The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-05

Pleading ignorance Of the
fine interpretations of the rule,
Cambria threw himself on the
mercy of the court, adding that
he was Just a poor Dago out Of
Baltimore, who wasn't riding
around in any limousine like
''his honor" and really couldn't
afford to pay the fine.
One Word Too Many
Well, he paid it. and he paid
it pronto; but Judge Lands,
off the record or in chambers,
or wherever it is he lets down
and becomes thoroughly human,
told some friends that he had
intended to suspend the fine
up until Joe pulled that crack
about the limousine.
Well, if you are still follow.
ing, there has existed for sew.
eral months quite a three-cor-
nered feud between this little
Baltimore Dago, to use his own
phrase, and my friend. Presi-
dent Charlie Knapp, of the In
ternational League, and PreSi-
dent Billy Bramham, who is
head of the minor leagues.
This feud was brought about
early in the season when Cam"
bria asked permission Of Knapp
to let the Albany general man
ager, Johnny Evers, wear his
old Cub uniform on the coach
ing lines in Toronto on the oc-
casion of a Johnny Evers Day
there. Knapp turned Cambria
down cold on what appeared to
be a harmless enough privilege
that Cambria was seeking for
Evers.
What Started It
Cambria forthwith appealed
the decision of President Knapp
to President Bramham, who sus-
tanned the International League
head.
This got Cambria sore and he
adopted a strict policy Of silence
toward the minor league ruling
body, refusing to answer letters,
through Knapp, concerning mi
nor league affairs, refusing to
vote on issues which came up
for consideration and otherwise
put on the pout.
So, the time came when Ala.
bama Pitts would be available
for the Albany club and Cam
bria got the same cold shoulder
all the way up the ladder to
President Bramham who, Cam
bria claims, had been assured
by Judge lands that the minor
league decision against Pitts
would be upheld if it ever got
to Chicago where Judge Lands
holds forth.
This is entirely Cambria's
story and it would seem that
Lands, incidentally, is guilty of
turning around President Bran.
ham. Lands claimed illness or
indiSposition when the Pitts mat.
ter first went to him, but that
may have been an excuse to
wait a while to let public senti-
ment register.
Evened Old Scores
We all know what happened,
but it looks as though in the
case of Pitts, the Baltimore
Dago played a swell hand, secur-
ing a player for his clue who
had gotten National publicity,
from the judicial powers of the
man who once fined him $500
for his sharp tongue" as well
as evening a score with Presi-
dent Knapp and President
Bramham.
What sent me scurrying to
Cambria, however, was the fact
that 1 have had it. pretty
straight for over a week that or.
ganized baseball was going to
give Pitts the air on the first
possible pretense, at which Cam
bria revealed the facts as related
above, showing that baseball
didn't want Pitts in the first
plaee and probably will find a
way to rid its house of him,
thereby Furnishing Cambria for
daring to defy the lower Off.
Gals who originally tried to keep
Alabama out of the sport.
Cambria thinks Pitts is a ball
player and is so sure of it that
he has already signed him up
for next season at an increase
in salary. And if anybody tries
to get Pitts" Cambria declares,
he's always got the vox populi
to fall back on-as he did three