The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-23

From a star first baseman in 1885 to the owner of one of the most famous baseball clubs in the world today IS years, but that is just what Charles A. Comiskey, President and owner of the great Chicago White sox. has done.
 Tn the year 1885 Comisksy Was A man sg- wregation of St. Louis Browns. having charge of Der Prouns' for i've years: in 1890 he was. manager of the oIa Chicago Brotherhood club. In 1b94 ne became the owner of the st, Paul Clno in the Western League. having cnarge of that club during the years les4, . yo, sge and ,97. At that time the eight c,nbs of the Western League were Ruffaio. Columbus, Detroit. Indianapo- iIs. Milwaukee, St. Paul. Minneapoiis and Kansas City. n the yea5 ans ngsS fran S chise and club to Chicago, and rom rom that day began the gradual unLoloins of q major league that would 2e 9i S9uai, in every respect to tne N@eio'~'
 snn ngring the years 1898 and 'ss Co., mickey haa charge of the Caicaso eauD n.' which was then cart t,u,a 2, sne comisEsy nasser man of Cincinnati. were silently working out the details of an eigns Thar rnaO heasn inc gradual dissolution Of the tsse weafern. League. The St. Paul franchise had been transferred , to Snls was cago, and the CoiumDus .Ss Na ticnai | I,earue having dropped tnat .o,va @rna1 fk reduced its unwteldy tWeiVe rlnh league to the present eight ciuo 9san,is,xey as.arni and Johnson had made start fownrdg the organization or Wnst now one of the greatest monss ,nrid
 Ing baseball organiza4.sonrsu Hr, ssrue K became the Arnerican League. and right then eto un second greatest war ever kn9wn .n ,,,,a u.a haseball began. The National EeSsII oa,.oIv I wen fIrhting to retain the monopv.S ..ls rs snst 5t mad enjoyed for some years, eaess eaeaS Snsnlslxey. Johnson and some otn- sra were fighting to obtain rego .e,,
 for the American Y as ,soi Sne the he American 9.s 9~.e ~ decIared it's independence oh ttsa National agreement. began pooss
 ing salaries and the war w.S,. I0s apsrEest. na nRaassbaiI fans all. over the country
 ,s1sssbsr 5sscb inc results of the scrap isrw sfar after star Of the Ess.Inai Esnpra Isea9ue--snch men drsSs as drsS of others eeNnf over to the new Leasue- .,uI+sd 44kNS fhe war would have resulLsu F{il n6Ver be known ouI sno ,ciicv of snssis,xey ssso and Johnson in begin beginani9,g IS ~ nTnaneion that was to resuls ,n, Tnal<irE the American one oL tpS tpS,,adsi- lssgusss, soston oluDf Baitimore Mi and Washing and m place of Bunaio, hnscSS Iss aS Ess., Miuneapolis and 1ndianapons oA shs old 1900 circuit. Tn lsyz lns ls.s,,s H = Snta,rg continued by the trans.er hisS st .S the Milwaukee francnase U 1s1- Louis The next year, ls..rred lsoS. rr to an19 york. Clark Grlfith, one or tne s3sta,.s If the Chicago Club, pslns pi.,a,, fha management by Owner srII- ssi Tshe American League mad lhen
 o. Al fheF territory and put IN INal As.Ls gn i've of the National Leasue thvyrs--St. Louis, Chicago, Pnltaoe,lRsn.as lsnss paeton and New York. the oLnef i,ssS snn towns of the American LsSs uS SSronne9 Was. Wasnttt, st,s fvelye-c1ub National League Iron sa netroit of the original western Aengr Tsgrtnr the winter of 1908 there was sss
 s-@ance hatween officials or tne @,ssnnsi and American Leagues ~ NatlI 1eace pact was signed ana Nha orresent National Commission was Eesamiskey and Johnson had won thelr a,r F~ht with the help or ConLe a pan shiebe in Philadelphia, N 1S s1ia-os 1nI Tn St Louis, J. Fl. KuIoyi ana r raoT M somers in Cleveland, w: H. raw- s... tr Detroit. T. c Moves in MashlhB- ta1 frank P. Farrell in New hoTh ana Tahv, T Taylor in Boston. f.,
 with the exception of MT. Moves, m xvashInxton, all of the men mentloned own or control the Amer.can Leas u1 cl,,hs today, and all have made money c,,t og theIr1' though most of them went into baseball for the love Of the game. trsr,tnIrsv and Connie Mack are the xiv nlayers graduated from the old western League to be prominent mag nafes in the present American League, and both of them are wealthy Com