The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-01
They Don't Belong in First
Division the Cry, but
They Are Up There.
OTHER SPORTING GOSSIP
Ayers Slated to Twill Today and Will
Likely Be Opposed by Ray
Fisher.

that's ALL"
The foregoing questions were put to the
majority Of managers and baseball
writer's in the American league by the
writer. The answer needs speak for
itself
last April, nobody could figure Bill Dom
ovan's New York Yankees as better than
"a rank second division club. yet the
Yanks go away from the barrier with
a flying start, set the pace for a month
and then drop down to forth, ex-
changing positions with Washington on
several occasions.
/ Yesterdays defeat in New York tum-
bled the Nationals back once more into
the second division. and this is the team
which We must pass in order to climb to
the top.
| They all tell us that the Yanks don't
belong in the first division but this team
| la up there isn't It? 9.
VIII some kind fan slip US the answer?
There Is however this much consola-
! ton, Four more games remain to be
played between the Griffmen and the New
Yorks during the present series and
sometimes bad beginning means a good
ending.
outfielder, who Is a Washington boy, anu
| whom 1t will be remembered was given
| a trial by, Manager Grifith three weeks
ago. was later picked up by Connie Mack
| and signed a contract. Cahill has been
sent to the Peoria club. OF the Three Eye
League. for further seasoning.
1t is just barely possible that Grim
made a mistake when he refused to get
Cahilfs name on a Washington contract.
There are those who claim that Clar-
ence Walker, Tommy Long and Joe Con-
! molly. all of whom once drew wages with
! the local club. and now in fast company.
should never have been allowed to slip
! away Billy Lee. now in the Southern
League and the property Of the st.
Louis Browns. was also with the Griff-
men for trial, but he. too. was allowed
to depart. and reports have it that Lee
will be in the big show next season.
Griffith when asked about Cahill had
little to say. The Old Fox was Of the
opinion that Cahill needed a whole lot of
sea soning. and frankly admitted that he
had no place to put him.
Connie Mack later signed the youngster
and has sent him to Peoria.
1t remains to be seen whether or not
the Old Fox pulled bone"
For the second game Of the series
between the Nationals and Yankees in
New York today Doc Ayres is slated to
pitch for Washington. Ray Fisher, the
Vermont schoolmaster, will more than
likely oppose.
These are unusually interesting DAYS
in the Philadelphia Athletics camp,
with rumors in the air of sales. trades,
and waivers being asked. No ono
knows what Mack has In mind him.
SELF. According to rumor, he is open
for barter for any ball player on the
club excepting McInnes. but Mack
isn't in the habit Of tipping OF what
he intends to do. He is willing to tell
about 1t after he completes the deal.
but some one always leaks before
Mack is ready to tell. 1t was that
way wifi the Bender-Plank- Coombs
waiver asking. and has been that way
ever since on the other players for
whom he has asked waivers.
1t Is understood that waivers were
asked on Jack Barry and Eddie MUIR
ply at the same time as on Bob"
Shawkey. but this may or may not be
correct. The report has been freely
circulated for weeks that Shawkey
would not remain with the club. and
Murphy's Indifferent play has lost him
what few friends he had. As lead
of man he looked good with a good
hitting club behind him. but this. year
he hasn't made much of an effort to
play ball, and he never was a real
classy fielder. 1t wouldn't be q sur
prise II he left the club at any time,
for the feeling Is that Mack 10 playing
him now in order to make q sale Of
q regular.
But why Mack wishes to dispose Of
Jack Barry is beyond all reasoning
on the part Of writer's and fans in the
Quaker City. Barry may not be as
good shortstop today as he was
several years ago. but he is still the
class Of the American League. With
all due respect to Eddie Collins. Jack
Barry was the keystone Of the So
quicker thinker ir baseball today than
Barry. 1t Is only natural that he
should slow up somewhat in his field
ing with recruits on either side Of
him. but with all this Barry played a
sensational game until he was injured
sliding into second base in one Of the
games with the White Sox.
The folks who are mourning the
passing Of ICY" Falkenburg because
his emery ball 10 under the ban are
entitled to another guess. according
says that he will have another great
year. because he Is going to keep
right on using the roughened sphere.
regardless of President Gilmore's
edict: Moreover. he dehes the Fed
eral League umpires to catch his us
ing the trick ball.
Says Falkenburg:
"A rule prohibiting the emery ball
Is useless for the reason that no UNI
pire or anybody else can tell when q
pitcher IL using It. It gets results,
and II a twirler can throw the shoot
without being caught he win do 30.
and he can. ! know. I am going to
keep right on using It."
Russell Ford II another emery ball
artist who fears no edict against the
fancy twister. Says he:
"a sheet Of emery paper. . sharp
instrument or any other superfluous
article on the diamond 10 not nsces-
sary to operate the emery ball II
threw IL in the American League and
used my finger nail. The act II 20
unimportant In the feat that 1t 10
imperceptible to o6iciala which makes
. rule preventing its use unsnforcs. |
able"
Those hustling Cubs are going to b |
pretty hard to overtalke unless. some
team begins to cut down their lead
very sosn. Their boxnsn are At
their best In ~ pinehasr saA their |
players gsnsrsaly ere Atfia6 Mks