Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-12
MURNANES BASE BALL TALK


club organization. and 1t took nearly all
the time from 90 until last season to pay
off the debt incurred in making the Two
changes. Both were failures Ii Is not SO
easy to change the well-dehned hnes IN
base ball
The series for the worlds championship
oaclf fall Is something that the basefaB
public enjoys and will demand hereafter |
see that President Ban Johnson mas
changed his nina about moving the Amert-
can League headquarters to New York. The
information about the change was given me
by Mr. Johnson himself at Hotel Breslin,
this city, at the close of the big series
last month. Mr.. Johnson gave as his prin-
cipal reason for making the change that
he was anxious to lend Mr.. Frank Farrell
all the assistance that he possibly could.
New York is city the American League
is particularly interested in having do well.
he said, as the great fight that Mr.. Farrell
made to land a club here three years ago
will ever be appreciated by his associates.
| note that MIR. Hermann of Cincinnati, re-
fuses to give out the understanding he had
with Billy Murray. Later on when the
Jersey City manager pays Cincinnati visit
the story will come out, as no papers have
yet been signed, and either man has
right to call the deal OF. ,5zszss
Charley Murphy, two years ago re-.
porter in Cincinnati. is now president OF
the Chicago Club of the National League.
That's going some. And the best of 1t Is
that Charley never took base ball seriously
until some one. more powerful than him
self, picked him for the place Think of
it. Charley Murphy now signs himself.
president of the Chicago club, Champions
of Chicago
The Gunthers, Spaldings and other as
pirants for the honors, went down and out
with Comiskeys bunch. at least Char
ley Murphy says and to be the real live
president of the Chicago club after Hurl-
but, Spalding and Jeemis H. Hart is GER
tainly clever play for the off-hand good
natured ex-reporter from Cincinnati. Jim
Hart was president of the club from 1850
until 1908 inclusive. and never lad club
hands of Murphy.
Murphy attended just one National
League meeting as a news-gatherer. And
what lot of fun he had for he is brighter
than new 10-cent piece. He filled his
paper up with bright paragraphs, but
tagged the news. The game was not
rious enoGgh for Charley, and in two years
or so he Is the president of one of the
leading base ball clubs. / think he will
make signal success. too, simply because
he will not forget those who gave him the
proper boost.
Charley Murphy was fishing for the berth
now held by Harry PulIiam at the time
Pulliam landed, but Murphy has all the
best of the game in his new place Now
that Charley is the president of the Chi
cago champions, let him do the square
thing by Adrian C.. Arson, who put UT
his good money to keep the Chicago Va
tional League Club alive in 1890 Wen
admit that Mr.. Murphy had no hand In the
deal handed out old Ans" but the Chi
cago champions were raised on the foun-
dation built by the pride of Marshall and
no clean bill of sale can be furnished un-
til Anson's hard-earned money put in to
save the club, has been returned with COM
pound interest. T. H. MURNANE