The Washington times., 1922-07-02
DENIES TALES
OF DISRUPTION
IN ST. LOUIS
Mound City Writer Disposes Of
7 Rumors Of Fights, Trades,
Wild Parties, and So Forth.
BY SID C. KEENER,
sports Editor. st. Louis Times)

- Shocker is out of the hospital.
and he wasn't sent there G.
o. D. on a left cross from Marty
McManus or right hook from
George Sisler. The atmosphere has
been baked to a crisp with >sensa.
tional rumors around the Browns
camp, consisting Of fistic argu-
ment' between Shocker and Nc
Manus, Shocker and Sisler. trades,
wild parties and things in general
which are not found in a peaceful
family.
But they are all lies-cold lies.
with not an ounce of truth beh,nd
them. The Browns are leading the
American League race. New YORK
II second. Chicago is third. Detroit
is fourth. Washington Is fifth.
Cleveland is sixth.
Can IL be that propaganda Is being
spread by our rivals through jeal-
ousy? Can 1t be that the black hand
Is maneuvering around some place
trying to disrupt this pennant COM
bination?
Any way the fans have become 30
excited since Urb Shocker was
knocked off the hill in two success
siye DAYS by the Yankees that one
scandal after another has been Goat
ing around. 1t Is time to check the
reports. 1t is time to tell the truth
and explain to the fan.
Rumors Cover Many Miles.
It has been rumored and repeated
in not only st. Louis but big league
cities as well as small towns down
Mn Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas
AEo.t,, AEoN1a ~uhinnad ocrOQa
q left hook and landed against
Shocker's jaw. And that swipe, so
they say, put Shock in a private
room. at st. Johns Hospital.
Shocker packed his grip and
checked out without a mark around
his nose, his eyes, his cheeks. lie
limped a trifle. Why wouldn't he
limp. The right leg had been In a
cast, had been baked and had not
been exercised.
There was ruptured blood vessel
and torn ligament in the right leg.
That injury put Urb under the care
Of DIR. Robert w. Hyland. There
were no discolored eyes.
Will Pitch Next Week.
ct don't know who is responsible
for such talk" remarked Shocker be-
fore leaving st. Johns Hospital.
Its a shame, a down right shame.
1t isn't fair to the boys on the club.
and It isn't fair to me, although I'm
willing to shoulder any abuse which
may he thrown at me.
"I'd like to go out there and pitch
In day or so, but the arm will need
q little practice. Been out Of It for
cannot go in there and zip them
across.
However, Just say that I will he
ready to pitch In the series with the
Boston Red Sox in Boston"
Thus this rumor has been nailed.
For two weeks George Sisler has
had the thumb on the right hand
taped and smeared with iodine. Ha-
ha, comes the scandal. How did Sis
get that bum thing?" queries the
fan. He soaked Shocker on the
jaw!''
He didn't sock Shock. A hard
gfounder during fielding practice did
not land where II should have-in
crashed against the thumb. No. 2 Is
picked off the shelf.
The pot still stirs. for they have
been talking about wild parties, mid
night parties, early morning parties.
headaches the next morning, missed
flies. strikeouts and such in the
afternoon.
Once again the hand Of truth ap-
pears. Take that set of athletes-go
over the list and see IL you find one
who would break training rules.
There is Bill Jacobson, who has a
farm and a home up in Illinois. Bill
is saving TO buy some more ground,
so they won't have to arrange a
benefit for him when he receives his
final release. SEVERED is another
who deposits the check and Is a
shrewd financier. Johnny Tobin is
buying a home way down on the
South Side.
Walter Gerber recently married is
saving his annual salary to feather
his ~nest. Frank Ellerbe wouldn't
sniff anything stronger than a soda
pop. Marty McManus wants his big
Kenny Williams has his home out in
Grants Pass, Ore. He has his wife
his mother, his father. and his
friends, to say nothing about timber
interests which call for his monthly
surplus.
George Sisler Is interested in a
printing firm here. George Is going
to become a business man, when his
baseball days are over. George
wouldn't flip $40 bill across a ma.
hogany table and walk out. That
Isn't shrewd business.
Young Pitchers Nurse Future.
Ray Kolp is Just arriving as a
brilliant pitcher. Ray wants to
work every fourth day. Need sleep
to win ball games In the American
League. Hubert Pruett is just up
from college. Wayne Wright was
on the verge of drawing q minor
league ticket. He is here to stay
and he isn't going to lose this
Shance.
And that's the way II goes. All
Of the boys would rather win a ball
game than look at a soft drink par.
lor sign.
Now for the trades. jacobson.
Tobin and McManus are to go to the
Yankees for Bob Meusel. Waite Hoyt
and Mike Mentally. jacobson and
Vangilder are to be traded TO the
Nationals for Sammy Rice. Gerber