Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15

PEEVES MACK
Connie Says He Will Keep
His Star Pitcher Out
of Boston
CLEVELAND TAKES CAME

Cleveland. June 15.-whenever Cleve-
land needed a hit yesterday 1t got
two-sacker. Whenever the Athletics
needed hit it seemed as II one of
them hit into a double play with dis
coura ging results. In consequence
Cleveland captured the first leg of the
four-game series by score of to 2.
Bob Geary really pitched an excellent
game. showing nice control and hold
ing the Indians to nine hits, but he
simply could not keep the Redskins
from making doubles and that is why
he lost.
On the other hand the Athletics made
thirteen hits off Bob Groom and
Johnny Enzmann. but had the misfor-
tune to have ten left on bases because
Of the aforementioned double plays and
other untoward acts by the Indians,
who displayed pernicious activity In nip
ping careless Athletics when the latter
| happened to stray off one of the sacks.
Two Fielders Crippled
| II might be considered however. that
the Athletics did as well as might be
expected with an infelder. Davidson,
in right field. and Rube Oldring.
cripple, In left. Rube has two bun
| ankles and a bruised wrist. while David
son acted as If it were the first game
| he ever played in the outfield While
| Rube made two hits. his lack of sreed
caused him to hit into two double plays.
Davidson misjudged one fly that went
| for two sacks
Connie Mack tefies the National Com
mission and declares he will pitch Scott
| Perry, his star pitcher. against the In
diars Sunday. providing that Perry,
who left the Athletics few days ago to
| go home because Of his fathers illness,
returns in time to work.
II necessary. Manager Mack may re-
| sort tC the courts and ask that the
National Commission be enjoined from
stopping him from pitching Perry.
II am not saying what means 7 will
| take said Mack last evening, but I
am going to hold Perry. l will not give
him up"
There vas no justice whatever in
the verdict of the National Commissio
in awarding Perry to the Boston Braves.
Chairman Garry Hermann had in
formed the Atlanta Club that II could go
ahead and dispose of Perry. Now he
says he belongs to Boston.
Mack Still Sore
!
claim at all. Generally when one club
discovers that player to whom it has
a right has Joined another club it makes
It's claim for said player to the Ma
tional Commission at once. But the
Braves did nothing of the kind. It did
not want Perry. II did not want him
when we picked him up. He was with us
on the training trip and the Boston
players saw, him pitch game at Jack
sonville, 30 1t scarcely can be said that
Mr.. Stallings was in ignorance that we
had him. But twelve days after the
season opened and Perry had pitched
three good games. Boston discovers that
Perry is with US and that 1t wants him
Is there any justice in such claim?
IF Boston had any right to Perry
would give him up in minute. but II
has not, and intend to keep him"
umpires Evans and Nallin discoursed
at lergth after the game with the latest
bulletin they had received from Presi'
dent Ban johnson as the topic of their
discussion.
The Shine Ball Up
Evans announced that he had beer
enormously quoted as saying that tht
"shine bali had been put out OF business
J by Johnson
The true facts of the bulletin are tha
johnson ordered his umpires to prohibi
: the discolosation of the ball.
But" says Evans, that does no
give us the right to stop pitcher usini
a shine or o sailor ball, II he does no
!. discolor the ball. Some pitchers use tai
cum to shine the ball with. That i
! not discoloration. Some use paraffin
tallow or wax That does not discolo
It Immediately. but such greasy sub
stances color the dirt as the pitcher
intend It should, and then, Of course, tn
ball is discolored."