New Britain herald., 1922-08-19
HEARING WILL BE
 GIVEN TO DOUGLAS
Judge Lands Makes Public Letter on Which "Shufflin" Phil
 Was Suspended.

i Chicago. Aug. l9.-There will be a l hearing in the case of Phil Douglas vs. Organized Baseball before Judge Kenesaw NJ. Landis, Baseball Com missioner, if the suspended pitcher of the New York Giants has any cvi- dence to show that he was influenced in offering to desert his team for money.
 Judge Landis said yesterday that although he was convinced on ques- tioning Douglas in Pittsburgh on Wednesday that Phil alone was guilty he will reopen the case If the pitcher produces, as he declares he could after judgment had been passed, any letter from another player or anoth- CT club urging him to quit the Giants. If Douglas has such evidence it probably will only result in the plac- ing Of another player on the incl iglble list" said Judge Landis this morning. Tt will not lessen the of- fense of Douglas. Personally, after reading his letter in which he offered to desert the New York club. do not believe he has any letter"
 The Judge gave out Douglass offer to the unknown" player. It reads as follows:
 T want to leave here. I don't want to see this guy win the pennant. You know I can pitch and I am afraid if I stay I will win the pennant for him.
 Talk this over with the boys and if 1t is all right send the goods to my house at night and I will go to fish ing camp. Let me know if you all will want to do this and I will go home on the next train"
 (Signed) Phil Douglas.
 T read you this" said Judge Lan- dis-for he read it to several news paper men In his office-"to show you that 1t is making a proposition by one who is offering himself for sale, not seeking to make bargain that has been broached to him.
 Still, if Douglas or Mrs. Douglas can bring evidence in the case, will hear it. Of course, will not give out the name of the man Douglas wrote. I will consider him innocent and ap- plaud him for his act in turning over the letter I wish to keep secret the name of him and his club"
 There are all sorts of guesses as to who the great unknown" may be. The Cincinnati team was in New York the day the letter was written, Aug. '; the Cubs were in Brooklyn, the Pirates in Philadelphia, and the St. Louis Cardinals in Boston A telephone message the following day also figures in the mystery. Any man on the four teams might have been communicated with.
 St. Louis, Aug. 19.-(By Associat- ed Press .)-Leslie Mann, outfelder of the St. Louis Cards early today added a new angle to the case Of "Shufflin" Phil. Douglas, New York Giants pitcher, who was barred from organized baseball for writing a let ter to player of a "contending team" offering to desert the Giants and thus hinder their chances for winning the pennant when he fatly denied he had received the letter. Douglas stated in New York lasx night he had written to Mann.
 Expressing surprise when told by q reporter that Douglas had named him as the player to whom he had writ ten offering to throw down the New York team if it was worth my while" Mann also denied that he held any telephone conversation with the New York pitcher Douglas said in his New York statement he telephoned Mann at Boston and re- quested him to tear up the corres- pondence.