The daily independent., 1937-08-13
START TRADING
WITH CARDS IF
YOU WANT FLAG
Branch Hickey, Once the
David Harum of Base
ball, Has Lost Luck

New York-(U,P)-Once upon a
time other club owners were a.
fraid 20 make a deal with Branch
Rickey. David Harum of the St.
Louis Cardinals. He was looked
upon as the sharpeSt trader in
baseball. The other clubs were
skeptical of any player he wanted
to send away.
But not any more. There's a
saying around the National Lea
que now:
Make deal with the Cardi-
nails and he pennant." If the
Chicago Cubs win the flag this
season, it will make four out of
the last five pennantS which have
been won by clubs making big
deals with the Cardinals during
the preceding winter. And the
other flag went to The Cardinals
themselves in 1884 when they did
not trade away any of their key
men between the 1888 and 1884
seasons.
Bill Terry, New York Giants
pilot, was the first Trader Horn to
ou.smart Hickey. After Terry took
over the Giants during the season
of 1882 he soon realized he must
have a catcher, if he was going
to go any place. He picked Gus
Mancuso of the Cardinals as his
man.
Cards Gave Up MancusO
On Oct. 10, 1882, he traded
Jim Mooney. Bill Walker, Ethan
Allen and Bob OFarrell to the
Cards for Mancuso and Ray Starr.
Only Mancuso proved of any
value among the six players in
volVed in The deal and he was in
strumental in helping the Giants
win the 1888 pennant and go on
to the world championship.
The Cards didn't make a major
deal between the 1888 and 1884
seasons SO they won the pennant
and The world title.
But after the 1884 season they
traded Tex Carleton to the Cubs
for pitchers Ward and Timing.
They also traded Ken O'Dea
young catcher who had played
with Columbia the previous sea-
son, 20 the Cubs for Pat Malone.
Later they waived Malone out of
the league and sent him to the
Yankees. Ward and Timing were
useless to the Cards.
Carleton won II and lost 8 for
the Cubs and O'Dead proved
valuable assistant ',ot- Catcher
Gabby Hartnett. They helped the
Cubs win the pennant.
Giants Got Whitehead
In December. 1885, the Giants
traded Pf,cher Roy Parmelee, Out
fielder Phil Weintraub and cash to
the Cardinals for Infielder Burgess
That deal made the
Giants. Whitehead plugged sec
ond base gap, and played 154
games. Critics had deemed White
head too frail to stand up under
he full seasons grind. He hit .278
and with Dick Bartell formed one
of the best double play combina-
tons in the league. And the
Giants won the flag.
On Oct. 8. 1886, the baseball
world was aStounded when the
Cubs 'laded their pitching ace,
Lon Warncke, to the Cardinals for
First Baseman Rip Collins and
Pitcher Roy Parmelee. 1t looked
ike a trade which would make
the Cards. Instead it turned out
10 be trade that made the Cubs.
Collins rounded out the leagues
oeSt infield, and proved deadly
hitter. He stayed up among the
leaders in runs batters in, and |
Won several crucial games with |
his timely hits. Parmelee wasn't |
4 sensation but he showed flashes
)f real form and was winner
when he wasn't troubled by wild
ness. Lon Warneke failed to live
Up to the form expected of him,
and did not help the Cards nearly !
IS much as Collins and Parlnelee
aided the Cubs.
So if the Cubs win the pennant |
they can thank the Cardinals.