The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-01
PRATT IS THROUGH
AS Big Lacquer
Crack Yankee Second Baseman
Signs to Coach Athletes
at Michigan.
NO INTERLEAGUE SERIES
Charles A. Stoneham Says He
Is Opposed to Giants
Meeting Yanks.
NO INTERLEAGUE SERIES
BY WILLIAM b. HANNA.


BY WILLIAM b. HANNA.
Miller Higgins. manager Of the Yam
KEGS, who gave New York and the rest
of the circuit lots of vigorous and ar
tistic baseball even If they didn't win
the pennant, returned to the city yes
terday from Philadelphia. The season is
over for Hug unless there's city series
with the Giants Most of the players
are on short transforming tour. If
the Giants are to be played they will
De back Monday; IL not they will play
few days longer and then disband.
If that series were played Ruth would
be In IT, lie has other arrangements
for post-season work. but when made
It was provided that they should not
interfere with his taking part in
worlds or city series. Ruth, by the
way. is filling some date of his owl;
the rest of the week and is due to play
around here Sunday.
Charles z. Stoneham, chief owner of
the Giants. got back to town yesterday
from Cuba. Asked about the proposed
city series between the Giants and YAM
kess. he said he didn't think it would
be advisable Which point of view
doesn't make the outlook for the series
any more cheerful than yesterdays
weather, and IL McGraw is of the same
mind, why that's an end to it.
Derrill Pratt, whose playing was of
Immense value to the Yankees this year.
is through as a big Lacquer. The crack
second baseman and 800 hitter, the
cleanup man in the batting order and
best man on the club next to Ruth at
driving in runs. has signed to coach
athletics at the University of Michigan
and in a few days will move his family
and household goods to Ann Arbor lie
has had this offer under advisement for
several months, and day or two ago
decided definitely to accept it and signed
his contract. The Yanks will have a
hard time filling his place. He never
played better ball than this year.
But guy can't be crooked part of
the time and square part of the time
Happy Felsch He can't be square if he
is crooked. but he can turn square after
being crooked and stay square.
The Mount Hope team of North
Dighton. Mass. title holders for New
England in the American Industrial
Athletic Association. will meet the Endi-
colt Johnson team of Johnson City, n. Y,
at Ebbets Field tomorrow afternoon.
The two will play for the right to repre-
sent the East in the finals at Akron,
Ohio
once in while somebody is excom-
municated by the church and once in a
while somebody is courtmartialed from
the army" said Col Huston of the
Yankees yesterday; but that does not
shake the greatness of those institutions.
Baseball will survive. The exposures in
Chicago are great blessing for the
game. Since there was rottenness the
revelations are the best thing thar could
have happened. Nevertheless il hurts
and hurts badly to think that none of
us--I mean club owners and others who
direct the sport--had the enterprise and
the courage TO find out these things and
Clean them out.
"BasebaIl's greatest need is a COM
manding officer"
Just how many men are necessary to
constitute nucleus Is not n matter OF
fixed quantity. but Syracuse, with the
return of Brown to play end, has at
least an excellent nucleus of a nucleus
This chap has been one OF the best ends
In the college arena. and with Robertson
at centre and Alexander at guard, Coach
Meehan has as strong foundation for
the building of a line as a coach could
wish for.
CNe feels sorry and has deep SYM
rathy for the honest baseball players.
and they are many. They feel this ugly
business. as shown up In Chicago. keen
ly. They feel the doubt cast on their
integrity and the stigma cast on their
calling. Yesterday Joe Kelley, the scout.
ex-manager and in the nineties great
hitter and outf1elder. in a moment of
bitterness exclaimed:
Fine business. truly! Every time I
go out on the street feel as IL some
body was going to say; There's one of
those professional ballplayers wonder
II he ever pulled anything crooked as
they look at me with suspicion. That's
the way feel"
II George Foster Sanford never did
anything else for football no did a lot
when he brought to a successful end
hi long fight against the villainous
practice of cutting 'em down from be-
hind, and 1t is surprising that any
coaches ever could have countenanced Il.
Suppose President Heydler is
quoted as saying. Zimmerman and
Chase had been with the Giants this
year. The New York team doubtless
would have been in first place" May
lie. but II Is doubtful. Zimmerman
wouldn't have improved any on the
splendid playing of young Frank Frisch,
a1d the Giants would have won more
games but for his Illness Zimmerman
might have been used at third and
Frisch at second. but IL Mr.. Heydler
meant that the team would have been
stronger with Zimmerman at third in
stead OF Frisch he has something TO
learn about the fine ability OF that
young star IL S3r Chase, the Giants
are betts.. o. with him not on tho team
but IN California. / believe Brooklyn
would have won the pennant in any
event. The Dodgers deserve all % their
good fortune.
TO oUCA~IzTr ATHLETIC ITaCIrE