New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-27
BASEBALL SK|RM|SH ON
President of the PhllIIes Re-
pudiates Big Trade
DOOM SAYS HE'LL RESIGN
August Hermann Says Principles
Of Organized Baseball Are
at Stake.

1-Ss7a5.l,,7fs Oct es-TroUhle is brewing
- baseball circles over the exchange of
so,,- rlsvers each by the Cincinnati and
priladelphis clubs, Of the National League.
Horace Forel. president ~ the PhiIlies, re
undated the action OF Charley Doom, the
manager OF che nine, yesterday, in trading
Noren and McofiIlsn. pitchers; Grant
fhird basensn and Bates an outfielder, for
Rowan and Reebe. pitchers; Lobert third
hssen,an. and Paskert, an outhelder-
Doom. manager Of the Phillies, saws he
1n run the team or get out
August Hermann. chairman OF the Ns-
-io1al Commission and president Of the
cincinnati club, was fncensed on getting
the following message from Doom: 'Fogel
blocks deal and calls IT of" He said in
Cincinnati:
L shall SIGHT 20 the iast ditch to carry
r,7r the deal between the Cincinnati and
= sPPssdelphia National League baseball
: o7,lbs The -ery principles OF organized
- rassbaI are a. stake in this affair, and If
president Fogel OF the Philadelphia club
ran call or a trade after It has been signed
and witnessed then the foundation upon
which organized baseball stands is taken
away
Nj Fogel issued the following statement
to-dsT-
vvss not aware that Managers pooin ana
Griffith were working on p deal, muci1 less
zhat they had arranged one until the news
lap ers published Il this morning Nhen 1
heard about this proposed deal through oq.
business manager. Nr Shettsline, who told
M over telephone. 7 instructed MIN 10 tei!
Doom not 10 90 any further with u unuL
had : chance 20 talk with HIM and also
-Tss telegraph Mr. Hermann that as I had
not been consulted l would not TOT the
present AT least sanction the deal and that
&c should not give any aunoupcensnt OF lL
tn Cincinnati. as I understood ne was 10 90
~ O'Clock last night.
This morning 1 wired Nj Hermann as
follows. II viii not sanction deal until
lave had talk with Doom. and maybe noJ
then He never communicated with me
asking Tor my opinion OF sanction ntI''T
going far as he has apparently son"- !
cannot sanction deal as at present framed
7 also wired President lynch that I would
! have no Official knowledge of such q deal
having been proposed have NOT seen
1,ooin since d week ago last Monday nor
heard from him either by wire or letter.
According &c an Associated Press dlS-
pErch nj Hermann il quoted as saying
81 cincinnati this morning that / nave no
tight 20 call Of a trade after II has been
signed and Witnessed Mr. Hermann -
right IN that contention. But as no one
T-fth authority has signed such 4 trade for
she Philadelphia club no trade OF the kind
las been legally made II Mr.. Doom signed
authority and no one knows thar better
shan Nj Hermann. The president of 2
cub alone has such authority. q Mr.. Herr
mann knows.
Bal players are assets of clubs. and no
club assets car De given away sold. traded
~ otherwise disposed % by any one but the
knew Of this pending deal between our
managers. which he evidently did. since
1r= was 20 make the Official announcement
~ il at O'Clock last night. the least he
could have done, not only IN 4 legal sense.
hut a matter % courtesy. was &c first
wire ne ard ask for nv consen1 4 not 70
let ne have the news before he save II 70
- i5Te public
President FogeI said he did not take ser
fausly Dooin's threat 20 resign When
Doom understands the situation he VIII
shink differently" said Mr.. FogeL
Charley Doom says nc VIII manage the
team or resign He also issued a statement
TO-DAY. as follows;
II the deal made with Cincinnati does
-ot e through then I an done with the
Philadelphia club. The matter is now en-
-irelv Up 70 President Fogel-"
Doom stated that President Fogel knew
.of the negotiations as long as three months
aEo and that h has four witnesses 10
prove it-
y signed the paper closing the oeal IN
C'EicsKo last week Doom added CLARK
Griffith signed for the Cincinnati club and
Gsr-v Hermann Witnessed the signatures
vas At the Office Of the Philadelphia club
yesterday. when President FoEel. who was
- home III. telepnoned to AIr. Shettsiine, the
clubs representative. 70 send a telegraphic
dispatch 70 NJ Hermann holding up the
deal. 7 told Shettsine that II the dispatch
uas sent I was through with the club. ]
suppose the dispatch vas sent It's mp 20
FoReI now. II T am 10 be manager Of the
'Philiies' 7 intend to manage the club with
Uut anE interference"
chicago. Oct. 26.-Clark Griffith. manager
Of the Cincinnati National League Club.
who was IN this city to-day, declared that
: = Philadelphis-Cincirnati deal in players
vsE as good as settled
s-he deal has been made and this talk
ssout President FogeI is nonsense said
Griffith. He can't back cut NJ. Doom
and made the trade, il is IL writing. and
Il suits both u US"
Put aren't YOU getting about 100 per cent
The better of the deal a listener suggest
-. 70 which Grtffi-h replied
Net AZ all I'm getting some good men,
but 60 is Doom. Patrons Of the game want
70 So changes IN the teams Of both cities.
II viii help both teams"
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