Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-12-12 | Page 15 | Comiskey Wil Sell Sox Unless Victories Are Produce next Season

Comiskey Will Sell Sox SOX 1 I Unless Victories Are Produced Next Season J 1 1 i I By HENRY l' l MCLEMORE United Press Sports Sportswriter Writer NEW YORK Dec Dee DisguIsed as a potted palm I stood In the lobby of the thc Commodore hotel during the meeting of the thc American league Tuesday and heard that Lou Comiskey has given oft off the ultimatum that unless the the- White Sox are arc winn winners rs this year he will eU the club before the start of the 1936 1920 season he wont won't have much trouble for or there are arc three e j syndicates In the Strauss building in n Chicago alone who are bidding for the team It Is this necessity necessity sity ity of f producing 4 a winner that prevents pre pre- J ven vents ts Man Manager age r Jimmy D Dykes es from peddling Al At- Simmons despite flattering offers from Detroit and Al AI Simmons New York Jimmy did otter offer Simmons Sim moos mOils to Detroit but all he wanted was was Rowe Greenberg Gehringer GehrIng r rand and a mall cash settlement Mickey settlement Mickey Cochranes Cochrane's reply to this offer was highly unprintable Clark Griffith Washington owner and Rogers Hornsby Browns' Browns boss bos held a long conference but nothing came cam of it Griffith wanted pitchers Hadley Blaeholder and Nc Newsome some but had nothing more to offer In exchange than a free tree sIghtseeIng sightseeing sight sIght- seeing tour of Washington with box lunch and half haU hour stop at Mt MU Vernon Ver Ver- non flora thrown In S Some me of the bossay boys bos say a 3 three-cornered three deal between the Browns Red Sox and Detroit Is is inevitable In Inevitable Inevitable in- in evitable with St. St Louis getting Dusty Cook or Julius for Oscar or Jim Burns Burzis and then trading trading trad trade ing the man they get for Gerald Walker Hornsby however Isn't keen keenon on selling l or Burns Barns for lor lora fora a as he explained to Tom Yawkey of Boston I MI cant can't use dollar bills out oat there In the infield 1 rotta oUa have somebody to ret get in front of ofa a those balls Hornsby is sick and tired of ot trying to deal with the Yankees No use trying to trade with them he said id be because ause aus all they do Is pass the buck you speak to Ruppert and he sends you to Barrow and Barrow Barrow sends you O to McCarthy and McCarthy sends y you lu to Mark Roth before you yon know it youre you're talking to yourself yourself your your- self Walter Johnson despite President Bradleys Bradley's announcement of last summer sum sum sum-P mer mer when Walter was was Under finder fire fie has haS' not a signed a contract to manage manage man age the Indians and the wise b boys ys tell you ou he will resign because became of ill health before beCore the start of the season and turn the reins over to Steve ONeill Walter W says he doesn't expect to trade sell or swap a player at the meeting he might give some away though he said Do Things Backward The Brooklyn Dodgers may be counted on to do things backward ard The national Ic league g e is meeting at atthe atthe atthe the Waldorf Astoria but the Brook Brook- lyns have their headquarters at the Commodore and Manager Casey Stengel was the first man In the Commo Commodore lobby tobby Tuesday greeting American pl players The most sought after fter player Is b believe it or or not Ossie Ossle Bluege WashIngton Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington reserve reserve infielder four clubs arc are bidding for Ossie Ossle the man who as one manager put It lt can win you ten g games m with his bat and sixty with his glove Bill BUI Terry dropped by the American meeting to admit the worst deal he ever ever made or ever would make was the one In which he be swapped George Davis for lor lori i George Watkins Washington is wil willing ng to swap Luke Sewell to Chicago for Pitcher Tietje the Yanks are interested in Luke Appling Chicago shortstop but want no part of oC second baseman blEeman Hayes Glenn Wright who was tops when stopping short for Pittsburgh and who is now a free rc-e rc agent dropped in hi Glen now runs an orange grove In California Give Hornsb Hornsby a a few more pounds and hell he'll be a dead dead- ringer for Jack Sharkey he will never of course cultivate that nasty sneer of ot Jacks Jack's Mickey Cochran says says' the American clubs will finish in this order next season season Detroit Detroit New York Cleveland Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land Boston Philly Washington SL St Louis and Chicago The Yanks signed have signed resIgned Trainer Doc Doe Painter