Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
JAILS YAWNED FOR McGRAW
DURING HIS STAY IN CUBA
Cubans Were Always Hauling Giants Man
ager to Court-When They Had
Nothing Else to Do They
Fined "Muggsy."

NEW YORK. December 2J.-IreXy
John J. McCraw of the Giants, who haS
just got back from Cuba with some of
his ball players after putting it all
over the Cuban base ball idols. as the
sporting pages have told YOU. also was
hailed to court in Havana many times
on various charges was almost spilled
out of fishing boat along with Larry
Doyle and Mike Donlin into a herd of
sharks on the hook which the three
Giants were trying to snare. and had
other things happen to him which fhe
sporting pages didn't tell. When re-
porter happened upon Mr.. McGraw on
Broadway yesterday. and later upon
Larry Doyle. it was learned that day
wasn't a day in Cuba unless Jawn J.
was 'haled to court
And for nothing. too complained
McGraw sadly Sometimes we'd be
fishing in the. harbor for sharks, and
not getting any, either. when Col
Somebodyorother would wave his pan
anna bonnet from the shore and yell
| something out to us in Spanish. None
of us knows Spanish. but after time
as soon as the shouting from shore be-
gan or man spoke some sort OF rig
marole to me on the street l Wouldn I
bother to hunt up an interpreter q
just draw enough money TO pay the
fine and go to court. listen to iot o,
Spanish lingo. pay $40. American. ana
go outside and wait to be hailed to
court again.
| 1t is I.arry- Doyles belief that the bcs
! was picked out by Havana ALWAYS 10 DC
arrested because Havana naturally pc
| lieved boss would have more money
| on hand to pay fines than any OF Tue
Giant hired hands Sometimes McSra
wouldn't be asked orally to come to
court. BY way of variety he would mo
| in his mail box al the hotel roEts
Spanish note as he came out from break
| fast He'd glance AT it, sec that IL wa
! i'm Spanish and put on his hat and 90 te
court.
| THE first three times | wa; fine =.
| said lawn j. was for not having some
new kind Of an automobile license Wh'
| the Judge or somebody lad thought OF
! I had teen fined for not LAYING anet iel
| kind OF license. The third tine the
! court just cut loose and decided 20 fine
/ me $3.50 at one clip. | settled through Al
interpreter for $50 ON that COUNT. n'ei
the $50 accompanied by number o
/ police court officials. retired around
! corner for a few moments and ali CANE
back smiling.
Another night was told to appear y
, cour: the next morning because sal.
that nobody could say that mig el
pitcher. even as good a pitcher az Men
des. Havana's BLACK Mathewson, d:
! they call him, is as SOou DIS MdttS dh'
get away with it with me. 1t was in {
restaurant Up to my table comes {
tall fellow who insisted that wa:
wrong about Mendes.
You an American | asked this tai
chap. NO. I'm an Englishman, he an
swered. i thought so, ! said TO HIM, an'
I added that stuff about no niger pltcne
being in Mattys class.
After while we had bit of an argu
ment about it. just few words. and TN
| ;iSbr
in came big black cop to take me t.
court, Not on your life told him
Go out and get white policeman ah'
III 90 along. but not with you SO thu
black cop got white brother and wen
along to find the court sitting up for M
as usual.
"Rigler our umpire. was with me an'
went along. In the court L learned mrs
of all that the Engiishman had gone GU
of the restaurant and had informed tn
island of Cuba that / had said that a.
Cubans are niggeIs. Through an inter
prefer [ told the court just what h"'