New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-21
BAN JOHNSON
CALLS LL-STAR
TEAM A JOKE
Says American League
Will Put Foot Down on
Transforming Trips.
BY JEROME BEATTY.

Ban Johnson has announced that
never again will tho American League
give permission for q transforming
trip.
Johnson's ire WAS aroused yesterday
when he saw the lineup Of the AL
Star American League" team which left
Chicago 10 play series Of games with
the "All Star National League" team
on trip through the West 20 the Pa
cidc Coast.
Johnson calls tho American League
nine a Joke team" and says these fall
exhibition games injure baseball
we will stop this masquerading,'
he said in Chicago yesterday. There
is too much baseball now In the regular
season. l am strongly opposed 20 II.
The only way 20 increase the public's
interest In baseball Is 70 reduce the
quantity and improve the quality, in
stead Of increasing the quantity and
reducing the quality.
Nothing like representative team
has been picked from either Of the
major leagues. The one gathered to
represent the American League Is =
joke"
Jack Coombs. Jake Daubert. JEFF
Pfeffer. Lewis Mccarthy and Otto Mill
er. Of the Brooklyn club; Johnny Eyers,
of the Braves, and Grover Alexander.
Of the Philies, are among the players
billed to represent the National League.
Among the American League men are
Schang and Strunk, of the Athletics;
Hoblitzell. OF the Red Sox; Roth, Of
Cleveland. and Dixie Walker, Of St.
Louis.
Club owners gave tho players permits
sion 10 make the trip, which never has
been officially countenanced by the Ma
tional Commission.
Mr.. johnson would have q hard time
convincing New York fans that there
has been too much baseball here. There
has been too little baseball.
The Yankees have announced that
Bert Shocker's contract has arrived.
That news probably won't astonish un-
til YOU are told that Shocker is all that
mis- name indicates. lie was drafted
from the Ottawa club, OF the Canadian
League, in which he won 10 games and
lost 10 In the season just ended.
American League officials point with
pride to the fact that Shocker struck
out nineteen men in game against the
"All-Leaguers" In Milford. Penn, on
September %. but neglect 20 state VINO
the "All-Leaguers" were and why, OF all
places. they were in Milford, Penn.
Shocker struck out 1876 Canadian
Leaguers In 303 innings and batted
on. He played several games in the
outheld He Is nearly 8 feet tall, weighs
1870 pounds and is "a years old.
In New Jersey, where the suffrsgists
did not give SIS for every home run
they lost at the polls. In New YORK,
where they did give IS, they etaoinetaoi
shrdlushrdlu. Which shows you never
can tell.
Ping Bodie has stolen nearly forty
bases IN the Pacific Coast League 10
date and the season has not yet ended.
There must be something in that ell
mate, after all.
Itpromises 70 be fine winter for the
dreamers of baseball dope. Out in en-
cinnati somebody took a long pull at
the old pipe and sent out tale that
Charles i. Taft, principal owner OF the
Chicago Cubs, had sold his interest 70
persons unknown. Mr.. TAFT denies the
sale. but. like Barkus, is willn.
John J. McGraw was named as the
broker. By the time the story reached
broadway and was passed up and down
NcGraw had bought the club himself
and had turned in his resignation 10
the Giants.