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Show Connie Mack Continues His "Wrecking" of the Athletics JOE BUSH. v, ' 1 Sells Star Battery and Outfielder Out-fielder to Red Sox for Cash and Players. CHICAGO, Dec. 14. Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics resumed his work of disposing of star ball players here today. In one fell swoop Mack sent three of the mainstays of his team to the Boston Red Sox, receiving re-ceiving in exchange three other players and a sum of money said to total $60,-000. $60,-000. The men sent to the Red Sox are Pitcher Bullet Joe Bush, Catcher Wally Schang and Outfielder Amos Strunk. Mack receives in return, in addition to the cash, Pitcher Veau Gregg, Catcher, Chuck Thomas and Kopp, an outfielder, last year with Buffalo in the International league. The deal tvas definitely clinched this afternoon just beforo the American and National league magnates "went into their joint meeting. 1 Harry Fnuee, owner of the "Red Sox, declared the acquisition of Bush, Schang and Strunk would give the Bean towii entry the 1 91 S pennant sure. The trading fever struck the meeting for fair. Bob Quinn, acting for Phil Ball, who returned to St. Louis this morning, traded John Lavan, shortstop, and Bert Shotton, outfielder, to the Washington American league team for Bert Gallia, pitcher, and $1.5 ,000 in i cash. The Washington end of tho deal j was negotiated by Clark Griffith, man- i ager or the team. Lavan was one of; the St. Louis players who filed suit ' against Ball, charging defamation of. character. PHrLAPEDPHlA. Dec. H. The sale by the Philadelphia Athletics of Strunk, 13ush and Schang to the Boston Americans Amer-icans for S60.000 and three players is the second big baseball surprise for the Philadelphia fans this week. They had hardly gotten over the surprise caused by the sale of the Philadelphia Nationals' star battery, Alexander and Killefer, to the Chicago Cubs. This is the third time in the last few years that Connie Mack has cut deeD Into his playing stall". The first was when he let Bender, Plank and Coombs go. The second was the lett ing out of Kddle Collins, Jack Barry, "Home Run" Baker and Pitcher S hawkey. The saie of Strunk, Bush and Schang leaves "Stuffy" Mclnnis as the only veteran of "Mack's former world's champion team. Amos Strunk is 2S years old. He came ; to the Athletics in 1909 and is ranked as i one of the fastest fielders In the Amer-ican Amer-ican league and also as a hard hitter. Bullet Joe Bush is 25. ILe Joined the Athletics in 1912 and was one of Connie Mack'e dependable hurlers when his other twirling stars began to wane. In 1916 he pitched a no-hit, no-run game. Wally Schang came to the Athletics In I'M n. He is 28 years old. Schang Is an all-around player, having filled positions in the out Held and infield, as well as catcher. There was considerable surprise when Harry Fraze e. president of the Boston club, announced that he had purchased tho Philadelphia trio. Baseball experts ! pointed nut, however, that Manager Con-j Con-j nle Mack was practically forced to part with these players, as all are drawing large salaries and the Athletics have not been regarded as big money makers In recent years. It is understood that a war clause went Into the deal to the effeot that if any of the players Is drafted Into the national na-tional army bp fore Anril 1 a suitable recompense rec-ompense will be ma.de. Mack declined to discuss the trade other thou to say ttiai he was satisfied 1 to cet rid of the players. To prove that S'iO.viiO w:if the actual sum involved, Fra-zee Fra-zee exhibited the agreement signed by hiiKi-t :f and AI;-.- '. The (.."hicntro Americans tonight signed EdTvnni Corey, a semi-professional pitcher, pitch-er, whom yeveral ciubs were alter. Corey a Ciucajtoaa. . i AMOS STFlTJNK. t.y - f V rf ' i - i WALLY SCHANG. r ' I- I i v" r v x 8 |