Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-08
NAILS BIDS BIG
" LEAGUE 'AD|EU'
ao,thpaw Who Won Pennant
for Cleveland in 1920 Is
Shipped to Minors
poc JOHNSTON ALSO GOES

rho crrotic southpaw who stepped
,... Tho breach in the waning days OF
S ,ooo md carried the Cleveland Club
. .%..u.b TO a championship, has been
'.,nred ont to the Pacific Coast League.
rns pr nuster's career should be warn
,,s | 10 some dizzy young ball players
T., ' fast company who think that they
am keep up with the sun dodgers dur.
~. tho wee sma' hours, and still hold
=" ,ho,r ends on the diamond.
up upIa;is ti irst came to the big league as
Mu,h Mn,hor of the Brooklyn National
m,,n team. He was there. as q
s"n,er LEasn when Nap Rucker, one OF
M ne".u rrontest portsidcrs that ever lived,
ss .me finishing out his gorgeous career.
Nails was fresh. youngster. lie
.hnmSbt that because he had been
tnouSm uass In the minors that he would 60
souslly biz under the big. top.
NWa iidn't, and it was not long before
:. M was T Trusticating back in the sage
or,,S, Mh0rs u',s was never any question Of his
.,;l;tv He had all the stuff to make
s's,y star but he wouldn't quit doing the
.h;ngs that hurt him, and only one
me .nd could be expected. During the
s.oson .m" of 1920 he was the sensation OF
tba Pacific Coast League, and iris
Sneaker sent hurry call for him when
he Cleveland team cracked in the
stretch.
Single handed Mails stemmed the
Aldo He won seven straight games,
snd md was undoubtedly responsible for
The championship pennant that came
70 thc Ohio city. In the world series
So S m nitched fifteen and two thirds
innings without allowing a run. When
he went back home he was all swelled
nm with pride. That was natural
enough but the Duster insisted on
carving his celebration throughout the
winter.
He hasn't been of much use to Cleve.
land since then. and his release was by
no means unexpected.
Johnston Also Goes
Doctor Wheeler Johnston, first base
man with the Athletics. has also taken
the long trek down to the bushes, but
the venerable doctor goes as an execu-
tive and not as a slave in the ranks.
Johnston bought his own release in or
der TO manage Pacific Coast League
team.
Johnston has been up and down sew
eral times. Pittsburg gave him up years
ago as being all in. but the Doc came
back to the American League, and held
JOB for long while.
He has always been credit to base.
ball, brainy player, too. His legs
have been getting rickety for awhile,
and he has been able to get through the
season, but in the first few months of
the campaign he goes like house on fire.
Johnston goes to the league. where
his brother, Jimmy, now with the
Brooklyn Nationals, hung up a record
Of stealing more than 12O bases for two
consecutive seasons.
The coming here of Joe Hauser vir-
tually signed JOhnston's death warrant
as a major Lacquer, for he knew that
: be didn't have chance to beat out
I, the robust young clubber for Milwau-
tee.
St. Louis Hopes
Last season the Browns finished just
one game behind the Yankees in the
American League race, In spite of the
fact that there was pronounced weak
ness in the pitching staff and at third
base
Lee Fohl is already making desper-
< ite efforts to strengthen the team. Fiji
teen new players have been purchased,
and ten more recalled, among them
Dave Danforth, Homer Ezzel, of San
Antonio, will be groomed to fill ELL
berbe's place. The latter has always
been able to hit fairly we'll, but he is
ragged fielder, and many game
Oozed away through his position.
Other youngsters who are expected to
make good are Intielder Phil Todt, Out
fielder Cedric burst, and Pitchers
Henry and Kraft. The sensational
showing of Marty McAIanus last year
has convinced Foil that he should give
the most liberal opportunities to his new
players.
Cobb's Hit
Though everyone is glad that Ty
Cobb reached the 400 mark for the
third time in his magnificent career
there is plenty of censure being heaped
on the shoulder of Ban johnson for
giving Cobb the disputed hit. 1t will
De recalled that the official scorer gave
that particular blow an error, but
Twelve newspapermen and the AssOci-
ated Press registered it as safety.
The umpires are backed unequivo-
Sealy, and the official scorers should
nave the same support. Johnson has
set a bad precedent in Oyerruling the
scorer. Though there won't be the same
outcry That there was when Third Base
man Red Corriden, of the Browns, al
lowed Nap Lajoie to beat out eight
6unts in double header in order to
bolster battiny 0yprapa there will he