Show 11 hey May Mati Figure in Baseball Deals 11 c. c c c- c r c 5 I t. t I 4 I M lt 2 ci I V K ae M I 1 1 4 I. I t I I 4 A S f C Pi lit I c. c i 14 J f I 4 r c. c 7 t i i I 1 c Ia v l' l Ij f 7 Y I g QA 4 J. J t iE A AX x unusually bus busy season In the baseball trading market Is Js the pro prospect as ns the major league clubs begin begin be- be gin to lay plans for tor the next championship championship championship champion champion- ship campaign Probably by tho the time the teams start southward for tor their spring training all past records for tor trading will iii probably bo be exceeded Condition that prevailed prevalle during luring tho the last season ha e brought about the tho state of ot affairs pointing to numerous transfers Most every ver club was forced to go out and get extra t. t talent lont when regulars regular enlisted or were called Into the service and the Is ii that each ach major league gue combination ha has half at l least ast fort forty players under Its control Many Ian of ot these will bo be disposed o of b before tore spring and it is Js a certainty certainly that allwill all allwill will not go back to the minors Numerous Nu Nuu- u- u ball lessor brought up for tor emergency use UBO during tho the last Henson season showed enough skill to warrant reten tion fo fop a further trial dab Cube to G G t E f Another condition that points to much trading is the strained J el J I h hip t th r. r l r and clubs clubs- In numerous f durInS durIng dur- dur Ing InS tho the 1918 ne season llon In th these sC cases es' th the owner or manager resented not tho the departure of the he player so much as tho the manner monner of at e. e exit lt Charges were made matle in inmany inmany many cases that the player did not play fair with his employer In tho the earl early earh days das of ot tho the season when the shipyards a agents were making their bl big offers to star pla players an and tho sport had not apt been designated as nonessential h by the government there thero were overnight Jumps b by Certain ertain players who failed tailed to notify their employers that th the they were about to depart Many players play play- ers era left their clubs under the tho most mont friendly conditions and others simply ran ou out a n da day or two after alter tho semimonthly semimonthly semi semi- monthly pR pay check had been collected Joe JOt Jackson D lint Unless somo sorno owners and managers t rJ back down on remarks mado maulo during tho the past season Beason certain ln players will not again wear the tho uniform of at the tho clubs from which the they hurried awa away Owner C C. A A. Comiskey of or the Chicago White Sox has hns been quoted as ns saying that t the tho names o of Joe Jackson O Oscar car Felsch nn and 1 Claude Claue William Williams never again will grace his payroll Al Mamaux of ot the Robins RobinA is 18 another player who ho moved out of OC prot professional baseball without mo leaving an any smiles s on the tho faces of ot his employers AI Al Russell and Elmer Miller Mil Mu- IH- IH her ler of ot tho the Yankees drew no long Ion cheers ers and good wishes from tram Miller Uller Huggins when hen the they departed but tho feeling against the outfielder is II not so bitter as against the pitcher since sinco Miller agreed later to h help ll out tho the club chub when hen outfielders were sorely needed He ITs was waa unable to get away as ns ouch such action would make him ineligible to play Inthe in inthe inthe the shipyards league and his now employers employers em em- insisted Inflated that thol he should not go goback goback back to the tho Yanks Tanks And nd so It goo gOos with tho different clubs club Manager McGraw has said Raid that Walter Holke line has pla played d his last game ama with the Giants and ho has been traded Somo Some managers mn may have havo cooled off otC considerably since their players departed depart depart- ed without tho usual formalities s At any ony rate if It Jackson Felsch Russell Williams Mamaux and several beveral other othor ball are aro to be thrown Into tho the market as ns predicted somo some busy tra trading days das are ahead 7 T w V b ft q I f t I f c 3 I eft to Co right i Holke Flub Folick I Imer S 'S Miller r. r Jackson and In Ioe right t hand COrn corner r. r RoC Roth b. b I |