The New York herald., 1922-02-04
TAMPERING, SAYS
BASEBALL OWNER
w. f. Baker of Philadelphia
Will Bring Charges Against
Two Clubs.
BY WILLIAM d. HANNA.

William +. Baker, president of the
Philadelphia National League club.
aroused by what he considers out and
cut tampering with certain of his bail
Players. will bring the matter to an
issue at the league meeting here on
February II. and a meeting which was
to be no more than a cut and dried
schedule affair promises to develop into
a lively and important, if not acrimoni-
Gus session.
Mr. Baker has been stirred this wnte.
ever more or less printed and otherwise
talk of how such and such club would
like to have Meadows, for instance, of
his club. and he has been additionally
moved by what he says is the goods"
on two National League clubs that they
have been tampering with Meadows and
another prominent player. the property
OF his club
At the coming meeting he will ask for
IAN explanation" as he puts 1t, from
the st. Louis and Brooklyn clubs. He
has been investigating and has reason
to believe from the evidence he has
gathered, that an attache. a prominent
ore, of each of these two clubs. has
talked to or otherwise communicated
with one or the other of these two play
ers and he will make no bones about
stating the facts, as he has found them,
to his league associates.
Said Mr. Baker yesterday: "I am
tired of having clubs say such things a 5
that they could win the pennant il they
had certain players of mine. 1 want to
say that no tampering with my players
has been done by the Giants. Their
record is clean, but 1 have the evidence
on the Others
$1,000 Fine for TamperinE.
Mr.. Baker presented his case to
President Heydler yesterday. The
league provides q 1000 fine for tamrer-
ing The obvious effect of tampering,
IL there is any, is to make the ap-
preached player dissatisfied, and a re-
suit of the bringing of alleged concrete
cases to the attention of the league
as a body is likely to be salutary
airing of the whole question. Opinions
of one club owner or manager of what
he thinks some other clubs player
would be worth to his team, however
innocently expressed may be held as
injurious and a thing to be left unsaid.
The Philadelphia magnate makes no
charge against George Grant, the
Braves owner. recently quoted as tell
ing how he'd like to have another
pitcher and would pay $4,000 for one.
Mr. Grant wrote Mr.. Baker that he
his players. and the statement of
Boston newspaper man. furnished to
President Heydler, supports the Boston
magnate in his denial.
Signed contracts in respectable vol
ume were received at both the Yankee
and Giants offices yesterday. though
no headliners were in the number. The
signed papers of Elmer Miller. the
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to Secretary Barrow OF the Yanks.
Johnny Mitchells came from Detroit:
Fred Hoffman's from st. Louis and
that of Hinkey Haines, the college out
fielder, from Red Lion. Pa. Aside from
Red Lion not an animal was involved
in the cluster. not even blind tiger
Yankees Well Signed Up.
The Yanks have two-thirds of their
catching staff signed up. AL De Vor-
mer, catcher, and a cracking good
one, stepped forward last week. Ruth
Meusel, Ward. Scott. Schang. Hoyt and
cracks of the club of that classification
are all unsigned so far except Mays,
who has holdover contract.
casey Stengel, Claude Jonnard and
George Mcfarland sent their contracts
to Secretary Tierney. The world knows
who Casey Stengel is. but less of the
wv otHciS naDlLat Little
Rock, joined the Giants late last sea-
son. He is a right handed pitcher and
In game at the fag end of the season
he struck out seven Phillies in the last
three innings. Mcfarland is the young
pitcher purchased last week from
Springfield, Mass.
All winter long Bob Meusel of the
Yanks has been credited, or dscredted
with saying just after the i'll starred
transforming tour that Judge Landis
could go jump in the lake" -Meusel
was passing through Chicago on his
way home when he was quoted as ex-
pressing the sentiments quoted
It will be relief to those fans who
hold Meusel in esteem to hear that he
makes a strong denial of ever saying
that. A Chicago baseball writer VIM
terihg on the coast tells of the denial
made to him. The hard hitting Yank
disclaims saying anything whatever
disrespectful of the Commissioner, and
expresses regret at ever having got
into the post-season mess.
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