The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-14
NATIONAL LEAGUE
HAS BIG ROW ON
Intimates That Inside Work
ingS of Chicago Cubs Would
Not Look Good in Print.

Chicago. Feb. 13.-All signs indicate
that the meeting next week Of the Ma
tional and American League magnates
is going to be one of the liveliest that
las ever been held. A war between
President Harry G. PulIiam and
Charles Webb Murphy, president nf the
Chicago Cubs. H. scheduled that viii
hardly be over when the real fight for
the 1903 pennant Is called.
President Puiliam was 30 mad today
that he could not talk. Instead he gave
out all the correspondence between
himself and August Hermann, chair
man Of the national commission. relat-
ing 10 all the difficulties of the ticket
scalpiug scandal" the trouble that
Manager Chance and AR Murphy have
Just patched up, and a few other sub
lects that may start all the row boil
ing again He sends this with the fol-
lowing letter 10 Mr.. Hermann:
Ny Dear Mr.. Hermann am send
ing you inclosed correspondence with
e n. Thomas, secretary of the Chi
cago National League ball club: also
with Harvey Woodruff, sporting editor
chicago Tribune: also with Frank
Chance.
fhis correspondence will explain it.
self. ] am sending it TO you as nv
friend and adviser. because your ad-
vice Is pretty good, but in this instance
want to say TO you I would not take
the advice OF Robert Z. Lee II Re were
ailVe. IF MI Murphy wants any battle
! VIII carry the war to Chicago. and 7
know something personally concerning
the management of the business affairs
ot the Chicago club concerning the
games played between the Chicago and
New York clubs that will not look well
i'm print.
PuIiism After Murphy's Scalp.
If Mr.. Murphy wants trouble I will
give him all the trouble he wants. and
in this connection I will make a Dublic
statement at our meeting i'm Chicago
IN The presence of Mr.. Murphy before
the Newspaper Writer'S Association of
America. Harry G Pulliam.
Early in the year Murphy announced
that he wanted to present the Cub
players with purse of $4,000. Wood
ruff telegraDhed Mr. Pulliam to know
if he would join President Ban johnson
OF the American League in giving him
permission 10 make this donation.
Pulliam replied that he would be in
favor Of breaking the rule to allow il.
All Of this correspondence was sent to
AIr. Hermann.
Herrmann's reply is as follows:
H. Q. Pulliam-Afy Dear Harry:
hereby acknowledge the receipt of your
letter Of Jan. II. inclosiug correspond
ence between yourself Mr. Thomas.
Mr.. Woodruff and Mr.. Chance. | am
not going to attempt to advise you in
this matter, except to say this: In so
lar as Mr.. Murphy or any of his en-
pioEes are concerned. I shall never
again pay any attention to them until
matters come up tn the commission in
an official way. and in this connection
l may add that only hope that he asks
US officially for permission to give his
players bonus that he has been
speaking about, and which he never in
tended TO give up.
If YOU will remember, Mr. Murphy.
more than anyone else. was instrument
tai in having the commission pass the
rule prohibiting the giving of bonuses
TO players. ! know positively that ii
was not his intention to give his play
ers any extra money. because several
Of his most intimate friends here have