The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-03-18
PITCHING PRIZE
GRABBED OFF BY
BROOKLYN BUNCH
Boston Red Sox Signs Up
Hitting Leader from
American Assn.

NEW YORK, March 18.-Brooklyn
bagged the American Association
pitching prize and the Boston Red
Sox grabbed its hitting leader. But
the loop sent up more rockies than
any other AA circuit and there
should be many other diamonds in
the rough.
Whitlow Wyatt, the Milwaukee
veteran, may finally be ripe He's
been hopping in and out of the
American League or almost dec
AIDE, hurting for Detroit, Chicago
and Cleveland. Perhaps the National
League will be his dish
Wyatt, tall right-hander in 1888
pitched rs complete games, had nine
shutouts and won % while losing Z.
He struck out 208 and had an earned
run average of 2.37.
Ted Williams, Minneapolis 40
year old outfielder hogged most of
the Associations batting honors. The
Californian banged out a fancy 1856
figure with the hickory and polished
up his fielding. With Ben Chapman
gone the Red Sox very likely will
find a garden spot for him.
Another to Red SOx
Another Minneapolis graduate,
James Tabor is slated to take Pinky
Higgins old job at third base.
Tabor's a good fielder, but the Red
Sox didn't go for his hitting last
spring. The $3.50 mark the youngster
authored in 1888 probably will erase
that doubt. Tom Irwin of Milwaukee
may not break into the Boston in
field but he'll probably be kept as
accident insurance.
The Cleveland Indians hope that
Oscar Grimes will end their search
for a second-baseman The Mil
waukee rookie is the fancy fielder
Cleveland wants but Grimes may
have trouble dislodging the heavy
hitting Odell Hale. Pitchers Bill
zuber and Ken Jungles, who did
a stretch with Milwaukee, also will
go South with Cleveland.
The Boston Bees have a regular
job awaiting Shortstop Eddie Miller
from Kansas City. Pitcher Albert
Epperly of Indianapolis may have
gotten the seasoning he needed to
stick with Chicago. The Cubs also
have Catcher Bill Baker and Infield-
er Steve Mesner from Indianapolis.
Five Kansas City rockies get trials
with the New York Yankees but
their chances to break into the
poWerhouse aren't so strong. They're
Outfielders Joe Gallagher and Wal
ter Judnich and Pitchers Marvin
Bruer, AL Pierchota and George
Washburn.
Detroit Selects from Six
Detroit hopes to keep some of its
six rockies from Toledo. Pitcher
Cletus Poffenberger is pretty certain
to stick. The others are Outfielders
Roy Cullenbine and Chef Laabs and
Pitchers AL Benton, Bob Harris and
Joe Rogalski.
Other rookie graduates include:
Pitchers Charles Wagner and Will
fred Lefebyre and Outfielders Fabian
Gaffke and Stanley Spence of Min
neapolis, to the Boston Red Sox;
Pitchers Vic Frasier and Art Her.
ring. Catcher Ken Sylvester and In
fielder AL Bejma of st. Paul to the
Chicago White Sox, and Pitcher
James Lynn, Columbus, to Detroit.
Outfielder Fern Bell, Louisville,
to Pittsburgh; Outfield Lynn King
and Pitcher Max Lanier. Columbus,
to the st. Louis Cardinals; the vet
eran infielder. Charles Colbert, To-
ledo. to Washington; Infielder Was
dell, indianapolis, to Washington;
Infielder Edwin Joost, Kansas City,
to Cincinnati; Pitchers Jim Henry
and Jennings Poindexter. Minneap-
oils, to the Philadelphia Phillies. and
the hurting veteran, Leroy Parmelee.
to the Philadelphia AS.