Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-07-27 | Page 12 | Will Speaker Play for Bill Carrigan?

WILL SPEAKER PLAY FOR BILL CARRIGAN Boston Masa July Juh 26 Here nere Here in the Hub the tho questions Did McAleer fire tire Stahl or did Stahl fire tire himself has been given Up In favor of ot the question Will Speaker and Wood play ball for or CarrIgan and Wagner ragner Boston fans are answering this question both ways waa and will vIll continue to ask asIc it tho the rumors ofa ota of ot ofa a pull-and-haul pull between the two pairs of oC close chums churns having put on the purple purple pur pur- pie of fact through repetition involved Meanwhile the thu four tour men continue to chum around together more or less to pIa play cards together ball bail together rou rough house squabble a n. little and otherwise appear to be pretty prett good friends tha why One of the reasons given en rumored much-rumored trade of ot Speaker for tor Ty TyCobb TyCobb Cobb ha hasn't mt been lIeen put through is 18 elm sim simply ply pI that the trading of or Tristram would also the tho trading of Wood 1 An outside mean of ot Walter Johnson who is the American League pitcher that McAleer and amid Carrigan would accept In lii exchange e for Smoky Joe True It Is that the Red Sox ma may need or think that they need a D. first but such men as ns Wood or Johnson make an art exception to the rule that a n. pitcher for tor a man who can play pla a regular position position pOfI- pOfI tion lion regularly is b always a good trad trade Wood has been yer very unlucky this year car carIn In the matter of Injuries but ho Is not yet et 24 4 years of age a e and has a n. wonderful wonderful won won- career in baseball ahead o of him yet And coming comins- rl right ht down to cases McAleer McAleer McAleer Mc Mc- Aleer and time the Boston fans ma may bo crazy but it is very ver doubtful Indeed if It they would trade or orish wish ish to trade trado Tristram for lor Tyrus even with Joe Wood left lert out of ot the calculation altogether Admitting that Cobb Is the tho greatest bUlle baseball ball player In the world Speaker is isso Isso Isso close his heels that the fans faits here lere on so give I e the Georgian only a shade on the Ithe Texan and they add that Chat Speaker Is 19 of or greater value to this particular Red Sox ox ball club than Cobb would b be Both men are aro stars StarE Tristram tram is about as much of ot a star as the Red fled Sox havo have strength for tor He lie has a i temperament too But Boston Doston has become accustom ed cd to the little ways and mannerisms of oC Tris and is ts inclined to prefer his mild ant and pardonable eccentricities to read all of the tantrums what the they have I have r read ad the of Ty 1 That what they time tile Georgian an injustice mn may mav have done tone the need of telling tell tell- without tlc lice tice ma pass may the th fans Cans The Thc point Is that while ing tog at times Inclined to swat Sir Tri Tristram Trist t. t are arc ram rani for tor little mannerisms that strike as eccentric or swell headed on the them whole they con consider lder him one of ot th the Ui tam family 11