Evening star., 1937-06-03
BADLY M|SQU0TED,
CLAIMS CARD STAR
,Frick, Loop President, Says
biz Is Suspended Until
He Makes Amends.
BY ORLO ROBERTSON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n IEW YORK, June 3.-Jerome
n Herman Dizzy Dean today
" tossed down the gantlet to
President Ford Frick of the
National League, declaring he would
quit base ball rather than sign the
letter of apology rendered following
his indefinite suspension "for conduct
detrimental to the best interests of
base ball"
The showdown was due this morn
Ing when the hurting ace of the st.
Louis Cardinals and Manager Frankie
Frisch conferred with Frick in the
league Offices. But meeting or no
meeting, Dizzy was on record as de-
claring he would go home and spend
the remainder of his life playing golf
rather than apologize for something
he insists he never said.
Frick's disciplinary action, which
broke like a bombshell on the sports
front yesterday, came as climax to
a series of incidents that have kept
Dean IN the headlines since the Spring
training season. The latest sequence
began May l9 when the New York
Giants and Carl Hubbell beat the
Cards and Dean, Al. in a game that
ended in a ninth-inning riot.
Dizzy Talks Out of Turn.
nIZzY was fined $50 for his part
in the free-for-all, the outgroWth
of a balk called on him by Umpire
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the sixth inning
Subsequently, Frick charges, Dean
spoke out of turn about the league in
general and its president and umpires
In particular. The star right -hander
was quoted as saying he would give
$1,000 to the newspaper man who
would print exactly what he DEAN
thought of Frick, that he would not
play in this years all-star game, if
selected, and that George Barr and
Ford F'rlck are the two biggest crooks
In base ball today" The latter state
mcnt was attributed to Dean at a
father-and-sons dinner at Belleville,
III.
It's down to the question of whether
Dean is bigger than the National
League" said Frick, a newspaper man
before he succeeded John A. Heydler
as head of the circuit in 1884. Il
don't think he is. but this can all be
settled quickly if Dean sees the error
OF his ways and frankly apologies to
the league for the things he has said
or implied and puts it in writing"
That's what Jerome Herman en-
phatically declared he would not do.
Denies Lurid Statement.
D RATHER jump out of that Win
dow Che was on the twentieth
floor of hoteD than sign that letter
Of apology" said Dean.
Il not only didn't call Frick and
Barr the biggest crooks in the league
but have witnesses to prove that !
didn't"
He referred his listeners to 81 John-
son, another Cardinal hurler, and
Franz Laux, St. Louis radio an
nouncer
What did say was that Barr had
given the Cards the unfairest decision
I ever saw. AS for playing in the all
star game, I would be only too glad
to pitch If selected
Dean has had turbulent career
since he became a Cardinal regular
in 1882. He precipitated a fist fight
in Tampa in this years Spring train
Ing season in which two sports writer's
and several players became embroiled.
The club has fined him three times
for missing train connections and
falling to appear for exhibition games.
He incurred the wrath of Commits
sloner Lands and was fined s1o0 for
failure to participate in a charity ball
game at Chattanooga, Tenn, in Oc-
tober, 1885. He went on brief strike
three years ago in an effort to get
more money for brother Paul.