Evening star., 1941-12-11
White Sox Block
Trade Involving
Tigers, Bosox
Swop, if Made, Would
Give Griffs Four New
Men,; Kennedy Sold
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Star staff Correspondent.

CHICAGO, Dec. 11.-Stymied on
every side so far at the annual
winter baseball meeting, Clark Crit
fifth and Bucky Harris professed to
be ready to play trump card
today as the three-day confab drew
to a close.
In frenzy of last-minute pre-
parations, Harris and Griffith ad-
mitted they had worked out a deal
involving the Detroit Tigers and the
Boston Red Sox and if the three
cornered trade is effected, the 1912
Nationals probably will present four
new players in regular positions.
Harris had hoped to complete the
trade last night but there developed
a hitch. With the Red Sox pre-
sumably agreeable, General Man
ager Jack zeller of the Tigers asked
until today to think over the deal.
As matter of fact, Zeller was wait
ing on Jimmy Dykes, manager of
the Chicago White Sox
Dykes Holds Up Deal.
Dykes has been eyeing Outfielder
Bruce Campbell of Detroit and had
made a proposition whereby he
would transfer Pitcher Buck Ross
and Infielder Bill Knickerbocker to
the Tigers in exchange for Campbell
and Pitcher Dizzy Trout The Tig-
ers rejected the offer when il first
was made, and asked instead, Pitch
er Edgar Smith be substituted for
Ross. If Dykes and Zeller agree
today, it was admitted by Harris
the three-cornered affair among
Washington, Detroit and Boston
probably would fall flat.
Neither Harris nor Griffith would
reveal the names of the players who
would be involved but four Mats
would be shifted, two going to De-
troit and two to Boston. From
drifts of the conversations, however,
it is known definitely that Out
fielder Roger Cramer, Second Base
man Jimmy Bloodworth and Pitcher
Ken Chase have been mentioned.
In long conference last night
Harris drew up several combina-
tions and submitted them to Grif-
fifth, who agreed enthusiastically to
some and only !, half-heartedly to
others. In the end Harris received
the official okay on all of them.
Yawkey Offers Wilson.
1t is known definitely that Cra-
mer, Bloodworth and Chase were
three of the four Mats offered. Also,
it has been established that Wash
ington is interested in Campbell
and Buck Newsom of the Tigers and
in Pitcher Jack Wilson of the Red
SoX, although the Mats were in no
mood to bid strongly for Wilson.
AS the guest of Owner Tom Yaw-
key of the Red Sox on a hunting
trip, Harris recently was approached
on the subject of Wilson. AS Bucky
told the story, Yawkey asked for
an offer.
SWELL" said Harris. Wilson won
four games for Boston last
year. did he not?"
Yes" admitted Yawkey.
"He was pitching for a club that
had Williams, Foxx, DiMaggio,
Cronin and some other pretty good
hitters," Harris continued.
Boston has twice as much power
as Washington, so that would make
him only a two-game winner for
us. No deal"
Kennedy Sold to Tribe.
Seriously. Bucky holds Wilson in
some regard. Not as a starting
pitcher" he qualified, "but there is
a possibility that he might eventu-
ally prove valuable as a relief man" "
In the only move made by the
Club yesterday, the sale
of Pitcher Vernon Kennedy, 81
year-old right-hander, was an
The Cleveland Indians re-
portediy paid $1,000 for Kennedy,
who won only one game for the
Mats after coming in a trade that
sent Catcher Rick Ferrell to the
ST. Louis Browns.
Griffith took beating on the
Ferrell-for-K Kennedy trade. The big
pitcher didn't seem to care much
for Washington and long before the
1941 season was over Griffith was
ready to dispose of him. The Mats
perhaps were fortunate in being
able to sell him.