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T HE National Commission h
gone out of its way to give T\
Cobb the worst of it.
At its meeting yesterday it did t
inevitable—reinstated him an# fin--.!
him $50, which was fair enough but
in addition it launched a tirade, both
unfair and ridiculous, against the fa
mous Georgian.
The commission declared that
Cobb’s actions were such as to break
down the rules of discipline, and w<*n*
harmful to the game’s interests. Th >
.said—
That he “issued ultimatums through
the press.”
That he tried to “arouso public sen
timent in his favor.”
That he has been “guilty of viola
tions of the essential regulations of
His club.”
That “his p ublic conduct * * * is
top well known,” etc.
Friends of the greatest baseball
player in the world are incensed
against the National Commission for
its unfair and unjustified tirade. Bar
ring Cobb’s attack on a spectator last
year, it is known that he has not com
mitted any serious breaches of base
ball rules. The charge that he ‘ is
sued ultimatums” is unfair and un
true. Such statements as he actually
issued were extremely guarded. In
flammatory utterances credited to him
were largely put in his mouth by
space-grafting correspondents.
It is not unlikely that this att ic!;
on Cobb will stir up the Georgia dele
gation in Congress, and that it wid
result In the pressing of the investi
gation of the so-called “baseball
trust” and of the charge that baseball
players are virtually in peonage.
The full text of the Baseball Com-
n*i»sion's statement follows:
Here Is the Statement.
“Player Tyrus Cobb, who avers that
he was not aware that his status wa^
affected by his failure to report at
the start of its 1013 pennant race to
the Detroit team, of which he has
been a member for several seasons, on
April 25 notified the commission that
he had entered the service of thai
club with the request that he be de
clared to be in good standing.
“It appears that the player’s failure
to report to the Detroit club was due
to inability to agree on terms with
that club. Subsequently to the begin
ning of the American League season,
.jwever, after a brief conference with
the president of his club, these differ
ences were amicably adjusted. If the
only question involved were the com
pensation of the player, the commis
sion would have been Inclined to pass
the matter. The commission, how
ever, can not permit the conduct of
thii player in the past to go unnoticed.
“Recognized as one of the greatest
players of the game., with a salary as
high as any In the profession, his lo
tions on many occasions were such ns
not only to break down the rule.- d
.discipline, established by the club, but
’harmful to the game’s interests. In
stead of negotiating with his club on
a business basis during the early
spring, he issued ultimatums through
the pres8 to Arouse public sentiment
in his favor.
Cobb Is “Knocked.”
“Without going into details, the
commission is informed that in the
past the player has been guilty of fre
quent violations of essential regula
tions of his club. His public conduct
in many instances is too well known
to patrons of the game to require
comment thereon by the commission,
except'to serve notice on him and all
other players that a repetition there
of will not be permitted to go unpun
ished in the future, for a realization
of the game's welfare is of more im
portance than the interests of an in
dividual player, however great his
DrydenSays Hess Is Best Pitcher
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“Never W ins But They Keep Him" j\|QT OUE TO DE
By R. W. Lardner.
C HICAGO, May —The privilege comes only a couple of times a year—
the privilege of meeting face to face the greatest of baseball ex
perts—Charles Dryden, of Mississippi. One of the times was yes
terday, when the Cubs played Pittsburg at the West Side Park while the
Sox were packing up for their Detroit trip. It would have been a nice
afternoon to drink, but that’s all past and over.
Mr. Dryden was sitting in Mr. Murphy’s press box, liis records, his
notebook and a half-dozen finely sharpened pencils spread out before him.
“How’s everything in Niles, Mich.?” was his greeting, and then, with
out. waiting for a reply: “I should think you’d get enough of the slobs
and mutts over on the South Side without coming, on a (luy off, to look
til the slobs and mutts over here.”
We explained that our visit was for the purpose of renewing jieipialnt-
anceship with Arthur Hof man.
Go to Detroit to-night?” he queried.
We nodded assent, and he asked:
"Michigan Central, through Ruchanan and Niles?"
“No; Wabash, through Kingsbury and New Paris.”
“Too bad you can’t make the trip in the daytime. Great scenery on
the Wabash. Nothing to it. I wish l could go.”
“Well, I wish, for your sake, you could. But think of this: Next
Sunday night you’re going East with the Cubs. You’ll have a dandy-
four days of traveling back and forth between New York and Brooklyn,
anil then four days more of the Polo Grounds, with its delightful scenery
and people. And then you’re going to Philly, where the street ears whisk
you out to the park in one day and back the same night. And then you’re
going to Boston, where all games are tied up in the ninth inning and won
by the visiting team in the fourteenth. And don’t forget that cute little
l-ide from Boston to Pittsburg and one blissful Saturday there before the
beautiful trip home. I don’t see why you envy me the Detroit jump.”
