The Washington herald., 1915-05-21
By WILLIAM PEET.

Feds and organized baseball, watched
the game in Chicago last week from q
box in the grand stand. Walter Johnson
who pitched for the Nationals that day,
is one OF the players involved in the
! suit.
Judge Lands probably wanted to see
if johnson was worth fighting for.
Whether he was impressed with Walters
pitching he would not say-the chances
are that he wasn't. for johnson did moi
| look very good after the sixth inning
| In Chicago they say that Judge Lands
plays no favorites. He goes out to see
/ the Cubs perform when they are home
| visits Comiskey Park when the White
Sox are scheduled. and also hikes out
to North Chicago to see the Feds.
Grin is slowly but surely beginning
| to realize that his club is getting the
short end of every close decision from
| the umpires around the circuit and
| has been asking the question why,
when he knows himself just exactly
| why.
With American League umpires the
Washington club is not popular, be-
cause of the excessive kicking at all
close decisions.
Eliminate the kicking and the Griff-
men will get a squarer deal from all
! hands.
In Detroit last Sunday with Bill Dr.
neen behind the bat, and the game
mighty close. johnson, who was pitch
| ing. complained bitterly that Dineen
missed lot of strikes that hurt.
In Chicago Ollie Chill has given a
number of raw decisions against the
| Nationals. Tommy Connolly alone has
been fair.
There is nobody to blame for all this
| but the Washington players them
| selves. When they kick themselves
out of ball games and draw suspen-
sions they merely weaken their own
| team. and some method should be
adopted to stop this senseiess kicking.
| You fans seldom see Connie Mack S
| bunch in trouble with umpires. and 1t
is also true that the Athletics get the
best of all the umpiring breaks. Sim
ply because Mack has an iron-clad
| rule that any of his players who gets
in bad with an umpire lays himself
liable to a fine by the club.
|
| John Henry's popularity with the Griff-
| men was shown following his recent &C
cident when 1t will be remembered he
spiked himself while running out a fy
ball
The players always drop into Henry's
room each morning and chat with him
| for an hour SO and then call again
after dinner. informing the big catcher
of the events of the day.
Umpire Tommy Connolly is authority
! for the statement that no pitcher can
use the emery ball. while he is on the
job. and get away with it.
Il know an emery BALI when / see
one" declared Connolly to the writer.
| land if I had been umpiring that game
in Washington and Shore attempted to
employ an illegal delivery l would have
first warned him and then IL he per-
sisted l would have chased him to the
BENCH
THE same goes for balls which are
blackened or otherwise doctored-I place
them all in the emery bali class" the
little Jump added.
Tyrus Raymond Cobb has the right
idea. He says he is not raising his son
to be a ball player. He'd rather Ty
Junior would be a lawyer and get the
magnates' money without toiling for it
in the hot sun.
The Georgia Peach knows a thing
or Two.
If you think you can keep Joe Engel
down. just try it some time.
Joe is the leader of the Agony Quar-
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words were rendered the other night:
Its long TO the home bench.
Its long ways to go;
It's long way TO the home bench,
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And 1 wish was there
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names.