The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-08
SILENCE MURPHY;
RESEAT HEYDLER
BY TIP WRIGHT.


ness and lawyer demanded your
opinion of Charley Murphy and the
National league, would you answer
if women were present?
You might if you were careless.
Just listen to Murphy, he of the
reverberating waistcoats and chin
music as he chirps his tuneful lay.
Reminds me of photograph, the
duty of which is to repeat monoton-
ously: I'm it. Look at me-"
Murphy says he wants the Ma
tional run on business basis; that
he won't stand for clique, and
that HE is going to land John
Montgomery Ward, ex-player, ex-
manager and now golf playing
follower of Blackstone, in the office
of president.
And all this, in the same voice
that declared he does not intend to
see a clique run things. Evidently
Mr.. Chubby Charles Webb Murphy
wants a one-man league, with him
self the motive power.
Things have moved with kaleido-
scopic rapidity in the National
league for the past few weeks.
First, this Chicago person, trans
planted from Cincinnati, where he
used to write pieces" for news
paper. comes out with a knock or
President Heydler, who, as at least
one critic wrote, has nothing but
ability to recommend him for re
election
Having poked his harpoon into
Heydler, Murphy blossoms out as
an advocate of Jim Hart, another
base ball ex, as his candidate tC
succeed Heylder. But Hart was a
blind, and after throwing him al
the public for feeler, Murphy hied
himself to New York and gum
shoed for John Ward. After at
tracing more attention than a
heavyweight champion or a muir
derer with the sob squad on the
job. Murphy sprung Ward.
Things looked rosy for the fell
lows to whom Murphy plays bell
wether, especially when, Horace Fo-
gel got possession of the Phillies,
and the announcement was made
that he would vote with Chubby
Charles. Just as the conservatives,
those who have the interest of the
game at heart, had about given up
hope of seeing Heydler continued
in office, that gentle dispenser of
swats, Ban B. Johnson, did little
work for the good cause.
Big Ban calmly announced that
the American league wouldn't stand
for JOIN Ward as president, and
that if he was elected. the national
commission would cease to exist.
Bing Right on the beezer.
And following this broadside
came the report that Garry Herr
mann and Barney Dreyfuss would
desert the National and place
teams in the American. This was
a bluff and neither said any such
thing. But both have come out
flatfooted for Heydler against the
Murphy-Ward combination. Both
realize that another base ball wal
is not to be thought of and look
for them to not only block the
scheme to defeat Heydler, but tC
muzzle this pernicious little busy
body.
While Tuning over criticism
prior to the few remarks by John
son, Murphy demanded, Who
electing a National league presi
dent, the club owners or newspa
pers?" In reply l might say, thu
club owners, by all means MI
Murphy, but BASE BALL WAS
MADE BY NEWSPAPERS AM
SHOULD 1T HAPPEN THAI
YOUR CONDUCT THREATENS
ITO DISRUPT THE GAME, 1T Is
PROBABLE THE SAME MED
Hum CAN PUT THE GAME on
THE EVERLASTING BLINK
LUST LET THIS SINK IN.
don't think it needs a seer o
a trance medium to forecast the re
election of John Heydler and TO
a term of at least three years
when the league meets in New
York December Is. | have huncl
that a determined effort will b.
made to spike the Murphy guns
and l sincerely hope it will sue
coed.