Despite the denial of both the Commissioner and Pilots' owner Emil Sick, New York Mammoth owner Lester T. Moors has stuck by his allegations that something sinister was at work in the draft, allowing Seattle to wind up with two of the league's prizes in Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth.  Seeing his team beaten today by a pair of Ruth home runs only added fuel to the auto-maker's fire.

Sick, on the other hand, has continually laughed off the accusations.  "Les should go ahead and let his little girl - what's her name? Patty? - take over the team now.  It's not like they could be much worse."

(For the record, the Pilots have a league best 45-26 record; the Mammoths are at the bottom of the Atlantic Division at 30-41.)

It is unlikely that this feud will cool down anytime soon.

6/21/1927, NY27-Sea27, Sicks Stadium
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1927 Mammoths          0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0     0  8  0     6  1
1927 Pilots            0  0  0  1  0  1  0  0  x     2  5  1     5  2
 
Mammoths             AB  R  H BI   AVG    Pilots               AB  R  H BI   AVG
Neun              1b  4  0  0  0  .248    Gehrig            1b  3  0  1  0  .318
Nixon             cf  4  0  1  0  .235    Jackson           ss  3  0  0  0  .311
Dressen           3b  4  0  1  0  .280    Smith             c   4  0  0  0  .274
Hafey             lf  4  0  1  0  .298     Taylor           c   0  0  0  0  .172
Summa             rf  4  0  1  0  .259    Ruth              rf  4  2  2  2  .288
Hunnefield        2b  4  0  1  0  .217    Rogell            3b  3  0  0  0  .271
Ford              ss  3  0  2  0  .260    Leach             lf  2  0  1  0  .299
Wilson            c   2  0  1  0  .317    French            cf  3  0  1  0  .197
 Smith,J          ph  1  0  0  0  .267    Regan             2b  2  0  0  0  .202
 Perkins          c   0  0  0  0  .246     McManus          2b  0  0  0  0  .241
Haines            p   2  0  0  0  .133    Moss              p   3  0  0  0  .000
 Morehart         ph  1  0  0  0  .304                         27  2  5  2
 Braxton          p   0  0  0  0  .400
                     33  0  8  0
 
Mammoths                         INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Haines           L 9-5           7.0  5  2  2  3  2  80  50  2.55
Braxton                          1.0  0  0  0  0  1   8   7  1.88
                                 8.0  5  2  2  3  3  88  57
 
Pilots                           INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Moss             W 1-1           9.0  8  0  0  0  1 107  78  3.18
                                 9.0  8  0  0  0  1 107  78
 
NY : Smith,J batted for Wilson in the 7th
     Perkins inserted at c in the 7th
     Morehart batted for Haines in the 8th
Sea: McManus inserted at 2b in the 8th
     Taylor inserted at c in the 9th
 
E-Rogell. 2B-Dressen(10), Ford 2(8), Leach(9). HR-Ruth 2(22). RBI-Ruth 2(51).
SB-Nixon(1). CS-Hafey. K-Hafey, Jackson, Ruth, Regan. BB-Gehrig, Jackson,
Leach. SH-Regan.
GWRBI: Ruth
Temperature: 74, Sky: clear, Wind: out to center at 9 MPH.