO let Harry Heilmann
and Bob Meusel slip out of the
loop into the National League,
and the impression is rampant
that the real circumstances be-
hind their going to the Cincin-
natl club have not all been aired.
1t is now being rather broadly
limited that they we're passed
on to the Reds via the we'll
known genrlemen's agreement,
whereby all teams in the loop
to which a player belongs agree
to waive on him. Word comes
from the West that instead Of
going to the Cincinnati club for
the established waiver price of
$500 each, the two players cost
the Redland management q
grand total of $42,500.
Meusel'S price tag is reported
at $25, 900 and Heilmann's at
SIT, 500. II those were the quo
tations placed on them by their
former owners, many can I'M
derStand why neither of them
came to Washington, a team
whose nightly prayer has been,
"Oh! Please send us a right
hand hitting outfielder!"
1t is quite apparent that
neither Heilmann or Meusel,
while both beyond their prime,
have gone so far back either
afoot or with the fail that they
are not. worth the gamble in
volved in the waiver price. All
of which lends credence to the
rumor that they cost the Reds
many times that.
Meanwhile, should Dan How
ley win a National League pen
nant with the assistance of
Heilmann and Meusel, the new
Cincinnati owner, Sidney We'll,
will no doubt consider hem a
cheap investment. One must
gamble in baseball, that is in
Sofar as buying players is con-
cerned, and the sport is full of
incidents where far more than
$42,500 has been invested in a
single ball player who didn't
give a team a winning COM
bination.
The new Yankee manager,
Bob Shawkey, is doing his ut
most to carry out an implied
request of Miller HugginS-the
same being to bring big Ed
Morris, the Red Sox hurler, into
the New York fold.
However, Boston seems slow
to enter into negotiations re-
garding any of its present play
ers until the 1880 manager of
the Red Sox is made ,,-nown.
The reserve list of the Ameri-
can League does not show that
Bill Carrigan has been held
over officially for 1880, but
that does not necessarily mean
Carrigan has quit.
Some time back there was
considerable talk of Muddy
Ruel plotting the Red Sox In
1890, and this proposition may
still be on the fire. The move
of Joe Engel, representing the
Chattanooga club, in trading
Paul Mccullough, property Of
Washington, to Minneapolis
for Catcher Eddie McKenna
may mean that McKenna i;
finding his way back into g
Washington uniform to Shout
der the work that has beer
Ruel's for so long.
Harvey Jablonsky, captain
and star guard of the Washing
ton University, of st. Louis
has been appointed to West
Point. If he can pass the en-
trance examination, he will be
admitted and eligible to play
football there next fall. Thai
is the type of athlete to which
Navy objects, in its refusal tC
play Army each year.
Many All.America players are
anything in the world except
America, if their names are ar
indication. Look at these
Uansa, Nagurski. Yudicky, Cor
dovano, Carideo, Schwartz
Siano, R inecke, Schoonovel
and EloeNicZ.
The Hearst All-America foot
ball selections, representing The
combined thought of 200 sport!
writer's and correspondents
was printed yesterday. eve
humbly submit our contribution
to this great consensus opinion
DoncheSs .L.E......... Pitt
Sleight 49,. LIT. $50. Purdue
Cordovano .L.G. Georgetown
Ticknor, B Center. -. Harvard
Green 49,. re. Yale
Bowstrom ...L.T........ Navy
Booma RE. Dartmouth
Carideo OBJ. Notre DAME
LON ....... LIB. =. California
McEver RIB. .... Tenn
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