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Show O'DAY WAS NOT READY Pres. Lynch Goes Back to New York Without Veteran's Signature Hank O'Day Is not yd a big league umpire, and Judging from what bap : pined recently the veteran Is not certain cer-tain whether he will come back with his pud and mask. I President Tom Lynch of the Na lional league sought out the former j manager of the Reds, spoke to him about signing, offered him a flatter-iug flatter-iug eonlraet and then had to hop oti a train to return to New York without the O'Day signature in his pocket O'Day excused himself for not wish-1 Ing to sign up with the National league right away by saying he is not ready to decide the matter. Lynch had been under the Impression he would have no trouble In getting O'Day back on his staff of arbiters Lynch even though Hank would welcome wel-come n contract with open arms bin .there was none of this, and Lynch is now awnre of the fact that he will have to come through with a big piece of coin if he hones to get O'Day away from the American league Not that I O'Day has fully determined to refuse i to return to bis old Job The impression impres-sion seems to prevail that he will de clde to cast his lot with the American Ameri-can league At one time O'Day umpired for Ran I Johnson. When Johnson was president of the Western league, and he is not i at all averse to returning to his old boss, especially when a flattering sal- jnry 19 a certainty. The old-time arbiter ar-biter probablj will remain on the I fence until February' 1 His ambition ! is to manage a club and buy a block of stock Right now he has three or fo.tr .propositions under consideration, but refuses to 6ay whnt they pre |