The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03

to pour through the Dox once WlndoWs until the owners realized that they had thrown their hooks into a real god
 From the time that the American League brought the Nasional League to struggle for supremacy. many of the maRTiates of the old organization. which was frss ,tbdTaw IoEm Among s them haye are James A Hart. of Chicago; A.; J. delphia: F. A. Abell, of Brooklyn, and s,mvirs. now now anxious to sell out. too. The New York Club which was drug on the base ball market when Andrew champion champion money-riaker since it was passed over to John T. Brush and his team manager. McGraw; In 1904 the the leD profits. dt exciusive of those accru- ing from the worlds series, amounted to about $100O00 Brush. the president owner of 1t, has been in base ball for about eighteen years. He was in the clothing business in Indianapolis when in that city, which he sold to John B. Day, of the New Yorks, in 1890, for seo.ooo. Brush got some stock in the New Y0Ts S Guo ss m r5P Parf in wfGs ths city. But he got hold of the Cincin- nat Club first ad od for a song ps and then then o1s m teT he schems % 1889, which was the direct cause of the Brotherhood revolt In 1890. He also framed blacklist rule aimed at play CTS who used obscene language, which was passed by the National League in
 eys. and for time he was the leader ball
 Brush sold the Cincinnati Club to Au- gust Hermann the political lieutenant of George B. Cox. Hermann with a fat bank roll was an "angeP' that the Ma Etional League welcomed with open arms He was placed on the national commission, although he lacked base ball experience. but that seemed to be good policy. fnasmuch as he bolstered up both the Philadelphia and St. Louis clubs with liberal contributions. Herr mann's best move was the engagement of Edward Hanlon, formerly or Brook .1IS- year, for in previous seasons the per formances of the team were anything but brilliant, in spite of the fact that Hermann had his purse open Lll the time in wild scramble for desirable players.
 Another Cincinnati man. C. P. Taft,
 was also dragged into the National Leagues net when he was Induced to pay s100.000 for the controlling interest in the Chicago Club. which was for- merly owned by John B. Walsh, the banker who went to the wall recently. Taft is relative of Secretary of War Taft. and as a base ball mogul he Is scarcely six months old. His club Is in the hands of Charles W. Murphy. for- mer Cincinnati newspaper man, wnoI at present is making things hum in the Windy City. The St. Louis Club is owned by Frank De Hass Robinson and his brother. Stanley, who formerly con- troiled the Cleveland National League team The Robinsons were at one time heavily interested in Cleveland street railroads, but they sunk fortune in
 base ball. When they went to St. Louis, taking the celebrated Pat Tebeau
 with them, they expected to recoup, put
 hard luck has pursued them ever since, with the result that at present they want to consolidate with the Ameri- can League club of that city. base ball impossibility.
 When Dreyfus bobbed up as base ball man. having emerged from mers cantile life, nobody had ever heard ot him. But the little magnate, always a close student of the game, made some quick moves, finally getting hold of Pittsburg, which Is one of the few money makers In the National League
 Dreyfuss has always depended upon his management, Fred Clarke, a sterling together they have worked in harmony with the result that tive pennants nave
 been won for the Smoky City and big gate receipts have been soaked away In the bank. Dreyfuss always has chip on hIs shoulder, and he has been Worsted in many base pail rows only to toe the scratch again looking for another argument.
 The Brooklyn Club, a solid organi- zation with a championship team un- der Hanlon's management, has grad ually run down hin, until last year was the most successful in its history. When 1t was consolidated with the
 Baltimore Club as part of the deal that
 reduced the National League circuit from twelve to eight clubs, the Brook lyn Club was ownod by Fl. R. Won der Horst F. A. Abell. c. IT. Ebbetts ana
 Edward Hanlon. Von der Horst ana
 Abell each owned forty per cent of tha stock, when the balance divided equal iy between Ebbetts and Hanlon: Won der Horst died last year. just after ne had sold his stock to Ebbets and Hen- ry w Medicus. a Brooklyn furniture mantifacturer, who is now the sole packer of the club, inasmuch as Aben
 has withdrawn all moral and financial
 support. When Hanlon signed with Cin- cinnati, Ebbets and Medicus picked up Pat Donovan. a veteran manager, to handle the team, but just what Dono-
 van will be able to accomplish, with light reins held over him in the way
 of money remains to be seen.
 The Philadelphia Club, which was
 sold by Reach and Rogers several years
 ago to a syndicate. has been sold once
 bv the sheriff: At present q company
 Of local capitalists is in control, Drey-