New-York tribune., 1922-11-16

feet without the aid OF mechanicai
Offices and allowed that he was willir
burly underslung blond would win
Hopefuls.
Having tossed this bomb into the
midst of an otherwise peaceful az
as he beat hasty retreat TO mis- dug
out and assaulted with the following
question: "Why did you ask waivers
on Mays. If that's your present story"
"That, sir" said the esteemed Colonel,
"is question do not feel called upon
to answer. No baseball Office is COM
plete without back stairs. We re-
serve the right to use that mode Of
exit and entrance to baseball affair."
within our own family. Your question,
flr, Will remain as much unanswered as
all those epistles that st. Paul wrote
to the Corinthians"
In magnificent disdain the portly
magnate continued his retreat, and bar
ricaded himself behind mass of
papers for the remainder of the after
room. From a standing start with no
take-off, it appears that the waivers
were asked on Mays in the same spirit
In which the old village schoolmaster
arasped the birch rod-for disciplinary
purposes only. In view of yesterdays
pronunciamento by Colonel Til he
might as we'll admit the rest of it and
say between sobs, with appropriate
gestures, that 1t hurt him worse than
it did Mays.
There IS no question that the under
s!ung slabster is still one of the lead
ing pitchers in the league. He lost a
bakers dozen Of games last year where
an extra run or two would have put
him on the right side of the ledger. In
1921 the Yanks went out and knocked a
barrel of runs for him whenever he
started. This happy practice made his
seasons record look like dinner ring
set in diamonds. This season Just
port in the batting line. He lost
enough games where ne held the oppo-
sition within legal limits to put the
boston Red Sox in the first division.
just why all other clubs in the
league waived on Mays is somewhat
OF mystery, unless they decided it
was useless to waste postage stamp
in attempting to claim him, knowing
that the Paying Colonels would i'm
mediately pull down the waivers as
they did when Garry Hermann put in
the bid for his Cincinnati pitching
staff.
One fan has come out Of his long
off-season Information to hand \
wreath Of razzberries to the Hon.
PhIl Lynch, who was quoted here re-
Gently to the effect that Jimmie O'Con-
nell, the $4,000 McGraw purchase. was
three degrees faster than ordinar0
forked lightning. In part the letter
reads:
II saw this bird play myself on more
than one occasion while on the Coast
thls summer, and the way he went
aoout ms work made me wonder why
the Undertakers' Union didn't make
kick about him being above grounI
He is a good hitter, however. He has
TO be, or ne would never get to first
base, and he will probably make a
good man when 'Jawn McGraw' wakes
him up"
Mr.. Phil Lynch, please write.
The fact that Frank Chance is said
to have sold his Los Angeles ranch
gave rise again to the story that he
would manage the. Red Sox next sea-
son and perhaps have an interest in
the club ownership. The usual "in-
siders" assert that the Peerless Lead
er is slated for the Hub, but Harry
Frazee, who should know somethiry
about it, choked that rumor to death
some time ago. However, magpates
have been knon to change their
minds, as in the case of the waivers
on Mays.
Talking over the question of the
lively ball and the chances of a discus
SION on it at the league meetings next
month, John McGraw said that If the
matter came up he would be in favor
OF returning to the old-style baseball.
Somebody remarked that the manufac-
tuTers claimed that the bali was no
HveIler than in the old days, to which
McGraw answered, "Do they think
everybody else in the world is crazy?"
Clarence Mitchell, the only left
nanded spitoall pitcher in captivity,
~: VINO was mentioned as possible addi-
t'on to the Yankee hurler staff next
year as "that southpaw," is n lon, v,av
from being on the Higgins nav roll
Cap Huston said yesterday that Mitch.
eli was fine fellow and looked good
IN Brooklyn uniform, but the yam
KEGS had no intention of weanino hin,
away from Uncle Robbie. 80
Inere will be a gathering Of the
pasenaI clan Sunday night at the AS
tor, where the Friars are giring a din
aer ne to Io, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lam
ads, "a Wiii Hays and Augustus Thomas.
me dinner viii be formal and the
i,esula5ion !, ciawhammers will be donned
~ an guests except Commissioner
nainols' La. e VINO VIII appear in a complete
SUIT OF Sydenham armor in view of fha
threatening battalions that are gather
ing to get that worlds series Charity
gate away from him, dead or alive,