Show Cards Continue Trading As Rhem Goes to Phils By ALAN N GOULD Associated Press Correspondent NEW YORK June 8 S-horty S Shortly 8 before before be- be fore ore he left lef for a con conference with wih Manager Burt Shotton of the Philies Phillies Philes Phil Phil- Phi Phi- lies ies les Branch Rickey remarked with wih a laugh augh Well Wel the National Na Na- ional tonal leagues league's an angel gel eel must be on hi his hij h I way f They Thc have been calling the tha the field J marshal of the St St. St Lou Louis j o u i s Cardinals just that and ad a few i at other her t things h i n g s t k around the baseball base- base jail ball corridors these thes days Apparent Apparently i. i t his lis hi latest visitation j the 1 h 4 r bore ore fruit fruit for tor the Phi hillies Phillies i c s soon Rhem 1 bloomed forth a ass s s e s s I ion o n of oi Charles Flint FInt Rhem big right handed pitcher and Eddie DelL er utility in- in fielder The explanation of most of at the Cardinals' Cardinals extraordinary succession of ot player deals by which the Cubs Dodgers Reds and Phillies have benefited benefited benefited bene bene- this season Is that the world champions champion adopted a house housecleaning plank for their 1932 campaign The particular answer to the se sequence sequence sequence se- se quence of transactions with Cincinnati i is s mainly that the Cardinals have been the only club willing to deal on onan onan onan an plan instalment-plan basis basi with an organization organization or or- which wound up the 1931 season in financial straits rIA MAY Y BUILD FOR 1933 The policy of at most pennant winning clubs cubs is i to stand pat pat at least until cir circumstances circumstances ci- ci cir cir- force a change The Cardinals Cardinals Car Car- however do not believe beleve in let let- ting a championship streak befog their vision They Tey are willing to trade away a considerable portion porton of their chances chanc's s of winning this thi year year and and they have unquestionably done so so- so so in i order to build more solidly for 1933 In short the Cardinals to prefer re reorganize reorganize re- re organize now at a profit prof rather than to repeat at an added cost in fu futures fu- fu tures tures The policy of playing the market be before ore its is values do any further skidding skidding skidding skid skid- ding was a factor in the deals that sent Chick Chik Haley Hafey a holdout and Andy High to the Reds as well as Burleigh Grimes to the Cubs and Hack Wilson Wilon to the Dodgers Dodgers The sale of ot Rhem central figure in inthe inthe inthe the famous kidnapping case of ot a few years ago while the Cardinals Cardinal were playing Boston removes another of the so called so-called temperamental performers performers per per- formers from the thc Cardinal roster TEN TRANSACTIONS All Al told some ten players have figured figured figured fig fig- In Cardinal transactions with wih National National Na Na- tonal league clubs cubs this spring in return return re reo re- re turn tur for tor which the St. St St Louis Luis organization organization has a pair pall of farm hands and anda a Q td tidy balance in cash in hand or due with wih interest Rickey doesn't mind the criticism so long as he and Sam Breadon arc are convinced St. St Louis Lui can rebuild its it forces adequately with the he younger talen talca produced b by the Cardinal chain chai store system The only survivors survIvor now of the 1926 Cardinal champions are Jim Bottomley Bottomley Bottom Bottom- Ie ley Bill Bi Hallahan and Jesse Haines Bottomley has been on and off of the market several times but the pice price was too high apparently and latest word from tram headquarters is he will wili not be sold |