The Washington times., 1909-12-31

right into the breach. warmly defended
.O'Brien, and rebuked Johnson Can
tillon claimed that this occurrence was
one Of the things johnson had in his
craw when he requested the Washing
ton club not to reappoint Cantillon
manager.
George Tebeau's dominance Of the
American Association for the ensuing
year is complete. and we are told It
means the association will not run
.headlonC into a row with the majors
because Tebeau has been Influenced by
the big fellows.
Tebeau is probably willing TO let mat
ters stand as they are now. rather than
Incur risks in a fight. 1t is said the
Kansas City franchise cost Tebeau
90 cents-the price to answer a telegram
asking him IL he would take it-and IL
is worth S125. 900 to $4,000 this very
minute. Besides this. TebeaU has hooks
in on the Louisville club, and has other
baseball interests that. would be in
volved in the general scramble If he
were to antagonize the National and
American Leagues.
That Washington auto show looks
like winner.
How familiar It all sounds to hear the
yelp from Philadelphia that the Atlantic
Association Of the Amateur Athletic
Union meeting there was packed with
representatives from paper clubs, who
voted out competent officials and put in
others OF their own choosing. Phila-
delphia simply cannot be good in any
kind OF politics. municipal or athletic.
It was exactly such tactics in the days
when the Atlantic Association also en-
braced the now South Atlantic Associa-
ton, which precipitated the biggest
fight against the A. a. L. that was ever
started. and one of the very few that
n a crrnrnrdFffH
After the South Atlantic had won in
dependent jurisdiction, the A A. L.
expelled the Phiiadelphians who we're
mixed up in the election Ia Baltimore
that caused the original row. and with
them the entire Atlantic Association.
It strikes US that one Of those men who
got the high sign was James H SteT-
rett. who is now appealing TO the A.
A L. TO upset the work Of the paper
clubs in Philadelphia. This time Ster-
rett seems 70 be on the right side Of
the fence, but IL he is the same man
who was in the big row Of ten years ago
the A. A L. may weaken HIS case con-
siderably.
Don't miss the Y. NJ. c. A. New Year
run tomorrow.
Sterrett requests that the Atlantic AS
ISOLATION election be set aside. new
one ordered, and that Dr. George w
Ortcn be placed temporarily in charge.
When the Atlantic Association was eX-
PEELED from the A. A. L. root and
branch, orion is the man who got busy,
reorganized It, and had II reinstated.
There was always more or less trouble
brewing, and TO Just was extent orion
WAS an embodiment OF all the athletic
virtues is uncertain. One thing is GER
tain-he was a leader in the Philadel-
DEia attempt to prevent the South At
lantic's suspension Of Guy Haskius, the
University OF Pennsylvania runner,
from being recognized by the A. A Z.
He set up the claim that the South At
outside OF its own Jurisdiction. a conten-
ton that was little short or childish,
and showed an amazing lack of the
principles governing amateur sport, and
Of the laws Of the A. A. U--hut II was
scarcely less amazing than the ruling
by James z. Sullivan in the same case.
orion may be Kid Moses 10 lead the
wandering tribes Of Philadelphia out Of
the wilderness, but in some Of his lead
ing so far his observations have been
all to the DR.. Cook.
Joe Ouirk is still waiting for an an
swer from Ban Johnson about his new
baseball spike
That seems 10 have been a weird sort
OF meeting in New York on Wednesday
OF true refOTmers representing a little
bit OF everything in sports As far as
welded their little hammers on the
anvil in q chorus loud and merTy-anf
forged nothing. They asserted that this
Is indeed a sad era. and their hearts
ached for the lost and undone youth
Of the land who take money for COM
petinE I'm sports. They deplored. they
regretted to report they lamented-but
what were they trying to get and what
did they have to prOpOse2 II bore all
the appearance Of a typical meeting OF
reformers-2lenty Of knocks and walls
but few. r any. practical suggestions
adapted 10 the frailties Of human ma
ture- It IS. undoubtedly, true that anna
teur athletics are not strictly pure. This
great truth has been known for at least
a couple Of weeks, and we would make
a bet If we were here at The time. that
1t would be at least a couple Of weeks
after the sun grows cold and the stars
grow old before the last mercerarv anna
teur rs noted on this mundane sphere
But. the New York meeting did little
except roast the "A. 8. T.. get it's name
in the papers and dispense. The a. A.
L. is doing the work the meeting pro-
fessed 20 have for its object and, with
an its faults, is doing II about as well
as could be expected, hence the gather
Ing Of the high brOwed clans had little
purpose. as far as we can detect. and
we are stin wondering what II was all
about.