“(3urses.”
“But you’re going to miss Chance Day in Chicago.”
“Yes, but I’ll have Memorial Day with Evers and the G. A. R. in
Pittsburg.”
"What do you think of the Cubs?’
"This is a family newspaper.”
. “How about the Sox?”
“Even more so. Bv the way, I suppose Ping Bodle attributes Ins suc
cess in rolling to liases to the Acme beer lie drank while in California
last winter.
“Do von still enjoy the game?” ... . L ..
•Not’as much as I used to. You see, all my friends are with the
Minneapolis team.”
“What do von think of Boston and Brooklyn.
"I never think of them until 1 have to.”.
“it seems to me you’ve taken on weight.”
•Yes I’ve tieen dining with Dav at the best hotels—goose livers,
pheasants, two kinds of pie and a dime for the waiter.”
-In m.v opinion, who is the greatest pitcher in the country >
“Otto Hess. He never wins, but they keep him.”
“Where do you think the world’s series will be played?”
“In Ocean Springs, Mississippi.”
Callaway Wants to
Know About Dobard
Report That He Is Dickering With
Montgomery Will Lead to
Investigation.
President Callaway, of the local ball
club, is conducting a quiet investiga
tion that may lead to some Interest
ing complications for the Montgom
ery ball club.
Dispatches this morning stated that
Infielder Dobard. sold by the local club
to Beaumont, had refused to report
and was practicing with the Billiken
club, with which aggregation he ex
pected to catch on.
Says President Callaway: “We got
waivers on Dobard and sold him to
Beaumont. I don’t know what .he is
doing with the Montgomery club. It
! i he facts ate true, as reported, we can
! make tt hot tor them.”
Sporting Food
„By GEORGE K. PHAIR *>
blanks.
NOT GUILTY.
Before 1he judge the young man
stood and hung his guilty head.
For he had slain a fellow man—had
left him cold and dead.
And as the jurist was about to hand
the youth his time
He sai<I: “Young feller, tell me why
you pulled this heinous crime.'-
And as he heard the kindly voice the
young man raised his head.
“This joe was peddling peanuts at
the baseball yardhe said:
“The bases all were full of men. the
score was 2 to 2,
And as Frank Schulte swung his bat
this rummy blocked, my view
“Not guiltysaid the noble judge.
“/ hereby set you free.
And if you get a. chance go out and
slay a few for me.”’
The consensus of opinion among base
ball scribes Is that all Frank Chance
needs Is a baseball team.
ROTUNDITY.
Ping Bodie trained, all winter long
And in the spring they found
That he had rounded into form
With the accent on the round.
We were tempted to mention Rudy
Unholz In connection with free lunch,
but recalling our promise, we refrain
from mentioning Mr. Unholz In con
nection with free lunch. Far be It from
us to mention Mr. Unholz In connection
wl.th free lunch. In fact, when we hit
the free lunch It will be our foremost
endeavor to refrain from mentioning
Rudy in connection with free lunch. We
shall never mention Rudy again in con
nection with free lun ’i.
SPEAKING C ALLIGATORS.
.4 lot of slas ning now and th'
Is wasted on some baseball men.
borne of our citizen* are interested
in the training methods of Messrs.
Zbyszko and Le Marin. In other walks
of life they are approximately sane.
“If the proper inducements were of
fered. etc.,” quoth Mr. Gotch. Mr.
Gotch Is one wno loves hls art for art’s
sake, as it were.
PARKS DEFEATS TROTT.
PITTSBURG, PA. May ”, Hay
Parks, a local boy, last night defeated
Samr^' Trott, of Columbus, Ohio, in
a six-round engagement here.
By Percy H. Whiting.
((T BELIEVE we may not need any
I more pitchers’.” So says Pres
ident Frank Callaway of the At
lanta ball club. "I’m willing to be
shown but I think with any luck the
ones we have will go through.”
This utterance strengthens the be
lief that the Cracker pitching staff
isn’t to be materially reinforced at
present.
“What’s the good?’’ inquires Pres
ident Callaway, “we might get worse
pitchers than we have now.”'
What will happen will be this:
Bill Smith will put his pitchers
over the jump in turn. If a man
flickers he is likely to keep him
in and let him get bumped. When
the Crackers were ahead Smith didn't
have the heart to take any chances.
Now he is willing to risk anything to
get a line on his pitchers. Watch a
lot of them go through fire and water
in the next ten days.
After that, look out for some
changes.
0 0*
DI CK BECKER adopted a quaint
method of geting away from the
Crackers. He bought his own release
under an optional agreement.
You see it was like this, a Texas
League club wanted Buck, but he
didn’t care to go to Texas. It was
too far from Washington. So he of
fered to buy his release, but he didn't
want to put up any real money.
