Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-10-05 | Page 12 | Conceal Return of Big Fine

CONCEAL RETURN : OFJG FINE Dope Hat. It That Fine Plastered on McGraw Hat Been Hande Back. NEW YORK, Oct. B The big fin plaatered upon John J. MrUraw by tha magnatca, following his "trial" for alleged Insubordination as National leaguer, waa rturnd to him almoat Immediately after th raa waa tried. It hss now been ksarned. The public pub-lic was Juat fooled, that's all, by the magna tea of the National league, who kept It all a aecret. McGraw waa fined Iftoo for punching Umpire Byron at Cincinnati. An additional addi-tional fin of $iuoo waa Imposed on th aggressive manager for making a statement state-ment reflecting on th judgment of on of th baaeball officials. In penalising McClraw and allowing- Umpire Byron t esrap without even a reprimand. The fine was handed back to McOraw tha risy after his raa waa tried at th requeat of tha Ha sens 1 1 Writer a' Association Associa-tion of America before the baaeball officiate of-ficiate and the declalon upheld. Mcti raw refused to h made th financial finan-cial ''goat," even though tha verdict, regarded by soma aa foreshadowing hia dismissal from all connection with tha sport, wss much less sever thsn believed. It waa McOraw a threat to au for thai rat urn of th fin that cauaed It to be quickly refunded. McOraw la aald to hav gone to on of the baseball magnates after th farcical ! trial and told him worda to thia effect: "You and your fellow magnate have seen fit to put me on trial, and your verdict ver-dict haa been sustained. I will not be I made a 'goat' of by anyone. It la not I my nature. I am going to fight you and th magnate In court, and I aha II then hav tha opportunity to have you and your fellow magnates aaked a few pertinent perti-nent questions through my lawver. 1 think these will afford very Interesting reading." Thia threat resulted In a great flurry among the magnatea and the return of th amount of th fin.