The Washington times., 1923-08-25

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Fohl. I twisted them around care
fully, inspected them, and found
each with similar marking.
These are halls pitched by
Dave Danfroth In the American
League and thrown back to the
Browns bench by umpires," re-
marked Fohl.
And then Fohl unfolded his
story. It was not delivered, as he
ecphasized to me, In the spite of
pose the real secret Of tricks en-
ployed by the southpaw, but to pre-
sent the facts of what he knew
about Danfroth's pitching.
A big league manager who won
and lost without fraud, with his
cards face up on the table, Fohl
had been labeled a gutter because
he refused to support DanfrOth's
pitching during his term in office.
Therefore, he felt that it was his
turn to speak.
The balls were not loaded I'm
the seams as was the one Um-
pire 'tBrick" Owens showed me
at SpOrtsman's Park last summer,
when Dave was removed from the
game with the Yankees.
Between the TWO seams there
was rough spot at least two
inches in length.
These rough spots were In the
same spot on each ball, between
the official trade mark and the
lettering giving the dimensions.
According to Foil these balls
had not come in contact with a
bat, q fence, a grandstand screen
or as much as the grass on the
infield. According to Lee, they had
only travelled from Danforth to the
Browns catcher and they were
called for by the umpire and thrown
out because they leaped through
such peculiar hops in the air.
ST want to give my side OF the
affair."" said Lee, and he was on his
way. "In my entire career I
never worked harder with player
than Danforth. He had been with
us probably two weeks in 1922
before anybody ever became sus-
picious that the ball he pitched
wasn't according to Hoyle.
"When umpires like Billy
Evans, George MOriarty, Tom
Connolly. George Hildebrand and
Bill Dineen came to me and told
me that better watch out for
Dave. that he would be In the
thick of o. big row II he wasn't
careful, opened my eyes.
eft was, after I had been ad.
vised by the umpines that ! payed
close attention to Dawes pitching.
"In 1922 I started him in q
game on May 8. against Washing
ton. I had to take him out at the
end of. the third. Not wishing to
rattle his confidence called on
him in his room that night ana tolo
him that I was going to give MIN
a rest to allow him to get MS
curve and his fast ball working.
at did not use him again until
Nav "a. sending him against the
white Sox: We had a AZ lead, were
crowding the Yankees for first place
and to save the game I relieved =
him with LBayne in the eighth in
ming.
out b Umpire Owens he pitched
only two full games for US. Around
orr clubhouse the players were talk
ing about Dave. They were getting
sour on him because ne couIo..I
win. Dave had been hailed as the
nitcher who would help us win the
remnant, but he couldn't hold up his
end.
"The players may not admit
this now but there were a num-
Der of them who come to me ana
asked me not to pitch him Each
game counted for US. They were
so bitter towards him that they
even asked me not to work MIN
in batting practice.
"After the game when he had
been put out by Owens he wrote
me a letter pleading for one more
chance. In that letter he said that
& he had been doing anything with
The ball it was to try to win the
oall game for the boys. Four mem.
,ers of the Borwns read the letter. j,
lone catcher on the club came e
ne and told me he was suspicious
If Dawes pitching.
Throughout the 1922 season I
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