Finally they framed it up this way.
If Becker can get another job he is
to turn over the proceeds of niv sah
to this new club to the Crackers.
The local association may not cash
this one but they are taking the
gamble.
* * *
Qt'R old pal, Kenneth Todd, king*
pin baseball and sport writer of
the Lone Star State, kicks in with
some notes of Texas League doings
that are of interest to Southern
League fans. Here is the crop:
Since becoming a member of
the Houston club Andy Ware,
who the Chattanooga manage
ment could not see, has pitched
his club to three successive vic
tories, one of them being of the
shut-out variety. In the three
games lie permitted but 14 hits,
his spitterv breaking as Ray
mond’s did In days gone by.
* * *
Harry Mathews did not stick
long at Beaumont. After giving
him a week's trial Manager
Wheeler cut the old Southern
Leaguer adrift. Wheeler said that
Matty could not keep base run
ners from stealing everything in
sight. Matty’s comeback was
that the pitchers could not hold
the men on.
• • •
Charley Fritz, former Southern
Association southpaw, broke into
the Texas League a few days ago
with a victory, but has lost the
decision in all subsequent efforts.
He is with Tom ('arsons Waco
club.
* * •
A queer play came up in Hous
ton Sunday. Harbin, pitching for
Galveston, made a wild pitch
when no ono was at bat and a
man scored front third. The man
who was supposed to be at bat
killed so much time in reaching
the plate that Wilson Matthews
ordered Harbin to go ahead with
hls work. In hls eagerness to slip
a strike over Harbin sailed one
past the catcher.
Of course the runner scored
from third, crossing the plate be
fore the batter even reached it.
PELICANS SECURE JAMES
FROM THE VOLUNTEERS
NASHVILLE, TRNN., May 2.—By
selling Outfielder Jesse James to New
Orleans yesterday at the waiver price,
Manager Schwartz cut his team down
to 17 men and is now within the ’•al
ary limit. Two more pitchers will be
released In the near future.
SCHMIDT TO STICK WITH
MOBILEj CLARKE DEAL OFF
MOBILE, ALA., May 2.—Catcher
Schmidt, formerly of Detroit, who was
recently traded to Indianapolis for
Catcher Clarke will probably stay
with the Mobile team, as Clarke has
failed to report. Manager Finn is au
thority for the statement that the deal
is off.
HP: TEAM
Smith Pied President’s Message
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He Was “After” a Sporting Editor
T:
Of Peachtree
IS STRONG ■
By >Joe Agler.
B irmingham, ala., May 2-
Bisland looks like the missing
link in the Cracker infield. If
you wanted to, you might make that
read with the wrong meaning. But
don’t do it.
The idea is tha\ to us. the Cracker
infield has looked mighty good this
spring save at shortstop. There al
ways seemed to be a gap there. A
link was missing to make the chain of
defense complete.
Bisland is the link.
That fellow plays ball like a regu
lar shortstop. He throws and bats
right-handed, he hits hard and he
certainly covers oceans of ground.
His throwing is accurate and he looks
GREAT.
Let me tell you something—At
lanta has the hardest hitting club in
the Southern League when Bailey gets
back in the line-up. It is faster than
thunder, too.
Bausewein Works To-day.
Bill Smith is going to shoot Bause-
wein and Dunn at ’em this afternoon
—which is pretty hefty ammunition,
if anybody should ask you. Smith
believes that Bausewein has come
around all right and that he can stand
the Baron.? on their heads.
Moley will rely on Thompson oi
Hardgrove. This Thompson has been
going great lately, and I guess we will
find him harder pickings than we did
over in Atlanta.
I believe that we will take one out
of the two remaining games—maybe
both of them. This sounds chesty, hut
watch us. We’ve found our hatting
eye, which was temporarily mislaid,
and that’s all we needed.
Team Is Confident.
The team is in good condition and
crammed full of confidence. All wc
needed was to get hitting again.
We sure came from behind with the ■
old swats yesterday and won a ball
gamtj, 7 to 4. We h4t right up to our
capabilities and got to Sloan in one in
ning strong enough to win the old
pastime.
Birmingham is drawing fine and we
played to a big crowd. Now that we
threaten ,to close In on them, I look
for big turn-outs. ^
Arthur Pelky Stops
Morris in Eighth
Burns’ Protege Hands ‘Oklahoma
Hope’ Severe Lacing—Winner May
Meet Luther McCarty.
CALGARY, ALBERTA. May 2.—Ar
thur Pelky stopped Carl Morris, the Ok
lahoma. hope, in the eighth round here
last night.
Morris made a miserable showing and
was hissed by the fans during the en
tire fight. He was out of shape and
made very little effort to do any real
fighting Morris was badly beaten at the
finish, and. although the fight was
stopped by the referee. Pelky gets credit
for a knockout.
