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Show MANY TRADES LIKELY' DURING THE WINTER NEW YORK. Dec. 5. Rumors of traae and sales in the major leagues are t'lyinp thick and fast as the time draws near for the annual meetings of the two big leagues. Major league magnates from both east and west hovered around the lobby of the Peelba-'h hotel during tiie meeting of the minors In Louisville, and, t housih none of them would come clean with verifications veri-fications ol the) many rumors which floated about, tome at least were well founded. Owner Charley Weeghman of the Cuba, who announced some time ago. following follow-ing the annual meeting of the Cub stockholders, stock-holders, that he had a roll of gome $"(0,-0i0 $"(0,-0i0 to spend on players, was prominent among the major leaguers present. Weeghman said he was cooking up one of the biggest deals, put across in the ma.lors for years, and hinted that he might be ready to announce it when the American leaguers get together in Chicago. Chi-cago. This leads to the belief that he hopes to purchase some American league talent for his team. Barney Dreyfus, the same old Barney In the same old business, regardless of rumors that -he will sell his club, expressed ex-pressed every confidence in the ability of Manager Hugo Bezdek to give Pittsburg a winner. He said that he hoped to get several players during the winter months and Indicated that he would be In New York with the purse strings open when the National leagtie holds Its meeting. Miller Huggins, the new leader of the Yanks, Is also after players, and he has leeway to the- extent of five figures to do his purchasing. Christy Mathewson hopes to engineer several trades, and rumor says that George Cutshaw will be with the Reds next season. Clarke Griffith Grif-fith of the Senators was as busy hobnobbing hob-nobbing as anybody at lxmlsville, but he refused to talk turkey when asked if there was any chance that he might part i with his star battery Johnson and Aln-; Aln-; smith. Another rumor which floated through the smoke rings during the meeting was that Colonel Bob Hedges, former St. Louis manager, will be hack in baseball before long. 'Tis said that the colonel has a yearning to get the Cardinals, or at least part of them, and that he will make an attempt to Interest enough of the 480-ortd stockholders In that club to give him a controlling Interest. Despite the fact that enthusiasm over the Cards in St. Louis tin's season was encouraging to the stockholders, it is the belief In baseball circles elsewhere that the club will never be a real success as long as it is controlled by so many men. Too many cooks spill the beans and spoil the broth, say the wise ones. and. though 'tis an old adage, it generally proves true. |