Evening star., 1937-12-07
With White S0r Believed Be Hope of Nationals
GR|FF AND DYKES.
CONF ABIDING AGAIN
Possible Mats May Decide
to Take Bonura and Berger
for KuheI and Myer.

to Take Bonura and Berger
for Kuhe| and Myer.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Stan Correspondent OF The Star
)HICAGO, Dec. with the
major league base ball meet
ing moving toward its close,
American League club owners
today curtailed official cQnfabs and
Joined their managers in making
wordy bids for the other fellows
talent.
Clark Griffith and Bucky Harris
found themselves temporarily out
maneuvered this morning in their
dealings with the Cleveland Indians.
They thought they had blocked an
impending deal between Cleveland
and the Red Sox but latest confabs
with Oscar Witt of the Tribe revealed
that Boston's talent was more inter-
esting than Washington's.
AS result Griffith, making no
meeting appointments for today. set
a morning date with Manager Jimmy
Dykes of the White Sox. With Witt
apparently preferring Second Baseman
Eric McNair of Boston to Buddy Myer,
the Senator bosses had decided to
make final bid for Zeke Bonura and
Jackie Hayes of Chicago.
Blushing Buck Wants Away.
THE fact that Grifiths appointment
with Dykes was the first pre-
arranged date he had made during
both the minor and major league
meetings led some observers to believe
he was bent on trading Kuhel, at least
For one solid week now Griff,s offer
OF Kuhel and Myer for Bonura and
Hayes has stood. Always Dykes has
turned it down and offered, instead
Bonura and Bozie Berger. Always
Grin and Harris have spurned this
DEAL AS for a straight Bonura-for-
Kuhel trade, Chicago has tossed in q
black ball.
Somewhere along the windy trail of
today's confab it was expected that
Grlfhth, or Dykes, either would COM
promise or give into the others de-
Inands.
Dykes is hot on the trail of Pitcher
Buck Newsom, recently traded from
Boston to st. Louis. From his home
in South Carolina Newsom has
popped off" to the effect that he
doesn't care to play for the Browns
again. Being new to them, Newsom
and his threats may be taken at their
lace value by Donald Barnes and
Gabby Street of the Browns and they
may be tempted to trade for him.
Tigers Want Beau Bell.
dykes has offered Outfielder Ray
Radcliff for Newsom, and the
chances are that he will get Buck
with this bait providing Detroit sue
cessfully deals with the Browns for
Outfielder Beau Bell. It's all very in
Volved, but this is the way the meet
ing dopesters have it figured.
In the end, if Dykes gets Newsom
he probably will be willing to let
Bonura go. The little round man from
ComEkey Park would have Newsom
to take Vernon Kennedys place and
swap Bonura for Kuhel and get away
with 1t. Bonura is immensely popular
with Chicago fans and this strong
feeling fof the big banana peddler is
what Dykes fears.
1t might even develop that Griffith
Will change his mind and take Berger
along with Bonura, for Kuhel and
Myer. This isn't likely but Grif has
been known to change his mind.
Cronin Offers Grove to Tribe,
The rumored Cleveland-Red sox
deal was put to bed last night
colder than the weather. It seems that
Wit was not as interested in Myer for
Dennis Galehouse and rookie second
oaseman as Harris believed him to be.
anyway, Witt still contended this
morning that he wanted McNair over
Myer and the Washington traders
virtually had left a clear field for the
Red Sox.
Joe Cronin, taking advantage of the
iull IN Wits life, stepped up and Of
1ered Lefty Grove and McNair for
Pltchers Mel Harder and Galehouse
and Second Baseman Roy Hughes
The Indians kept it in mind and made
a counter offer of Galehouse and
Hughes for McNair. The Bostons slept
on this one and were to give an an
swer today.
with the day taken up by meetings
at both the American and National
League headquarters. managers did
all the talking yesterday. A few minor
developments were announced but
rumors held chief interest, as always.
Mickey Cochrane was supposed to have
bid spirltedly for Bell of the Browns
by Offering Dixie Walker an out
fielder, and Flea Clifton. an infielder
Manager Gabby Street came back and
asked for Walker, Catcher Birdie Teb-
belts and Frank Croucher. a young
shortstop who is supposed to be more
promising than Clifton.
Some Pilots Leaving Today.
SEVERAL American Leaguers were
scheduled to cut short their stays
in Chicago today. Harris was one.
Bucky has a quail-shooting date to-
morrow with Catcher Bill Dickey of
the Yankees near Bills home at Little
Rock, Ark. Paul Townsend, a WASH
ington sportsman, was to accompany
Harris from here.
Cochrane was another who was
ready to pull up stakes this evening
II nothing developed Mickey feels
that If he doesn't get Bell he won't
do any more trading. And the tip is
out that the reason he wants Bell so
badly is to give Detroit's enraged fans
reason to expect that Gerald Walkers
right-handed hitting won't be missed.
Even Dykes, one of the "host" man.
ayers, is eyeing the road leading away
from Chicago. Jimmy wants to get
back to his home at Oakmont, Pa, in
plenty OF time to do his Christmas
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