The Washington times., 1914-01-28
IireS Griff That His Son
viii Remain in Ranks of the
Climbers.
By THOMAS KIRBY.

|rl last nail in the coffin containing
|e -@port that Danny Moeller has hop
10 rom the Washington ball club L
|e Federal League, was driven TO-DAY
John NJ. MocllCr. the athletes par.
l. who wired Clark Griffith from Des
|oincs: No Moeller would play with
'cderaIs.''
r bali player is now touring tho
'Cst on his honeymoon, and so intense
Interesting is the experience that he
Is not even replied to the letters from
+ manager or given the slightest indi-
.Uuu that the contract sent him to
5 home in Dcs NOineS is satisfactory.
N g.. Griffith fairly beamed when ne
Cuivcd the telegram, for he has the
most confidence in MOeiler to make
'od. and this. despite a rather dlsas-
OIS season in 1913.
There are two things 1 am partiou-
RI anxious 10 see next season, one
Il Is MoCllcT and the other Howard
.--ks," was the managers comment.
i, ,ouId like to see MoelleT strike his
al hitting stride and l would like TO
Q It least one out of four of those
1s>heS that Howard Shanks sends dl-
CT into some infieldcrs hands go
.h'r little higher or a little lower,
I. e right or to the left. Shanks is one
the hardest luck batters | have ever
e. in baseball and my experience is
lijle more than three years long
# am sorry to see Shat kahler has
p0rd from Cleveland" continued the
a uington leader IF there was one
LC or in the American League who
As apple pie and cheese fer us il was
r hahler."
80 to Falkenbcrs. you will recall
q last summer Birmingham asked
T waivers on this player. and, |
having. When FalkenbeTg struck
a. stretch of winning, it seems, he
=, .ded what he pleased. They
L Led him up when they asked for
2 -ers. and | am afraid that they
-o iKely TO miss him. IL this Federal
a. is really going through with
I & they have started"
Z icre's a wise young man, said
?. Griffith today as he passed over
, following clipping:
80 the Editor Of the Evening Sun:
s The writer is as anxious as
Iyunc for Baltimore to be represent
bv ! major league baseball club.
10 he believes that the time is near
hand when the wishes of the fans
% TO be gratified. But the great
q ority of them want big league
l.. to come through the proper chan
organized pail. and not
Itlaw ball, and. further, when this
me does come, that the city be rep
sented by men who have the con-
ience of the people, u.en who have
e true sporting in stinct and VINO
g" not interested in the game for
sake of commeTcialism alone.
The people of Baltimore know Ned
4nlon too well to be fooled by any
eball venture he undertakes. Here.
7.E have not forgotten the two throw
MS he gave the fans of this city.
..v have not forgotten nor forgiven
tact that he took the National
cue club away from them after he
s4 made his name and reputation
oUEh the support of the then loyal
-. They have not forgotten that 4
years later. when, by all rights,
: city should have been represented
a big league club in organized base
4 thing that he and he alone had
rived tn, n of. he returned to this
10 make a bid for popular approval
% an Eastern League team.
he fans in a measure overlooked 4
Iner injury. and when, under the
q lcrship Of Jack Dunn. he won the
Dennant his team cot in the East
= League. his ball park vas crowded.
en-. thinking that he again had the
.Dle OF this city where he wanted
M. he disrupted a pennant winning
M bv the wholesale cutting Of salar-
that he might put a few extra dol
in his pocket. The people did not
then. but Jhev know the reason
8y. why a Dsnnant winning Team Of
q YEAR finished in seventh place the
lowing year to empty benches.
ROBERT r. HARCOURT.
baltimore, Jan. %
hose who would attempt 10 dis
age the campaigning of the Federal
que. in its efforts to obtain