The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-20
.TOGET RID OF MANAGERS
Tim Murnanc Says llanlon, McCraw and
Tebesu Are Slated for Shelving.
THEY ARE MUCH TOO FULL OF TRICKS
Brush. Sodcn md Freedman said to
Have Resolved on Getting RID of
Men Too Cute for Them.

! According 10 Tim Murnans n roston au-
thority. ED Hanlon Of Brooklyn. John Nc
Graw or Baltimore and Oliver Teheau nj
st. Louis, three Of the four greatcst baseball
managers In America. are marked for humili-
alton. suppression. and, II necessary. total
obliteration and annihilation. by the new
combine In National League baseball. the
wisdomful Kerr of Pittsburg, who has never
given his good town winning team. the
brave Freedman Of New York. who ruined
the game In the metropolis: the eagla-caueez.
ing sodcn of Boston. the delightful Rogers of
philadelphia. who wrecked many n team
and who is not Grant any way you take
him
All this Is to be done in the name OF base
ball Good. able managers. men of initia-
tive. like MoGraw Hanlon and Tebeau. are
to be handicapped and brought back TO the
standard OF fellows like Buck Ewing. Pat
Donovan, Shettsline and Pigeons not Fred
Hoey. who has been managing the New York
team.
I Doubtless Mr.. Freedman, who is now the
whole thing in baseball pays Hoey one-hait
I of what lianon IS paid in Brooklyn. To
give the New York team chance with
Brooklyn. Hnnlon must be handicapped 10
order TO bring him back to Iioey. who Is
not a baseball man, who is simply a pigeon
shot Friedman has 5000 third baseman in
New York. and to give hin a chance with
MCGraW, VINO gets S3UDJ, ana is worth every
cent of it. McGraw must be leglslatcd against
and weighted. This trick of bringing good
men to the standard of bad is n new one.
and. as might be expected of anything com
ing from such a source. is wrong in theJry.
principle and practice
Following is special to the st. Louis Re-
public from Boston:
Edward Hanlon John McGfaw and Oliver
Tebeau, managers respectively oil tho Brook
lyn, Baltimore aud ST. Louis clubs, the form
or labGring under the double honor of acting
pre- sident OF to Baltimore club. and all looked
on as leading lights In the active pursuit OF
baseball success, are marked men by the new
and advancing powers i'll the National
League
The new firm OF Brush, sodon and Freed
man. with Rogers and Kerr as copartuers
have come to the conclusion that the men
are wholly responsible for the questionable
the ball field. SO plainly exempllfed by tho
BALTIMORE and Cleveland clubs up to last |
season, and ct. Louis aud Brooklyn this. |
and unless Edward Hanlon. John McGraw
tics on the field. to the disgust OF spectators. |
the gentlemen will get calls that will mean !
all the night they care for Before eites
like Brooklyn and st. Louis are taken into |
the new eiGht-club circuit. the owners must
guarantee that these men shall keep in the |
backgrounds unless the teams they manage
play ball on legitimate grounds
These managers VIII be charged. first. with /
killing the game in every town they have
teen connected with. Hanlon allowed hi,
men to disgrace the game for three years
In Baltimore. until the sport was finally
killed in that city. The foul actions of his
men for years were the talk OF the baseball
world, and Tebeau was following his lead
In Cleveland.
Charges will be brought against Tebeau for
questionable acts on the st. Louis ball field
hast season ca as Nell as 81, few plays he
now banded together propose to go to the
bottom OF all the existing evils in the game.
and Hanlon, MeGraw and ,Tebeau will be
here will be no eaulvocating. The records 4
ii the clubs these three men have managed
or the last six years Will show the methods
ised, tho unfair methods that have injured
ne sport. and, IL not eradicated will surely
!ili the game In short time. Baseball in
n E., big cities Is too big a game, to allow
must win at all hazards whether by fair or
oul means. /
umpiress plead hard times when facing these
or notice. Although Hanlon was president !
u the club and was first responsible for the /
hi M asie1d inside baseball methods used by
cleveland crowd under tho leadership of
'ebeau. '" !
The next league meeting will see the
,Sr,nnss h f oi work for all who are re-
indicate and foul tactics on the field
President soden said today that the Brook I
gn ei at. Owners would he asked to make a /
ona nae sale of their interest In the Balti- {
lore club, MS would the Robsons OF their !
interest in the Cleveland club
Wfat II these gentlemen should refuse?"
81 guess they, VIII not refuse when they b
no Boston magnate. They must agree TO a
ondltlons MAPPED out by the new big five q
they care to Join the eight-cub circuit to
ome quite soon. And good business man =
ould never let go good chance to sell r
Ut or make a sure place for his club in
- future with but two years left OF that 1
'n,year compact. when those not tied lin =
lth the big combination already formed will
ct roor run for their money" Wa p
n