Evening star., 1937-12-06
Mats Don't Want Hughes.

A CCORDING to Cleveland sources,
Harris demands for Myer did not
include Harder. The item was ex-
pected to make difference with Witt,
who naturally prefers to keep Harder
and team him up with Bob Feller and
Johnny Allen.
Neither Harris nor Griffith would
admit that they were discussing a
trade with the Indians in serious
vein. Attaches OF the Tribe, however,
were not so reticent. Witt fatty was
supposed to have asked the price of
Myer, in terms of ball players, and the
Senators bosses were reported to have
replied that an infielder and one or
two pitchers would bring Buddy.
Dennis Galehouse was one of the
pitchers" declared an unofficial spokes-
man for Cleveland. The other was
a rookie from New Orleans, named
John Humphrey. don't know exactly
who the infielder was, but Washing
ton definitely is not considering Roy
Hughes. 1t is some other infielder"
Humphrey May Be the Guy.
HUMPHREY is a new name to the
American League, but he has been
pronounced by veteran observers as
one of the best-looking prospects
owned by any club in the junior cir
cult. With New Orleans last season
he Won 81 games and lost only 7.
He was rated far and away the best
pitcher in the Southern Association.
Humphrey was out for three weeks
with a sore arm, but still was the only
pitcher in the league to win more
than 20 games This is strong evidence
in his favor. He was second in strike
outs and against Chattanooga he
pitched no-hit, no-run game.
1t was in this game with Chatta-
nooga that he injured his arm. After
three weeks on the shelf, Humphrey
a right-hander, decided to try against
Memphis in night game. He told
the manager to have relief pitcher
ready.
The first batter to face him, hit
Humphreys opening pitch for home
run. Humphrey lost the ball game,
! to o. In addition to getting no more
runs, Memphis failed to get another
hit.
Rookie Tribe Infielders Promising.
THE dope is that Harris and Griff,
as we'll as other American League
people, are steering clear of Hughes.
While he is flashy fielder and a fair
hitter, Hughes probably has the weak
est throwing arm of any infielder in
the league AS a second baseman his
record for participation in double
plays is woefully unflattering, due to
his arm His temperament, too, is
against him.
The Cleveland rumor sources say
that Washington is eyeing an inf1elder
who still is new to the Indians. The
Tribe has two promising prospects
coming up from New Orleans, One
Is Oscar Grimes, a second baseman
who batted around 300. Grimes is
from the family of National League
Grimeses. Roy Grimes was q second
baseman for Brooklyn and Ray
Grimes formerly played first base for
the Cubs.
The other infielder believed to be
under watch is Ray Irwin, short
stop and second baseman who batted
1921 for New Orleans in 1887. Irwin
Is adjudged the most promising of the
new infielders belonging to the In
dams.
Gets Nowhere With Mccarthy.
A NYWAY, Witt is weighing PROPOSE
tions both from Boston and
Washington. 1t is said that he pre-
fers to get McNair to play second
base next year, but he is leery of
trading Harder. 1t may develop that
he will prefer to swap Galehouse or
Humphrey and Irwin for Myer. In
that event the Nationals probably will
do business.
Griffith, rid of the cold that con-
fined him to his room for a day,
Joined the lobbyists this morning and
muscled into trade huddles. Griff and
Joe Mccarthy of the Yankees got their
heads together for a two-hour con-
versation.
The Old Fox tried to make a deal
for Catcher Joe Glenn of the world
champions. If possible, he wants to
buy Glenn. But at the end of the
confab the old gentleman emerged
shaking his head. TT looks like Nc
Carthy doesn't want to do business"
he said. "At least, he acts like he
doesn't"