Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-15
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HEAD-PIN CONTESTANTS
ROLL TONIGHT ON THE
IR0QU0IS ALLEYS.
BAN JOHNSON'S OPPOSITION
TO WARD UPSETS THINGS
Election of National League President May Not Take Place
Until TOmorrOw-FeydIe Gains a Little, but Neither
Faction Seems Sure of It's Ground.

ton Of the league presidency 50
tangled has the question become that
it was predicted today that a selection
of the league had would not be made
before tomorrow or the next day.
With Cincinnati, Pittsburg and Bos-
ton for Heydler. and New York. Chi.
cago and Brooklyn for Ward, the out-
come depends upon the course Of
Horace Fogel. the new president OF
the Philadelphia club. and Stanley Rob
ison. of st. Louis. The former is gen
orally understood to favor Ward. while
Robson has made no open declaration
for either candidate. r. W. Browf,
managing editor Of a Louisville news
paper, was discussed this morning as a
compromise candidate. Garry Herr
mann, Of the Cincinnati club. is said to
think highly of Mr.. Browns qualifea-
tons.
Mr.. johnson said today that he
thought a three-hour session was all
that would be required to finish up
everything on the calendar of the
American League.
There were numerous reports Of deals
today, but any definite information con-
corning them was difficult to obtain.
The Pittsburg Baseball Club will
tender q banquet tonight at the Wal
dorf-Astoria in honor OF winning the
worlds championship honors.
Ed. Barrow, the new manager of the
Royals, has a fondness for George
Smith, last years boss of the Bisons.
He bought his release yesterday from
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When Barrow took hold of the Detroit
team in 1903 his first move was to get
Smith. then a member OF the New
York Giants. for Detroit. Barrow
traded kid" Gleason for. Smith and
incidentally got in bad with the Detroit
fans. as Gleason was popular in that
town. Barrow made Smith captain OF
the Detroit outfit and he will probably
hold the same position in Montreal next
season.
Take a look over the list of man
ayers and see how many are with the
same team they We're five years ago.
said Umpire silk O'Loughlin yester-
day. Take the American League.
Just one, Connie Mack. of the Athletics.
In the National. John McGraw, Of the
Giants. and Fred Clarke, of the Pirates,
make up the list. Frank Chance, OF
the Cubs. comes close. but he is a year
shy. Chance has been the leader of the
Cubs -four seasons and part of another.
taking up the reins when Frank Selee
was forced to lay them down in mid
season 1905.
Going through the list of managers
some interesting dope, is CLEANED.
Patsy Donovan. for instance. has had
plenty of big league managerial ex-
perience. He never had a winner at
that He managed Pittsburg before
Fred Clarke took hold. Then he was
in charge of the ST. Louis Nationals.
From there he went to the Washington
American League team and then back
to the National League, with Brooklyn.
and now he is the boss of the Boston
Americans.
Jim McAleer, of Washington, has
been with the American League since
its organization in 1900. He handled
Cleveland and ST. Louis before going to
Washington. Clarke Griffith. Fred
Lake, Patsy Donovan. Hugh Duffy.
John McGraw and George Stallings
have been connected with both the
American and National Leagues. Grit
fifth has been with Chicago and New
York, in the American. and is now with
Cincinnati in the National. Lake man
aged the Boston Americans and is now
with the National team in the same
town. Duffy once led the Phillies. now
he is on the job for Comiskey in Chi
cago. McGraw was an American
Lacquer in 1892 with Baltimore. but
Jumped to the Giants that year. George
Stauings handled the Phillies back In
1898. and later was part owner and
manager of Detroit, and now runs the
Highlanders.
A rumor gained currency among the
representatives of Eastern League clubs
and those interested in the league who
are attending the major league meetings
AT New York that Mike Mowrey. for
merly of Baltimore. later witt Cinein-
natl and who is now the property OF
the st. Louis National League club.
will come to Newark. 1t is a that
negotiations between the homogeneous
OF the two teams were held yesterday.
Mowrey had an average OF only .2lS ioF
fifty games this season. but as he was
shifted around a great deal, being
traded in mid-season to the Cardinals
it may have had some effect upon his
playing. Mowrey's regular position Is
third. but it is doubtful if he could re
place Zimmerman. who made such a
favorable impression upon the fans nf
Newark as a third sacker for the Tigers
during the closing weeks of the camp
paign.
Jimmy Collins made bis bow to the
moguls yesterday as an Eastern League
manager.
Harry Wolverton was given his for
nal release by Jack Dunn yesterday.
What has become of all those rumors
hat Jack Dunn was unpopular In
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