| Show SCANDAL 1 AND I ND FOGEL TALK r DISRUPT MAJOR MAJORs J 1 lile He i e Old Organization Is s Boi Boiling Boil Boil- ing n ng b American Leaguers r io Quiet IN A BAD BD HOLE HOLEBY LE BY HUGH HUG S. S FULLERTON FULLER e tie e winter Inter season Is open and scant scan- scan t 1 has has as succeeded action The National Nationale ue e er which has been torn by contend- contend II factions for several se years ears now Is t for several years now Is Isly Isly ly t assured of or support of ot the major- major of ot the owners has lias taken firm hold the ithe th situation Lynch already has ed the hand of or Horace Fogel and isi la is after alter Charles W. W Murphy who now i vertly accused of 01 writing the Inter- Inter which caused the National league leclare clare Its intention of or expelling Fo- Fo f fat at the coming meeting meeting- of or the league Chicago newspaper that printed the ked ged interview with Fogel furnishes of oC that the matter was supplied b by the league undoubtedly will willA A e. e action to force Murphy out of ot the s resident Lynch claims the backing backing- of or Iw w York Boston Brooklyn Pittsburgh 1 ad d Cincinnati and probably of St. St Louis Louts Louisi i his effort to stop the scandals within ti b league Under the constitution of e organization it has the power to ext exor ex- ex t 1 or otherwise punish both Fogel and furphy urphy should thc they be found guilty of e charges and President Lynch open- open JT states his intention of at punishing punishing- i ein em m to the t full limit i The situation in the National lea league ue acute cute while the American leaguers ho rho are of off hunting or engaging In love lo are arc saying nothing and playing tie e best politics of or their careers With ree iree straight worlds world's pennants to their Credit dit and with the older organization fighting and upset It would seem that lie he younger body lias has all the better of the lie situation UThe The National league Ii is dead In Chiago Chi Chi- II pago ago where here conditions are worse than thany hey y have bc been n in years Murphys Murphy's summary discharge of Frank Chance Chanco while the Peerless Leader was in a hos- hos and his subsequent efforts to bettle betHe be- be tHe Chances Chance's achievements have stirred he e west side fans more than anything hat at has happened happen d In years yearL Chance bowed poor taste rather than poor nt In returning the attacks He Ui ha have been n is wiser to remain to-remain remain silent nd permit his friends to make the fight or r him Ho made mad it almost impossible or di r Murphy to weaken and brought on ew attacks innuendoes and even cven open suits cults disguised in praise of others s Move Puzzling v jI Murphy knows perhaps better than what Chance has been to his team He has lias spent hours telling me of or Chances Chance's greatness as a manager and explaining in detail things I already knew about Chance Chalice Then suddenly he changed He determined to get rid of or Chance Chanco and proceeded to do O so What hat his object was or what he meant no one except himself knows knoW's lIe He must have hs realized that a storm of Indignation would follow his announcement ment although al although al- al though It Is not probable that he realized realIzed real real- zed what an uprising of or the fans Cans would ensue He lie has f finally 3 started something that Is beyond his control and evidently e the attitude of the p patrons frightened Min him at first and he be strove e to sidetrack the issue Right on top of oC the Chance alOe acne the announcement that Mrs Irs Helen had summarily discharged Roger Rogerr r her manager and St. St Louis 3 as thrown Into a turmoil turmon Miller Hugins HugIns Hugins Hug- Hug Ins probably will succeed Roger as lanager which means that Mrs Briton Briton Brit Brit- on will dictate to the team Somehow or other club owners do not earn even e by bitter experience and heavy los losses s that the they cannot anage ball teams Most of oC them want playing captains who will cry irry rr out all their orders on the field ather ether than managers to run their ball tubs lubs I Managers Manager Iud Mut Rule Role The player who accept a position as cr without being given Iven full tull power ver Ever the men on and off the field is 15 fool tool ish oh We Vo were discussing this question wring the worlds world's series at Boston Men Jf f experience Stallings Jess Burkett ughie Jennings s. s lIu Hugh h Dut Duffy Pat Donvan Donvan Don- Don van van and half a dozen others sitting round a table declared unanimously at t. t no manager has a chance to succeed inless given complete power and that my nr club own t- t who insists upon assist assist- ng ing his manager is going to destroy the lib lab There herp were two cub club own owners rs presente present present- ne nc e a man who never cr mixes In the plang play play- rig rog end of the game and the other who is s 8 In the past been guilty of or man many in- in to which he pleaded guilty hey her both agreed that the tho old players ers fern ere right The They all agree aree with us said Buret Bur Bur- ctt et savagely but thc they cant can't keep ands off None of or those between go-between bs for me Either Ill I'll bo be manager gO or I I I ay y out It lt is said by the wa way that Burkett is for tor a major league berth next axon alOn He has made good In the ml- ml ors ora and would make a stron strong hustling anywhere He has learned a aRtA t t since he was a pIa player tr and is more although almost almot as ns agas ag- ag as he was Soft for J Jerry Jorry rl There Thero Is a pretty pratt aftermath to the orld's series and one that makes one ke Ke ball players bettor better Tears Years ago no hen the Red Sox were in their forma- forma Ye Ie IL Period Doc Gessler and some of the her iner boys boy's picked up a little lad near l is grounds a bright faced face clear eYed eved tle tie fellow hungering to see eoe a ball ballme me Thc They took him with them to the and he captivated the entire wd by his manliness and The They cho chose c him mascot and gme the Me of the more thou thoughtful went to see sees as s II mother a a. widow and arran arranged ed to ye ve the bo boy cared for The players his uniforms and the they sent him him school chool That was ono one rule Jerry Jerry- l r his name was waR Jerry Jern- must McCarthy McCarthy m must to school Thc They paid his way and lien en vacation came they took him on e road with the team teRm derry r erry rry has been heen with the team for tor rs m. He Itc has studied and he has reined re- re reined ined unspoiled If H you want to see sea ow 19 tender bf big strong strong- men can be bethem e. e itch teh them with Jerry Ho lie plays plas ball hall ith th them catching anything they the row to him him at first but hut watch how tho they cut loose Get on the and the tho th oaths are suppressed for or Jr Jerry will heat This fall J when the they won Von the the- highest t flora i In baseball Jerry was Wal there ugh u h It all quiet watchful bus busy lp 11 once or twice did he be give I c vent ent to anxiety tand and then only onh In ln a n motion no d. d when it was over and the pennant s 5 won on Jerry was the happiest of or nil alt e i was 8 expecting nothing wanting In i but the thc Players got Jot together ther nit d ma made un from th their tr bl big bf dividends dl L. L fund or of 2000 to be bo placed In bank to toia ia f e fi credit cre lof of Jerry that he may continuo continue edu tUon O nc think Jerry would n aspire t lends be Aa a ball Player He lie does hut but he her lo to th the tho desire an and E go fO o In r r r Ia lan aw when he is older |
