April 27, 1917 - Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, Tennessee) - Elberfeld Suspended and Fined
BAUGH THREATENS KID ELBERFELD WITH BIG FINE AND SUSPENSION
Those who have been figuring on winning bets made with Norman. Elberfeld that he would be put out of another game before the end of the 1917 season had best become reconciled to the losing of such wagers.
Any time Mr. Elberfeld kicks himself out of a game from now on he will have just and adequate provocation. In the mail of the militant manager yesterday there was an official letter from the Hon. Robert H. Baugh, very much president of the Southern league. It informed one N. Elberfeld, leader of the Lookouts, that the $10 fine that automatically went down against him when he was ordered off the playing field by Umpire O'Toole in the first Little Rock game had been increased to $25.
There was also a second sermon on the evils of ill temper and the harsh warning that a repetition of the forced exit before the consummation of a championship game would bring a heavier fine and "indefinite suspension." Now. "indefinite suspension" once meant being out of work for five
days, but no one in the league talks the language of Mr. Baugh, of Birmingham, very fluently and his words lack authoritative interpretation..
Mr. Elberfeld refused to be interviewed on the matter—he choked up, in fact, and was unable to express himself—but it may be taken for granted that the "Indefinite suspension" line in the letter attracted his very serious attention. The Kid doesn't mind paying fines. He would turn over his entire year's salary to win one ball game, if occasion arose, in the heat of the contest, but he
knows that with him barred from the park the team would be crippled, and be will not do anything to endanger the present bright prospects of the Lookouts.
So, whatever Mr. Baugh's purpose in 'picking on" the best little manager in the league, he has succeeded in curbing him and possibly has hurt the club by his anti-Elberfeld stubbornness.
Those who have been figuring on winning bets made with Norman. Elberfeld that he would be put out of another game before the end of the 1917 season had best become reconciled to the losing of such wagers.
Any time Mr. Elberfeld kicks himself out of a game from now on he will have just and adequate provocation. In the mail of the militant manager yesterday there was an official letter from the Hon. Robert H. Baugh, very much president of the Southern league. It informed one N. Elberfeld, leader of the Lookouts, that the $10 fine that automatically went down against him when he was ordered off the playing field by Umpire O'Toole in the first Little Rock game had been increased to $25.
There was also a second sermon on the evils of ill temper and the harsh warning that a repetition of the forced exit before the consummation of a championship game would bring a heavier fine and "indefinite suspension." Now. "indefinite suspension" once meant being out of work for five
days, but no one in the league talks the language of Mr. Baugh, of Birmingham, very fluently and his words lack authoritative interpretation..
Mr. Elberfeld refused to be interviewed on the matter—he choked up, in fact, and was unable to express himself—but it may be taken for granted that the "Indefinite suspension" line in the letter attracted his very serious attention. The Kid doesn't mind paying fines. He would turn over his entire year's salary to win one ball game, if occasion arose, in the heat of the contest, but he
knows that with him barred from the park the team would be crippled, and be will not do anything to endanger the present bright prospects of the Lookouts.
So, whatever Mr. Baugh's purpose in 'picking on" the best little manager in the league, he has succeeded in curbing him and possibly has hurt the club by his anti-Elberfeld stubbornness.
