Show STAR PLAYERS WILL BE KEPT BY CARDINALS CARDINAL t Hendricks Hendiicks Would Strengthen Strength I I en St. St Louis Instead of Cubs to Beat Giants M I SALE OF HORNSBY I 1 SEEMS UNLIKELY 0 e U Believe St. St Louis Would n Be BI Great Ball Town With lith I Winning Tinning x inning Team earn r 4 t Chicago o Tan Jan 12 cr Whatever chane chancy chanc th Cubs had of ot landing Ro Roger er Hornsby Horneby disappeared wh when n the St. St Louis Card Cards Ii Jack H a no as m manager ln At I lea at t. t that I Is true provided the St. St Louis officials permit the now new m man man- n nn aser n r to arrange his 1115 own trades and and eales Hendrick who Is la here bore made It it plain that h he Is out to build up a win win- nin hall ball club at St St. Louis Louie not to re replenish re- re tho tr treasury temporarily by br br I sale alc of ot star material hendricks talked taked at len length th regard regard- lug In K the h Proposed ed ale sale of Hornsby to 4 the Cubs In part he said night now the Cubs need more help helD to build up a ball club than do th the i Cardinals For years cars I have been keeping keep keco- In ing close watch on the major leau clubs uh an and l I think I am fairly competent to Judge of or the strength of or the various teams te To mo me it e ems It would be he easier a l r to build the Cards Card into a. a penn pennant contender than to patch up the Cubs to the same ame extent j ir Material Cobs Why should St. St Louts Louis sacrifice it iti Its Its' i ball club to help the Cubs I am not claiming an any pennants for the Cards right now but I am saying that I will go the limit to be bo up there In th fight all r tho the time lime And oven though tho the Cubs have havo Alexander and I t im tin In satisfied we have better material on which to construct a n. pennant winner than th Mitchell ln has The idea in baseball is tt alwa always to tob beat b lt the winner That means to b beat at the tho team that copped tho the pennant I in the previous race raco It helps help tho the whole I ague In the matter mattor of ot attendance to have O the tIlE champion club set Bet on th th rocks That That's Just baseball Ive I've met It all through h m my experience In the tho tho game Everyone crone is always lYs out to beat t the winner i W A oh u 1 But In this cn case c. c If 11 the Idea is to to J b boat at the Giants wh why not let Jet the rest of or orthe V the teams kick in with players to th the Cardinals and let lt u us ua be bo the tho ones to beat McGraws McGraw's men men St St. Louis is a afe ai great ball town town town- town perhaps perhaps the greatest In tho the country if given a chance chanco to root for winners ns ng hay hav Chicago New York Boston anI and Philadelphia Hendricka was not picking on the the I Cubs IH particularly when he related hIs hi views on the tho sale of ot stars Jack has hu huno no grud grudge against l Chicago o. o for tor or this has baa been Ills his home practically all his life Ills His comparison of oC the relative pr prospects pros of oC Cards and Cubs was brought broll i Cout c cout out because bC the tho Cards havo f t kt prominently In print recently as beIn v. ready to dispose of ot their star talent forcash for o oc cash In iii hand Hendricks would not mention Horn Hornby's bs b's n name In his talk In In t connection with tales ales but hut because the Cubs have c been so o hot after atter It Is 16 fair lair to presume he had the crac T k shortstop in mind c r i |