The Washington times., 1935-12-11
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By DAVIS ]. WALSH

CHICAGO, Dec. 11.-With the
first day having provided every.
thing that was sensational, mag.
nificent. colossal and, in fact,
quite all right in the trade" Of
Jimmy FoXX to the Boston Red
Sox and the sale of Al Simmons
to Detroit, the annual major
league baseball meetings took a
firm hold upon their composure
this morning and promptly settled
down to pandemonium.
Everybody in the American
League, including the New York
Yankees who previously were
stoutly prepared to exchange an
engraving of the stag at bay for
nothing, even up, suddenly wished
to do business. And why not?
With the two strongest clubs in
the league. Detroit and Boston,
lmmeasurably strengthened over.
night. the outlook was that, un-
less something of a very drastic
nature was done, everybody else
IN the league could figure to start
from third place and finish all the
way down by the drinking foun.
tain. The Yankees were particu-
larly uneasy.
Through their Mr.. Mccarthy
and their Mr.. Barrow, they be-
came just a little rampant about
getting Helne ManuSh from the
Senators and, as usual, were pre-.
pared to give up their equity in
City Hall Park.
Want Johnny Allen
The Senators said something
about Pitcher Johnny Allen,
after which Mr.. Mccarthy said
something about remembering
an appointment.
Then they went after Pitcher
Mel Harder and Second Base
man Sammy Hale, of Cleveland.
and are said to have offered in
exchange Allen, Tony Lazzeri,
Joe Glenn, the catcher, and Dixie
Walker, outfieloer. But the
Harder angle just didn't take at
all and, at last reports, the boys
were sitting there lying to each
other about maybe making it
Hale and Earl Averill, the out
fielder.
However there was no enduring
hope that anything would come
OF it, Mr.. Mccarthy being a man
who believes in sitting still on
something of countrywide
basis and the Cleveland club hav-
ing exposed its absolute daring
in a deal it offered washington
yesterday. The offer. as I get
1t, was Infielder Hughes and a
man forgot for Second Base
man Myers. InaSmuch as Second
Baseman Myers led the league
in hitting last season, the
Senators also forgot the man I
forgot. In fact, they became
oVer-wrought by their generosity
and even forgot the man I re-
membered.
Meantime, they tell me that one
trade is absolutely on this morn
ing, involving the Phillies and
Cubs and the return of the prod
gal, Chuck Klein. to Baker bowl
without the fatted calf. In this
case, as matter of fact, the fat.
ted calf was suspected of being
on the young mans leg. the young
man having fallen from the Ma
tlonal League leadership to point
where he now is offered as part of
a two-man transfer for a pitcher.
The latter is Curt Davis, one of
the best in the league, and if Klein
goes to Philadelphia, any one of
three Chicago pitchers are SUD-
posed to 60 with him. They are
Tex Carlton, Roy HenShaw, a lit.
tie left handler. and a strange col.
lection of sounds known as Fabian
Kowalic.
Just for Fun
Mr.. Hornsby, who will trade
anything just for the random fun
OF it, listened carefully to what
James Dykes, of Chicago, had to
suggest and then turned his at.
tention to something interesting.
Mr.. Dykes. having previously ex-
changed Aloysius Simmons for
$4,000 and the sedative of hav-
ing Simmons elsewhere, must have
felt somewhat emboldened.
Anyhow. he propoSitioned Mr..
Hornsby on Sam West, but the
former. after looking hurriedly
the other way, was moved to ad-
nit that he thought West was
worth more than any three men
the White Sox haven't got.
However, outside of the fact
that Ford Flick was reelected Ma
tional League president at a sal
ary increase; that the Boston
Braves settled everything except
their debts: that the American
League condemned night baseball,
and Mr. Mack up and traded"
Foxx and Pitcher Johnny Marcun1
for Pitcher Rhodes and Catcher
Savino-if any-no one knows
ANYTHING around here and was