Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-13
DETAILS CLEANED Up
Commission Signs Checks for
Shares Of Players and
Club Owners.
McGRAW BERATES WRITER'S
Although One Himself, Manager
Says Practice Should Be
Stopped at Once.
McGRAW BERATES WRITER'S

NEW YORK, October 13.-rhe national
| base bali commission held a meeting al
the Waldorf-Astor yesterday afternoon
and settled up various matters relative
to the world series. Garry Hermann
T. ]. Lynch and Ban Johnson went over
the financial report OF Leslie Constans
who was the commissions representative
at the local games. and filled out checks
for the Giants and Athletics, also the
rival club owners and the commission
itself.
The commission sent word to the
Philadelphia management to begin re-
funding money paid for "third-game''
tickets at Shibe Park. The sale in the
Quaker city was tor three days, but
only two games were played there. In
cidentally the commission will hold a
meeting at the Belleview-Stratford. IN
Philadelphia, tomorrow. It was also de-
cided at yesterdays conclave to give
$1,000 to the fund for the worlds tour
by the Giants and White Sox. also to
appoint William KLEIN to umpire the
games.
John McGraw appeared before the COM
mission and filed the list OF players who
Will begin the globe trotting tour which
starts here THURSDAY night. The first
Will play the frst exhibition Saturday.
The roster Of the Giants is az follows:
Catchers, Meyers Of the Giants and
Maase on the Was
and Hearne OF the Giants; infieiders
Merkle and Doyle Of the Giants. Doolan
and Lobert OF the Phillies: outhelders.
Thorpe and Mccormick OF the Giants.
The teams will sail Tor Japan from
Vancouver, B. c., November 10. The
White Sox will take along Roger Peck.
inpaugh. shortstop of the New Yori
Americans.
Members Of the Giants and Athletics
who wrote" for newspapers during the
worlds series will be notified today to
submit their contracts to the commission
Immediately. incidentally. In talk with
the commission yesterday. McGraw
though writer himself. gave the prac-
tice black eye.
Il am against this player-author bust
ness" said the Giants manager, land
always have opposed it. But when
found that many players were gettins
concluded to get some myself. But it is
all out Of order. and the commission Ia
right in putting stop to It.
Newspaper Stories by ball players
cause trouble. When one player censures
another in print there Is a small-sized
saw q roast on Larry Mclean for drop
pig q pitched ball when q double steal
was in progress AS matter Of fact, Nc
Lean couldn't have thrown out the man
going to third because the latter had q
big start on tho pitcher. It was unfair,
therefore, to place the blame on Mclean,
who caught and batted splendidly In Chief
Meyers place.
Meyers. in my opinion, is the best
catcher in the game and there is no doubt
-
pitchers, except Mathewson. But there IL
no aiibd for our defeat. We played bad
base ball and didn't have q chance to
beat the Athletics. think Eddie Collins
is the best all-around ball player I ever
saw. Ee was q big factor in our down.
fall. Plank and Bender both pitched far
better than / expected The series Is all
over and the better team won. SO / am
going to try to forget It."
McGraw said that he hoped the Ma
begin later than usual According to
present plans the magnafes are figuring
on April 8, earlier than usual. NcGraW
believes that April 16 would be q better
date, on the ground that the cold weather
in April is a handicap to the teams. The
Giants will return from their trip around
the world on March 1 and will 60 direct
to Marlin, Tex, SO that II the champion
ship season begins April McGraw will
have only about three weeks to got his
men ready.
The gamblers who bet heavily on the
worlds series estimate that $3OO, 200 waa
lost here on the Giants. The heaviest
hackers of tine Athletics were f. E.
Smathers, Edward Burke. John A. Drake
and Frank Keeney. 1t is reported. Smath-
ers is reported to have won 0O00 on the
victory Of the Mackmen. The exagger-
ated stories Of the Giants prowess are
said to have caused many small losing
wagerS.