The Washington herald., 1907-06-15
STANDING oF TIE TEAMS.

4 special from Cincinnati says: Garry
Hermann. chairman Of the National
Baseball Commission, and Harry Pulliam,
also a member Of that tribunal. were mad
as hornets last night when they were
shown a Washington paper in which a
column roast was handed out 10 them for
their weakening in favor OF Ban Johnson
in the Mike Kelley case.
The man who wrote that abusive arti-
Gle is hurting language through last sum
mers straw hat" declared Mr.. Herr
mann. 'He has the case all mixed Up
and does not arrive at correct conclusions
in consequence.
when the commissions full finding in
the case is given out it will be found that
we did not bow TO any one in giving JUS
tice One Of the commissions chief acts
in rendering the decision was TO save the
Washington club $500. l don't doubt
that an apology win follow the publishing
OF the full decision, provided the chap
who wrote this string of abuse VIII take
the trouble 10 read our finding in the
case.
All this talk about Ban Johnson being
the whole commission IS all rot. and 1
am getting tired of H. We are acting in
perfect harmony and for justice to every
one"
lIr Pulliam expressed himself in a SINH
lar strain.
Joe CantIIl0u was not AT all surprised
when he was shown the above telegram.
Il have already expressed my opinion
of the findings of the commission in the
case Of Mike Kelley. and 1 see nothing
in the latest from Mr.. Hermann. T. is,
however, amusing 90 have him say that
the commission saved the Washington
club N.5a TIE explanation Of that IS
very simple. When we We're In st. Louis
] offered I.-51 for Kelley. and the pr0p0-
sition was accepted. or course. when It
was decided that Kelley could not play
here, we did not have 20 pay the money
BY barring Kelley the commission made
ii possible for us to save the money, but
we would gladly have paid Sl.559 for
Kelley; So that's all there was 20 that"
The Detroit Tigers and Nationals had
another idle day. Clnull0n and Ganlev
went out to the park IN the morning.
but one look convinced them that it
would be impossible 70 play, so the game
was called of al noon.
Later in the day Secretary Ben Minor
and CanuIlon went 20 the park in COM
paEy with a local awning-maker. and
an estimate was made for a tarpauIin
covering for the diamond The local
management has tired Of waiting for the
grounds to dry after a rain. so in the
future whenever it looks like sprinkle
the proposed canvas viii be spread over
the diamond, and as soon as It stops
raining it VIII be possible to play ball.
Il viii require q piece Of tarpaulin $50
feet square to extend over the whole dia-
moud. and the covering will be mounted
on reel, making it possible TO handle
the big sheet with little trouble.
Manager Dunn is spending a good deal
Of time i'm Washington these DAYS. and i'm
few hours expects to have two. and
possibly three. players who are expected
20 greatly strengthen the Orioles and 10
soon put them back where they belong
right in the fight for top place Waivers
have been asked on certain men who.
when those waivers are received. are
practically sure 10 don Oriole uniforms.
Their names are known TO a few, but
more than this cannot be said until the
deal goes through. It is not expected
that there viii be any slip-up this tine.
and the matter may be closed any min
ute.-Baltimore News.
Dunn called Candllon up again last
night. but once more the Baltimore man
ager was disappointed. as he was In
formed that Washington had nothing to
offer Just at present. Dunn is particu-
larlv anxious 10 get Schlafy. and If
waivers can be obtained the former cap
tain Of the Nationals viii probably join