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Show pURPHY OUSTED FROM (CUBS AND DIRECTORATE cago National Owner "Resigns" Under Effective Effect-ive Pressure Brought to Bear Upon Him by President Tener of League. HHijnterziatlonal News Service. jBLtN&NNATI, Feb. 21. President iKv Charles Webb Murp'.iy of the Chi-HbV Chi-HbV cago Cu l3a-9 been officially lK kicked out of the National league. :BT Dig boot -was applied to Mur-HM? Mur-HM? this evening; after a long secret con-HMt&ce con-HMt&ce between Governor Tener and HHwlu P. Taft, the man who bought the UHta for Murphy. Murphy has sold his HHtatred interest in the Chicago team to SH? Taft and will retire from the presl-.Kw presl-.Kw of the club and also as a director 'HHe National league. .HHovernor Tener, In a lengtny state-'IHtnt state-'IHtnt iBEUcd after the conference, de-.SHred de-.SHred that a new president would be .'iHKgen to head the Cubs who will be LKreeable to all concerned. Harry Ackor-j9Kd, Ackor-j9Kd, who bought Frank Chance's stock JjCubs, is mentioned as Murphy's 'Awpkr's Statement. cHHjhie official statement issued by Gov-gHHo- Tener, following the ousting of Hflepbv, follows. aHi'Aa the result of conferences held JHBtoday between John K Tener. presl-lHknt presl-lHknt of the National League of Pro-Hvuslcmsl Pro-Hvuslcmsl Baseball clubs, and Charles HHjP.Taft, HaiTy Ackcrland and the HHth&r stockholders of the Chicago iHKatlon&l League Baseball club, an HHuTtement has been reached by which SHHfc Taft has purchased the stock HBn'the Chicago 'National League Base-(HHall Base-(HHall flub which has be on heretofore HHktt by Charles W. Murphy. lr. cHWurphi- has resigned as president of SHtthe Chicago National League Baseball HHub and will have no further official HHJotmecllon with Its affairs. Mr. Mur-HHfhy-alEO has resigned as a director HHJf. the National League of Profes-hHBomI Profes-hHBomI Baseball clubs and as a mem-.HHterot mem-.HHterot the board of directors. A meet-3Hfir.g meet-3Hfir.g of the stockholders of the Chl-jHatao Chl-jHatao National League Baseball club -:HHffIII it held at once and a new presl-HHnt, presl-HHnt, agreeable to Mr. Taft and to jHHp National League of Professional Bmtt'bc clubs, will be chosen. HH:Berry Ackerland. one of the stock-HHftcHers stock-HHftcHers in the Cliicago club, and John jnny Toole, attorney for the Xa-(9H4nal Xa-(9H4nal league, participated in the MHwaferenee which resulted in the tfHBtave arrangements KHHrfiT National league club was repre-(td repre-(td at the meeting In the Sinton hotel TJHHiy. Tho session began late in the ijHHtraoon. Preceding the meeting, the JMHfildentB of the various clubs had an Jn-fHl Jn-fHl dlEcusslon. from which all out-jB out-jB Were narrc,- 3WM&yland and John Conway Toole, at-j3HP' at-j3HP' for the XaMonal league, partlci-3HHH partlci-3HHH tn- conference, which resulted HK'.luirphy'F resignation, and which HHta that Murphy Is out of not only HH-CKlcago club, but also of organized IfHHrall, temporarily nt least. He proba-jUHKticver proba-jUHKticver will be able to got. back Into SHHJtorls to oust Murphy, who has been HHw by othpr club owners, camo to iHw In New York a short time ago HHf meeting of Nntional moguls, when Jwy summarily deposed the popular ?HB?3r Everg as manager of the Cubs. Htb