Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-28
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special dispatch TO The Star.
PHILADELPHIA, October 2s.-The
Phill;es are disrupted again.
Charles S. Doom has sent his written
resignation as manager to President
Horace s. Fogel.
Instead Of making an effort to confer
with Doom. as he had said he would,
Fogel seems to take it for granted that
the fans will abide by the arbitrary
methods he assumed to make the man
ager Of the Philiies "fgurehead.
Doom refused to be shown up by the
men higher up He would not be a
party to a befuddled condition Of af-
fairs which smacks Of Syndicate base
ball"
VIII Philadelphia base ball fans stand
for Dooins resignation under the con-
ditions which exist? Will they permi,
the popular manager to quit because his
rights as manager have been curtailed
and deal which it is admitted by all
who know would have benefited the cluh
blocked after rumor has it that Charles
Webb Murphy, who apparently wants
to be the ruling power in base ball. was
the man who refused to sanction the
trade?
Doom Is No Gutter.
Charlie Doom is not gutter. Neither
is he a "figurehead." When he was de-
MED the rights which every other man.
aver who attains success has, one course
only was open to him, and that was to
make the club owners, whoever they may
be, stand by his judgment or accept his
resignation.
Dooin's resignation is in. VIII Presi-
LIZ, he 1o1 q
.f,gurehead' instead Of DOOM, or will he
refuse to accept the resignation, sanction
the deal and forever wipe out the stain
Of Syndicate base ball. which is now
injuring the Phiilies?
LAS told you yesterday, Fogel knew
when he sent the telegram to Hermann
resignation was in said Doom last
night. But in order that he might know
that ] was in earnest, l followed 1t with
a written resignation, which was mailed
him this afternoon and which should now
be in his hands
There is only one compromise for me.
Fogel must allow the deal which l made,
with his knowledge. to go through. II ne
does not / Will not reconsider my deter-
inlnation to quit.
Horace knows that We have talked
over the proposed trade with Cincinnati
for three months. He gave me the au-
thority TO deal Will, Clarke Griffith. 1t
seems strange to me that after I had
completed a deal which any base ball
man who knows the inside will tell you
was good one, he repud .ates me. Would
any manager stand for that? / would
not have the respect Of my players next
season They would look to Fogel and
not TO me for orders.
Expected to Fight for Flag.
81 felt that with I>obert and Paskert, I
could at least fight for the pennant next
season And I dislike very much to give
up the job Of manager just when things
looked brightest. However, it Is entirely
up to the club owners
Il can still catch. and I am under COLI
trac: TO work FOR the Philadelphia club
for two more wears. If they don't want
me. probably some other cluh will. |
consider that an far from being all
In.
II notice some newspapers intimate tina:
I talked the proposed deal oVer with Mr..
Murphy and Mr.. Taft while in Chicago
last week. I want 10 deny that In the
strongest terms possible. | will say for
President Fogei that he did not interfere
with my management during the season
of 1870 and / always looked upon him as
Dooin's statement is clear. 1t must be
apparent that ne has been interfered
with In this trade. And he still insists
that Fogel knew of the proposed deal and
was for il, even telling him to try to
get Griffith manager OF the Cincinnati
team, 20 agree to 1t.
Hermann Will Fight, Too.
However. tie end is no. yet. President
,I.rru,ann holds that an agreement EC-