Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-12-21 | Page 35 | Griff Refuses to Sell Tom Hughes

GIF REFUSES TO ' SELL TOM HES . t Says He Wll Garry Veteran Rather Than Place Him Against His Will. That scntlmont has not been entirely eliminated from baseball was made plain when Manager Griffith of Washington was dJscuBBlng the report that he Intended In-tended to soil Pitcher Torn Hughes to tho Baltimore International league club. Griffith not only denied that he Intendod to make such a deal, but ho added that he has no intention of disposing of Hughes to any ball club. "When a man has- put In thb best years of his life in baseball and reaches that stage where his days are about over, he is deserving of some consideration," considera-tion," remarked Griffith. "I do not believe it is Just for a club to sell a veteran player for tho mere eake of getting the money. He should bo consulted con-sulted and tfe placed where he wants to go. I have been offered $3000 for Hughes by a club to which Hughes docs not want to go, and I will carry Hughes with tho team until such time as I can get him a, Job as an umpire. That is his ambition, and I bcllevo that with experience ho will make an expert at that end of the gamo. He doserves to be considered so fur as his future Is concerned. So do nil players who havo boen in the gnme for years, and so long as I am In a posl-tlon posl-tlon to help them I will do so."