New-York tribune., 1919-01-29

\ sea safe for democracy while they V
1 less Hun, is scot free from all his p
4 simply pining away to take crack
Nv the professional baseball fraterl
shawkey, who came into his own
with vengeance under Wild Bill
Donovan s titanic, though vain, squirt Of
,a1s-when Wild Bills we'll laid plans
were knocked into a cooked hat by
the most provoking series of accidents
i that ever bcfell major league mana
rer--has just been discharged from
.bs United States navy. He fastened
orer from Philadelphia, his home town,
Yesterday to pledge fealty to Colonel
Til Huston and help put the overdue
d Yankee train back on the track.
Tired of Bounding Main
I "rye had enough of the roaring,
bounding main," admitted Bob. "Me
for the simple and quiet life from
] row on Take me back into the big
show, upper berth and all. Baseball
4 is a life of Incidence and ease. You'll
never hear me crab again. Talk of an
i upper berth! Say, that's paradise com
pared to a gale-swept hammock in the
North Sea, where you have to break
YOUR way through frozen mist with the
expectation every minute of an un-
friendly sub landing on your solar
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ever get another chance to pitch, why
I'll pitch with about twice the heart
ever pitched before
Shawkey has taken on some weight
in the service, but it is not the dead
weight of Incidence. He saw enough,
in his experience in the navy, to satisfy
I the adventure of his soul and is con-
tented to stick to old New York as
1 long as possible in the future.
"The Grand Fleet" he said. "was a
thing of beauty and JOY forever for
any one who could grasp the least
{ significance of naval efficiency and
4 strstegy, not to mention power. SOME
4 FLEET is right
Shawkey was one Of the favored few
4 Of the belligerents lucky enough to
q be in q reserved seat at the surrender
4 of the German High Seas Fleet. He
thinks, after viewing this spectacle,
! that worlds series assignment should
be 3 mere form of formality.
i Ever since the Yankees secured
4 Shawkey from Connie Mack for the
season of 1916, Bob has been the big
i pitching ace of the local Americans.
In his first year here he ranked right
up with Walter Johnson as one Of the
main crack jacks of the American
League, and until most all his cast
suffered broken bones, promised to
lead the lost tribe to a pennant at
I last.
Bad Team Behind Him
His record of 1917 did not appear
quite so impressive, though from the
standpoint Of earned runs he was there
like a. duck He had very bad team
behind him. Last season Shewkey was
8 in the navy, though he had occasional
opportunity before he went to sea to
sneak off to pitch for his clubmates in
/ happened 20 be in Philadelphia on
Saturdays
The return OF Shawkcy should assure
Miller higgins one OF the most eff
clent hurllng departments of the Ma
uonal Frolic. He rounds out an ideal
4 department Of right-handed slabmen
that boasts besides himself such ap-
proved worth as Ernie Shore, Pete
q schneldcr and Jack Quinn. not to men
Ton Ray Fisher. Allen Russell, Bob
AcGraw and others. Dutch" Leonard
and Herb Thormahlcn. it is felt, can
be counted upon 10 look after the
seuthpaw par Of the flinging.
! Arthur Irwin. manager of the Roches-
Yer cub of the international League,
sees in the present somewhat indif-
isfent relations between major and
good
The game outgrew old conditions" I"
y sad the dean OF the scouts yesterday
afternoon during tanning bee.
~ would be very unfortunate if a
split should occur because of any mis-
ahderstanding,' he continued. "but
40 not susDect any such thing will
happen. Each branch of the family
sssepends upon the other. and it is to
we best interests Of both to co0pe rate
ss closely as possible.
IT is true that big minor leagues
ishhot stand that obsession Of draft
y! majors that has obtained of late
ears. II ls equally true that major
,nsgue clubs cannot afford to be held
ssp and forced 20 pay unnatural price,
~ =, minor league material.
~ am sure" concluded Irwin. chat
ss.sesua!ly each major league club win
.,1 ,.a fast minor league franchise. 1t
saa saea can utilize this adjunct IS farm
wi surplus players. For. after all, the
msaseessful major league club is the one
sssl develops it's own players. With
w exception Of such cities as New
\ ..is' chicago and possibly Boston. no
s,. s'oF league clubs can afford to 20
sSS' ana ouy players ready made"