The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-20
S P Q R T S
fearing Held By Prick
| On Beaning Of Medwick
,,.;sion On Whether Bow
r,n,s Pitch Was Deliberate
Il Not Expected Soon

Is WV
..rur York, June Oldham
NV decision by Ford c. Frick
charges that the 'beaning" OF
.L1vn outfelder Joe Medwick
,. pob Bowman of the St. Louis
..%,dinals was deliberate appeared
'.,ote tonight as the National
=, e,e president declared he
N take no action until the
~. nj an Investigation by Dis
'I.t Attorney William O'Dwyer's
,ace were known
s;ntins that baseball could keep
!, own shirts clean' and that he
',s not interested in the civil as
,s,ts Of the case, Frick said:
.rven if I do make up my mind,
-,,,,,d not make any announce
..,t under the circumstances.
snpose should suspend Bowman.
ss,f would be taken as proof of
bis guilt"
rick spent four hours today in
...,iewing everyone who might
,.,0v some light on yesterdays
,,idept, when Medwick was felled
md suffered a conclusion.
He said he had asked only Leo
nrocher, Brooklyn manager;
sawrpan; Johnny Mize, Cardinal
ir,t baseman; Pepper Martin, Car
dnal outfelder; and Larry Mac
,tsil, Brooklyn club president. to
ss hearing, but practically the en-,
fire Cardinal team trooped to the
league Office and before the long
testimony was ended many other
oiayers, as well as two or three
Brooklyn fans, had been called in.
Bowman obviously was nervous.
He was called in twice. He later
rlerated an earlier statement that
Nedwick was his friend and the
saning was unintentional.
Il tried to put too much stuff on
DE ball and it got away" he said.
" | live a thousand years I'll
Il think that Joe stood there wait
nE for the ball to curve, and it
didn't"
Macphail was emphatic in his
opinion that the beaning was in
HmltOnal.
We presented our case to the
effect that we believed it was in
tendonal," he said, land backed
il with the statements of two St.
Louis players.
Its too bad ithappened. I
hnk the fellow just made a mis-
Ike, But we feel that there should
y no repriSals. It's too danger
IL"
he fiery MacPhail had cooled
1 today. Yesterday he rushed
Wei to the Cardinal bench chal-
lglng one and all, and took a
ld swing at Bowman.
Dlrocher met some of the Car
i1slS, including Bowman, in a no.
ii elevator before yesterdays
l'ne, and remarks were passed
aVEeen Bowman a n d Durocher
Which evidently bolstered the idea
nat the busting off" was inten-
taal.
billy Southworth, manager of the
.%aicnalS, left the hearing with
zoe assertion that a mountain was
Sng made out of a molehill.
Meanwhile, Medwick was con
lea to Caledonian hospital. Phys
sans described his condition as a
asnE conclusion. He will probably
N Out OF the lineup for about two
weeks.
Al a statement today to Burton
lurkuS, assistant district attor-
w. MedWick made no accusa-
NO direct threat had been made
saiaS1 me by Bowman" he said.
s law me ball leave his hand, but
4T ~. was the last I saw of it,"
.ukuS said that Durocher and
s n'e Brooklyn fans who were in
y elevator during the exchange
tio %oras would appear in the dis
~, m' a11orney's office tomorrow to
~ mat they heard Bowman say
% Durocher:
III III get you and Medwick,"
he spwyer's office telephoned dur
,snd D y nearing and asked Prick to
cbs,,a D%urocher, Southworth, Coach
han y Dfessen of Brooklyn, Bow
Cav; catcher Don Padgett of the
lam A4l n' and plate umpire Will
auss. campbell to the office for
w.. AOnlng. Prick replied that he
;tor, uot working for the district
NnN'eys office in the case"
,,ps s"yer said he was acting be-
sesn ~ VI alleged bad feeling be-
lne ball players and. in view
contradictory reports. i