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Show GLAHK GRIFFITH'S TRADES !! ! USUALLY ARE NOT WISE MANAGER CLARK GRIFFITH of Cincinnati doesn't like being told that he has UBed poor Judgment or has boen hoodwinked by tho David Harums of baseball. The Cincinnati manager Is a conscientious fellow, who soldom allows al-lows his mind to wander from tho national na-tional game and who vould rather pilot a winning team than be elected president presi-dent of the United States. Griff has had so many heated arguments over his deals that several critics havo taken tak-en the time and trouble to enumerato them, giving the result of each with as much impartiality as they can command. In spite of all that happened to his trades Griffith still Is vehement In denying de-nying that ho ever raado a baseball deal for which he could be called a baseball Carnegie that ls. that he ever let go of anything without getting something Just as good in return. Griff has even declared the now famous fa-mous trade with Philadelphia ono of tho best he ever pulled off. and he affirmed af-firmed that ho had pulled off somo dandles dan-dles In his time. During Griff's connection with tho Yankees of New York and the Reds of Cincinnati he was continually trading players. Some of his big deals were, with tho two St. Louis clubs. One of Griff's early swaps with Jim McAleer. then leader of the Browns, was the exchange of John Anderson for Jack O'Connor. Anderson was a "bone," in the vernacular of players. Griff got somo good service out of him, while O'Connor had seen his best days as a catcher. Griff's big trade with McAJeer and the Browns was when he turned over Second Baseman Jimmy Williams and Outfielder "Hobc" Ferris of the Boston Bos-ton Americans for Pitcher Fred Olndo. InfiHder Harry Nlles and Outfielder Charley Hemphill. T,he three new players, esveclully Williams and Ferris, Fer-ris, made the Browns a first division tram; .. " -Glado.ult.baseball that same year, while. .Nlles. was of little .service to the , Yankees "Hemphill is still .good." McAleer handed It to Griffith when ho traded Jack Powell to tho New n York club for Harry Howell. Griff J tossed in J6.600 with the spltballcr. H 11 proved a valuable man for McAleer, whllo Powell didn't go well In New York, Later McAler claimed Powell, ' and the bollcrinakcr returned to St Louis for $1,000. So McAleer got Powell. Pow-ell. Howell and 56.500, while Grift was out Howell, Powell and that cum, . Griff let other valuable players gel i away from him whllo he was In charge of the Now York team, lie sold Georgn Moriarty to tho Tigers without getting get-ting any tnlent la return. He also had Catcher Ira Thomas, now of the Athletics, Ath-letics, but chose to turn Jilm loose. Then after Griff switched over to the Notional lcaguo Roger Brcsnahan took a "fall" out of him In the transaction which netted the Cardinals Miller iHng- . gins, "Rebel" Oakes and Frank Corri- i don in exchange- for Pitcher Fred Bcebe and Alan Storfce. Bcebo slump- ' ed and did llttlo for the Reds, while Alan Storke died before It was time to report for spring training. j Then Mike Mowrey was also a Red-leg, Red-leg, but Grimth let him go to Bresna-hon's Bresna-hon's team for Charles, who lasted bul J a few weeks with the Reds when h was turned back to the minor leagues His latest deal was the Rowan j Beebe - Paskert Lobert - McQuillan J Moren-Grant-Bates transaction. Whei Photo oy American Press Association CLARK GRIFFITH. It wasmado baseball experts gerierallj gJj conslderedthat 4Griff- had -made th better ofj.it. .But no ono looks at U c that way now except Griff himself af ' w |