The Washington times., 1929-07-11


public life has been made q ii
af fans and fellow players.
This was the version OF the Will
son.KoIp.Donohue incident presented
today by Joe Mccayshy. Chicago
manager, version .ilat, with cer-
tain ampHficatiors, win be aired be-
fore President John al. Heydler at
the final hearing Of the case to.
morrow.
1t probably will save Wilson for
the Chicago lineup without further
penalty, since 1t will furnish the
that are supposed to make up every
story. The understanding here is
that Wilson will be told to go
forth and sock no more.
Before it Is completely told,
= Mccarthy and the other Chicago
eOunter-chargea, one. Of which
IL that Ray KoIp, Mr.. Wilson's
original opponent, applied In
@#i NEGENNG NAfMAs EeBatkU WHY DC NEs
scented I'm the inllnemOrial way.
Another OF these is that the
Stephenson Critz ':spiking." believed
to have been the origin of the
interclub feud, was no spiking at
all, Al third will charge that 1t
was the Cincinnati players, and nor
Wilson. who were looking for
trouble.
Wilson never looks for trouble, !"
said Mccarthy, "but 1t Is his mis-.
fortune that be gets it. His
peculiar build and his intensity Of
manner has made him a target fer
all the chump wise-crackers around
the circuit and personally don't
see how he has stood it an long as
he has. He is a very sensitive fel-
low and Il would take the hide Of
an elephant to live down the sid-
ing he has absorbed
AS for Koip, he didn't get what
he deserved, after the name he
called Wilson. No red-blooded man
would have. taken 1t and I'm gI4d
that Hack didn't. He was distinct
ly the abused party in that
incident, at least"
1t so happens, OF course, that
Wilson is being tried at the
moment, not for the socking of Mr..
Kolp, for which he already has
been penalized. but for the subse-
quent socking of Mr.. Donohus.
However. the Chicago testimony
will attempt to prove that Mr..
Donohue would have gone unsocked
indefinitely, il not for all time, had
oil at Ia
on the Fall field earlier in the day.
The DOnOIlue seeking. they
say, was just an OutgrOwth OF
the kOip sOclSimg and, there
fore, subjective to an incident
for NhicI, Wilson already has
paid his penalty, justly Or In-
Justly, as the ease may be.
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Thus runs Chicago's story of the
femd and. since IL Is equally ac-
ceptabIe with that presented by Gin.
cinnati and there were no neutral
witnesses present, John Heydler
quite possibly will decide there is
nothing in particular to be done
about it, except to chide those con
cerned. This, of course, won't do
whole lot for Mr.. Donohue's chin;
neither will 1t obtain satisfaction for
Claude Jonnard, who has been
charged with having leaped upon
Mr.. Donohue's PROSTATE form In the
Chicago railroad depot-and leaped
and Ieaped and leaped or something,
According to general belief, bota
Mr.. Donohue and J0nnard may con-
slider themselves aggrieved. The
latter now is believed TO have done
no leaping.
Mr.. DOnOhue. 1t seems, had
Intended to offer sound advice
when he suggested. in reply to
MIR. Wilson's inquiry as to the
location Of the Cincinnati car,
that the latter might get hurt.
It simply was MIR. DOnOhue'S
misfortune that this was mis-
taken for challenge.
According to Mccarthy, other mis-.
takes We're made or there would
have been no trouble in the first
place.
Stephenson didn't spike Critz.' he
declared. "Critz win tell you that
himself. Ny player went rolling
into the bag and hit Critz on the
leg knocking his knee out of place.
1t wasn't intentional and lCritz
wasn't so much as scratched.
Why should we try to put their
star man out OF the lineup? We
already had them licked and we
would be suckers II we then set out
to cripple them for their series
with the Gpnts, It's all a lot Of
cOnSomme to me-