The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-19
New Association Promoters AsSer-
vate That Mugsy Gave Them
the Double Cross.
BIG CY YOUNG ON CONDITION.
Pitcher Dubious About His Base.
ball Lifc-lack brennan Has
Il New Pitching Device
Joyce Likes Mercer.

Local X promoters Of the moshunj new
American Association are not q hit slow
about charging johnnie MrGraw. the
famous oIiuir MAJ aE.r, with having given
them and their scheme the double cross "
with having shamcfully "trun EN- down.
even having gon" in with them under false
Trot"Iscs. with the purpose Of finding ort
what they had and giving the National
League people Information thereof.
The "Mursy' Of the .hird sack, the most
celebrated militant ini.oIdor Of the game. is
certainly out Of favor with the gentlemen
who have had business dealings with him
In the new association. One Of them said
yesterday;
"McGraw gave # to ~ under the NTH
rib. sank it to the hilt. Now. even II
Philadelphia refused to put up aud the af-
fair was n dead one. what particular bust
ness had he letting every ono know it BAD
news travels quickly enough and if YOU
have a streak Of IN fortune YOU are slow 10
let the world know 81 But McGraw. WHO
was the most powerful and best known
member Of our association. Is the first one
To- throw up his hands and CRY. 'Ho q,
enough | submit thai were he on the level
he would have allowed some one else TO do
tho shoutir (.
1T would not have hurt him a hit - have
held his peace Il day or TWO. az at least ~"
uS all of and ask VIA: w thought. EIt
h cousulys no one whom T." pulls his knife
an: ~rabs Us In tho back.
"Whou he says th1J he heard Rsece- e
philadelphia bet Mr.. \. II. sphinx Of -.
Louis that the association never would
play Il game. H. jU@-lss IN" cold trutH.
Again. wien hp says IL had a letter from
NJ. SPHINX telling him 10 go To- Philadelphia
a \ watch things. h" dee a Kara act with
vokiur. H." never heard Mr. H'"E'r MAKE"
any such remark and he never received any
such letter from Mr.. sphinx. He never Vas
sen; tn Philadelphia IS "a Commute" oi
ORGANIZATION. He was sent to Washington
{" try ami oTCaI iZr a club there. THIS b"
failed To do, went to FnilI ,olnhia and th.n
issued his famous No Co manifesto q"
the world.
1T is all right. Maybe it IS no go; maybe
il never w'll be a GO. bur Johnnie Mctiri"
has done what no baseball! player. no man,
should have done. Tho association. u II
goes through. will benefit the player q tot.
and ne has done hi best Co. prevent that
IL. WAS received a:uoug us as AN honorable
man. and he has done Us a great wT"HS-
He will live to regret IT,. Now. of course.
his boat Of success is high upon the Hood
tide Of prosperity. he Is the hig-'>t JIlnS
in baseball, bUj there may come a day
when he VIII I've to regret his tr.achery
to Us and To- al organization which. what
ever its strength or personnel. Was built
upon honesty. d.CoAcy and lair dealing.
N,Graw's conduct certainly looks nasty
ard nl-aivis-i. and maybe. ~ the gentle
man IN q~Cesricn asserts. lac played the
"suitch" for the National League. Yet it
is quite as true that his accession To IN"
association vas a tremendous gain To- that
body. that his coup in renting the BARI
more grounds over the National League
clubs head was a master stroke, and that
of all the clubs f. the association his was
the only one ~th,rourhIy organized. framed
and ready. TcGgtw'S wonderful activity
during the last two weeks helped the ASSOC
wonderfully.
The chances are that the little 0riol@
went into the thing in good faith and with
the best Of intentions. but became utterly
disguised with thu iach ~ business >c'.S"
and ability displayed ~ some 90 the al
leaders OF the body. AID. la his pas
Siouate. impulsiye way, Withdrew. az all
the towns which had representatives, ~ the
Louis. Louisville and Biltimn.c could have
sent men of an even average ability. With
the exception OF these three cities. a con-
vention OF aGei and G"CrcI't l"mi-mou-
DANES could very easily turn out better
business men. Three towns. Boston, Prov
iGrnce and Detroit, We're not represented
at all. Maybe Il VS. better that they Were
not.
II IS only Fair To- Mcssrs ScEacfcr and
Hock.l Of ~. Louis and WhitesI!c ami
rfl.v wee OF. the dead Level They had
the money. thev had the sand. and. II II
had gone TO a finish, they were bound To
win.