The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-30
Sport l, S1ants ALAN J.6oulD

h the general baseball overhaul ing and reconstruction work for the major league campaigns of 1890 it should be noticed that neither the worlds champion Athletics nor the National league champion Cubs gre displaying any tendency to stand pat and congratulate them selves upon the results of 1929.
 Both pennant-winning outfits lave already been strengthened for next .1ason, especially the Chicago tesm. The Wrigley bankroll, which il t.nne may become as famous as tE,e Ruppert check-book that con- tributed to six pennant- Sunuing Yankee teams, has been tapped sub stantially since the close of the 1929 race.
 The Cubs parted with consider able cash, possibly as much as S1o0,0o0, besides several players, to obtain two star pitchers from the la.nors-NIalcclm Moss of the Louis vile Club and Lynn Nelson of the Kansas City Blues. Nelson was a leading finger in the American Association last year. Moss came up from Vanderbilt University and showed sufficient stuff to justify a s40,000 price tag, even though his record was not up to Nelson's by a wide margin.
 In the Nelson deal, the Cubs dis patched Norman McMillan, third baseman, whose place will be taken in the 1880 lineup by Rogers Horns by's old pal, Lester Bell.
 Bell missed only one stop, New York, in following his old teammate around the circuit from St. Louis. The As nave strengthened their pitching staff by the addition Of Leroy Mahaffey, iron man right handler of the Portland Ducks.
 With youth predominating in the lineup of the worlds champions, Connie Mack needs to do little juggling. If he needs an infield replacement, especially around shortstop, he has a star ready made prospect, in Eric McNair, who made his debut with flourish last September, but was not eligible for the worlds series.
 The Yankees are due for consid- erable revamping under Bob Shaw key. Two of the main replace ments obtained are from St. Pau Eugene (Bubbles) Hargrave, back stop and manager of the Saints last season, and Allen CDusty) Cooke hard hitting outfielder.
 The figures show Hargrave batteo .36s in 1O4 games and Cooke .35f in 152 games, leading the Ameri- can Association home run hitter! with B. Cooke also hit 39 doubles and Is three-baggers, so that ht may furnish the long range stuff needed, if, as expected, he is tt step into the left field post vacated by Bob Meusel and keep Babe Rutf company.
 Quite a few of the gridiron heroes may be noticed tossing basketoaili around during the next few months even though there is not quite th' glamour to tossing a two-pointel through the hoop as there IS Il ploughing over for a touchdown.
 Booth is among the cage star at Yale. He explained the fresh man basketball team. Stevens o Cornell. Tvs of Columbia, Bake of Pittsburgh and Wittmer o Princeton are ot hers making quick hop from the gridiron to tn court.
 Harmeson of Purdue, Schoonove of Arkansas, Rothert of Stamford Clark of Colorado College, Church i'll of Oklahoma, Fesler of Ohi State, Truskowski of Michigan, Tan ner of Minnesota and Bergherm 0 Northwestern also rank high in tn two sports which have the arts c passing and blocking in common.
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