The Washington times., 1915-06-04
GEDEON A FIGHTING PLAYER.

GEDEON A FIG
Joe Gedeon is popular with Grin be-
cause the young Californian is scrap
per from the drop of the hat. Indeed,
his Hveliness. his daring, his absolute
recklessnesk kept him with the Ma
tionals long after he had failed to I'M
press as player. In his trial here
Gedeon showed. great weakness at the
bat and not much strength in the field,
though he was improving constantly.
When he found himself consigned to
bench duty. Gedeon asked to be sent
back to his beloved California and he
was sent to Los Angeles. The Angels
dropped him as worthless. giving him to
the new Salt Lake club as q poor cast
or" Then he found himself.
From the opening Of the 1915 cam
paign, Gededp began numbering the ball.
His confidence In himself was always
marked with the Nationals and he has
added to his already considerable sup
ply. Now he Is the terror Of every
pitcher in the Coast League and. unless
he takes frightful slump, he should
fnish the season as the champion bats
man in the circuit. Marriage has had
an excellent effect upon Gedeon. He has
changed from harum-scarum lad to a
serious daredevil and serious daredevils
must must be considered in this w0rk-a-day
Casaion came to the Griffmen in 1911
as q pitcher. He had done good WORK
down in Carolina. but he never quite
allied the bill In the major league;
winter Griff sent him to Joe Cantillon
and Joe placed him on first base
Cashion Is not over-sraceful In his ac-
tions. but he gets there. Indeed, he ie
ihs & fastest fastest og xnd Se ean sncs hit the
In 10 times at bat Cashion has polcd
out IS bingles. six Of them two-base
knocks and four good for three cornes
He has scored seventeen runs In his
! twenty seven games. Cashion's left.
hand slugging would look pretty good
at Georgia Avenue. wouldn't 1t?
= Disgust at discovering professional
f. ball players ingratitude threatens to
drive one of the best sports In the his
tory of the game out of baseball Joe
Lannin, since the wild outburst OF
Hubert Leonard. his suspended south
paw twirlcr. is said to be planning tc
sever his interests with the nationa
pastime. satisfied If he can get most OF
Joe Lannin, wealthy man who
fought his way from the bottom to the
top, purchased the Boston Red Sos
from the Taylors and the McAleer In.
.
winning ball games than the real inside
stuff that has been spread so broadly
ever since the Feds got into the run
ming. He thought 1t great sport tc
players when they won. He also howled
and yelled when they lost. He had
listened to many tales of woe from MS
players, and his Purse was ever at thelr
spIS He paid doctors doc ai''b bill Is with never a
whimper. But suddenly he made an un'
fortunate discovery He found that tine
players were simply milking him, tha'
they considered him good thing.
First of all, Lannin is business man
He Is considered one of the most sue
cessful hotel men in the country, he
has risen to- the top by straight ousi'
ness methods in conducting his hotels
But-and this is the strange part or 1t
he did not think those methods belonged
also to baseball. He treated his Red
Sox players like lot of boys out Tor q
good time, striving to win pennan'
for the pennant's sake.
Though Leonard's statements printed
In Boston have all been denied by those
PLAYERS he mentioned as able to verify
them, Lannin refuses longer 10 De the
goat for the team. He threatens to quit
baseball altogether, and 1t Is predlctec
in the Hub that In the not too dtstan,
future, Lannin will quietly slide out OF
the national sport, satisfied with his
brief experience.
Rumors from Cleveland have 1t thai
Charlie Somers, one of the origina
sports in the American League, may dis
pose OF his Cleveland CLUB during the
coming winter. Nothing along this line
will be done this season, but the bank
ers' committee handling Somers' finan
cial affairs. hint that the coming winter
may sec such an eventuality. IL Someri
quits the game, he will leave behint
him a record as moneyed sport al
ways willing to take a chance. Blu
for his faith in Ban Johnson back II
the first years of the American League
1t Is doubtful II the fight waged agains
the parent organization would hay'
own available money and obtained NOR
when that was gone to assist Ban John
son in his contest. The Cleveland maj
had two serious disappointments. II
1908 his team was nosed out or the pen
ant at the last minute, losing the cru
cial contest to the Browns. In 1913 tn
Maps seemed destined to win the nag
but they fell down sadly before the Ma
tionals, and all their wonderful per
formances of a season went TO waste
but they we're not good enough to Civ
Somers his lifes ambition, penant TO
the Forest City
Lee Fohl. here. today as acting-mana
ger of the Cleveland Indians. Is a mon
arch of the minors. but has neve
made a reputation in the big league
In this regard ahe Is like Pants" Row
land, the White Sox leader. But Fol
has worked wonders In the tall grasi
State leagues he won fiass SO often tha
the fans tired OF victories. He has de
veloped such sterling good men as Gu
Morton and Elmer Smith, now with tn