The Washington times., 1933-12-14
PUNCH ADDED
To OUTF|ELD
BY TRADE
BY GARRETT WATERS
"Johnathon Stone now plays
ing right field for Washing

"JOhnathOn Stone now playS
ing right field for Washing
toni"
What, the Goose is gone? Tha
awkward, but Slugging GoSlin.
generally known in baseball cir~
cles as the Wild Goose Of the
Potomac?
Yes, it's true. The stormy
petrol" of the Washington outs
field is no more, as far as the
Griffmen are concerned, and IN
his place has been acquired Mr.
Johnathon Stone, of the Detroit
Tiger Stones.
"A smart DEAL"
Many baseball men are saying
this today. For they believe the
Griffmen have benefited greatly
by the exchange. Goslin, they
believe, is almost through. Stones
in direct retrospect, is coming
and coming strong.
Whatever may be the case, ID
must be said Mr.. Clark Griffith
foxey president of the Washing
ton Club, and Joe Cronin, cagey
manager, have up and done ID
again.
Didn't Tell Anybody
They didn't tell anybody about
1t when they departed from
Washington last Sunday for the
present site of the annual bases
ball meetings. but they left .
sneaky impression that they had
something hidden in their sleeves
something they hoped to spring
before their scheduled return.
Today, it's out. Good news to
many, probably. Bad news to
others. At any rate it's trade
and from the looks Of things. q
boost to the Griffmen's cause bea
cause of the records of the re-
spective performers, if nothing
else.
Goslin, who was brought back
to the Washington fold last win
ter in a sensational trade which
saw Outfielder Fred Schultz and
Pitcher Walter Stewart also con1-
ing here in exchange for Out
fielders Sammy West, Carl ReynA
olds and Pitcher Lloyd Brown
failed to live up to the depend"
ence placed on his wide should"
erS.
Failed to Deliver
What happened to the veteran
star nobody has been able to fig
ure out yet. But he failed to hit
as expected with the result Mana
ger Joe Cronin, before the season
ended, was forced to create Q
shift in the outfield whereby
Dave Harris performed against
left handed pitchers and Goose
against the right handlers.
Goslin finished the campaign
with a batting average several
points under the 800 mark. In
the field he was almost as uncers
tain although he did uphold his
end in this department bette1
than at the plate.
In the world series Cronin
named him as the regular righW
fielder and he came through
splendidly-his play actually be-
ing the best of any of the Griffa
men. But even with this spurs
his days as a Griff performer
were numbered, despite the facS
that neither Cronin nor PresldenS
Griff would comment on the sub"
ject after the termination OF the
most interesting classic.
Today they'll tell you that they
are glad that they acquired
Stone, but sorry that they had
to let the Goose go. But this
bit of tear-jerking is baseball at
it's height as it's a known fact
there's little sentiment in the
game when it comes to trading
and purchasing players.
Stone Is Dependable
Stone was a regular with the
Tigers last year. He has been
ever since 1880 when Bucky Hars
ris, then manager of the Bengals.
put him in right field to stay
He hit .313 that season and fol-
lowed with a 1927 percentage the
following year. In 1882 he fell
DC4OW GI1S .OUU C1doS4 Willie AnOO oC&r
son finished with an average OF
.28O.
The newcomer can be said to
be Goslin's equal if not more
than that, in that he's several
years younger than the Goose
also a performer less tempera.
mental than the former Griff.
Stone is 27 Goslin 33.
Commenting ourselves on the
exchange, we'd say the Griffmen
got all the better of the deal
because of Stones youth, his
speed, his ability to drive in runs
and his class both afield and at
bat. Goslin only has class as q
batter, but he failed to measure
up last year at least. and because
of his age probably won't ever
reach the heights of former seas
sons when he was busting down
fences with clock like regularity.
MID TnllPNEY IcTEn