The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-16
R|vALES READY
 TO 60 AFTER
 TANKS IN 1 S3S
Red Sox Get Detroit's EIdOn Auker for Pinky
 Higgins
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent

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 New York. Dec. 16-Echoes heard loudest today, as the major league big shots scattered back to their home bases after the annual winter meetings, concerned the efforts of the Red Sox, Indians and Tigers to build up clubs to challenge the Yankees and the definite trend to- ward night baseball.
 Definite indications that Boston, Cleveland and Detroit all hope to end the Tanks three-year reign were furnished by the tenacity with which those three first division clubs hung on until they put over some deals.
 The delegates were packing to go home when the Red Sox and Tigers finally engineered their five-player deal, which had been in the state of negotiation for more than a week. The swap sent Thirt Base man Pinky Higgins and Pitcher Archie McKain, a southpaw, to the Tigers and gave the Red Sox Pitch CTS Eldon Auker and Jake Wade and Outdelder Chet Morgan.
 This deal was essentially "Hig- gins for Auker" transaction as the Tigers desperately needed Higgins to plug the third base gap and the Red Sox were frantic for pitching help to back up baseball's most TO- bust attack. The Red Sox had a club batting average of .299 last sea- son, 25 points better than the Yan- keeS.
 AS a result of the trading, the, Tanks three hottest rivals have these new faces:
 Red Sox-Pitchers Auker, Gale house and Wade; Outf1elder Mor- gan; Infielder Irwin.
 Tigers-Pitchers Hutchinson and McKain; Third Baseman Higgins.
 Indians-O Outfielder Chapman. AveriIl May Move Obtaining Chapman from Boston, the Indians opened the way for a deal involving Outf1elder Earl Aver i'll. The hope is that he go to the Tigers, who want long-range hit- ting outfielder.
 Detroit's program calls for "a shoot the works pennant bid in 1889. In outbidding the Tanks, Pi- rates and Cubs for Fred Hutchin- son, the Seattle phenom who won 25 and lost in his first year in or- ganized baseball, Owner Walter O. Briggs showed that the Tigers mean
 The Red Sox are gambling on two youngsters, Third BaSemen Jim Tabor, only two years out of Owens Crossroads, Ala, and Out fielder Ted Williams, to fill import ant gaps and make their diSpoSa of Higgins and Chapman look good. Tabor, who hit .316 in 19 games last season, has had two years of sea- SOning at Little Rock and Minne- apolis and Scout Billy Evans, who discovered him on the U. of Alaba- ma campus, says he's ready. Will Hams, bought year ago from the Coast league, played with Minneapo- lis last season and led the league in hitting and in about ten other departments. He is haied as power | IuIGcT OI d CdllDcr W1L1 fIuGIl, AIGI1- rig and Green berg.
 Night Ball Popular
 Cleveland is quite likely to con- tinue it's bartering until the infield is patched up around the keystone sack. Don Heffner, the Browns classy fielder, is one of the players the Indians are interested in for second base.
 The swing to night basebell was surprising. Cincinnati introduced the nocturnal game in 1885 and Brooklyn adopted it last year. In the coming year, the Reds, Dodgers and Philles in the National and the Indians and Athletics in American will play seven games each. Thus 35 night games will be on the sched- ule with perhaps every cub playing at least one. The Tigers, Tanks, and Giants, bitterest foes of the artificial lights, are likely to get on the bandwagon and engage in games on the road.