Evening star., 1937-12-05
NATSARE BALKED
IN SWAP EFFORTS
Buffalo Farm Is Planned,
but No Club Talks Trade
With Washington.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Stan Correspondent OF The Star.

Ac, q IAIlkee-OWueQ plLCneT Win New
ark. Davis promptly was assigned to
New York's farm team. The Browns
tossed in an unannounced bundle of
cash.
2. Virtual completion of a deal
whereby an International League club,
probably Buffalo, will have a working
agreement with Washington's Ma
tionals and thus serve as Clark Grit
flth's No. farm
Keeping an all-day vigil in the lob
by OF American League headquarters
was Manager Bucky Harris of Wash
ington. Toward dusk Mr.. Harris be-
gan to feel the effects of loneliness.
Not once was he successful in striking
up q serious conversation with a club
owner or rival manager.
Oscar Witt, the new Cleveland pilot
with whom Harris had opened nego-
tiations at the minor league meeting,
remained yesterday at the bedside of
General Manager Cy Slapnicka in a
Milwaukee Hospital and did not check
into Chicago until late today. Then
he registered at the National League
hotel. half-mile away, and did not
put IN an appearance at American
League headquarters.
With Witt at National League head
quarters were Joe Mccarthy of the
Yankees and Mickey Cochrane of the
Tigers. In fact, the only American
Leaguers at their own headquarters
were, in addition to Washington's
Clark Griffith and Harris, the Red
Sox representatives, Donald Barnes
and Gabby Street of the Browns and
Earl Mack of the Athletics.
Dykes Steers Clear of Harris.
HARRIS and Griffith are beginning
to wonder If it was worthwhile
coming West TO attend the diamond
marts. They have been unable to
corner Witt and make any progress,
and today Manager Jimmy Dykes of
the White Sox avoided them by spend
ing the afternoon at Comiskey Park.
There Dykes met his new outfielder,
Gerald Walker and signed the former
Tiger to a contract believed to call
for salary of Sl5,000 Dykes ad-
mitted that Walker was given a sub
stantial raise over last seasons sti-
pend.
"As for Cochrane," said Harris, "I
saw him once and he's so jittery I
could offer him Yves Ferrell for some
Detroit kid like Coffman and he'd
say no. He doesn't know where he
is"
Cochrane visibly was upset over re-
ports Of the demonstration given
Walker in Detroit today. The out
fielder, travelling from Kansas City,
stopped in Chicago and proceeded to
Detroit. There it was said he was to
have been met by crowd of $4,000
admirers, who are vigorously protest.
Ing his trade to Chicago,
Griffith stuck in his hotel room
most Of the day, shaking off a slight
cold. He descended to the lobby in
the evening, but found 1t empty OF
baseball people.
Don Barnes Steals Show,
THUS today's spotlight in the Amer
ican League was shifted to the
Browns, who now have participated
IN three trades and are by far the
busiest OF the junior circuit clubs.
owner Barnes, who fell heir to the
Browns last year, goes around making
wry faces and saying that he is being
stripped OF his shirt, but most oh
servers were of the opinion that he
has done very we'll
So far Barnes has participated in
three deals and obtained five players
IN exchange for trio. He first traded
Elon Hogsett to Washington for Eddie
Linke. Then he shipped Joe Vosmik
to Boston for Buck Newsom, Red Kress
and Buster Mills. Today he gave
cash and Davis for Pitcher Tan1ulis.
Three pitchers, an infielder and an
outflelder for one of each.
Tamulis came up to the Yankees
IN 1885 and gave promise of becom-
ing one of the best rockies in the
league. In 1886, however, he con-
tracted pleurisy and was ill most of
the season. The Yankees shipped
him to Newark, where he won 18
games and lost only last year.
Indians, Red S0x Near Deal,
DAVIS has been in and out of the
league several times. He played
surprisingly good ball for the Browns
last year, batting .275 and scoring
80 runs as the lead-off hitter. But
the Browns drew First Basemen George
McQuinn from Newark in the draft
and had no further use for Harry.
Before the day was over the Browns
, also announced the signing of Fred
Hoffman, former Red Sox and Yam
kee' catcher, as coach of the st. Louis
club. Oscar Melillo recently was
signed by Barnes to serve in a SINH
lar capacity.
: Not even in rumors did the Ma
tionals figure today. The prize, gilt
edged runor Of the day concerned
only the Red Sox and Indians. It
seems that Cleveland wants a second
haseman and that Boston wants
Pitcher Mel Harder. It was reported
that Boston would trade Pinky Hig-
gins and either Fred Ostermueller or
Johnny Marcum to the Indians for
Harder. It also was reported that
Cleveland vetoed the proposition, de-
manding Eric McNair instead of
Higgins. ..
The strange part of the meeting is
the laggard attitude 80 far shown by
the Indians and Mats. Cleveland has
no further use for Second Baseman
Roy Hughes. To hear the talk, and
Washington wants to get rid of First
BAseman Joey Kuhel But neither
club seems to be in hurry to bring
up their names in serious trade talk.
They must think they are fooling
somebody.
Meeting to Open Tomorrow
GRIFFITH. who has spent most of
his time both at Milwaukee and
here In conference with minor league
0f1cials, admitted tonight there was