The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-08

Used His influence to Carry Out His
Personal Ambition.

Used His influence to Carry Out His
Personal Ambition.
"Mr President" will now be hurled at
G. w. Bement, jr., owner OF the Evansville
club. He succeeded in swinging the Cen
trail League magnates and having himself
elected president OF that organization at
the recent meeting at Anderson. Z. III.
Bingham was believed to be the logical
candidate for the office. and there seemed
little doubt OF his being elected until Be-
ment began to pull the wires for himself.
Bement was ambitious TO be the official
head of the new organization. and ii is
believed that ambition carried him beyond
the point of good judgment. He came 10
Indianapolis just before the league meeting.
and it is said that he declared that club
owners should vote against Bingham be-
cause the Indianapolis man had failed to
give proper support to the amendment to
the Sunday baseball bill. A few owners
! believed this statement and deserted Bing-
ham, while four owners remained stanch
supporters to the Indianapolis man. There
was a deadlock in the election for some
time, and then, in order to prevent a dis
| ruption of the league one vote was shifted
from Bingham to Bement, and the Evans
vile magnate was chosen. Halderman,
one of the Bingham supporters, was given
| the official title of vice president. Bement
| then showed his displeasure in not securing
| a unanimous vote by refusing TO name
any of the Bingham supporters on the I'M
portant committees From all that can De
| learned everything is not as harmonious
| in the new organization as IL should be.
man has allowed his personal ambition To
rule over desire TO aid the league and
| has adopted a foolish If not ruinous policy.
| If he did not care to lend his support TO
| Bingham some other man outside the or
ganization should have been elected presi-
| dent. Instead of agreeing to that, Bement
| fought for his ambition and won. There
are some in the organization who believe
that the present plan will not last long,
and that Mr.. Bement Will realize that he
has made a mistake. IL is question N he
will have the time to devote TO the once,
and then again there Is always sure TO be
certain criticism raised against CLUB
| owner acting as president The league Is
a new one and should prosper but Ii re-
| quires a man at the helm who will devote
| his unprejudiced support to all clubs 10
carry 1t through the first season. Mr.. Be
| ment will have chance TO show MS apihty
| within the next few weeks, as the Wheel
| ing club has not as yet posted Its forfeit.
| and the matter is left in care Of the presi-
dent. This forfeit should have been up
| some time ago. for If ii is found that the
| circuit will have TO be changed there is not
much time TO be experimenting with cities.
| For the good of the new organization IL Is
| to be hoped that Mr.. Bement Will see his
| mistake in the very near future and agree
| to reopen the election for a president. The
new league should be governed by man
| i'm a central city who has no financial IN
| terest in any club.
| The Central League schedule for the COM
| ing season will be adopted by a mail vote.
| Several schedules will be submitted by
experts and a prize of $50 will be paid TO
the man compiling the schedule adopted.
A schedule was recently published pur-
4 h. q, 70 ha odn
were many flaws In it, one OF the princlpal
| ones being that Dayton was scheduled 10
play at home twenty-eight consecutive
days In May.
There are always new pipe" stories In
baseball and the one sprung last week was
| to the effect that the Toledo club is to be
| transferred TO Chicago. Charles Strobel.
owner of the Toledo club. quickly denied
| the rumor, but papers took ii UP and led
people 20 believe that the change would be
| made. w. II. Watkins. OF the Indianapolis
| club, laughed at the idea and said IL was
about as absurd anything that has been
| sprung upon the public In recent weeks.
| Toledo has the geographical location TO
commend il as a long member Of the Ameri-
| can Association and with Strobel acting
| under new policy to give that city first
class team il will be one Of the best paying
cities in the association
XXX
| Now that the Eastern League has decided
to put team in Baltimore the coming sea-
son, that baseball organization may not
stop there in its ambitions. but may invade
Washington as well. This is said TO be on
the authority of President Pat Powers. He
says there are folks in Washington who
want the Eastern League to put team
I'm there and the league can get the grounds
| and the backing President Powers says:
| Manager Barrows. OF Detroit, has grabbed
Player Carr away from the league, and IL
such methods as these can prevail In the
| American League, we will go into their
| territory. which, in this case, Is Washing
| ton II Detroit keeps Carr we go into
| Washington. After the Cincinnati peace
| conference / understood that IL was peace
| all around, but If Detroit can grab our
| players will go ahead and dc as
we please in the matter OF territory
/ until a peace agreement is signed The
| National League people have been perfect
| ly fair about our players. We could have
| sold Carr to Chicago, but that IL was I'M
| derstood he was to go from Jersey City TO
| Providence. For that matter, l don't be-
| ueye the American League approves OF
Barrowss pethod in getting out players"
President Ban Johnson has at last given
out information concerning the New York
American League grounds and IL he is talk
ing earnestly IL seems the American has
several sites that could be used Johnson
/ says tndl TWO HOHlnS ago the AIueIiSdL
League secured a written proposition which
was Immediately accepted IL was under
stood the American League should buy the
/ Curtis estate between One hundred-and-
| forty and e-hundred-and- forty
third streets. while August Belmont would
1 buy the Pinckney property from One-hun-
| dred-and-f orty-third TO One-hundred-and-
1 forty-fourth street and lease il 10 the
/ American After IL was believed the deal
was closed there was a sudden change in