The Washington times., 1930-06-19

that ERECT. WnaC we are l.y'
ing to say is that it might be
interesting for some Of us to
see what newspaper scribes IN
other climes think Of Washing
toms recent baseball marketing,
and for such a reason We intro
duce Lynn C. Doyle, Of the
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin:
"What q shock 1t must have
been to Shires to learn that
he had been traded for q left
handed pitcher and . leftover
catcher, without even q bat-bOy
to boot.
eve feel sure that Arthur
Almighty felt sure that he had
q trade-in value Of, at the very
least, one complete ball club.
, "It's a good break for ShireS.
When he gets going again he'll
have the Washington public all
to himself, whereas in Chicago
he had to buck the Cubs"
Then, Ed Pollock, of the Pub
lie Ledger, same city, goes to
bat with this:
"WashingtOn'S Senators, who
weren't taken seriously when
they were leading the league
last month, are looking more
formidable every day.
Recent trades have strength
ened them materially. Alvin
CrOwder Is q great pitcher who
will win with any kind Of hit
ting behind him, and Heine
sManuSh, banjo hitler and all
that he is reputed to be, will,
nevertheless help the Capital
club on the attack.
cart Shires is . valuable ad-
dition to the reserves and will
give the Senators plenty Of
color. With the two comedians,
AItrOck and Schaeht, together
with Shires, Washington will
be quite a drawing card. Joe
Judge has been hitting and
playing great ball, but he no
longer is as young as he used
to be and scarcely can be ex-
peCted to maintain the same
pace throughout the year. When
he slips a bit that's when
ShireS will come In handy"
TN securing these three
stars, Washington has given up
virtually nothing. According
to. the announced terms, the
deal with st. Louis was joke
and the laugh Is on the
Browns.
However, it's silly to be-
ieve no cash was involved In
the transaction. st. Louis has
been drawing very poorly
abroad and worse at home with
the result that the owners have
been losing plenty of money.
"The trade probably was
cOnsummated to keep the st.
Louis bank account out Of the
red"
Too, Fred G. Lieb, dean o
writer's, has ideas Of hi
own about the Washington-St
Louis trade, and makes no bone
about airing them in the New
York Evening Post. Mr.. Lieb:
From this point Of the COM
paSs il rather looks as though
the st. Louis Browns went
pretty high to get Leon
Goose GOslin, slugging out
fielder Of the Senators, when
the gave up Outfielder Heinie
Manush and Pitcher Alvin
Crowder. A deal of GOslin for
Manush, to my mind, would
have been a more equitable
swap. If any one should have
tossed i'm a pitcher, it was
Clarke Griffith.
"The two men procured by
the Senators win make that
team more dangerous than ever.
Manush may have been in a
slump in st. Louis, but he can
be counted upon to hit around
$50.
"The Old Fox, as they used
to call Griffith when he man
aged the New York Americans
a quarter of q century ago, re.
mains q good shOss trader.
They don't put much over on
the old warrior. He'll trade .
nice new nickel for two thin
battered, time-wOrn dimes any
day Of the week."
Charles L. Shoemaker, teach
er-baseball fan, reminds us that
Alvin Crowder lost his first
game in washington uniform
in a similar manner to the
game he lost against the
Browns last Sunday. by the
same score, 8 to 2. and, Mr..
Shoemaker believes. with the
same number of hits by oppos-
ing teams. The game was
pitched against Detroit and an
error by Peckinpaugh lost the
game.