Show GIANTS GIANT GET FIST FIRST SACKER n Cubs Offer for fot South Star StaE StarBy Stat By GEORGE KIRKSEY J United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK Dec 22 UP UP UP-A A swing around the baseball circuit for some hot stove league notes 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE I NEW NEV YORK Johnny YORK Johnny McCarthy McCartny positively will play first base for the Giants They paid for bi him hiiri i and are not even dickering for another an other first sacker The Giants will train In Havana Havana big big guarantee 1 McCarthy replaces Skipper Bill BilI Terry and big things are expected of him Terry may use himself in inthe Inthe inthe the role rolo of pinch hitter now a and d then He Ho still stUl swings a wicked Sti stick K ST. ST LOUIS LOUIS Branch Branch Rickey wanted wanted want want- ed Dizzy Dean to sign a contract contrad with a gag clause in it last year yea year Maybe Diz will ask Rickey to do th the same same thing this year Will the prize battery of the year be Dean and Owen Mickey Owen is the 19 year old catcher from Columbus who drew two bids of over from froth major league clubs I CHICAGO The CHICAGO The Cubs bid for Outfielder Fred to the th Chattanooga Southern association club was Alabama's former form American all tackle now with Washington The bid was turn turned tumid l down Gabby Hartnett will be m made mad d captain of the Cubs 1 ij The PITTSBURGH The Pirates expect ex- ex Ed Brandt to make them th the first consistent southpaw since Earl Cooper many years ago The big bil battle will be between Pep Young and Lee Handley for the second base j job I I CINCINNATI Powel CINCINNATI Powel Crosley Jr owner of the Reds says Judge Lan d dis l gave us a raw deal in commenting com con on the commissioners commissioner's ruling ruling rul rul- rul- rul ing lag which made two of his player players Lee Handley and nd John Peacock free agents and left Bob Feller with Cleveland The Reds have the most versatile player in the Dee majors De majors Moore up from the Macon Sally league club who pitches catches plays third and the outfield J I BOSTON The BOSTON The Yanks won t th the pennant with a DiMaggio The Bees will try to do the same thing with Joes Joe's brother brothel Vince A BROOKLYN In In their quest fo for fo youth the Dodgers signed Heinie Heinle 1 Manush American league castoff who'll be 36 in July Poor Burleigh Grimes f AMERICAN Al LEAGUE j l NEW YORK The YORK The majors' majors salary b battle will wUl be between Gomez Gom 1 and Ed Barrow Gomez two contract was up last season season DETROIT Mickey DETROIT Mickey Cochrane will wilI really try to convert Hank Greeberg Green Greeni berg into an outfielder and use Rudy York from Milwaukee at first Watch red headed George year old catcher from Beaumont CHICAGO CHICAGO Dont Don't Dont be surprised if Thornton Lefty Letty Lee who won only three games for Cleveland last season season sea sea- son blossoms into a star under the thi the coaching of Muddy Ru Ruel l. l The White Sox are banking heavily on Third Baseman Steve Messner from Los Lo i Angeles making good CLEVELAND CLEVELAND Any Any day now Rollie Rol- Rol lie He Hemsley will become a member of the Indians The Indians Indians- have to have a catcher to their wobbly pitching staff once the terror terror terror ter- ter of the majors The Indians led the league in hitting last year and would have won the flag with a top topi notch catcher WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Another Another team that needs a catcher badly Clark Griffith rates the Senators' Senators Infield as the leagues league's best providing Buddy Myer staSes stapes a comeback What's to become come of Ii News Buck Newsom who has angered Griff with his threats f ST. ST LOUIS Rogers LOUIS Rogers Hornsby has lr OOoo to spend for pall ball all players and cant can't make a deal Everybody wants Lyn Lary but Hornsby blocks all deals for him by asking players only in exchange PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA May May be year years I surprise club if it gets any pitchers i Bud Thomas Atlanta Atlan rookie highly b touted |