Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17

! '''t bdI ndIu bul u usually ialliiS IN II
fielders hands Yesterday the bases
were loaded in the third and fourth. and
nothing happened. In the seventh and
eighth two wor" on, but the big wallOp
was missing and the runners we're
stranded. Eleven Indians pcrishcd ON the
pathways during the afternoon.
Peters WAS injured in the fourth and
Williams took his place Alva will play
there today. with Joe Wood on frst.
Walker Unhappy
very peculiar thing happened in the
ninth inning yesterday when Walker
returned to ~" dugout after making his
last muff Tilly was sore mt himself
and the entire world. and showed it in
every action TO make it a good job he
stopped at the water cooler. drank Il
glass Of water and hurled the glass on
the concrete steps. whore it broke with
"A loud crash.
'onni" Mark must have been an
! nOycd at thi- uuthurst Of temper. hut
he Kept his scat and said nothing The
! gauut general * not strong for that
sort Of thing, and once refused 70 sign
a promising player because he couldn't
control himself.
\ couple Of years ago a !oungster
] rnmod Nutt"r was playing with New
( Haven Danny AIurphy Euostod him to
/ the skies. hut no ono seemed to want
him. At that time Connie WAS in need
/ Of a good outf"lder, and ono day |
| asked him why he overlooked Murphy's
ph"nOm.
WHY Connie Refused
II ncard u lot about that fellow
/ said Connie and on" day | Went un
10 New Haven to look him over NTtter
was in a batting slump that day and
couldn't -, anything. Finally he struck
out and was SO sor" that he hurled
his bat against the grand stand. I was
watching thr hathoy pick up the bat,
when heard crash and the sound OF
hro':7n glass in the dugout When I
I saw CHAT NATTER nad dashed tho drinking
glass 10 tl, floor. | quietly loft the park
. and fprc"t all about him. don't want
+ any on. iii, that on my ball Cluh.'
That was two years ago. when the
: club was ira ming down in Jacksonville.
+ Corni.. declared himself that day. and
It's a cinch that Walker is in for mild
call down from his boss for yesterday $
/ stunt But TiNH came through with the
winning wall0p. which elbows that h" Is
n very dangerous person when he gets
sore at himself.
President Baker Trumphs
The signing Of Fred Williams. the cub
| ortnclder, who was traded to tn" Phils
for Dodc Faskert. is personal victory
| for William F. Baker. The president
! Of the Phils went to Chicago to see the
! lanky holdOut. and said he would do
/ everything he could to bring him back
| into the game.
We need Williams now that Waited
has enlisted" he said. and If there is
any possible way TO hiring him back !
/ shall do il. I shall meet any reasonable
demand he ma. make. and there will be
no argument over the salary quest ion.
Cy will be n valuable man for our ball
club and 7 am going to get HIM" Baker
made good.
Williams No Hold.Out
williams. however was not a hold
out because Of salary He vas perfectly
satisfied with his contract but said he
was through with baseball and wanted
to stay on his farm at Three Rivers
wis. The inside dope, however, is that
williams was peeved over the trade be-
cause he said he had told the Cubs that
he was through with baseball at the end
Of last season. He wanted to quit and
was not consulted when ne was shunted
to Philadelphia
Cy wrote n nice letter to Pat Moran
last spring, explaining everything. and
said he would like to play with the
Phils If he came back into the game
He stated that his trouble was with the
management of the Chicago club. as he
believed he was not created fairly in
theI matter.
The lanky outpost will. he a welcome
addition to the club and will fill the gap
left by Whitted.