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Show BAH EtElffl-fl01 DEAL W'5 FLAW - No better baseball reform has ever v been suggested than that fathered by Clarke Griffiths which would bar tie sale or trade of plajers during the play ing season g The pract ee of strengthening a pen nant chasing team by robbing a meda- t oere club of its stars is a blot om tke escutcheon of baseball. And it hurts the game as no other tnek caa hart it. The 191o season furnishes an excellent J example of this eriJ, Joe Jackson was the only real star J on the Cleveland roster It was Jack son s presence m the lineup that drew the bulk of the small crowds that saw -the Indiana is action In midseaaon the 1 White box were in the thick of tiut pern- nant fight. Comiskey needed an out J fielder of the slugging type and Jack son was the man He knew the (Cleveland (Cleve-land club needed money and so ke , plaved on its weak spot money made a ! 000 offer and got Jackson. What happened! Jackson strength X ened the White Sox, ree but his going soured the Cleveland faas on the cJnb, the home attendance dropped almost to noth ng and on the road Jackson-less S Indians played almot to empty teats. ITughie Jennings s Tigers also were in the pennant fight. It was figured that f thev could get one or two good pitchers lmmediatelv thev nuglit win he tlag bo Hngfue scooted around and found the men he wanted on the pavroll of the Browns. Those men were Pitchers James and Loadermilk. The Tigers made a huge offer to tha Browmte owners for those two rite h ers and they got them because the Browns need ed the monev In midseason the Bed Sox needed a first-class second baseman. Jack BefTv was the man thev wanted. Connie Slack had saved Barrv from the wreckage of the athletics 1014 machine but tke lure of Toe Lannin s gold was too strong and Barrv went to the Bed Sox. bolstered up the infield and set the pace that shot the Red Six ander tho wire ahead of the field |