The Washington herald., 1919-12-12
Commy Getting Old.

Commy Getting Old
To those who saw the old gentle
man after the meeting this Vas no
surprise Those who are personally
acquainted with COmiskey can truth
fully say he has aged ten years since
last fall. The worry has done its
work and from his appearance a few
more sessions like the one he went
through yesterday and hrs days are
numbered.
Navin had not learned of Comiskey' =
decision 10 leave for home and was
at the Hotel Biltmore to keep hIs en-
ga=ement.
II is too bad that these two could
not have had an opportunity to have
a quiet chat for IL Is certain that a
different tale would have been told.
Courts viii Settle.
Now that the two factions aIe fur
ther apart than ever il looks like the
only thing that will happen Is in the
courts. Rupert told johnson in a
very plain manner that he would not
permit him nor anyone else to throw
the Yankees. Red or White Sox out
Of the league. nor would he stand for
she league
We know our rights and we know
exactly what you have DONE" he told
BAN we have the law on our side.
and when We get through with you
YOU may wish you had listened to
our side a little more. You will have
a lot Of explaining to do to some
court and you cannot jump up and
leave like you did at the meeting
yesterday.
70 this johnson and his associates
tnIy smiled. Let him go as far as
he likes" replied one of the Honest
Five" as johnson named the men on
MS side. We have nothing to fear.
They have not thing OH the pI esi-
denI. He can account tor every penny
spent and ! want to assure Ruppert
and his insurgent friends that when
I-hnson delivers his books and state
menIs. which he will do when the
ctI..t asks for them. 1t will be shown
Tat he has not taken a penny out OF
the treasury to pay for any Iega
talent
The League Pays.
Tne league pays for a high class
man and as johnson Is the president
and in control of the books. etc, he
Is the one man who had the right
to ask the leagues attorney 20 a,II.Id
the meeting. The other side could
have used him also had they desired.
. As the case now stands there viii
BE nothing doing until after the holi-
days when Johnson says he will issue
or rather the new board of directors
will call a meeting to be held in Chi
cago. Col. Huston was asked IL thu
New York club would be at that meet
ing Yes, and so will Boston and New
York: you know We will have then
licked by that time. We have moth
ing to fear from the other side. Moth.
ing more can or will be done thar
was done in New York and We will
know more about what we are going
to do after our attorney has had time
to formulate plans for the next
fight"
GrImth Busy.
After the meeting broke up yester.
day the busiest man among all tbs
rest was the Nationals manager
When asked II there was any truth
about him being after Bob Roth OF the
Boston Red Sox or Duffy Lewis oi
the Ganks, ne did not deny the fact
Il could use both OF them very nice
ly in my outfield and have plenty OF
talent I would be willing to give fol
either besides a big lump of COIN"
As he had an engagement again this
evening with Manager Huggins for q
private talk and another with Man.
ager Barrows, II looks like there was
"a hen on the nest.
Griffith was very busy all morning
with President Hermann regarding
exhibition dates but nothing was ac-
complished A wire was sent to Busi-
ness Manager Bancroft asking him
just what he meant in his wire to
Manager Griffith about holding the
entire first week of April open. UT
to q late hour no word had been re-
ceived
President DreyfusS also had a long
talk with Griff regarding games but
this morning George Gibson. the Pi-
rates new leader. decided that he
would take the team to Hot Springs
ARK. To train. SO any possibility OF
Nationals this coming spring went
fiewey after that announcement
Quakers After Games.
william Schetsline. of the Philadel-
phia Club, waited over from last night
to see what "Griff' could do regard
ing the offer he made to have the
Nationals and Quakers play eighteen
games together during the training
season. but Griffith would promise
nothing until Bancroft was heard
from. So no arrangements have been