The Washington times., 1909-10-29
Story That New York Gets
Reulbach in Exchange
for BruSh'S Vote.
JEFF AND JOHNSON
NOT YET IN RING
Wherefore, Don't Get Excited
About Preliminary Talk-How
Coffroth Stands.
By THOMAS S. RICE.

This is a funny world. and one OF its
most diverting comedies is Charley
Murphy. president of the Chicago Ma
tional League baseball club. When
Charles is not cutting comic dldoes on
his own account his is the inspiration
for queer and unusual yarns for other
folk. It take all sorts of people TO
make a world. and Charles has his
own particular niche in the economy OF
nature. so let us not be too harsh with
him unless he becomes annoying, as all
these mad wags do If they are not held
IN check.
The latest story for which Murphy
furnishes the motif is that Ed Reul-
bach. the giant pitcher of the Chicago
Cubs. is to be allowed by Murphy to go
10 New York along with Johnny King,
in exchange for Wiltse and a huge bun
die Of money. AS Murphy needs pitch
ers more than money the deal is hard
70 believe. except that It comes from
an authority which is usually reliable
But the same authority offers an expla-
nation, which is: Murphy has long been
on the outs with John T. Brush, Of the
New York club. Murphy has an Ger
towering desire 20 slip a knife into
John Heydler, the Washington man
who is now president of the National
League. Murphy is likewise IN bad odor
with the National Commission and
pretty much everybody in the National
League. BY allowing the league to ac-
cOmplish its great object-the strength
ening Of the New York Giants-he win
place himself in a position TO demand
the votes Of. enough of his fellow mag
mates 10 get HeydIer's scalp.
Lovely billiardsi Your Uncle Joe
Cannon has nothing on Charley in the
matter OF ferceful. Iead-pipe politics
It is a weird proposition. but is helped
by the fact that King positively re-
fuses 10 play with the Cubs on any
terms. and Reulbach is known TO be
dissatisfied with his treatment in the
Windy City. so much so that Murphy
tried TO dispose Of him last year be-
fore the big fellow struck his winning
streak.
Now here is where the humor Of the
Fandhagging OF Heydler comes in.
Murphy's publicly professed reason fOI
opposing the WashingtOnian is that he
IS Of TOO small a caliber to run the
league. The evidence Of HeyGier's lit
fleness is that he had the nerve TO
withstand Murphy TO his face, and de-
eide cases against him, although Muir
ply threatened his demolition IL he
went through with the decision! If
Mr. InterIocutOr VIII now ask Mr..
Bones Murphy why a chicken crosses
the road we shall probably get a very
amusing answer
In the meantime, President Charley
Ebbets. of the Brooklyn club, says he
viii outbid New York for Killing.
Furthermore, Barney Dreyfuss is GO
ing 70 have a lot 10 say about whether
the st. Louis Nationals shall trade
First Baseman Konetchy TO New Yorl.
for Herzog and Merkle. Pittsburg
must get a first sacker from some
where. Austen was not only a failure
as a fielder last season and in tho
worlds series, but he was given such
a roasting by the Pittsburg club and
fans that he cannot possibly play there
again, and be OF even as much accoun.
as he was in 1909. Konetchy is the
man Dreyfus needs and wants, and
u he gets him, the fortified and re-
Juvenated Giants VIII still have a hard
row 70 travel 10 get the pennant.
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Now II BfcAleer could only get Hal
Chase fer first base. that would be a
real cunning move.
Don't make any bets on the Jeffries-
Johnson 90 until you are sure they are
going 20 fight. They are stil a long
ways from action and a long time from
the battle. While the indications at
present are that they will mingle in
gioVed contention next spring, there are
more than 1900 ways of not entering
the ring when you don't want TO. John
son, once willing 70 battle with the
white man for money or marbles. win
ner take all, has changed front and de.
mands q winners and losers end in