Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-11
HERMANN DENIES
BALTIMORE STORY
Asserts He Did Not Intimate
Washington Franchise Might
Be Transferred There.
AMERICAN LEAGUE AFFAIRS
ARE NO CONCERN OF HIS
Owner of Cincinnati Reds and
| Chairman of National Commission
Declares Tale Is Absurd.
BY J.. ED GRILLo.

August Hermann, the chairman OF
| the national commission. who was
| quoted by a Baltimore pa per as being
| in favor of transferring the Washing
. ton American League franchise to Bal
! timore. denies having made any such
statement Mr.. Hermann in a long
distance telephone conversation abso-
lutely denied he made any remarks
! concerning the question of American
League changes.
Il have not seen anybody in Balti-
more to talk base ball to and never
have mentioned any such thing as
transferring the Washington franchise
because the American League affairs
are not mine 1t keeps me busy at
tending to my own affairs with the
Cincinnati club and with the commits
sion, and ! am not in the habit of but
ting into other peoples business. The
story is absurd"
Look out for the White Sox," was
late yesterday afternoon when he saw
that the Rowland team had shut out
the Red SoX twice during the after
noon.
/ nave Deen OF the OPINION IoF some
time that the Chicag team is the most
dangerous contender in the American
League race. Rowland has wonder
full hitting team. and now that his
pitchers are going at their best there
is no way of getting away from the
fact that the White Sox have a splen-
did chance to land the flag.
Boston. in my judgment, is out of
the running. The Red Sox are too busy
figuring how to use the bean BALI to
win any pennants. They are lamenta-
bly, weak against left-handed pitchers,
as was proved yesterday, when Will
liams and Russell. both southpaws,
shut them out for eighteen innings"
The Red Sox now are but half a
game in front of the Griffmen, and if
the locals take both ends of the double
header today they are pretty certain to
once more step into the first division.
But it will require two of their best
games for the Griffmen to beat the Ii
gers, who, according to Manager Jen-
nings, now are in their best stride and
are apt to move into the first division
within the next few days.
A pitcher named Jack" Sullivan,
who is said to have done good work
for Woodbury. Forest School. has been
signed by the Nationals. Manager
Griffith got tip on Sullivan some time
ago and after sending Scout Jack
ny al out 10 see MIN Work 0scl0ed TO
give him a trial here. Sullivan may
report within the next few days.
The signing of Rube Oldring by the
New York Yankees comes as surprise,
since Oldrng absolutely insisted when
hrst approa ched that he was through
with the game. Just whether he will
be OF any value to the Yankees remains
to be seen. Fielder Jones when here
with the Browns said Oldring had ad-
him hot HI 70 II
ing and that he could not judge fly balls
or see pitched balls. If that is Oldring' s
condition at this time he is certainly
not going to fill Frank Gilhooleys
shoes.
Elmer Smith, acting as a pinch hitter
for the Indians in the eighth inning of
the game with the Yankees YESTERDAY
dropped little fly into the right field
seats for home run, which won the
game for the Indians. The Yankees
have been winning a lot of games by
reason of this short field. and it must
have hurt to have visiting team turn
the trick on them.
Those Braves seem to be on a fair
way Of having most successful west
ern trip. They took another fall out of
the Cubs yesterday and now are ONLY
four points behind the PhiIlies' in sec,
ond place. IT would not be at all sur
prising If the Stallings team proved
the old league winner this year Brook
Ign Is not safely intrenched, though it
has a four-and "a half-game lead over
the Braves. as team which is so well
fortified with pitchers as are the
Braves is capable of overcoming such
a lead in short time.
Guy Morton. the Indians star pitcher.
seems to have broken down under the
strain he was asked to shoulder, and it
is limited that he will not be of further
use to the Cleveland team this season,
If ever again.
Overwork, it is said, has ruined Nor
tons arm, and there are those who
doubt very much whether he ever Will
be able to pitch again.
Stanley Coveleskie is not only pitch
ing full games out of turn, but Is fin-
ishing some of those that the other
pitchers start, and it would not be at
all surprising If Coveleskie suffered
Morton's experience and put himself out
of the running.
In order to keep up in the race, the
Indians are sacrificing their pitching
stan, and the result probably will be
that the team will finish down in the
second division.
The latest is that George StovalI is to
be purchased and placed in charge Of
the Cincinnati team. But there have
been SO many stories circulated relative
to the management Of the Reds that it
is well to take all these stories with a
grain of salt.
For some unaccountable reason Eddie
Collins is not hitting the ball better
than some minor Lacquer who never has
seen major league pitching. Just what
has brought about this remarkable
change in Collins is hard to explain.
During his many years of service with
the Mackmen Collins was one of the
leading hitters in the American League.
Ever since he has been with Chica go
he has hit only occasionally, and yes
terday, for instance, when the White
Sox pummeled two of the Bostons'
pitchers, Collins was one of those who
did not get a hit in either game, 1t
does not seem reasonable to suppose
that Collins hitting days are over. and
yet there is no good explanation for his
slumping SO badly.
There are some folks who insist that
the burden of being field captain has
ruined Collins batting eye, and thtat
appears to be as good reason for his
lack of base hits as any that has been
offered.
The Athletics attained their fftieth
defeat last Saturday. when Detroit
beat them for the third consecutive
time Quaker fans are wondering when
Of results from his building up policy.
Mack wrecked his team a year ago last
winter, but he promised to have one
lighting for the American League
championship in 1917. He has been ex-
perimenting ever since, but the team
just now seems to be weaker than
ever. Myers. who gave promise of be.
ing a real pitcher has not won n game
in a month. and Bush and Nabo,s. who
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