The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-12
FRIEDMAN RUNNING THE GIANTS.
Ewing Tells why He Resigned as
New {arl.'a 1IuDaner


New YoEIs's Manager.
New York dispatch TO the Cinc,nn at
ENQUIRER saws:
William Buckingham Ewing Is no long.
err manager of the Giants. He severed his
connection with the New York baseball
club today. This occurred Just before
the team Went IN the field at the Polo
grounds to do battle with the champion
| Brooklyns.
Ties that have been parting for several
weeks collapsed completely. After a
careful consideration of mis- intended
Course Ewing visited president Freed
man at the latter's downtown office and
rendered his RESIGNATION
fresldeN FRESHMAN was decidedly on
posed to accepting Ewing's resignation
and endeayored TO prevail upon him "a
remain with the New York club 70 a IT
enlreatles Ewing turned deaf ear and
EnSlsIeo than he be releas ed as manager OF
lhe New York club, and that his resip.
nation go Into effect at once.
hWlns mace 1t plain TO President Freed =
man mat the Giants could never he s,tc.
cesstul as long as he remained at the
mead OF the club He gave as his reason
Tor retiring that the New York club wa
a hotbed OF cliques, and that internal dis
sentloIs oatheo every attempt to better
the playing strength of the club Mr.
Freedman finally accepted Manage,
Ewlng's resignation, and, taking out hi.
pank BOOK, wrote out check for $1,000
which he handed to Ewing as his salary
/ Tor the remainder of the season,
Ewing was seen at his home on West
l6lst street later. He was effusive in fis
/ praise OF the kind treatment accorded him
I by PRESIDENT Freedman, and Just as en-
phatic in his condemnation OF the uufaiI
actions Of some of the members of the
! New York club
We parted the best of friends" said
Ewing, referring to Mr.. Freedman. Dur
ing my reign as manager of the New York
Grub Mr.. Freedman has been kind 10 me
10 a marked degree in everything, except
/ placing me in absolute control Of his base
ball team. This weakness on his part has
caused me great deal of trouble since
took mold Of the team. He listened more
TO some players than he did to me, and
as consequence OF such attention On his
part l was unable to do much with a
number Of old timers on the team.
Inc story of my failure to make a
success OF the New York club" continued
EWING, is long one, and dates to the
very beginning, when l assumed supposed
control OF the team. When | came Ia
New York this spring l was warned by
Daseoall writer's and members of the New
YORK club that l would never be able to
mako any showing In the race as long as
( certain men We're kept on The team. i
was put to me In an emphatic way thai
some OF the old members Of the, New York
cluo would never agree to listen to any.
one but one of their number as manager
OF the club / was in receipt of lexer:
from former managers and players of the
.eanl advising me In like manner, ant
warning me against unfair methods tina
would be practlced by some OF tae mer
on the tenn. ! paid little attention to al
this advice at the time. although it came
from those whom I knew to be Ky friends
and passed It up as possible prejudice on
their part
When the season opened had a bet
ter chance to judge the feeling OF tLt
man placed under my management. / wa.
not long in ending out that sope II tn,
members OF the New York club we're band
ed together in clique, l iiscoyc.sd thai
Davis, Gleason Grady, Van Haltren ant
| warner had ideas OF their owl as 10 how
the National game should be played, ant
! incidentally I became aware " the facl
! that these players we're MT going o OK
tend their Efforts In behalf OF the cluo
When | expressed surprise that the team
had been playing for years without hsldinr
signs these same players thought il wa,
presumption on my part to try and install
what they termed as new methods into
their book on how to play '-e beme. Tie
season had not progressed very FAR wher
| became firmly convinced that George
Davis was moi acting fairly. You see, b,
HID been manager OF the team himsel
fsv years "a - I sssN shAA sil