Bisbee daily review., 1922-08-19
BANNED PLAYER DID NOT WANT
 GIANTS II W|N
Former Giant Star Pitcher Declares He Was Drunk
 and Not Himself

CHICAGO, Aug. 1S.-Phil Douglas star pitcher for the New York Giants, believed that if he stayed on the team and pitched. the Giants would win the 1922 pennant and that if he left the team, New York could not win the race. according to a letter he wrote to Leslie Mann, outfielder for St. Louis Nationally and which was made public today by K. M. Landis, com missioner of baseball
 Douglas, who was placed on the per manently ineligible list by the Giants after the player to whom he wrote and asked for "inducements7 to leave turned the letter over to his manager, revealed that he had no liking for Manager John McGraw of the Giants
 Douglas said that following the last game he pitched on July 31, he went to the apartment of a friend, "got drunk and went to sleep" He added that two detectives dragged him from the apartment and took him to a sani. tarium where he was held until Aug. ust 5.
 Upon his release, he said, he be lieved McGraw, manager of the Gi ants, lldu uSDSuuGu Hllll duu l0 MIOlG to Mann, who was in Boston with the Cardinals, the letter offering ito go to fishing camp" if this was desired because he was afraid that if he stay ed with the Giants. "he would win the penhant for him" (meaning Nc Crawl.
 After writing the letter the pitcher said he was called to the Polo Grounds by McGraw
 When left, knew had not been discharged" Douglas said Following the visit to McGraw's office. Douglas said he called Mann on the long dis tance telephone and requested him tC tear up the letter Although Mann agreed to do this, the pitcher said, he showed the letter to his manager Branch Hickey, who in turn informed McGraw. Commissioner Landis and John Heydler, president of the Ma tional league.
 The former Giant star declared that he was drunk, that he had been given hypodermics and that he was not hin self when he wrote to Mann. He re alized this, he said. too late. The same day that he requested Mann tC destroy the letter Douglas saids Dr William Bender, the Giants club phy sician called at his apartment and gave him hypodermics to quiet his nerves. and that he repeated these ministrations for two days.
 In Pittsbnrg, Douglas was summon ed, according to his story, to Me Graw's room. There he was ques toned by Judge Landis. who finally told McGraw that he could not use Douglas any more.
 While he was in the sanitarium Douglas said, McGrew fined him s10C and five days pay and then he was given bill for taxicab fare and treat ment in the sanitarium. The latter amounted to $224
 'I was broke" the big pitcher said q thought McGraw had fired me haven't got any way of making a liv ing except in baseball and I was sore on McGraw. l had to do something for living so I wrote to Mann"
 '1'm not sore at Mann because Inc turned the letter over to Hickey. Il was all my fault.
 'I just didn't realize what was doing"
 ST. LOUIS. Mo-, Aug. 1S.-Leslie Mann. outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. early this morning flatly denied that he had received the letter from Phil Douglas, New York Giant pitcher. offering to "throw down" the Giants, which resulted in the New York management barring Douglas from organized baseball. Mann also denied that he had held any telephone conversation regarding the letter as related by Douglas.