Evening star., 1930-06-23
Clue to Base Ball
''Sniper" Is Found
In Stars Comics
E'Bullets'' Called Tor.
pedoes, but Shires, From
Chicago, Didn't Hear.

Police today muffed hot clue to the
mysterious "sniper" who is accused of
ambushing a trio of Walter Johnson's
outfelders during the seventh inning of
yesterdays Washington Chicago ball
game in American League Park.
While the authorities were arguing
among themselves as to whether it was
really barrage of bullets that gave the
jumps yesterday to Sammy West, Heine
Manush and Dave Harris, unofficial in
vestigatorS dug up evidence which points
the finger of suspicion at very prom
inent gentleman.
The suspect in question is dis
tinguished by his short statue, bewisk-
cred face and peculiar habits, and his
daily activities have gained him national
newspaper notoriety.
Hist! His Name Is JEFF.
He is JEFF, of the we'll known comedy
team of Mutt and JEFF.
Grave rumors connecting Jeff's name
with the unsolved Shooting" at Griffith
Stadium arose from the fact that the
alleged attack on the Nat outf1elders
bore striking resemblance to the air
rifle broadSide which JEFF directed at
his elongated partner in yesterdays
comic supplement of The Star.
In the paper JEFF climbed on a roof
outside big league ball park and fired
"BB" gun at Mutt as the latter was
about to make sensational catch in
the field The pellet caught Mutt on the
neck and the fly ball caught him on the
head. much to Jeff's seeming, or un-
seeming. delight.
In the seventh inning of the local
game West. Manush, Harris and a num-
Der of other players and spectators were
startled to hear what sounded like four
shots fired from a point near the score
board in right field. The fielders claim
they heard the whine of bullets about
them. and Sammy West swears he saw
one missile kick up the dust 10 feet
from where Harris was standing in right
field.
Stuck Out Inning.
"Let's get out of here" Dave ex-
claimed to his colleagues. This is no
place for me-"
West and Manush at first were in
clined to agree, but the firing ceased
as suddenly as it had begun, and they
braved the rest of the inning, albeit
with one eye cooked toward the right
field fence.
Headquarters Detective Tom Sweeney
who has heard the whistle of bullets
about his head on a number of thrilling
occasions, is convinced that bullets were
flying yesterday out at the ball park
He heard them from his seat in the
grandStand and Tom knows the scream
of a bullet when he hears one, all his
admirers assert.
Nick Altrock and Bump Hadley also
confirmed the bullet theory from the
bull PEN"
TOrpedOes Suspected.
West Manush and Harris headed for
the dugout as soon as the inning was
over and reported their experience to
Manager Johnson who promptly sent
Joe Judge to call out the police reserves
or tear-bomb squad or whatever the de-
velopments demanded.
Art Shires, on first base, late of Chi
cago, did not hear the shots, but one
gets used to that in Chicago.
Capt. Robert Emmett Doyle per-
sonally assumed command of the sit
uation. He hurried to the rear of the
scoreboard and found several colored
boys who said they had not seen any,
body shooting rifles, but who confessed
they had tossed several Fourth of July
torpedoes over the right-f1eld fence.
IT'S all a myth" Capt. Doyle de-
clared today. II don't think there was
anything to 1t. It Is inconceivable that
any one with good reasoning would
shoot at our good ball players"
But the doughty captain apparently
does not know JEFF.