New York Mammoths owner Lester Moors is publicly demanding an investigation into alleged impropriety in the draft, calling a press conference during which he stated:  "It is simply not reasonable to believe that the Seattle franchise was able to draft both their first baseman AND right fielder in this draft, which was supposed to redistribute available talent in a fair and competitive way.  The fact that the Commissioner has been documented as present in Seattle days before the draft cannot be a coincidence.  This must be investigated for the good of baseball."

Seattle owner Emil Sick was reached at his brewery, and responded:  "Lester must be breathing air from the tailpipes of his cars again - this was all above board.  Did Les mention that he could have drafted either of them before we had our first pick?  Heck, our FIRST pick wasn't either of those guys, it was Dazzy Vance, and even after we took Gehrig with our second pick, he had two more picks before we took Ruth.  There are 14 other teams in the league, too, and they had their chances.  Les will just have to explain to that darling daughter of his that he blew it."

The Commissioner was unavailable for comment.  Reporters calling his office were rebuffed by his secretary in a way that made them feel dizzy in a good way.


4/25/1927, SF27-Sea27, Sicks Stadium
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1927 Seals             0  0  0  0  0  2  1  0  2     5 10  0     8  2
1927 Pilots            0  0  3  1  6  0  0  0  x    10 16  1     7  1
 
Seals                AB  R  H BI   AVG    Pilots               AB  R  H BI   AVG
Goslin            cf  5  0  2  1  .279    Heathcote         cf  4  0  0  0  .139
Cobb              rf  3  1  1  1  .321    Jackson           ss  5  2  4  0  .279
Neis              lf  5  1  3  3  .306    Gehrig            1b  5  1  2  3  .329
Kress             ss  5  0  0  0  .000    Ruth              rf  4  0  2  1  .278
Hargrave          c   4  0  0  0  .182    McManus           2b  4  1  1  1  .171
Thompson          2b  4  0  1  0  .225    Leach             lf  4  1  1  0  .282
Kamm              3b  4  1  1  0  .320    Rogell            3b  4  2  3  0  .253
Clancy            1b  3  1  1  0  .200    Smith             c   2  1  1  0  .222
Kremer            p   2  0  0  0  .143     Taylor           c   0  0  0  0  .222
 Goldsmith        p   0  0  0  0  .000    Lucas             p   4  2  2  5  .261
 Toporcer         ph  0  0  0  0  .241                         36 10 16 10
 Mills            p   0  0  0  0  .000
 O'Farrell        ph  1  1  1  0  .409
                     36  5 10  5
 
Seals                            INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Kremer           L 4-1           4.0 10  6  6  0  2  85  55  1.80
Goldsmith                        2.0  5  4  4  3  0  56  30  5.02
Mills                            2.0  1  0  0  0  0  20  14  0.00
                                 8.0 16 10 10  3  2 161  99
 
Pilots                           INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Lucas            W 5-1           9.0 10  5  5  4  3 138  85  2.72
                                 9.0 10  5  5  4  3 138  85
 
SF : Toporcer batted for Goldsmith in the 7th
     O'Farrell batted for Mills in the 9th
Sea: Taylor inserted at c in the 8th
 
E-McManus. 2B-Clancy(2), Jackson(2), Rogell(5). HR-Neis(1), Gehrig(4),
McManus(1), Lucas(1). RBI-Goslin(13), Cobb(5), Neis 3(6), Gehrig 3(12),
Ruth(9), McManus(6), Lucas 5(6). K-Kress 2, Kamm, Heathcote, McManus.
BB-Cobb 2, Clancy, Toporcer, Heathcote, Ruth, McManus. SH-Smith 2.
GWRBI: Lucas
Temperature: 59, Sky: clear, Wind: in from right at 5 MPH.