| Show WAS W AS CHANCE STUNG J 4 OR JUST OUTFOXED f. f m J I BY flY Dl WALTER D. D Cop Copyright b by Publishers Press Prese New York Jul July DUI DId D Callahan guarantee that Rollie Role and Babo Babe Borton were ero sound In wind and limb free from spavin strong heart or heads when ho traded them to Frank Chanco Chance for tor Hal Chase Chase If I ho he did did If Ir the case caBe goes to court It probably will wI be bo de decided do- do that Chanco Chance may suo sue back and take tako his first baseman back to New v NewYork York If I on the tho other hand band ho trusted to his Judgment In tho the trade It must stand This Is the rule rulo In Sn horse tradIng trod trad- lug Ing Ing and antl while so BO far tar as I know there thero tra- tra Is no precedent as applied to baseball players doubtless the horse trado trade rulo rub will wi bo be held to apply Usually when a horse trader or a a. I baseball trader gets the worst of ot a a. bargain he grins with wih the best grace grce he may and pockets his loss but there thero arc are times when this may not be expected This role illustrates fairly the anxiety lety of ot the leaders of or the tho big league legue clubs cubs to help a poor struggling trotter otter to build buildup up a tall tail tal end club Far Fa b be It from tram mo me to criticise Mr Ir James Jaes McAleer I Aleer for firing Jake Stahl from the champion Red Sox Sex It I was his hi privilege and ho he doubtless considered considered considered con con- wa that ho had had- cause It looks boles to mo me though like ver very poor business I Stahl to the surprise of or pretty prett nearl nearly everybody took tho the Red lIed Sox last season and with them won the worlds world's cham cham- ip This Tills year for tor various reasons the machine has hS not developed a great deal of ot speed Other baseball I clubs have havo e been n known to to moot meet with slumps and crave navo come conic ock AS A mam s contract had only the balance of ot the season to run It would seem to have been only anI decent to at least let the contract run and not to publicly humiliate a man who had hail led his team ten to the tIme highest pinnacle of ot fame tame Doubtless had reasons which seemed sufficient for tor himself but aut I venture to predict that the Rod Red Sox gate receipts will wi show more than a little falling faling oft off unless he can show the public that th y wore were good and sufficient ones ono r The great American public is a a. pretty prett pret pret- t ty fair tall minded proposition as a n rule and a n great grent believer in fair play pia Tho The old question as to what ol queston proportion tion ton of ot th the tho strength of or a 0 club is to be credited to the pitching staff l ia is to tho fore tore again John McGraw la in ft n pretty prett fair judge o of baseball stuff and he puts the pitching at 30 per cent I less les than a third of or the ensemble com corn A pitcher like young Carrol Brown with the tho Athletics can hold opposing opposinG S 'S Steams teams to five runs rune and then tear two out of or three every tree starts He recently Jav gave fifteen passes and allowed ten tea 4 hits hilts his yot yet won the game On the oth other r Si hand Ra Ray Fisher with the Yanks has i pitched 12 good games out of or IG 16 at attempts at- at I tempts winning one ono and losing 15 Hi Yes there are ore one ono or two others otherl r around I around in addition additon to tho pitcher A man of or Johnsons Johnson's mold Is exceptional 5 1 When he is Js working he lie averages ave about 60 to 75 per cent of ot his club But for a general cra a average C. C 30 per por cent is Is' Is not far astray Good pitching frequently frequent loses and bad pitching frequently wins 80 BO tho the test Isn't always 1 the net results of ot the days day's score Harry Lauder at one time famous f I with the Philadelphia club and Al Orth Orth-i now a a National lea league umpire and who was with wih the Quaker team with Lauder Lau Lan Lander ted wih Lu der were fanning a few tew days doys ago and they repeated a good story star which Frank Bancroft told on Frank Frak Dwyer DWer The old pitcher was hit with A line lino l' l drive by Al Orth Dwyer wa was wag wih out ln for tor f some somo time an and W was S taken to a a hospital 1 After Arter the game Bancroft went over to see ace the tho Cincinnati CIncinnat pitcher Dwyer was f wa Just getting his bearings and antl looking up at Bancroft asked Where are arc we Frank Frank In a hospital said the business manager Is la It It a 0 cheap cheop one asked 1 Dwyer DWer Roger Roser Bresnahan and nd Heinie Zimmerman Zim Zim- merman morman for tor Smith and and Allen Alens Is the tho bl big t deal that is 18 in the air all between tho the Chicago Cubs Cuba and tho the Brooklyn club f This trade has been cUb trae ha talked about about r. r around tho the National lea league ue circuit for tor some somo mo time now not and It I has reached the i. i Mh here It if It will wf hA he made t The Tho talk lalk Is that Evers do does i not want ant 2 Zimmerman around because he ha has had hall deal of ot trouble with the time hard hard- hitting third sacker It I Is ia also also said ald that Evers Ever and ad Bresnahan have not riot been getting along along as ball bal players should and that It if Johnny Johnn could mako make the th right trade trado ho he would let tho the two men out It I in S said Eaid that tho Brooklyn club would mako make such a trade as a they thInk j would help their club a great groat deal There sro are some soma who aro close to the thee Brooklyn Brookh club who say this Is the be beginning be- be beginning ginning of or the end nd of at Bill Bl Dahlen an as 11 manager of or the Brooklyn club The Tho has ha it St that the McKeever brother brothers broth broth- er ers ens who ho ha have ha a great deal of or interest J In n the Brooklyn team geat are not satisfied with wih tho the wa way Dahlen has been bon handIng handling hand hand- ling Ing UnG the team and want want a change changA This would indicate th that t Bresnahan would he e taken and then made manager of ot ho tIle club cub Allen Alien Alen Is 18 a Q good picher pitcher while Smith has been playing fine ball bal for tor the he Doder Dodgers ut at ot third base The general general gen gen- gee gee- era eral opinion seems to be that the tho deal would not be bo a a bad ono one for tor either to club |
