The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-05
National Commission Be-
lieves McGraw Wrought
Up Over Defeat From
the Dodgers
HEMPSTEAD ISSUES
WARM STATEMENT
Members of Both Teams Testify Be-
fore COmmission-Her and
Johnson Criticize Little Napo-
leOn"-National League Should
Handle the Matter

New York. October 4.-The national
commission will take no action on the
statement made by Manager John Nc
Graw of the New York Giants that his
team played IistIess ball yesterday
when Brooklyn. defeated the iGants
and captured the National league
championship. President John *. Tener
OF the National league said today that
the commission would not take any
coGnizance of AIcGraw's remarks.
"McGraw was Undoubtedly wrought up
over the fact that his team could not
Keep on winning" said President
Tener. THE Giants were suffering from
the reaction of their long winning
streak. don't doubt that McGraw said
harsh things, but every friend of base
ball Will realize the fiery temper of the
man who said them"
McGraw could not be found today to
explain his remarks shortly after he
left the Giants bench in anger dur
ing the fifth inning.
Art Fletcher, the shortstop, and
Poll" Perritt, the pitcher, asserted
that the Giants played the best they
knew how.
|, Capt. Jack Daubert of the Brooklyns
says that Fletcher told him before the
game that while he might like to see
him win, the Giants were out to win
the game if possible. Manager Robin
son of the Brooklyns, an old friend of
McGraw, said he could not understand
what could have prompted McGraw's
remarks, unless he was angry over the
fact that the Brooklyns were "show-
ing up" the Giants.
WILL TAKE IT EASY
The Brooklyns will take it easy in
their last two games. The club officials
are being swamped with applications
for seats and hundreds will doubtless
be disappointed in their failure to OBJ
tain tickets. Work on temporary stands
and boxes is already under way.
In commenting on McGraw's re-
marks President Ban Johnson of the
American league characterized them as
Outrageous" and said that if this had
arisen in the American league he would
have realt with it in anything but a
llenient manner. When asked if the ma
tional commission would take up the
matter Johnson said that it was up to
the National league to handle it.
"If they are not big enough to ham
die it they should go out of business
he said.
Garry Hermann, a member of the
commission, was reticent regarding the
affair. This is the first I had heard of
the incident" he said 81 thought it
was a joke. Nof, believe it was fool
act"
President H. N. Hampstead of the
New York National league club, after
commenting on the record of the 26
consecutive victories recently estab-
Ilished by his team. said in statement
issued today
HEMPSTEAD'S STATEMENT
"After any tremendous effort put
forth in any line of endeavor there is
for a certainty 1et-down among men.
| 1t followed our first winning streak
of II straight games and the same
thing undoubtedly occurred after our
last.
due to the unusual standing of the
clubs at the beginning of the Brook
llyn SERIES" Hampstead continued, 1.-THE
crux of the whole years play seemed
to center upon the Giants winning or