Pelky is Tommy Bums' protege and
should be heard from in the future.
Be tried hard at all times. He will
probably meet Luther McCarty at a later
date Pelky recently held Tommy Burns
to a draw.
LOOKOUTS PURCHASE GOLDEN.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., May 2 -
Pitcher Roy Golden was purchased by
Chattanocga last night from thj^St.
Louis Nationals to strengthen Ell? -
feld’s wabbly pitching staff The
question of the man who will he let
go to make way for him is open, lying
between More. Chappelle and Troy.
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The midspring sun lias got his “burning
glass” out, putting felts to rout and making
you seek the relief of a cooling straw, as
eagerly as a burning thirst seeks a cooling
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ALL THE SHAPES—ALL THE BRAIDS—
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By Bill Phelon.
C INCINNATI, Muy 2.—Billy Smith, now a minor ienpue manager of
great renown, was not always a diplomat and a man of shrewd
est calculations. Nowadays, Billy Smith stands ace-high with press
and public, lie is a good fellow with the scribes, and the major leaguers
consider him a wise and able leader. But in tile days of his youth, when
his blood ran hot and hls temper w-as still hotter, Mr. Smith was quite a
scrapper and forever involved in war and trouble.
Down in Mobile, oh many, many years ago, Billy Smith got into a
vigorous quarrel with a sporting editor. Acrimonious remarks were ex
changed through the wire netting, and next morning found Mr. Smith
doubly furious. His foe had taken u good healthy kick at him. and had
fried, panned, boiled and roasted him for further orders. Mr. Smith vowed
vengeance, and renewed the vow at frequent intervals all day long.
Bill Starts for His Man.
During the afternoon. Billy kept away from the press box. He had
figured that he wouldn't start anything at the ball yard, but would go
that very night and tear up the office where his enemy held forth. The
resolution grew more firmly fixed as night wore on, and when Mr. Smith
finally started for the office he was ready to fight a legion of devils. It
was nearly midnight when he reached his goal, and he found the place a
beehive of industry. As it chanced, a 1’residential message of great impor
tance had lieen Issued from Washington; all over the country the millions
were waiting for that message, and the type were clicking from Portland,
Me., to Portland. Ore.
Mr. Smith wasted no time. He made his way to the office of the
sporting editor and declared war. There was a brief skirmish, in which
the invading army was victorious. Mr. Smith turned the enemy’s flank,
broke through bis center and began to crumple up his reserve. The sport
ing editor ran out of his sanctum, and galloped up the hall, with Mr. Smith
braying in full cry at hls heels.
As the laittle surged up the hall, a squad of hardy printers hove In
sight, each man carefully lugging the form in which reposed a page of
the Presidential message. These black and Ink-stained typos loved their
sporting editor, who had been liberal with ball park passes, and they
would not see him abused by any wild-eyed, raging, two-fisted insurrecto.
Then Comes the Blow-Off.
With a hoarse chorus of rage and determination, they surged forward,
and every man, with a fearful crash and a rattle of falling type, de
posited his burden on the head of Killy Smith. Mr. Smith went, to the
floor, with punctuation marks sticking all over hls scalp and suggestions
as to the tariff in hls ears, while comment on the proposed battleships
jammed his month beyond repletion. Shattered and full of type he lay;
strong men came and bore him forth, and it was ten days before he could
resume his place upon the club.
BADLY CRIPPLED
R OCHESTER, May 2.—With Tom
my McMillan pretty badly stove
up and with four other top-
notch players incapacitated the Ro
chester team is in awful shape.
McMillan’s injury is not serious. He
twisted his leg in a recent game and
has not been able to play good ball
since.
New players for the Rochester
Baseball Club are coming. Just what
Hip deal amounts to or what athletes
are Involved isn't known, but Man
ager Ganzel and President Chapin
had a heart-to-heart long-distance
telephone chat yesterday that is ex
pected to result in some sort of deal,
Insofar as Frank Farrell of the New
York Americans was an interested
third party.
The local club has met with a series
of reverses suffl’ ent to disrupt any
ball club in a minor league. For in
stance, read:
Outfielder Roland Barrows—Leg
broken in training camp.
Shortstop Tommy McMillan—Leg
twisted in league game.
First-Baseman Schmidt—Finger
badly lamed and player disabled.
Catcher Walter Blair—Suffering
from lumbago.
Pitcher Kiepfer—.V o on sick list.
And Ganzel counted on these five,
as much a< any other combination,
to get the club away to a flying start
Critics who have had a chance to
get a close-range view of the Cham
pions say they won’t do—at least,
they don’t shape up a? formidably
as iast year. With all the men men
tioned back in the line-up it may be
different.
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