Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24
TEALLNG' DUGAN POTTEIGER THREATENS TO
DAllIE RUN1OR HITTING AT 900 AS
J. JOE DUGAN LEA YES LEBANONFLAT
AND RETURNS TO c. MACK,S FOLD
. BY ROBERT w. MAXWELL
Sports Editor Evening Public Ledger

yXyHERE there's smoke you always find fire, and
w when persistent reports about big league ball players
Jumping to the Steel League come in day after day it's
cinch something Is going to happen Early this week
lot of fuss made about Gene Pauette Topping to
Oil City and Dugan Witt and Rommel taking it the
Lebanon Pa After denals from every
concerned It believed that the all
bunk and started for advertising purposes only.
M But Joe Dugan took it upon himself to travel and
the world and to Lebanon the guest of the city
TO make up his mind whether he should accept the City
Hall the steel plant gift Joe departed Thursday
and the only person to attempt to take high dive
He's back in town today so the official figures are:
Reported to have jumped Jumped PC.
II was through piece of clever detective work that
Dugan located in Lebanon yesterday. telegraph
operator who works the other end of the wire with
Alatty Mathews the demon dot and dasher reading
the morning paper and noted with much surprise that
Dugan had gone to Lebanon.
''This is very interesting" said the operator to him
self. ''I shall find out if it is true
Looking out of the window, he a stranger walk
ing the other sde of the street.
M 'who is that guy?" he asked exctedly of the Office
'why, that's Joe Dugan," was the reply. Hes
swell ball player
That solved everything. Soon the wire to Phladc
phia was sputtering and Maty received an earful.
'Send reports everything that happens" ordered
Maty, tersey. 1--WE must knCv the inside of this stuff.
CoON the reports began to hum from Lebanon
~ aud there tcds plenty of excitement. Funny
hoo reports can Gauge excitement. Here they arc:
" REPORT NO.
Joe Dugdn has pdrtdken of a hearty breakfast
y OF fried FISH, He shooed good form at the plate
he Is about to inspect the steel pt;nt and City
Hall. committee of hfnders ,ciH meet him
soon."
REPORT NO.
"Du9dn and lot of ,cel- dressed capitalists
Just passed i" an automobile. They arc going TO
Mount Gretnd, just to see tohat is to be seen.
Everybody tcdS laughing, IL must be a joy ride
REPORT NO. s
"Dugdn is back again. He met Brick Nc
Innis and rent in:o the Palace of Stoeets, tchich
observes the midnight closing ldc, and ordered
stein OF camilla ice soda. hurried over and
sat merit TO them, listening TO the conversations
They did not talk like ball players, because not once
did they mention the game. ! asked Brick if Joe
had signed and Brick said he did, not like to ask
personal questions"
REPORT NO. !
N ~ tcent back to work aud then decided TO ask
Du0dn myself. He didn't knop and perhaps he
Sy pouh think todS reporter I rdted until an
ff other stein finished and the pretses been
W passed around aud nailed Joe as he left the place
But / couldn't ask him such personal question
about business matters. He / icus fusercd
so laughed and said:
% Joe, hoo do you like our topnE
Il sap everything there ,oas to be seen in fire
minutes, said Joe, and like it rery much
Good morning."
REPORT NO. )
II can positively state that Joe Duonn is in
Lebanon, but can't tel mhether he has sigucd or
NOT Ihey say he mW play tomorrow. VIII let
sa you knoW If anything happens"
REPORT NO.
IT'S all off nih Dugan He practced cith
me team this afternoon and started rih them for