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Show PITCHER ASSUMED A WRONG NAME! Wilkesbarre, Pa.. Aug. 17. Will- iam McCuIlon of this city, president of the Susquehanna league, bus re- ' celved charges that Pitcher Kroa of the Chicago Nationals hud pitched tor Danville of tbe Susquehanna league against Pdooiiishtirg lat Sat- . unlay. He assumed, it is charged, j Vti name of Mcllale. and poso l it a ; ,'itcher by that name from Colby cpl- j lepe, who was being glv;n n tryout ' ly Danville. ' Ho won bis game easily by Ibe score of 5 to 1, and showed such proficiency pro-ficiency that his cleverness was remarked. re-marked. Mrs. John Mears of Chicago, who was In tbe grandstand, recognized recog-nized him. It Is charged that the Danville management secured Kroh lo Philadelphia, Phila-delphia, where he was suspended tor misbehavior. President McCuIlon ba given the Danville management 21 hours to p;ove that the strange pitcher 3i not Kroh. j |