Evening star., 1914-12-24
Outlaws Making Every Effort
to Induce Washington Play
3. ers to Jump.
GILMORE LEAGUE is OUT
TO AVEMGE JoHNsoN's HOP
BoehHag and Ehmke Are Only Two
Nationals Not Now in
Contract Fold.
BY ]. ED GRILLo.

Tile, Federal League evidently wants
To get even for Griffith's action in get
ting Johnson to return to the Ma
tionars fold, for Gilmore scouts are hot
after all of Griffith's players, trying to
get them to jump Tinker was ever IN
Monaca Pa, Howard Shanks' home.
yesterday, but failed te sign that
young man
Eddie Ainsmith. who is winterlnG
here, received a telegram from Gilmore
last Saturday asking him for his terms.
Ainsipith wired back that he was tied
up with the Washington club and not
1T liberty to do business with the Feds.
Mallager Griffith is not annoyed by
these efforts to sign his players. "It's
d huge joke said he. Il have all my
players signed, barring Joe BoehlinG
and Ehmke, the California pitcher.
Boehling and 1 will get together with
in the next few days, and 1 am not
particularly apprehensive as to Ehmke' y
Griffith had made an engagement to
have Joe Boehling come here last Sat
urday, but his trip to Kansas City to
sign johnson interfered with this ar
iapgement, and Griffith will appoint
another day shortly to have Boehling
come. up. Il have not talked terms with
Boehfng since last spring. and 1 don't
expect to have the slightest trouble
with him. Griffith said.
So far as Ehmke is concerned. that
ouns man has an exaggerated opinion
of his value. He figures that he is en-
Titled to a big salary, though he still
has to show that he is of major league
cafiber- Manager Griffith has not had
any corresponding with Ehmke of
late, but he is hopeful of the youngster
coming around by the time the train
ing season starts.
II is more than likely that when the
deal is completed for the Yankees Bill
donovan will be appointed manager.
Donovan ought to make an ideal man
for the place, for he is not only capa-
bic, but he is sure to build up a per-
sonai popularity, which will count for
much. Donovan's pitching days. are
over. but he was star rwffler in his
day.
The greatest game that Bill Donovan
ever pitched was late in the season Of
l9oi- The race was close between the
Athletics and Detroits, the latter COM
ing with an awful rush at the finish.
The last Monday of the season the
Tigers were to have made their final
faGa slaughteriFhsaa11 9 1sammered anime z. noa.
ovan ali over the field for several in
ninSS. Then Bill Started to pitch under
lsttiu anu the slug SlOppcu--N pen
the Athletics stopped hitting the ball
the Tigers started. One pitcher went
10 the bench. but Donovan pitched on
Waddel1 was called upon, and a home
run by Cobb tied the score in the ninth
inning.
Then Eddie Plank went to the rescue
For eight more innings Donovan held
tho Athletics in check. In the eleventh
ipuiug both tearIs scored:
Inning after inning the thrilling play
"A iS Wi n
ming the game, upon which a pennant
appeared to rest, by long drive to left
Of center field. Sam Crawford, who was
playing center field. started after the
L; IL. which went into the crowd
Manager Jennings claimed that a. po-
lrceinan interfered with Crawford.
There was an awful mxup between
the teams and Umpires OLoughlin and
Connolly. Something was happening
in every section of the field. over at
frstr base Donovan and Monte Cross
were being held apart by their team
mates.
Finally OLoughlin sided with De-
treit.- The game went on and it was
called at the end of the seventeenth
inning. with the score a tie. That de-
ciSIoil} and Wild Bill" Donovan's
gameness in pitching seventeen in
lrings, after a very bad start, turned
thss championship to Detroit
II was wild Bilfs" greatest game
and probably the greatest ever played
in the annals of the national pastime.
If any man could put heart I1to the
New York Highlanders that man
should be Bill Donovan.