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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1918)
It'll Be a Uard Year On the Bleacher F an And it'll probably remain thirty after the war, too. -nts ! Tbt eld two-hit teat U (ont; ' thirty cant now. ALL RECORDS FOR PLAYER EXCHANGES ARE SHATTERED Almost Fifty Athletes Change Uniforms as Result of Trades and Sales in Big Show. Even i not another ball player is sold or traded before the opening:-of the season, this will go down in the game's history as one of the big win ters for deals in diamond talent and reference is not intended to the money envolved. During no similar period of time in the history of the National and American leagues has the number of player shifts equaled those consum mated since the close of last year s pennant races. Not only in the num ber of players exchanged, but in the magnitude of the deals have new rec ords been established. Close to 50 players and more than $150,000 in cash is the aggregate involved. From a numerical standpoint the two deals between the Red Sox and Athletics head the list, ten players in all being involved, six in the first deal and four in the second, with $60,000 in cash additional being paid by Boston to Philadelphia in the initial transaction. Next conies the deal between the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Browns, in which seven players changed uniforms, the Yankees giving five in exchange for two and $15, 000 as a cash bonus besides. In ad dition to this the Yankees and Browns figured in another deal, a three-cornered affair, in which the Cincinnati Reds are involved, and in which the Browns got a sixth player from the Yankees. In the National league, Phillies and Cubs were the greatest traders, six players changing clubs as a result of two deals. Five players made changes in the Brooklyn-Fittsburgh deat- . , , There were several interlocking deals, one being between Chicago, Boston and New York in the Na tional, one being between New York, Philadelnhia and Detroit in the American and one. between the Browns, the Yankees and the Reds s involved both leagues. n Lisi of Winter'! Trades, Beginning with the Alexander-Kili lifer sale by the Phillies to the Cubs, here is a list of changes made since the winter season opened: Alexander, from the Phillies to the Cubs. Killifer. from the Phillies to the Cubs. Paskert, from the Phillies to the Cubs. Williams, from the Cubs to the Phillies. . Dillhoefer, from the Cubs to the Phillies. Prendergast, from the Cubs to the Phillies. . . . Bush, from the Athletics to the itea Sox. Schang. from the Athletics to the Red Sox. Strunk. from the Athletics to the Red Sox. Greee. from the Red box to the Athletics. Doyle, from the Cubs to the Braves. Wilson, from the Cubs to the Braves. Tyler, from tne Braves to the Cubs. Kood. from the Red Sox to the Athletics. Lavan. from the Browns to the Shotten, from the Browns to the Senators. Gallia, from Washington to the Browns. Dovle. from the Braves to the Giants. Barnes, from the Braves to the Giants. Herzog, from the Giants to the Braves. Stengel, from the Dodgers to the Pirates. Cutshaw, from the Dodgors to the Pirates. Mamaux, from the Pirates to the Dodgers. Grimes, from the Pirates to the Dodgers. Ward, from the Pirates to the Dod gers. Mclnnis, from the Athletics to the Red Sox. Gardner, from the Red Sox to the Athletics. Walker, from the Red Sox to the Athletics. Cady, from the Red Sox to the Athletics. , Pratt, from the Browns to the Yankees. Plank, from the Browns to the Yankees. Nunamaker, from the Yankees to the Browns. Maisel, from the Yankees to the Browns. Gedeon, from the Yankees to the Browns: Shocker, from the Yankees to the Browns. D'ye Know This Guy: ? Copyright, 1 ft IS. International Nwt Serrica By Tad THE" SMART ALEC 0-Z LISTENS Wt-fEfN e BOSS GlVEt H'M A cwAwce to fMPRove- our v-ever" nor ocvwe A war ee vo yy fft 0M TVtr IS W JAME- GUY WH"VA CtroP SCAAiOAU OPFttF r, 1 runwT" TElt- IN an AWFO JAN vJiTH ! r 1 n gotta (Mdt 1 " . " 5 ) f - to neaW tAren ' HEjr JT"JL A cun?e- at luejfrAE A-A(tv. s'sTs' I 1 x v I XhL J 1 fL, A I NEVER 1 ,'ttA0A CATCHING PftWER CHICAGO FEATURE Windy City Teams Always Strong