Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23
TOM NJ CAREY IS
POPULAR CHOICE
BASEBALL ENTHUSIASTS ARE
HIS SUPPORTERS
n No Hitch Arises Manager Of Pa
eife Athletic Club VIII Take
Charge Of the Local
Team

Barring an unforeseen hitch Tom Nc
Carey will be manager of the Los An
geles baseball club before the weeks
end. Attorney Corney Pendleton. act
ing for the Pacific Coast League off,
cials will arrive in Los Angeles to-
morrow with league jurisdiction to de-
liver the franchise.
The only requirement which will be
demanded of McCRrey is that pertain
ing to the $500 forfeit which must
necessarily be placed as a guarantee
that the schedule will be completed ac-
cording to agreement. Bert and Ewing
wired last night to the effect that they
would surrender absolutely everything
connected with the Angel club provid-
ing that McCarey was willing to accept
the management.
McCarey was overwhelmed yesterday
with requests of local enthusiasts to
accept the management. The major
portion of the Angel club visited the
boxing magnate in the morning and
promised to go north with Dillon last
night providing McCarey would volun-
teer to become manager of the club.
Promise New Schedule
President Bert wired last night that
Seattle had agreed to remain in the
league should Los Angeles continue
with the coast association. The Seat
tie management according to Bert,
does not desire to separate from the
coast league if there is a probability
of the remaining teams staying with
the game.
The northern magnates have also
promised to arrange new schedule
to suit the Seraph club in the event Of
McCarey's acceptance.
McCarev realizes the ToSsibilities of
n losing venture as regards the new
deal, but is willing to undertake the
proposition. He will consider the terms
to be offered by Attorney Pendleton
tomorrow and doubtless a new Angel
manager may be acting before many
hours have passed.
Judging from the situation as it now
stands Jim Morley is out of league
ball. The failure of the team to ap-
pear at Portland under his manage
ment practically means a forfeiture of
the Los Angeles franchise. Whatever
the outcome might have been had the
team gone north there appears small
probability of Morley retaining the
franchise under the present situation.
l1orIey Is Loser
With the entrance of McCarey upon
the scene comes the question of what
nature of league ball. Will a wave of
enthusiasm sufficient to warrant a
continuance of the game sweep across
the sea of diamond trouble?
Beyond a doubt the uncertainty of
the situation had much to do with the
falling off in attendance since the San
Francisco disaster. No one, including
the league officials, appeared to know
just where the Pacific Coast league
stood.
Manager Morley decided that he
could not make baseball pay in Los
Angeles. He lost money steadily dur
ing the period after the earthquake. He
had lost money during the two pre-
vious seasons. He eventually declared
he must retire.
When the coast officials of the
north heard of Morley's intention they
Immediately entered decided objec
ton and severe criticism was meted
out to the local magnate.
McCarey Is Popular
The northern officials then made
their trip south, which placed the sit
uation in a greater muddle than ever.
Hostility between Morley and the
league president waxed warmer.
The league officials then left with
the declaration that Morley was out of
believe that he was still a member of
the league, though he refused to send
the Angel team north, disbanding the
nine Monday morning.
1t is a question now whether the Cal
ifornia baseball public will rally to
the support of the game in earnest and
endeavor to place the sport upon the
PEDESTAL where it once reigned in the
far west.
An absolutely new start would ap-
pear as the only method of setting the
game on firm basis once more. So
far as the Los Angeles team is con-
cerned more popular manager than
Tom McCarey could not be secured.
His management of the Pacific Ath-
letic club has made a marked impress
sion upon the Los Angeles public and
this fact combined with a degree of
popularity rarely attained places him
as a man eminently agreeable to the