Show Tempered Hot Meyer May Get Another Big Fine Suspension PHILADELPHIA July 27 OB Pi- Pi The terrible tempered Russ Meyer outstanding candidate for Cor baseballs baseball's baseballs baseball's baseballs baseball's base base- balls ball's bad man of the year award was In line again Thursday for a afine afine afine fine or suspension this time because because be be- cause a batter stepped out of the box I The 26 year old Meyer l ace I right-hander right of the Philadelphia I Phillies a year ago has had more I than his share of troubles this I season First of all Russ lost six games in a row ron at the start of oC the season In one of those games ames Russ lost more than the decision He took a throw from first baseman Eddie and tagged d first base but the runner was adjudged safe soe The enraged Meyer stormed at atthe atthe atthe the umpire Meyer ended up inthe inthe in inthe the showers minus and ami on the suspended list for seven se days HP TTe threw the ball at the umpires umpire's feet feel I Russ has hast t had temper troubles for Cor a long time Last year car for or example Russ Puss was so burned up I once that he kicked a steel locker I in the club house He broke a toe I and was out of oC action for Cor a week Meyer has been known to wreck all kinds of locker room furniture After his poor start this season Russ Puss began to find ind himself His I record stood at 5 10 when he went vent to the pitching rubber for the Phils Wednesday night against the Chicago Cubs his old teammates While the Phillies were failing falling to score against Wally Vany Dubiel an Phil ex-Phil who went vent to the Cubs inthe InI in inthe the deal that sent Meyer 1 here I the Cubs were roughing up Mr Meyer Runs scored in the first and second inning and Meyer was down 2 0 when Chicago went to bat in the fifth Dubiel opened the inning witha with a double and Russ promptly walked Wayne Ten Carmen Mauro 1 fouled out but Bob Borkowski smashed the ball 0 off Meyers Meyer's glove glov and Dubiel scored Me Meyer er was not a little angered as Hank Sauer stepped from the batters batter's box Seeing Sauer leave the plate Meyer stopped his mo mo- tion Balk yelled umpire Lon War War- neke Meyer l wasted not a moment in storming at nt Warneke He told the umpire in choice 1 language language lan lan- guage what he thought of oC the decision and pushed Warneke in doing so Warneke told Meyer he was finished finished finished fin fin- pitching for Cor the night Whether league president Ford Frick will get an official report is isI I not yet known It was an odd kind bind of balk call Meyer was in error in his argument argument argument ment but he didn't know it at the time Russ said later that he thought that when a batter steps from the box boa time is out i |