Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01
TINKER ON STAGE
Cub Shortstop Does Vaudeville
Turn in Chicago.
GRIFFITH TELLS YARNS
Immediately Gives Notice That Next
Worlds Series Will Be
Played Here.

Special Dispatch 70 The Star
CHICAGO, November 3O.-True to his
promiSe-Or threat-JOe Favorsham
Tinker started framing up a vaudeville
tour with a downtown booking agency
today and found the additional fame
which he had gained during the "off
again on again. deal with Cincinnati in
creased the warmth of his welcome to
the fOotlights.
This naturally increased his determine
ton to quit base ball for at least a year
rather than play shortstop for the Cubs
again after being disappointed i'm his
ambition to graduate into the role of
manager. President Murphy, who re-
turned from the funeral Of the late John
7. Prush, was as communicative as a
clam on any topic of interest to West
Side fans. He had nothing to say about
Tinker. less to say about the Fogel case,
and least of all to say about the attempt
to Involve him in the scandals which were
the cause of the special meeting of the
National League this week After run
ming through his accumulated corre-
spondence the Cub boss Went out to play
golf
Presidents johnson of the America
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returned from the Brush funeral and
got in touch with Manager Griffith of
the Washington team, who remained over
10 see them The senatorial manager
masnate was full of hunting yarns for
the benefit of the local nimrodS who pre-
fer Wisconsin game to that to be found
in the mountains of Montana. Seven
deer in three days of nimroding was a
mere piffie for good hunter, according
to Griffith. That was his low record.
Griffith at It Again.
One member of Griffith's party scorned
deer and started after bear with a rifle
which was out of commission and would
not explode d cartridge. Undeterred by
that handicap the brave hunter stuck to
the trail of a bruin until the animal died
in it's tracks for lack of wind.
John Henry, catcher of the Washington
club. Is not as good with the rife as he
is in shooting base runners a second, so
says his manager. Henry took about
thirty shots at one deer and put seven
bullets into him before he quit Griffith
says he ought to know because he skin
ned the deer and counted the holes.
Griffith will go on to Washington to-
morrow to remain there until time 10
start the training season, and he served
notice on the local magnates that the
next worlds series would take place
part of it-at the Florida avenue plant in
Washington.
The duck shooting trip planned by Co
miskey and Johnson for next week has
been called off. Reports from the good
ship White SoX indicate that due IS are
plentiful in Illinois, but not where they
can be reached by the houseboat They
will wait til colder weather drives the
birds within range.
Manager Callahan. who was expected
to return from West Baden, did not re-
port for duty at any of mis- several Offices
Frank Schultz of the Cubs will leave
tomorrow night with his wife for At
lanta. Ga. to look over a business propo-
sition which sounds good enough to him
to justify the long journey
CINCINNATI. Ohio, November COT
have not given up hopes in the Tinker
DEAL, said President Hermann of the
Cincinnati Reds today Not by a long
sight-and If that can't be pulled through