The Washington herald., 1916-02-07
BY
WILLIAM
PEET.

1 actually played with the Independents.
Bert Niehof improved lot in his play
ing last season. II he gets back into
his hitting stride, Bert will be able to
take care of that middle sack all right.
Although Tom seaton didn't know II,
he hit his old club hard blow by sign
ing Gedeon for the Federais Tom hasn't
any love for his old club, despite the
{fact that ii was Doom and Moran that
made Seaton real pitcher, and he is
doubtless chuckling at the thought that
he unconsciously put one over on the
Quakers.
In commenting today on the appoint
ment of Tad Jones as head coach of the
football eleven. and Mike Sweeney as ath-
iletic adviser. the Yale Daily News says
editorially:
In truth, ii really looks as though
Yale football has awakened from it's long
nap-a nap replete with dismal night
mares. 1t is almost too good 10 be true,
but 1t does seem as though it was at
length realized that the game of footba II
is no longer what 1t used to be; that con-
iditions have changed: that to meet the
new conditions a system, a perfect or
ganization. is essential.
| TT may be false alarm. but we do not
think so. The cup has been drained to
the bottom. dregs and all. We may look
now. unless we are much mistaken, for
an upward climb that will not end until
Yale has Joined the others at the top"
| The Atlanta club, of the Southern
League, has signed a ball player by
the name of Jose Maria Gutierrez. He
is said to be a promising catcher, but N
he ever gets high as the major
leagues we'll bet by that time his
name will have been shortened to some
thing like Joe Gutz.
| The fans of St Louis are flooding
newspaper offices with letters insisting
/ that the 10-cent bleacher be retained at
the American League Park. Ban John
son says this is impossible and that the
old prices will still be In force, but the
| fans are going over his head and have
petitioned Phil Ball, the new president,
to give them a square deal"
This unusual request for the 10-cent
bleacher is due to the consolidation of
the Browns and Feds. The fans claim
that almost the entire Federal League
team will play regularly for the Browns
and that they cannot see why they
should pay 25 to so cents for bleacher
seats to see them this season when it
cost them but 10 cents to watch Plank,
Davenport, Jones. etc. last year.
| In DuylnS from the BROOKLYN Federals
the contract of Pitcher Erickson-a deal
that was completed by President Navin
| on Monday-the Detroit club. In a way.
departs from its previous policy Of keep
| ing away from players from the inde-
| pendent circuit, writes Joe Jackson In
| the Detroit News. His case. however,
| differs from that OF most others to an
extent that, 1t is supposed the club be-
!ieves. exempts it from its usual restric-
| tions. He left the Rochester club. of the
| 1nterna tional League. to follow John
| Camel to Brooklyn. He was not used
| by the Feds.
| The general objection to welcoming
jumpers back is that their presence may
! cause disaffection among players who
were faithful and who will resent the
presence of highly salarted ball players
whose said high salaries are entirely due
to the fact that they did not stick. Erick-
son, however, was not one of those stars
He quit a minor league Job and probably
signed for an ordinary salary. as major
salaries 60 His presence will cause nc
disa ffection.