Evening star., 1927-10-09

clean slate. But things didn't seem to
work out that way. 1 was being
played in left field and batting second.
l had what ball players call ''yens"
against batting in that position. And
playing left field is about the worst
thing / do. l told Bush about my
"yens," and he told me he needed me
in that position. So 1 could do MOTH
ing but bat second. The proof of who
was right can be seen in my record
as a batter while in second position.
And yet tried as hard there as ever
tried in my life.
"I made the mistake, 1 see now, OF
speaking about these two things. !
should have batted second and played
left field without saying anything, but
l wanted to help, and felt L could be
of more help in center and batting in
any other position than second.
Other Players Dissatisfied.
"No doubt l have been guilty of
things that might be held against me,
but 1 never loafed and ! was always
trying to do my best. I still think
Bush a great fellow, and there Is no
extreme bitterness in my heart. /,
quite naturally, feel that I should
have been permitted to play. but who
knows that I would have done as We'll
as the man who played my position?
Clyde Barnhart played a good game.
and he and 1 are not enemies In any
way
"I have heard that the whole mat
ter will be thrashed out soon, and /
will be as happy as any one to find
out what is the real trouble. No one
feels the teams defeat any more than
1 do. No one pulled harder for them
to win"
Other players on the team expressed
dissatisfaction with the benching of
Cuyler, and some said they felt that
it had done the team no good. They
pointed to Cuyler's record, both as a
series and a season player. In the
1925 game his home run with Eddie
Moore on base clinched the second
game at to 2. In the last game
Pittsburgh got the championship on
a double. on which he got all the way
home, only to be sent back to second
because of ground rules, with three
on base in the last of the eighth
inning.
Gets Vaudeville Offer.
They also pointed out that Cuyler's
percentage OF runs scored, figured
against his times at bat for this sea-
son, is much greater than that of
Lloyd Waner. who was second in the
league, with 1873, one less than Rogers
Hornsby. they cited. Cuyler's throw.
ing arm, his speed on the bases, the
fact that he stole 20 of the 65 thefts
credited to Pittsburgh this year, al
though he was played only in IS
games, and then asked why he should
have been kept on the wood" They
said that when the club owners son
annoupced that Cuyler was benched
because Barnhart was playing better
ball. and for no other reason. he still
did not explain why they had sent to
the minors to get Adam Camorosky
to play in Barnhart's place when
Barnhart was unable to play.
From the general attitude Of some
OF the players, after losing the final
game today, it seemed as If they, as
well as the fans, had been wanting
Cuyler to be put into the series.
Cuyler laughingly told of being of.
fered an opportunity to go into vaude.
vile for the next few weeks. ACCEPT
IT., friend advised him.
What could / do on the staee?"
Cuyler asked.
WELL" one Of the players said, "you
can just go out there and take that
old bench with you and sit on it with
a gag in your mouth while they play
the spotlight on you, just as you did
in the world SERIES"