Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-24
TONGUE LASTING FOR
CHICAGO MAGNATE
Supposed Friend Calls Club.
by Charles Down for Be-
ing a Disturber.

NEW YORK. December 24.-Some OF
the unwritten history OF the National
League free-for-al of last week Is begin
ming to filter into the channels OF pub
licity from various sources, and if II
could be told in detail it would make
rich reading. The squelching Of Charles
Webb Murphy is, a thread that runs
through the entire story.
Charles Webb went back to Chicago
with less of an exalted opinion Of him.
self. He was called and called hard for
some Of the things he did and said. Like
rocket that has blazed It's way to dizzy
heights and then, losing its fire, dropped
suddenly to earth. may be likened the
meteroic career Of the Chicago man.
Murphy is not only I'm bad with
nearly every other club owner, but his
purchase of the Philadelphia club. now
generally admitted, has not endeared
him to Charles P Taft. his original
hacker. 1t is said that the Quaker city
club is white elephant on Murphy )
hands. and that since he has tried to
unload it he cannot find anybody who
will pay him anywhere near the price
that he gave, II he gets out it will be
at loss. The acquisition OF the club did
him no good as a lever to force John
Heydler out of the league. Heydler is
more firmly intrenched than ever. and
some of the men who are strong for him
were with Murphy in the Ward boom.
But the thing that Is causing some Of
the magnates secret glee is the gosh-aw-
full call administered to Murphy by John
T. Brush. 1t ie no secret that Murphy
was scored by his associates during the
deadlock sessions for talking too much.
But the artistic verbal flashing Of the
week was administered by Brush.
Where the Call Came.
On Saturday night the directors met in
Mr.. Brust's apartments at the Knicker-
booker. Garry Hermann was absent,
but Murphy, Ebbets, and Dreyfuss were
there. John Heydler's request for big
ger salary was being considered, and
went to the front for an extra $500 to be
voted for Heydler for his good work last
summer when he assumed the double
duty caused by Pulliam's death.
It was then that Murphy is said to
have delivered TRADE against Heydler
which Disguised Brush. The Chicago
man did not attempt to conceal the fact
that he preferred to see Heydler out of
the league altogether. His roast on the
of1cial was Of a personal nature.
When Murphy sat down Brush simply
burned him up. The New York man
has a rare command OF polite invective,
and those who have heard him speak in
public know his command of the English
language. 1t is said he roasted Charles
Webb rich, juicy brown, and that when
he finished the Chicago man felt small
enough to crawl through the keyhole
After all his hard fight against the con-
servative element In the league Murphy
will get nothing. Certain 1t Is that he
ministration and practically every man 8
hand in the league Is against him for his
rash utteranceS.
But He Won't Keep Quiet.
Garry Hermann has stated that Muir
phyism must be throttled In the National
League. Murphy now denies that he told
the newspapers that It was none OF
their business and that he stated that
they could not get along without base
ball aa well as base ball could get along
without them. He certainly made that
crack In the presence OF several scribes
as publicly said that he was sorry for 1t.
Just now he is piling up more trouble
by calling Ban Johnson an inebriated
slob, or words to that effect.
cago he wouldn't find friend to help
him. His associates predict that he will
be out OF base ball within a few years.
for he is getting more and more unpop-
ular every day. Andrew Freedman was
unpopular In his day. but he also was a
clever base ball politician. Murphy is
making a great record only as a blum
derer.
The best thing he does is to apologize
frequently for his breaks. but, as a GER
tain manager said of him last week:
He'll apologize and rap you again the
next day, and that gets monotonous, to
say the least"
Anyhow. Chicago. and New York are
just as far apart as ever as far as John
T. Brush and Charles Webb Murphy are
concerned.