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Show HARRY DAVIS SAYS TEAM "PIT DEAD" Cleveland, Juno 25. Harry Davis is almost frantic over the poor showing of his Cleveland club, and the former form-er captain of tho Athletics intimates that a big shakeup is due in his aggregation ag-gregation Thero has been a Blump in every department of tho Naps, and it is understood un-derstood that tho Cleveland management manage-ment is dickering with the owners of the Toledo club for tho transfer of some American association players in exchango for some present American leaguers. Davis accuses his players of quitting. quit-ting. Hero Is what he says; "With a few exceptions, they have quit dead. In the spring I patiently waited for the weather to improve, excusing thoir lack of form to the bad conditions. I can be patient no longer. "The weather Is good. They should show now, if ihey are ever going to show. But they seem to be lacking in ginger. They havo lost their nerve and a team in thai condition cannot can-not play ball. They looked good against Chicago, New York and Boston, Bos-ton, but when they tackled such teams as Philadelphia and Washington they stopped dead. "Cleveland wants moore than n team that can hit to hold its own with second sec-ond division clubs, and If possible I am going to havo It such a club. "I can't do it with the players putting put-ting up the article of ball they havo for the past week." |