Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1912 — SAYS BAN JOHNSON IS WRONG [ARTICLE]

SAYS BAN JOHNSON IS WRONG

Manager Who Appears on Field In Uniform Should Not Be Counted as Player, Bpys Griffith. Clark Griffith, manager of the Washington team, does not agree with President Ban Johnson in counting as a player a manager who appears on the field in uniform, even though he may not.go to bat. He does not believe in the Justice of the latest edict of the boss of the American league. “A club is allowed 25 players,” says Griffith, “and that ought to include players, not coachers. lam not a player Just because I wear a uniform. I wear a uniform in order to be closer to the game than I could he if compelled to make complaints to umpires and assist my team at critical pinches with my experience. But that shouldn’t make me one of the players allowed the club. Harry Wolverton may rightly be considered a player. So might Harry Davis and Jake Stahl and Jimmy Callahan. They appear In regular championship games and figure in the box scores. But Hughie Jennings and I are no more players than Connie Mack, even though we do wear a uniform and coach on the lines. lam not In sympathy with President Johnson in this view of the matter, but hardly expect to make a test case, as I haven’t the limit of players even counting myself.”