Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-11
AMERICAN LEAGUE MAGNATES
TRANSACT BUSINESS EASILY
Go Through With Plays With Great
Faciity-Protest Not Allowed
No Trades Expected.

the Nationals. All sorts OF persuasion
was used on Griff today by President
| Navin. but he refused to give in and
Navin then announced that he would re-
| tain Lake for the Tigers.
Beals Becker. the fast young outfie1der
of the New York team has been sold to
the Cincinnati team for the waiver price.
whereby Becker was to go to 1ndianapo-
lis. but Cincinnati refused to waive and
today the New York club turned the
player over to Tinker.
The American League proposes to look
after the welfare Of Umpire Perrine, who
has been stricken with locomotor ataxia
and is in a bad way. At the meeting
yesterday President BAN Johnson was in
structed by the league to take such steps
to help out Perrine. who Is unable to
earn livelihood. as ne might see mt.
Johnson is thinking seriously OF setting
aside a fund by which Perrfne will draw
a pension for the remainder of his life.
Manager Griffith took up the matter OF
dressing room accommodations for visit
ing teams in the ball parks of the Amer
lean League. Some of the acCommoda-
lions which prevailed last year were
abominable. and after Griffith had related
his experiences in the various cities the
league passed a rule which compels every
club to arrange suitable place for the
WISHING players 10 UreSS, anu disO W III
stall dryers. in which the uniforms of
the players can be dried after each game.
Griffith, so the story goes. was rather
severe IN his criticism of some or the
club owners. who resented his assertions,
but he carried his point, nevertheless.
Jack DOYLE, once one of the members or
the famous Baltimore team, which won
pennants in the National League in the
ninet,es, has been engaged by Manager
for
DOYLE has tried his hand at almost every
angle of the game and has succeeded In
only one department. the playing END
since he quit the game as player ne
not succeed But his judgment of play
ers is excellent. and Callahan expects
him to dig up lot of phenoms for him.
Washington is always gathering place
for ball teams which go south In the
spring to train, and this year the Capltai
city will be honored by having Billy ely
nrer's Buffalo team report there March
rs to start for Charlotte, n. C., 10 DO
about a months training.
1t would naturally be supposed that
when any one referred to the best pltch-
ed game by any Washington pitcher last
season the name OF Walter Johnson
would be mentioned, because OF his won
derful prowess. His name would Suggest
itself the minute the subject was broach-
ed. and yet no less an authority than Con-
ME Mack made the assertion this morn
ing that the best pitched game he wit
messed last season was delivered by Long
Tom Hughes. Mack referred to the game
which Hughes pitched against his team
in Philadelphia after seventeen straight
had been won. and Hughes was slated TO
bring home the eighteenth. He appar-
entity had the game cinched in the ninth
inning when, with the score l to IN
favor of the Nationals. two men out ana
none on the bases, two and two on Baker
the Athletics great slugger drove the
ball over the right field fence for
home run, and in the following inning
Mack's team won.
Il have seen a lot of great games pitch
ed in my time said Mack. but l don't
recall a more brilliant exhibition than
Hughes produced that day. l really felt
sorry for him when We won, not that
did not feel elated over the victory. but
that sort of pitching deserves a victory
Hughes used better Judgment that day
than / have seen In a long while. He
virtually had my team eating out of his
hand, and 1t was the hardest kind OF
luck to lose the game as he lost that
one"