The Washington herald., 1915-10-29
Pacific Coast Slugger Said to
Be Flirting with Outlaws
for Hold-up Game.
OTHER SPORTING GOSSIP
BY WILLIAM PEET.

Joe Geodeon for the Federal League 4
1916 reads dispatch from the Pacin
Coast. iii
) PITCHER Tom seaton, Of the Nevarl
federals. announced that he wa. poIn,
70 sign a number OF Pacific Coas
Leaguers for the so-caIled outlaw
among whom Is Joe Gedeon, who Is sal,
to be dissatisfied with the salary ofrere,
nm by Clark Grifith. OF the washingtor
That's the, way the report reads. am
strange to relate. Grifr did not rave q,
tear his hair when he heard the runor
Gedeon was the utility infieIder ant
outhelder here In 1914 and impressed m,
ians only as young man with a GOOD
pair OF hands and n whole lot of pen.
per-"
At his own request Gedeon was ship.
ped to the Pacific Coast League las
spring and turned out to be a bear-cat
hitting the ball hard and putting I'D a
me game aneid. Griffith recalled him al
| the close OF the present season and
planned to have the young man with tbt
March.
II appears that Gedeon has an exaF.
serated opinion Of his own ability and
could not see the figures on the contract
rendered him recently by the Old Fox.
now Gedeon threatens to leap over 70
the Feds, probably hoping to force the
washington club to raise the ante.
| Grim seldom falls for this hoId-up
stun, and Gedeon stands a slim chance
10 grab more money by threats of Jump
ing to the Feds.
As a matter OF fact there lie a young
man named Morley Jennings. who last
season batted over 800 and looked good in
the field for Minneapolis who will more
than likely I'LL up one OF the gaps In the
Nationals inield. probably at second
base. and Jennings. to the writer's way
Of thinking. is today a much better BAH
player than Joe Gedeon.
That Tom GormIey, GeorRetown.s
big tackle. accused OF biting Center
McEwan in the arm during the game
AT West Point last Saturday, has been
suspended from further competition
on the Hilltop. bending an investiga-
tlop OF charges. Is just as II should be,
and the Hilltop officials are to be
commended in taking this stand.
That the charges can be substan-
tiated is another matter, although the
report from West Point when IL ar
rives may name Gormley as the guilty
party McEwan was bitten in the
arm all right and IL seems hardly
plausible that he bit himself, hence
the natural inference that some
Georgetown player turned the trick,
but TO prove Tom Gormley the guilty
party is horse OF a different color.
III West Point can prove concIu-
sively that Gormley committed an act
styled in police parlsnce as Mayhem"
then Gormley should be barred from
further competition in football on the
Hilltop. II the charge cannot be sub
stantiated, Georgetown should accept
Gormley's word and let him play.
Football eligibility rules were made
to be obeyed. consequently there Is
little likelihood of Yale lifting the
ban from LeGore and the other ELI
athletes who played summer baseball
with the Quogue Club in violation of
the regulations. Ignorance of the law
Is no excuse. and no doubt the same
applies to eligibility rules. Neverthe-
fess. the banned Blue athletes have
the sympathy of most sportsmen as a
result Of the severe punishment re-
sulting from their involuntary infrac-
ton of the rules. Both Harvard and
Princeton are willing that LeGore
should be restored to the Yale foot
ball team and neither has questioned
his eligibility or would do SO.
Capt. Mahan, Of the Harvard foot
ball team. says LeGore Is a fine fellow
and he would like nothing better than
to see him in the Yale lineup. Cap
tain Nash, OF the Crimson nine, says
that II all the facts in the incident have
been made public the disqualified Yale
athletes. to his mind. were treated rather
harshly.
Possibly n change in the rules making
the penalty for such offenses a suspen-
sion from athletic competition might be
deserving OF consideration. Certainly an
unintentional offense cannot be regarded
as a violation Of the spirit OF the law
They still have to beat a Boston team
in the world seriesA The same can be
said OF Cincinnati. Cleveland, wash
ington and St Louis teams.
1t is mystery Just xhy Vanderbilt,
scorer OF 426 points while its opponents
have registered but three first downs
from rushing. should be entirely neglect
ed in speaking Of star teams. Evidently
II is the old Camp idea that they don't
have football players south Of the
Mason-Dixon.
Says Henry p. Edwards In the
Cleveland Plain Dealer: whether or NOT
Cleveland has first division team in
1916 depends largely upon the committee
Of bankers which has c. W. somers'
financial affairs In charge. As Il stands
now. the Indians are not first division
possibilities. Strengthen a few spots.
however. and you might have a club
which would emulate the Phillies or
Braves and land one-two-three with
rush.
To fill those weak spots, though money
Is necessary, and sufficient money TO 20
in the market and buy players Is some
thing that Somers does not possess nm
less the bankers committee loosens IN
and. recognizing the fact that the In
dams cannot be made a paying propo-
sition until they are Nstrengthened, al
lows him to make a few investments in
players.
The rumor is current that the bankars
the situation and the remedy
as well and believe II to be to the best
interests Of every one concerned 10 |
strengthen the club. Consequently ~
need occasion no surprise IL the news
comes out within the iext month or 40 |
that such and such a player has beer |
purchased by Cleveland.
Jim Coffey now admits that Moran /
knocked him out. That makes It unan,- ]
nous.