New-York tribune., 1922-02-19
Joe i,atsl, Seems
About 10 Sign
1922 Contract
' Veteran Pitcher E5a9 Long
Conference v V;1!l Dfrc;al~
and May leave for .~ouih
By ". |. Ma.aolh


champion Yankees during tn bot -tove
season, seems about to follow wa.ts
Hoyt's example and capitula-e.
Bush spent several hours a- the
Yankee Offices yesterday, c.oscted IT,
tnrn with Business Manager Ed B..
row and Colonel I'll Huston. half Of
the firm The young, tow-headc.
man Of the famous zip left the Of
fees all smiles. intimating he hae
gained u moral headlCck. if not a .inan
cal fall. The furthcst he would 20 on
record for publication was the intin,a-
( ton he would be back from a hurried
trip TO Boston early Monday morniax
and that he might be eligible 70 starr
for Hot springs with Waite Hoyt. Nike
McNaly ard their several blushius,
better halves.
While the Yankee oisces threw out
thick smoke screens Of doubt and mys-
tery surrounding the visit OF the
Adonis-llke Bullet Joe" il seemed a
moral certainty 10 the visitors in the
enjolning rathSkeler that Bush had
come TO terms. or 50 near that condl-
tion as TO justify the purchase OF h.s
railroad reservation.
Colonel Jake Rupert, OF the embat-,
tied colonels, brushed into the Yankee
offices with streaming forehead shortly
after Mr. Bush had smiled himself ou.
IN castor OIL smiles that would have
made John TONES himself turn green
IN envy. Colonel Jake professes Still
10 be bitter and firm and set IN his
principles for ruthless mot Babe) wa
on the Yankee recalcitrants
Mays Must Fulfil Contract
mot 4 nan-iack Of them will r.
trsipsing TO training camp at the ct
pense of the Yankees" pufed Colonel
Jake. Gap and | have made I'd our
MINDS on thas.' Here Colonel Ill
nodded his head so empnatcally that:
the back collar button snapped.
We do not propose" continued thg
president Of The New York Americans.
TO permit any player 20 run out on
term contract. Carl Mays Will pitch
even II We have 70 finish last without
him. Not an unsigned Yankee player
VIII be taken to Hot Springs or TO New
Orleans''
Business Manager Barrow said Catch
! er Al Devormer and Everett Scott, the
new shortstop, were due to arrive at
hot TO. Springs yesterday. Hoyt and
Mike McNally leave Brooklyn and
Scranton respectively tomorrow. Busl.
dored to report at the baths carly this
week. So was Babe Ruth, of course.
The Bambino had planned to go 4
rect 20 Hot Springs from milwaukee,.
where he closes his theatrical tour 20
day, but has been ordered to proccea
directly to New York instead, wbcr
it is expected salary matters VIII bl
arranged with him.
Ruth has shown every disposition
70 be fair" said Colonel Rupert "sis
IS in no sense a holdout There VII b
no trouble with him"
The Yankee coionels were in no man
ner surprised to learn yesterday aftsr-
noon of The resignation OF Judge ken
saw Mountain Lands from the bench
OF the United States Federal Uistc,c.
Court.
The Commissioner, the colonies sail.
had told them both az the time Of tla
last worlds series and later in Ch.caeo
that he found his manifold duties too
much for him. and that he intended e.
resign just as soon as he could not b.
suspected Of quitting undcr nre
"Organized baseball is bound to benz
fit from the fact that the Comnis-
sloner can now give Il his undivided
attention" said one Of the coloneis.
1t was stated by the Yankee ownet~
lint, in agreer .nt with terms provided
more than year age, when the judge
accepted the commisslonefshi TIL
baseball salary Of thc former juris
automatically viii DC Increased from
$40 500 TO S5o 600 q year
John II. arrell, secretary oS the Ma
tional Association, Who was a visitor e.
the Yankee Offices. also paid ane
tribute TO the Commissioner.
The governments loss in such q
celebrated jurist is bound to be base
balls great gain He is the right man
for the right place. During the year IN
which he has been in Office Judge Ian
dis has saved baseball and preserved
its good name and rcpute.
Minor League Cases Settled
Nov that he is free to devote more
time to the Office further good is bound
to result" concluded Mr.. Farrell
The secretary of the National Asso-
citation has been attending meeting
Of the board Of arbitration, this gov
ernne body OF minor league baseball,
held in this city the last several days.
\ great many cases of Importance only
20 the brush" circuits wero dis
posed Of.
JACK Warhop, more or less csle
brated undcr-handed pitcher OF the
Yankees Of ten or a dozen years ago.
has been awarded to Colum0la, s. c. :
He had been claimed also by SuffolL.
OF the Virginia League.
The National Association declared
pitcher Larry Cheney. celebrated as I,
spitball pitcher With the old Cubs and
Dodgers, a free agent. Cheney had-
been Traded by the Charleston (Ssllv
j.eague) club TO San Antonio, Of the
Texas League, for Pitcher Claude DaN-
enport, who WAS one Of McGraws rooh
les year ago. This trade Was dis
allowed.