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Show iEGtfiT QUITS EM FOR GOOD Bee Outsider Resigns When Word of Suspension and Fine Is Received. LOS ANGELES. July 31 Hnrley Maggert. outflelaer of the Sn It Ivike PsjfSj, announreil v.terila that he Wiia j through with baseball. Maggcrt s re-illiemenl re-illiemenl came following a telegram roalvad here yistcrday announcing Jtn.it I'resldent Mc.'arth had lined Aluggert 326 and had suspended lum Indefinitely for u run-in with Umpire j.UiUrew bTI Thursday. In the first inning of that game Muggert y,u3 first man up. ElODOk IvHObad him three straight balls and then His Mujeaty began calling strikes. .The laat two called were bitterly disunited dis-united by Isafgart ami wordu followed. IjkicGrew turned Maggert In wiih the aioreruentloned result. , Nan rs4lale. u oung seml-prorcs-si(-nal. Iiaa been s'.gneil by Manager Lrnic Jonriaon of thv Uet-s to fill Mag-gert's Mag-gert's shoes. ToWtuy Long, a Tiger, may be punhused Lorn Vernon, it is t.ild. to rill the vacancy. Maggert Joined the tSall LnUe club In the spring cf Itlt, reporting ul I'lttsburK, CsU., where the Dees v-r training. He had previously hud ;.bout twelve years In ttie Coast leagur.' playlnr for lOaJlJf seasons with Los Angeles An-geles and liitci wi'h an Uiiincisco. lie waa wltii the t'lilladelphla Americans Ameri-cans ut onu tin.e. Muxgeit lias piayi-d wonderful ball for tvnt LsJta, lasi year hla performances perform-ances were the sen.-jiiiion of the league, aim una jrar n. i.as oeen going even Letter iaii ear Maggert bus a battlnj av- , crugL- oi .376. from June 13 to July 4 he hit In consecutive guinea. nnl tram July to July 2 8 he also hit lu every game. He led the league In i un-Kettlr.g with 'Jl. and was ilrst In l-oint of DQBlbT of hits, having hit suteiy 171 tunes. Ho was f:rnt also In ItWO-Jbaaa hits with 1, He stood fifth in thieu-baae hits with ini.o. and third in tho league in the matter of total boaea, bli blta'ajnounUiisT to 242 bases. Hi ..i.s seventh among tli base-steal-ors with 27. He hud four home runs! and 1J sacrifice hits. Maggcrt's noine is ut Onkland where1 his f ut iu-r-ln-iaw Is a coal dealer. It Is understood that Magg rt will Join him ir tliut business, at which he put In the winter months between the l&li-120 l&li-120 s.-asons. Maggert has often said that Ms family has been Insistent that he quit baseball, and no doubt the i feeling of distrust which McCarthys summary act inspired. moved Mu;-Kert Mu;-Kert to throw up his Job. Muggert s detection Is the second! Important depaiture from tho Iiee ! ranks within two weeks. Second Uam-mun Uam-mun Krug having Jumped the club h.re during the Seattle aeries. on |