Evening star., 1939-12-07
ST. Louis Given
Choice Of Six
Mats in Deal
Tigers Lose Interest
In Travis After
Getting BorteII
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Star Staff CORRESPONDENT.

CINCINNATI, Dec. 7. - After
three days of preliminarles-hand
shaking, rehashing of the old stor-
les and festivities-baseballs brass
hats today began to stalk each
other for fair as the annual mid
winter diamond show passed from
the hands of the minors and into
those of the major leaguers.
The st. Louis Browns, for in
stance, today had list of six WASH
ington players they may have in
trade Detroit was turned down
after offering Pinkey Higgins plus
another player for third baseman
Buddy Lewis, and the Tigers sup
posedly were considering bid by
the Nationals for outfielder Pete
Fox. The interest of the Tigers in
shortstop Cecil Travis has stopped
now that they have Dick Bartell,
procured last night from the Cubs
in trade for Bill Rogell
A Chicago White Sox-St. Louis
Browns deal is rumored hot and
all hades is about to pop if the worst
fears of most club owners and
managers are conflrmed-a trade
between the Yankees and Browns,
in which First Baseman George
McQuin of the tail-enders would
go to the world champions
Dahlgren, Heinrich Reported Offered.
The arrival of club owners Tom
Yawkey of the Red Sox and
Walter Briggs of the Tigers, plus
the appearance of President Ed
Barrow of the Yankees, set the
wheels a-spinning today. Indeed,
as the first meeting Of the A,neri-
can. League club owners opened,
race was forecast between Barrow
and Clark Griffith.
One of Griffiths legislative pro-
posals would bar trading by a pen
nant winner. If this is passed, and
of late Griffith is supposed to have
won supporters. Barrow would be
unable to trade for McQuinn, for
whom he repeatedly has offered
Outflelder Tommy Heinrich, Babe
Dahlgren, the Kansas City Short
stop; Johnny Rizzuto, and cash.
McQuinn, incidentally. once was
owned by the Yankees, who sold
him for a pittance because at the
time it looked as if Gehrig never
would wear out.
Harris admitted that he turned
down proposition by Manager Del
Baker of the Tigers. The conver-
sation, it seems. ran like this:
Baker-How about Buddy Lewis?
Would you "''
Harris-No.
Baker-I was going to ask about
Lewis for Pinkey Higgins.
Harris-Do you think that's fair
deal? You'd have to give some
body else. e.
Baker-Welt; I guess so. I'll think
it over.
Won't Name Mats on List.
Harris-What are you going to
do with York?
Baker-I don't know. I guess
we'll keep him. I hear you're in
terested in an outfielder. Would
Pete Fox -"
Harris-Maybe.
Baker-Well, we might use Cecil
Travis.
Harris-Do you think Fox is going
to bring Travis? Listen, had Fox
as long or longer than you did
when I was at Detroit. I know what
he can do. It'll take more than
Fox to get Travis.
Baker-Well, maybe. I'll think 1t
over
It was admitted by Harris that he
turned a deaf ear to all propositions
involving Outfielder Beau Bell of
the Tigers and it also was admitted
by Bucky that names of half a
dozen Mats had been submitted to
the Browns during a trade confab.
The Mats need outfielders who
bat right-handed. George Case and
Johnny Welaj are the only right
handed hitting f1y-chasers on the
club and neither packs much of a
punch. AS a matter of fact, WASH
ington only has four outfielders, the
others being Taft Wright and
Sammy West.
It is believed that Griffith and
Harris made inquiries about Chet
Laabs, Julius Solters and Myril
Hoag. While neither would disclose
the names of the Mats offered, it is
fairly certain that on the list were
Travis, Wright, Welaj, Pitchers
(See BASEBALL, Page D-2D