Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-30
WHO WILL SUCCEED PULL|AM?
John Heyder Secretary of National League, Auhorita lively Said to Ee in Line for Presidency Athletics Take Two from sIeveIand-Hartford Wins Double header-Other Sports.

Cincinnati, July 2e.--The tragic death of aHrry Pulliam has already
 caused speculation as to his successor as president of the National baseball league.
 Carry Hermann. president of the Cincinnati baseball club, is in Yellow stone Park, and John E. Bruce, secre1 tary of the National commission, is out of the city. However, others who are accredited with having inside informa ton of baseball politics seem to think that John Heydler, secretary of the National league, has the inside track for the league presidency
 During the recent meeting of the Na- tional commission in Cincinnati, when Pulliam was asked to resume his du- ties, it was then the general gossip here that Secretary Heydler had ac- quilted himself commercially in filling the presidential post and that if Pull liam should have to resign on. account of poor health Heydler would stand the best show of being elected as Pull
 Hams successor.
 During Pulliams visit to Cincinnati two weeks ago he suffered several spells of melancholia, it Is said, and sat Tor hours at time, silently, staring into space. New York. July 2s.-P. T. Powers, president of the Eastern league, and for more than a score of years a per- sonal friend of Mir. Pulliam, said today that he had known for the past four years that Pulliam was breeding dan gerously over some trouble.
 Tt always seemed to me" said. Mir Powers, that it was some deep per sonal trouble that bothered Harry, and Billy Murray and used to go and get him. when he had one of those brood ing moods on him, and take him to a matinee or something. He'd go along, hardly saying a word, and just listen. He was always square man. Of course. as baseball executive he naturally made enemies in backing up umpires, because that cant be helped, but he would stand behind his umpire through thick and thin. He took base ball matters too seriously, I think"
 New York, July 29-John A. Heyd- Ter. secretary and trasurer of the Ma tional League of Professional Base- ball Clubs, will arrive in New York and assume charge of the business af- fairs of the league tomorrow. A tele- gram notifying MT. Heydler of the tragic death of President Harry Clay Pulliam, who died this morning after shooting himself through the head last night, was handed to him while he was en route from Alexandria Bay to Mcntheal b yboat
 MT. Heydlers first act after reach ing Montreal wkas to direct a telegram to New York friends saying that he would start for New-York immediate ly. With H. w. Cain of Nashville, Tenn. a brother-in-Iaw of MT. Pulliam, who is expected to arrive tomorrow. MT. Heydler will complete the funeral arrangements. In his telegram he said that in his opinion interment should be made at Louisville, MT. Pulliam's for mer home.
 It was learned today that President Pulliam's last official act before firing the bullet that ended his life was to direct circular letter to club presi- dents notifying them that the time for keeping park flags at halfmast, as a token of respect to the memory of President George B. Dovey of the Bos- ton club and President Israel w. Dur ham of Philadelphia, who died recent ly, expired yesterday.
 Mir. Heydler will on his arrival here make arrangements for the election of a successor to President Pulliam. The belief seems torbe general that .Heydler will be chosen for the position practi- caly without opposition.