in Receiving Depart ment; Now They HavB Two. Cullop, from the Yankees to the Browns. Henry, from Washington the Bos ton Braves. Groom, from Browns to Cleveland. Bodie, from the Athletics to the Yankees. Burns, from the Tigers to the Ath letics. Lee Magee, from the Browns to the Reds. Hendryx, from the Yankees to the Browns. Fall Teams of Traded Player. From "traded players" one can pick in each major league an entire team, one that has quality enough to well hold its own with the best in its com pand testimony to the class of the talent that has shifted uniforms. What, for instance, can be said against this team of American league players who change club alleg;?nce: First Base Mclnnis. Second Base Pratt Shortstop Lavan. Third Base Maisel. Outfield Strunk, Shotton, Wtker. Catchers Schang, 'Thomas and Nunamaker. Pitchers Bush, Plank, Gallia, Cul lop and Shocker. Turning to the National there is but one position lacking to maK up a really high class team of players who have shifted clubs. Counting Iiat the Pirates may return Vic Saicr to the Cubs, which seems likely, th one gap would be filled arid the National league could put this team of traded players in the field: Firse Base Saier. Second Base Cutshaw." Shortstop Herzog. Third Base Ward. Outfield Stengel, Paskert, Wil liams. Catchers Killifer and Wilson. Pitchers Alexander, Barnes, Ma maux, Tyler and Grimes. , Pittsburgh Shows Class. The Pittsburgh Pirates may be a rank ousider in base ball, but when it comes to hockey and foot ball Pitts burgh is a regular town. Charley Weeghman's acquisition of Bill Killifer for the Cubs emphasizes the fact that for 15 years p;;st either the Cubs or the White Sox have had one of the most expertor one of the greatest catchers of the game as a mainspring in their team mechanism. The Chicago clubs have excelled all others in that department and for many years each had the star in its league and that condition exists at present. The White Sox have Ray Schalk, who is recognized as the pre mier of them all and the Cubs have Bill Killifer, who is superior to all others in the National league. On the West Side the fans swore by Johnny Kling. It was always a subject for argument between the fans of the South Side and West Side whether Billy Sullivan or Kling was the better receiver. The latter was credited with having the edge, but it was so slight that there was hardly any difference. Kling was a star and the nien who played with him for so many years declare he never had an equal. x Archer Succeeded Kling. Associated on the Cub team with KJing were Tat Moran and Jimmy Archer. Moran did not stay many years, but while he was a member of the club he was looked upon as a man of ability, known more for his intelli gence than his mechanical skill. Ar cher replaced Kling as the leading receiver of the National league squad, but he never gained the fame of his predecessor. Yet he was regarded as the greatest backstop in the game until Ray Schalk sprung into promi nence on the South Side and took that distinction away from him. Schalk's sudden leap to fame as an efficient catcher was not a flash in the pan. Real talent had asserted itself. It has remained and within the last few years he has been selected by ex perts to occupy the position of first string receiver on the all-m3jor league teams. In a game he is like a dynamo. Waldron to Birmingham. Birmingham of the Southern league, with Al Ellis lost to the army, has signed Bill Waldron to play th cut field. He formerly played in the Georgia-Alabama and Southern At lantic leagues and also had a trial with Atlanta. ,, 66 There are a thousand reasons why you should OWN YOUR-HOM 1 99 And the choicest homes are always to be found in The BeeTarn to the Real Estate Columns and Look, US BOYS Gwendolin is a Mighty Observant Kid. Copyright. 1818. International jewa Service. Drawn for The Bee by McNamara. U?HN THIS NEW OA ME COMC5 TT ffflllllWIIil llATcn ( YOO HOO. g Bi lUTAKB HE WUJN A, FEW CHART W 'MV HFY6WENDOUN1. I ?&$, 'u 8ET SHE THINKS in STUCK SMOUJiN yV CKAWrTi ) i ON HER' ILL SyOU) HER, ILL PAY WFAnr il l YOO, HOO g NO ATTSNtlON ttJHSR.ANVUJAV. BAT'S. 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