Show I AMERICAN PULLED PRIZE BONER IN MAYS MAYS' MAuI MATTI d' d Whole Thing Will Serve as Boomerang M Players Sure to Take Tip Shortsighted Owners Offered Star StarBy I IBy By H. H G. G Mich Nov 15 The 15 The American league Is feeling the thea DETROIT D effects of Its recently Inaugurated policy of ot banging Ban Dan Joh Certain club magnates In the tho Amerl American an league who decided that Johnson was all wrong when he suspended Carl Mays Maya for dese the Boston Doston club are likely to discover a boomerang in their action ai a will probably be a a. trifle difficult on the old bank account The to Impress the majority of ot baseball magnates Is to hit their bank Babe Dabe Ruth Is the first ball player to take advantage of ot the tha g gf opportunities presented by his own boss Harry Frazee and some gome ol or asso associates lates In the he American league Seeing that the well vell known bean artist Mr Mays got a good richer by saying he would no Ic Ie I pIa play with Boston and by going s 5 where where he o could gather i coin of the realm all because se club owners In the league sale cab could do It Mr Ruth Is isnow now emul his example If It Mr Mays Mayo was ell eli to get away with the should not Mr Ruth be able t tl tr the same thing He Is playing Ir It same came league Isn't he he fl So Mr Ruth as has been reco far and wide has told the Be Bc club that It will have to pay a year for hitting homand home hom homel and If the Boston club does not to pay him that probably some club will and Boston Doston will wm be be beto bea a ato ato to let Mr Ruth have his fr fret free e and liberty so that he may and comfort and financial some other city J 1 Ruth Is under a three year year three tract that still has two years to and which calls for tor a a. se sel sea But what of It Was not Mays Maya u a similar contract and did not 1 3 l' l say he would not play with Bo any more and If It he was not tr to some other club he would not at all And did not Boston Doston sell sen senI and did not Ban Dan Johnson suspend and did not the directors of the le lea I enough of them at least saY the suspension order did not go gel that Mays Maya should go right ahead play no matter what Mr Johi Johr said If the suspension order order not valid In the case of Mays Mas 1 could Babe Dabe Ruth be suspended refusing to play which w would doing the very same came thing that J If 1 did 11 m Some people have maintained years that club owners are s 's ci si sighted and narrow minded Ma MB Mathey they have not proven It so c elusively before but right no t certainly have pulled one of the Ic 1 rock plays of all sports history one that will hit them hard if I 1 players care to take advantage ofA fj situation which according to repe from Boston Doston at least one player doing M MIF IF IT HAPPENED TO COMMY It would be a a. peculiar stroke troice Justice If six aix or seven of Charles Charles' Comiskey's players would Comiskey that he will have toreo toco across with a few thousand doll more In each case or they with play for him any tny longer It would doing no more than taking advant of ot a situation which Comiskey whO ho reputed to be bo a wise baseball fm m helped to create Comiskey wo would smothered under the structure wh he helped to build And would look very y comical appealing Ban Johnson for assistance bing Mr Johnson of ot tho the power assist Jot This situation will create a lot trouble in the American l winter Some of ot the short sight magnates In the American o a virtual invitation to the t players to hit them for tor more monThey mon mone They showed them the way to get gets In fact they cre created ted a grand opp oppe for them to get It and mold the weapon which they can use Tb even got the courts of ot law to help players in their fight for more monand monand mon and power Not that we begrudge any m nT he s can earn or all he ho can his employers more power to but let the reward l come proper channel and not through dese and legal procedure the magnates allowed this muss to get Into the courts day the baseball owner owners their own goose to be cooked Th Tb will wilt be groaning and moaning beta bet another spring arrives and It wm be on account of this deliberate sh sN sighted procedure which to theo the nary y mind could have been nipped its very Inception 1 |