same time the Cub president de-.JHHffJHunk de-.JHHffJHunk O'Dny, veteran umpire of the i-PHH' would succeed "Evcrs. iftHH- mngnales. whoso tranquillity had 5lHHjk?r 1,(58,1 "PSftt bv. raids of the Fcd-SHB'taSue Fcd-SHB'taSue on organized ball, were fur-aroused fur-aroused when Evcrs was declared 5HBLa conference with "Federal leaguers. ..JHH? Beiierally thought that Murphy ggMBnsde a grave mistake In oiiBling FJien right was being made on SKtt's Position Indorsed. HH:erft had a contract to manage the MOTjB nls year, and ho Insisted that ,hts preserved, at the same time Sr n,,nP Ulat e would not again play 5JpffWphy, The Cub president, under fk.tiiKlncered a trade or his star soc-x.fHrJman soc-x.fHrJman for Bill Sweeney. Inflelder. HH.,1'.""'' Perdue, pitcher of the Bos-HHft'tk'nalP. Bos-HHft'tk'nalP. vrith the lSvors ultimatum JMHH1 would not go to Boston if Murphy jjaBBja tnnrebv the National league was 1.' ? pa' Evcrs blfr money to keep 'HKln line. , .HVjjj iRtional league owners then dc-tfJHK? dc-tfJHK? that Murphy should be eliminated LHHi! p0ttce of tllc organization. The A.tlKriy "'"''cd In the hands of Gover-SiB"Ai!?er' Gover-SiB"Ai!?er' the heal of tho league. 5J?w came to Cincinnati today, and ilfPM,0"1 owners were gathered. While MIBp?"r coded their hnels at tho Sinton rfMSPBT,,n?.',vatchea the hours glide. Tener vTkJM1 ,f"c office of Mr. Taft. the maa BC lc gun during Murphy's baseball fiH'i?0 ,s a' brother of the ex-presl-ifCSBKhv,. "Pfcsstsd the opinion that wBBEm as not to blame for tho trouble tiHbu uC.1'''m- Taft said others wore T5iBMeAr th.e Cu bos because he had l(SK? TD,lcl1 monr-y. It Is thought that Tt5ea strong fight for Murphy, but MBii7'8Ve UP wen Tener and others nPsBPMi iLf? oul11 Jeopardize his own ln-!khBKArylnB ln-!khBKArylnB to keop "CharlcH Webb" tShWCm?311 of lho Chicago chib. a'K'VLEcetnl apparent that Taft and tffBDnm rcached a basis for a Hettlo--n. U0,nrer;f, on tho long-dlfltanco WyAWij,,' J1rnly, who was at Chl-, Chl-, 7iB"J,it htfjhy 'Hd not come to Clncln- fflPHtti of ,niv sieged that ho was 111. Tho JBMlnf. e telephone conversation thit ttrn "our was construed to m HBilteLW11!1 rtld not rollsh tho idea ?' u, ?.u.8lod. that Taft was com-ljrJBi com-ljrJBi 0 nil the power of persuasion JyKjBand to Induce him to step iHMflp' Taft was at tho meeting in JVliBtir, J"r'ng the latter part of the 0p rm;nVTtlner arrived shortly after J9AUUmJ,!w I01-- Hla party includ-jml includ-jml o. Baker, president of .the BBJr uT. C-J,ub: James Gaffney. presl-VKf- Hr?Boston club, and John C, f'BfctlfciSr of tl' Boston club, Im-,1 Im-,1 SIHca -Si.l a."val Tonor went into ! m th Jcosho officials. F y Ham train with the baseball party were diaries P. Taft and his family. Magnates who arrived early Included Barney Dreyfuss of the Pirates, Schuylor Brltton of tho Cardinals and Harry Hempstead of the Giants. Helena Gets Menges. AUBURN. K. T., Feb. 21. John H. Farrell, chairman of the national board of arbitration, today gave out the following fol-lowing decisions, among others, relating to minor baseball: Services award; kt W. C. Menges to Helena. W.VJVhlt-taker W.VJVhlt-taker to Keokuk, A. C. Lee to Fort Worth. Application of J. D. Hardy to be a free agent allowed. Application of Charles Leonard to be free agent disallowed |