Evening star., 1931-12-04
REYNOLDS IS LONG
SOUGHT GARDENER
ight-Hand Hitter and Kerr
Cost Nationals HadIey,
Jones and Hayes.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.
Y RvING HADLEY and Sam
| Jones, pitchers, and Jack


4 Hayes, utility infelder, of the
Nationals go to the White
Sox in exchange for Carl Rey-
nolds, outfielder, and Johnny Kerr,
second baseman-and, reasoning
on a Washington basis, gives the
National the better of the deal.
Going right to the core of the barter
ing done by. Clark Griffith, president OF
the Washington ball club, yesterday at
the minor league conclave at West
Baden, Ind, it really becomes trade
Of a seemingly veteran hurler and a
very uncertain young pitcher for some
thing the Nationals long have sought
high-class right-hand-Swinging out
fielder.
The inclusion of Hayes and Kerr in
the affair may be deemed nothing more
than something thrown in to boot"
For the second time in two years the
Nationals have gone to the White SoX
for that right-hand-h hitting outfielder,
and this time they very likely have done
much better than in 1880, when they
turned over to the Chicago club Red
Barnes for Dave Harris. The North
Carolina sheriff has plenty of power at
bat when he connects with the ball
but with the Washington club Harris
has been rather uncertain in attack and
quite so afleld.
ID EYNOLDS, although he dropped to
~ .290 hitter the past season after
splurging in three campaigns, has
looked in every way a clever sticker.
Carl has had four full seasons in the
big show and has a major league career
average Of 1922. His best batting sea-
son was in 1880, when he slammed for
the fancy figures of .359.
Reynolds hits for distance, too. Al
though batting for just .290 in lib games
the past season he collected 134 hits for
20z bases. OF the blows "a were doubles,
IL were triples and six homers. Sam
West and Heinie Manush were the only
Washington outflelders to clout more
doubles last season, none of the Ma
tionals' gardeners matched Reynolds
triple total and only Manush hit as
many home runs.
That Reynolds has the punch with
runners on the sacks is revealed in the
number of runs he drove across the
plate in the 1881 campaign. In his lib
games his hitting accounted for the
registering Of II White Sox tallies. OF
the lot of Washington outfielders in
the last season only West excelled Rey-
A1&1o All blAAn 4NoHENbY StAfAAlE ONEl ia
runs. And West was In IA more games
than Reynolds
. EYNOLDS is an apt fielder, feet on
~ his feet and possesses fair throw
ing arm. He covers lot of terri
tory when in action and has revealed
snartness in his throws after retrieving
drives. Incidentally, Reynolds runs the
bases with his head up. That's a fine
recommendation of any ball player in
these days of base running with
anchors dragging.
1t has been said by some base ball
wiseacres that Reyonlds is a player of
the type known as brittle" They
mean that Carl is too easily injured,
which causes him to spend an excess
OF time out Of action. AS a matter of
fact, Reynolds never has played as many
as lao ball games In a big league sea-
son. But Carl will not be % years old
until next February l. Ordinarily he
appears strong and perhaps with new
club he'll overlook minor hurts that
have checked him before.
TOR Reynolds the Nationals give Had
H. ley and Jones, pitchers, who were
far from satisfactory the past sea-
son. Although Hadley ranked high on
an earned-run basis in this years cam
paign, allowing but 3.05 earned runs
per nine innings, he finished with a
record OF only IL wins against 10 de-
feats and finished but 2 OF the IL
games he started. Manager Walter
johnson gave up on Hadley early in
the campaigning and employed him
mainly as a relief hurler.
That sent Hadley into more games
than any other pitcher in the American
League. He broke into SIS box scores.
being in % games as a flnisher and Is
u which he tried to help but couldn't.
The 2-year-old Hadley had but one
good season with the Nationals after
coming up from Birmingham, to which
club he was farmed after being yanked
from semi-pro ranks in 1926 It was
IN 1927 that he won IA games and lost
and finished at the top of the Amer
lean League hurlers with an average
OF 285 earned runs yielded per nine
innings.
FOR the 39-year-old Jones the White
l. Sox will be his sixth American
League club. He started with the
indians back in 1914, then served with
the Red Sox, Yankees and Browns be-
lore coming to the Nationals in 1928.
With Washington Jones had two good
seasons, IN 1928 winning II games and
losing Z, and in 1880 winning Is and
losing 7. This year, however, Jones won
but games and lost 10. He started "a
times, to pitch only complete games,
ano ne took over a relief role Just
once
Hadley and Jones finished sixth and
seventh in the seven-man pitching staff
that performed for the Nationals the
past season, and a poor sixth and sew
enth at that. Between them they were
credited with only 20 of the 90 games
won by the Washington club and
charged with 20 Of the 62 defeats
THOUGH Kerr and Hayes do not fig
Il ure prominently in the deal the
Nationals probably get the better
break in their exchange, too. Hayes.
VINO came up from the University of
Alabama by way Of Birmingham-for
Whlch club he never played a game
although f1ashy fielder never has been
hitter. He batted but .222 in 38
games the last season. Kerr, used fire.
quently at second base by the White
Sox, was no marvel at bat or afield.
but he clubbed to a 268 mark in 1928
games. Johnny is 81 years old, while
Hayes Is IS.
HADLEY may figure in another deal
4 soon as It's said the White Sox
got him to use in a trade with
the Yankees, possibly for Tony Laz-
zeri. infelder, or Myril Hoag. outfielder.
That's nothing for the Nationals to
worry about however, for they at least
appear to have that long sought right
hand swinging outfelder Of class.