New-York tribune., 1910-12-21
TIMELY BITS Of SPORT
President of American League
INDUCES in Criticism.
NATIONAL LEAGUE HIS MARK
Saws Owners Are Not Qualified
to Pass on the Fitness of
the Umpires.


Chicago. Dee. eo-.When club owners Of
. baseball league decide to pass on the
fitness or unfitness of the un,pires it IA
iino for change. An owner would stul-
tify himself We're he 10 dictate how the
rrnyircs should be handled, and do not
think there is = single owner in the Ameri-
ran League who would cheaper himself
l,y interfering in either picking or retain
ing the unlpiree That function belongs 10
the head Of the league, and if he isn't able
30 handle such matters IL is time for the
owners - look for somebody else
In tf,eSc words President r. r johnson,
Of the American League commented last
evening regarding tho suggestion made py
Charles Webb Murphy that :he National
League had decided that majority Of club
owners could h vote IF : 10 dismiss
any ,f tho Indicator handlers on President
Ivnch-S staff.
-'The American League owners are p nnlt
sn believing that tho selection of umpires
should ne left TO the head OF the league.
President johnson continued, and | would
not work under any other arrangement.
believe and think the majority OF fans
are with me- when ] say that baseball be-
came much cleaner with the added au-
,-horitv Of ihe Unpires on the field and
,she fact that they were backed UP in their
decisions at all times.
IF 2 club owner felt that he had legiti-
r-nate complaint the work of some I'M
irire he could appeal TO tho board Of dt-
irectors hut this has never been necessary
with Us. For the salvation of the game
ifhe umpire must he backed up. II he is
incompetent il Is I'D TO the league executive
10 let him so. but II would mean chaos in
baseball were owners 10 have the say as
TO what constitutes a good umpire. In the
heat Of the hattie an owner or manager
might think he was getting the worst of 1T.
when more mature reflection he might
want TO change his mind
Billy Malras. manager of the PhiIIes in
-aaa. i~ auotek as saying he would not
1aanace .he 81. Louis Rrowns for million
dollars p year. He added:
I'm not anxi;.IIs 10 manage any more bail
clubs. his or little. ! don't have to. in the
FIRST Mace. and in the second ] believe
absolutely i'm avoiding all this worTy Of
which cur life IS made i1p- have enough
Taoney 70 rest easy on my oars for the
rest Of mr. life. so why should I go about
bunting trouble?
The man who tries 10 make the Browns
win has 1ny sincere sympathy. ] know of
nut ono town that is harder on its ball
players and lis manager That city. / am
Verv sorry 10 say, is Cincinnati. st. Louis,
therefore. is a pretty hard place for
loser. There is absolutely no mercy shown
Il tie manager or the player who fails TO
snake good. Even patience is unknown
there. ST. Louis fans know how TO use the
I wouldn't manage that club for million
dollars. That's absolutely the truth, and
think Illat any other sensible man would
view the position the same way"
Fred Beebe has signed a Philadelphia
contract He iS one Of the four men
Traded i,s- Cincinnati to Philadelphia about
which Horace Fosel made so much adoo.
II leaked out in Pittsburg YESTERDAY that
John y. Harris paid s400 a share for the
stock h. Bought in the Pittsburg club of
the National League with the money Sc
cured in the sale OF his holdings in the
Boston club. The par value of the Pitts
burg club stock is .l0o. which shows that
Barney Dreyfus has little gold mine in
his Pirates of baseball fame
The need OF competent coach 10 look
stteT tho many young pitchers which be
has signed mp has led Hal Chase to en-
gage Charles Duke Farrell. the veteran
catcher. 70 take the new recruits in hand
whom tie Yankees go South for their spring
training. When the season starts FarrelI's
experience will be turned 10 good adysn-
tdce in the coaching box behind third base
He Was with the Yankees TWO years ago
acting in q similar capacity but last year
StaIlinss decided that he could dispense
with The veterans services. Lou Criser
stepped into Farrells shoes and PLAYED be-
hind The bat as well I'm some games
Hal Chase is on his way 10 California TO
spend the holidays AT his home He Will
1ttun late next month 10 complete his plans
To- the spring training trip Of the Yankees
II begins 10 look AS if PittsDurg would
trade Camnitz 10 Chicago for OrvaI over
All. although the latter declared during the
worlds series thar he had pitched his last
game in a major league Barney Dreyfus
has decided TO get rid OF Camnitz who is
demanding s. .2ce extra salary. which
was promised under certain conditions that
according TO the owner of the Pirates were
not observed
tamnitz was secured from the American
Association by Pittsburg in 1855 but was
was taken back by Pittsburg and has been
there ever since.
Gwen Moran. y ho recently knocked out
Battling Nclsoa- has issued a challenge
t. meet Ad Nogast for the lightweight
championship at any time or place The
latter NAV name for purse and a s. 900
side bet. Moran states he will give up any
all of his engagements TO meet Wolgast
Clifton 6 Daley. of Montpelier has been
eccted captain of the University of Yer
mont football team for next year DALEY
iiaS played left end on the varsity team
since he entered the eolleg, two years ago
}. T. Slavin. Of Waterbury, Conn. This
years coach. was reappointed
SCHOOL OF COMMERCE WINS
Defeats Erasmus Hall Five in