Evening star., 1932-12-14
DEAL WITH BROWNS
SAID TO Be On FIRE
Names of Goslin, Stewart,
BIaehoIder and Reynolds
Are Mentioned.
BY TOM DOERER.

mi Negotiations between Ava
l y Bradley, owner Of the
Cleveland Indians, and
Clark Griffith, president Of the
Washington Senators, in a highly
publicised deal which featured
Harley Boss, Chattanooga first
baseman and Washington prop
erty, seems to have met a snag,
according to reports from the
Cleveland group.
Hatched in Columbus, Ohio, at the
minor league pow-wov, the Boss deal
between the two clubs, in which the
gray pilot Of, the Nationals was to be
enriched by a left-hand pitcher, was
announced days ago to be completed
here Monday
That the hitch is serious one Is
evidenced by the report OF another
trade being under way in which Phil
Ball, owner Of the st. Louis Browns, and
Uncle Clark are doing the palavering.
AS exclusively announced Monday In
The Star, the opening fire in this swap
ping confab between the Browns and
Washington owners took place on
train to New York Sunday night when
Griff and Bill Killefer, Brown manager,
wagged chins for over an hour.
From this train compartment confab
came the name OF Goose GoSlin, one
fr:a
now a member OF the Browns. Goslin,
it is understood here, was sought by
the GrtffS a year ago. but personal dif-
ferences with member OF the Senator
cast made the acquisition an imprac-
tical one at the time. Walter Stewart,
Brown pitcher, also Is mentioned In the
deal, as are George Blaeholder and Carl
Reynolds.
IT has been the contention here among
i the wise men of the peaceful pastime
that Boss name is merely being used
to drag a herring across the trail
Of q big deal in which the Senators will
be involved before the boys have fired
their last round of shots in this great
jaw-wagging contest.
Persistent, too, is the use of the name
Of Ed Wells, Yank left-hand hurler,
in rumored deals in which Washington
is supposed to figure. But Wells,
understand, is up for the waiver price.
As the American Leaguers went into
session today the air was misty with
rumors which involved the Senators.
Joe Cronin, however, still maintaining
his policy to say yes and no in the
same breath to the boys from the
fourth estate, told his inquirers that
Washington was standing pat on last
years roster of men, and that there
would probably be no trading of any
consequence.
But, in the meanwhile, Uncle Clark
is doing a lot Of slipping in and out
OF club owners rooms here at the Com
are in convention.
THE largest representation of owners
j and managers in 80 years Of base
ball are here. Momentous issues
are at stake, with retrenchment and
economy standing out.
Joe Judge Of the Senators is mixing
with the lobby swirl, to do little busi-
ness for himself If possible.
Walter johnson, here since Sunday,
paid his first visit to big league head
quarters yesterday. he came over IIoHn
the gathering point of the International
Leaguers, the New Yorker, to sit out
the major league session.
johnson still is jobless. While,
understand, he and Bill Dawson Of the
Baltimore base ball club, have been in
conference, nothing new has developed
for Walter, George Weiss Of the Yanks
also has been conferring with Walter
and something may come Of that be-
cause Weiss is handling the farms con-
trolled by the Yanks.
Joe Devine, Pacfac Coast scout for
the New York Yankees, and Joe Cronin,
the young man Devine discovered for
Pittsburgh and base ball back in Cali
fornia In 1924, are shouldering around
together.