The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-15

W." W 1"o"'a reCetpod, accompanied
9th good Uil fopdrd the bene.
factor; an emotion or sentiment of
fhdnkfnlness; the state Of being
grateful. "A Gift; a taror.
tF. gratitude, L. grdtns, kind
Thus your old friend Noah II desnes
the word gratitude a word which I.
so little known and used in the minor
leagues as to have become to all prac.
teal purposes obsolete, providing. of
course. that you agree with one CLARK
c. Grifhth's idea of the Glass IA
magnate.
Gratitude "A sense OF apprecistion
of favors received, accompanied with
good will toward the benefactor. .
The aforementioned Clark C. went
to New York to attend the annual
major league sessions there. Grin
went prepared for battle. Verbally?
Yes. Physically? Maybe. Financially?
Ask your friend the crystal gazer.
Grin Argues q BIt.>
As we said, Griff went to Gotham all
prepared for an argument And, &C.
cording to reports. the first party the
Old Fox bumped into there was none
other than that budding millionaire.
Jack Dunn, Baltimore's boy prodigy.
Thefe you have the setting-the
Hotel Commodore. And the/principals
-Griff and Dunn. And as for in
clination to do battle both had APP
parently reached the blowing of point
when fate guided their respective foot
steps toward the same spot in the
lobby.
Grin. we understand, did most OF
the leading. holding his money hand,
tightly clutching the bankroll. in re-
serve to put over the old sleep pro-
ducer.
Dunn is no novice and managed
to get a draw decision despite the
fact that the Old Fox did most OF
the work. Clark c. tented and
jabbed and crossed. always look
ing for an opening through which
to shoot the lullaby punch.
Finally he found il. He set him.
self and uncorked the producer
But IL didn't produce. The punch
was labeled gratitude" 1t rocked
the Baltimore boy and sent him &c
the edge of dreamland, but not
through the gates. And Griff, /,
seems. had shot the works. He had
relied on that punch to end the
fray and at the bell Dunn was
still there. dazed IL is true, but
able to totter to his corner.
Old Fox Tells the World
Griff heatedly explained to Dunr
what an migrate he DUNN is. He
| told him and the ringsiders how
| the major league magnates haC
saved Dunn's hide and much OF
his money by buying out the Fed
eral League. And then Dunn, never
having heard Noah define gratitude
| bucks the majors and their pei
hobby. the draft. Griff implied
that the majors had bought out the
Federals merely as a friendly act
towards Dunn,
We hold no brief for Dunn; mol
for Griff. But II Dunn and his new
International League followers &C.
cept the draft or don't accept Il
it's hard to figure where gratitude
| figures in the deal.
| Dunn may not even know thu
meaning OF gratitude. But it's &
cinch he can spell pronounce anC
define the word money.
"Donie" Bush is another of tn,
old guard who has finally fallen by
the wayside. 1t isn't much of {
surprise here as II was known tha
Griff was not considering carrying
| the veteran next season.
Bush, il is rumored. has accepted
terms to manage the Reading clu,
of the new. International League
succeeding Dick Hoblitzell. Grit
secured Bush from Detroit durin,
the latter stages of last season t
bolster the Nationals sagging in
ner defense. DOME, however, wa
! not the boy he used to be and wa!
| no Improvement over Franz
O'Rourke. After thirteen game!
Bush was yanked and O'Rourk,
again sent to the shortfield.
Does the fact that Griff and Pres
ident Shibe, of the Athletics, helC
a conference mean anything to you
Did Grin make an offer for Jo'
Dugan?
When the Old Fox left here fol
the meeting he emphatically stated
that he didn't think Dugan wa
on the market. Still the first thint
he did after mingling with Jacl
Dunn was to hunt up Shibe and
| find an out-of-the-way corner.
Dugan was probably the subjec'
of their conversation, and IL Shibe':
demands were anywhere near rea.
soable 1t wouldn't be surprising II
Grin had an announcement to make