Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-14
HUGE OFFER FOR
DYKES REFUSED
Connie Mack Laughs at $50, 900
Mentioned for His Versa
tile lnfieIder
THE OEHtER DE l

A ,ot NJ folks in this town don't rate
Jimmv Dykes In the high position that
he desoryes' bmt biz league managers
do, Yesterday two clubs offered Mack
c coU,vHo ior ms ,1owS Gor ,ith ,e''ef " .srene
gesture ~ scorn'
ar J;mmv'a worth that much 70 you
hos worth that much TO me" was the
uisF NJ Tho ienn leaders, comeback,
So the Bryn Mawr boy will be bnck
on the Athletics infield next year In
spite Of that offer--which was as much.
by the way, as Connie received for
Eddie Collins. when he sold that dis
tinguished young gentleman TO ChlcaSo;;
For several years Dykes has handed
moro chances Mt his positlon tnan my
man in the. league, which proves tna,
"a q ground covcrer he IS the walrus
curls. His arm mas long neen a, Ia.n"nt
IN song ana storv az ome vi We s.,U, 10
IN the american Lehsue. .h an. a.. .i'b but i,st
Whsn lni'e so 'rickS WIN ,,ia,,s une n". ,oars
se"yon as ne h"s pes" im =. col
ne nit AROUND '-'o' "hi'i' 10 d e''N
"'ginSe. .:,, ~ a.. L,rs.ono 10 nc,t
roona on"S iSSsoSJ Ti nnd uu r.,.h Ebick Galloway
IN b,s r;sht rn CO sames a 70 going 70 seep
,hron,h me- The cen+er @ % Of the inner defense.
Miact did e.octlv +he right thing in re-.
fusinr rho offer. for there arc mighty
few second basemen in either league
who can show n better record than the
darling of Dryn Niawr, James Dykes.
New Openlng Da'e
Not having anything else to DO the
baseball magnatcs who are promenading
about Peacock Alley these chilly after
moons decided that the national game
got off to too early start in late years.
Probably the chilblains that chase up
and down their fur-coated spines was
an incentive to that decision; that and
the memory Of the recent balmy fall
weather. ,.,,,,, .,o+
Tho Notionni League season will not
omen until April II and that Il will end
on October 4 This will make over.
coats and ear muffs de rigeur at all
World series games. But why worry
about that? Ask the magnates.
The fans will turn out to see World
snow on the ground and It is cold
enough to make Loon River in Decem.
hor fool like a Florida bathing beach
by comparison. But they won't turn
out on damp and sour April afternoons.
mates concerning the postponement Of
the season 8 opening.
Another worry on the weary minds Of
the Peacock Alley devotees was the
number of baseballs that were used in
1921. Nearly $4,000 spheres were cast
to the blithsome winds. The fault
didn't lie with the Phillies though. fos
the coats Of spectators who weren't
Guck enough in throwing back balls
fouled into the stands. In most other
cities it was considered the proper thing
to gently demonstrate with patron be-
fore heaving him into the well.known
gutter.
Inc oaie VI i'oe",'' .
The Pittsburgh management n an
nounced that they had purchased f1'cn.
er George Boeh!er from Iu,sa toa
S25, 900. If that Is true marx dowl'
another error for the Phillies' manage
ment. u.,v A..
Two years ago jesse Iannenni, .ne
old-ti southpnw heaVer, was SCOUT
Ing for Bakers buncn; IN ms wan
derings among the oucoie oau 'ossers AZ
cast his lamps on boenler' ana stooo
transfixed.
George had been with Detroit; nao
fivvered. lie was gwen meMDersnlp
In the Society OK the bum ana worth
less Ball Players OF the Worid, hnu
gently slipped down the greased chute'