The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-27

f wholesale Shumllng or maJOr league playingers that will give the sixteen teams now faces for 1934-- Resuscitation of those perennial cellar champions, the Red Box, by Thomas Yawkey's purchase of more than $500,00C worth of play CTS. including the great Lefty Grove
 Downfall of the great Yankee dynasty that prevailed for years, and the fading of Big Bad Babe Ruth
 These were the highlights of baseball year that gives promise with it's dying breath of the hottest races i history for 1884.
 Some Twirler
 Hubbell wins the honor of being the hero of the year. As he record ed shutout after shutout, the Giants gained new confidence and swept to victory despite expectations of critics that the team would fold. In the world series his work was outstanding.
 To Bill Terry, a first-year man. ager, goes credit for the inspira- tional leadership required. He sup pilNh AiOS OhiJ SiioNS oot AiCAPSN materially with an active bat.
 Not by Hpbbell alone did the Giants live, however. Parmellee, Schumacher, Fitzsimmons and Lu- que helped to round out the cap able staff that stopped the Sena- tors. And the air-tight Goants' in- field of Terry, Critz, Ryan, Jackson and Vergez did yeoman service.
 
 The world series over, major league clubs started a wholesale exchange of talent, with the idea of attracting customers in 1884. The gate of 1893, while it admitted more people than in '32, was not such that the clubowners made much money, prices being reduced in most cities. The two Philadel- phia teams were especially hard hit and had to sell stars to satisfy creditors.
 Important deals that promise to change the whole picture in 1884 were made at the league meetings, the most active trader and pur- chaser being the Boston Red Sox. With Bucky Harris, former Detroit pilot, as the new manager, Boston bought or acquired by trade Lefty Grove, Rube Walberg, Max Bishop, Bill Cissell and, Cary Reynolds, giv- ing way Lloyd Brown, Bob Kline, Ivy Andrews, Harold Warstler and Smead Jolley. A chronic tail-ender was changed to a certain first divi- sion threat in 1884.
 For the sake of uniformity, Na- tional league officials agreed to adopt the American League ball, which has proved to be livelier than the ball used in the old league for the last several years.
 On the Slide
 The grip of the Yankees broken by failure of aging stars. and better balance obtained am ong the eight clubs by trading, there is every prospect for wild pennant scramble in the American league in 1894.
 In addition to sending away Grove and Walberg, Connie Mack peddled George Earnshaw to the White SoX and Mickey Sochrane to Detroit where the star catcher also will act as manager.
 All the teams in the American league seems to have been mate. rially strengthened except Phila- delphia. The same city shows mark ed weakness in the National league, as the phils sold their only star, Chuck Klein. batting leader of 1883, to the Cubs. The Phils' cellar prospects now are rivaled only by those of Cincinnati, where a new president, Larry MacPhail, is in augurating a new deal.
 In the National League, Pitts burgh's added strength with Pitch CT Red Lucas, obtained from Gin cinnati, looks to be enough to make it tough for Giants, Cubs and Car dinals. Six clubs in this league are pennant contenders. Philadelphia and Cincinnati being generally re- garded as out of the fight.