Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-11-27
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LEE JOHNS BOWLS
ZG9 IN MATCH WITH
TRACEY BUCKINGHAM.
PHILADELPHIA NATIONALS
NOW OWNED BY SYNDICATE
c. w. Murphy Is Said to Head Combination That Yesterday
Closed the Deal-Cub Owner Has Clear Sailing to Elect
Ward-AmeriCan League Won't Sit with John
M. on National Commission.

new owners organized with the elect
ton of Horace s.. Fogel. president;
William Conway, secretary; Frank ,.
Elliott. treasurer. who. with John
Schwartz, jr., and Thomas p. Curies,
of Camden, constitute the board OF
directors. It is not believed hat these
officers are permanent, but are simply
ad interim officials until the annual
meeting Of the club in Camden next
month. Charles ". Murphy. OF Chicago,
Is said 10 have interested Western
capitalists in the enterprise, with a
view Of controlling the next National
League election, as it is no secret that
he is DESTROYS Of a change in pres1-
dent and simply lacked the vote Of one
club to control the election. With the
Phillies in friendly hands. Murphy can
have his own way. and il practically
insures the election of Ward, il fhe
latter desires TO have the Office.
With all the changes Manager Muir
ray stands pat. He can afford to. He
still is the manager Of the Phillies and
Will continue to be unless he voluntarily
retires. He and his contract are part
and parcel of the club, and the new
owners must assume the burdens inn
posed by the old management. II is
hardly likely that any change in the
directing head of the club will be made
until Manager Murray's contract TX
pires, a year hence. It would be too
expensive to buy him Off and unless
he were willing even that could not be
done. So from present appearances it
looks as though the new purchasers
had bought something with a string
to it.
All sorts of rumors were rife yester-
day, when it became generally known
that the PhiIlies had changed owner
ship. One was that Catcher king
would be refnstated by the National
Commission and be transferred to this
city act as captain of the Phillies.
Just as soon as the Chicago magnate's
name was linked with the deal little
was talked of but the ransfe of this
and that player from the Cubs to this
city. If the new owners have formu-
lated any plans for the future in regard
to the club they are keeping them
quiet. None of the new officers Q
talk or even hint at any changes con-
templated-
CINCINNATI. O.. Nov. 27.-Presi-
dent August Hermann, of the Ma
tional Baseball Commission, last night.
when asked concerning the matter Of
the release of Catcher John king by
the Chicago National League team for
SIS, 900 to Philadelphia, said
Killing is ineligible at present. but
the commission will take no action n
the matter unless he start playing
with Philadelphia or some other OF
ganized team. Then his case VIII p
taken up
CINCINNATI. o.. Nov. 27.-Presiden
Ban B. johnson. of the American
League. who is in the city. said las
night, apropos the possible election o
John N. Ward:
1.-THE American League viii refuse L
act on the National Commission i
John NJ. Ward is the National Leagues
representative on that body. The rea-
sons are best known to the followers
of the game, especially to the Nationa
League. The American League doe
not want Murphy. Ward or syndicat'
baseball mixed up with the nationa
pastime. and if Mr.. Murphy insists o.
| Ward and succeeds in electing him, tn
American league will refuse to ae'
with the National Commission. AS IA
as Mr.. Hermann is concerned, tn
American League would act for a life
time with him, but with Ward-not 10
a minute
KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Nov. 27.-Afte'
reading the details of his reported pro
visional sale to the philadelphia Ma
tional League Baseball Club. John a
Killing said last night that he woult
not entertain any offer the owners Q
the club might make for his services.
81 am Of baseball for all time,
said King. 1t has been learned tina
king has signed a seven-year leas.
for a site for a baseball park here
where his semi-professionai baseball
club will play.
Doctor MandeN!!g