Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-12-21 | Page 36 | Huggins Thinks He Got Better of [Illegible]

mm us he GOT BETTER OF 01 Trade With Pittsburg GrS Cardinals Players MostM Seriously Needed. jE Manager Miller Hugglns of the CaK nals finally succeeded In putting throJ a big baseball trado with Frod Clarkf Pittsburg. St Louis gets First Baseqv Jack Miller; Shortstop Arthur BuijBi Third Baseman Albert Dolan. OutfiMi: J. O. Wilson and J. H. Robinson, a'lfljj handed pitcher. In return for these.jT players Pittsburg gets Edward KojM Mike Wowrey and Bob Harmon. iB? The trade looks to be a good orifttt the St. Louis club. Hugglns gets a. ftjL working, hustling flr-3t-sacker In v-vE Miller. Miller will put a lot of into the Cardinals. Last season batted .'272 in 15-1 games and stole twW bases. Arthur Butler is another PBI who should prove a valuable addltioH the Cardinals. Butler is not only a jmWt hitter, but also ono of the cleverest yc4 Infleldera who havo broke Into theJB-tlonal theJB-tlonal league In recent years. HeiB play elthur second, short or third uixK mlrablo fashion. Last season ha waB second and short, playing iwentr-vM games at the former position, and. tlKj ty-slx at the latter. TBl Wilson Good Outfielder. X J. p. "Chief" Wilson should bolsbsgHii Cardinal outfield. Ho Is a batter oU slugging type, a olean-up hitter who.Wi ted .266 the past season, and hoK nine bases. He whacked out tJK doubles, fourteen triples and ten W runs. Al Dolan Is not by any pmWA bad ball player, and will ba able ,tK the role of utility lnflelder In varjrp coptable fashion. He played P games last season, dividing his' tJmj(j tweon the Phillies and Pirates, ooK batted .232 and stole twenty-three WT In Robinson Manager Huggios strenj' ens his ball club considerably more M-a M-a good many of the fans may H3Hli He Is a strong young fellow, "WfOJt always beon regarded by wise "JHPJ men as a really high-class Bouwm twlrler. He won fourteen gamflSAj season and lost nine. Basoball men think that Hu&glWi all tho bettor of the trade- They V Miller to be a good first sacker. -H batted .272 in 154 games and Korev,-!H ted .276 In 110 games. Konev luidB, edge In fielding, leading the first QHi men with .D3o average, against 'mMp Miller. IConey made seven wrriLB Miller made twenty-two. the- lyT handling 1530 chances while the handled 1500. Butler in twonty-JMJJ games ut second had an BverasPft JBb' and liv twentv-slx games at short MB; erased .012- "Chief" Wilson efr .0G9 in 155 games. imW Butler Needed at Short. Hugglns says his principal raSB. getting Butler wa3 to safeguard nunw aguinst the possibility of Arnold tttM-. not being able to come back anoP?!1 tip-ton ball. Dolan's Neldine yHs for thirty-nine cames as a th.lr(J.?!SMC Is .932. MIko Mowrey ranked nippw tho Holding averages with a J?"Bh n53 for 131 games. Bob Harmon,jpmij Fred Clarke seemed to be very tJBJC get. won eight games Inst season "JSpF twenty-one. , , . , 'rBih It is Manager Hugglns's IntentMBl play Miller on first himself at I Hauser at short, Whitted at thlrd I Matree, Oakes and Wilson to oupr I Manager HugglnH also announcn had sold "Skipper'' Roberts and Vat Qulnlan to the Oakland club of WIMJ clflc Coast league. Arthur manager of the Oakland ball cluo fMJ is also a chance that Stovo BranfJ. go to St, Paul. Hugglns anys wait awhile, however, bellflvlng n.J . be able to make some good deal IOT;BJvP comedian. , , km mmHTI Ted Cuther will very likely he m tlie Jersey City dab. TSi