Show FREEDMAN PLAYING THE FOX Said to Be After Presidency of the National League Tim Murnane the wellknown baseball critic In cpcaklng of Andy Free mans apparent desertIon of the National leaguo fol in favor of John T Brush has tho lowinG to mn Freedman out of bcueball Not much with Sir Andrnw Is fitlll playing cards and tjlth John T Brush hns mopped put a Wa > to bccomo tho president of the National league ICSTho snapshot artlals lost a fine chance when lucy failed to get a picture of tho parting of Jrecdmun from the Now York club Tho reports said that large Juicy tears played tag down Sir Andrews chcekn as ho mndo his farewell speech lo the New York reporters and turned ovor his Uillcnd bnll club to Ito sago of Indluuapollri 1 shall etlll remain on hue board of directors of Ito New York club said Freedman Mr Brush will now rig up a scheme and make It appear that Freedman must return and become tho Moses of the ol f league Great busIness Interests will be given i3 an excuse for refusing tIle honor that friends of the game hoped A G Spaldlng might accept last neason 1 heard Freedman say not long ago that ho wlHhcd bo bad the limo to give to league matters for ho would take Ito presidency and give tile ralllcbralned magnates a business admInIstration which they never hud and were badly In need of Freedman will bo oakcd to b como the executive head of the league with John T 1 Brush still Jhalrmnu of tho executive commllleo This will bo a star play antI how to the world how NlronglK Freedman Freed-man and how far ho was In the game when ho was flitting on iho threshold but a tow short months ago while A G Spnldlnff was after the scalp of thc combination com-bination which had decided lo mako the league ono big corporation Frccdman out of baseball Far from It Ho In Blmply trying lo pet full control of the old organlKullon That Is the aIl a-Il looks to me |