IN THE NEWS: The Tigers release OF Earl Averill and sign OF Hoot Evers, out of the University of Illinois. Averill will be released by Detroit, signed by the Braves, then released April 29.
IN THE NEWS: The entire Dodger squad leave New York to train in Havana, Cuba for most of the spring. Babe Phelps, a reluctant traveler and still unsigned, will leave the team in Miami, rather than take a boat, and return to Maryland.
IN THE NEWS: The days after the start of spring training, the Yankees sell Babe Dahlgren, the man who took over 1B from Lou Gehrig in 1939, to the Braves. The deal is questioned since no replacement seems apparent. McCarthy claims they would have won another pennant had not Dahlgren made a costly error at first late in the season.