Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-17
ADKINS WANTS The BROWNS
st. Louis Water Commissioner Engi-
neers Deal for Club.
INVESTIGATE NEW CANDIDATES
Five Men Principals I'm Syndicate
which VIII Probably Purchase q
Controlling Interest In Ameri-
can League Team.

/ can League Team.
NEW YORK. Dec. 16-"Ben" Adkins
water commissioner Of St Louis; Mark
Ewing and his brother composing the St.
Louis stock brokerage firm Of Ewing
Bros, and Messts. Hall and Hodgen, prom
| inently identified with St. Louis interests,
arc the principals in the syndicate which
will probably purchase the controlling in
terest in the St. Louis American league
base ball club from Robert Lee Hedges
Adkins engineered the deal and it was
through him that the offer was made to
Hedges.
A special committee representing the
American league and consisting of Presi-
dent Ban johnson Of the National league,
President Charles a. Comiskey of the chi
cago club and President Frank J. Farrell
OF the New York club will go to St Louis
within a week to ascertain the standing
Of the new candidates for membership
financially and otherwise. II it is salts
factory Hedges will be authorized to sell
and the new owners will be taken into fun
fellowship of the league.
Jones May he Manager.
Incidental to the probable change in the
ownership, It was said at the annual meet
ing of the league. which closed today, that
Fielder Jones may become manager Of the
club. Jones is now operating fruit farm
in Oregon and last year refused to play
for Chicago because the money offered
was not sufficient
Hedges today said that me syndicate
which would probably take over his hold
ings purposed to put in a winning team,
or a first division team at any cost 1t Is
said that Hedges values his American
league franchise at s250,OOO, and his
grounds, plant" etc, at enough more to
bring the total consideration up to little
more than $5OO0OO. Even with a losing
team IT has been said the st. Louis Amer
leans have consistently earned an average
profit Of $4,000 a year,
| The American league finished its bust
ness promptly today and dispersed, but
the National league meeting will continue
| tomorrow.
/ The purchase of the Boston Nationals
will probably be contaminated by Satur-
day Part payment has already been made
| by w Hepburn Russell and his associate.
! l.. c. Page, millionaire Boston publisher,
but the agreement was that Harris should
retain ownership of the club until after
! the present league meeting. AS soon as
|
change hands:
Tenney to Manage Team.
Mr.. Russell said positively that Fred
Tenney will manage the team next season
and would play first base if his legs per-
mitted He added that there would be
four or five changes in the personnel Of
the team.
mo club will sell at any price good
| player" said Mr.. Russell, therefore we
must develop our own. We will first de-
vote all of our energies and our capital to
giving Boston a winning team, then we
will consider the building a new home.
Until we have winning team, the old
grounds will be good enough"
Besides approving the retention of the
present classification of the Western and
Three-I leagues the National league and
decided to call all umpires in to New York
TO have their eyes examined.
President Charles II. Ebbetts of Brook
lyn, who has been the most active mem
Der Of the schedule committee for years,
today lost that distinction. The league
today appointed President Lynch, Barney
Dreyfuss of Pittsburg and Secretary John
A Heydlcr as the schedule committee.
/ They will meet with President Johnson
Of the American league late In January
and arrange the schedules for the two
1 leagues.
President Garry Hermann of Cincinnati
was Endorsed for chairman Of the National
commission. Tomorrow the National
league expects to take important action on
number Of cases.
National Commission DecisiOns.
The National commission at It's final ses-
sion today made the following decisions:
Reinstatement refused to Player
Boescher, who jumped his contract with
Cincinnati and who was twice before re-
instated after jumping from Brooklyn
: Andy Coakley was informed that the
commission would decide his case against
the Chicago Nationals If he would with
draw his case from the courts He re-
fused.
In the case of Elmira which tried to
keep the Philadelphia Americans from
drafting O'Neill, and Jacksonville. which
tried to keep Pittsburg from drafting
t Player Smith, the original drafts were
certified "O'Neill goes to Philadelphia
and Smith to Pittsburg and the draft
money goes to the fund OF the National
association instead Of TO Bimira and Jack
, sonville."
The St Louis Americans must pay sal
airy to Catcher Crisp for the time he was
' absent while injured. The commission will
meet in Cincinnati on January 8.
Willie Keller, the crack outfielder, re-
Gently secured by the New York Nationals
from the New York Americans, was sold
today TO the Toronto club OF the Eastern
J league.
E Vnkesbarre purchased shortstop Grams
! ton from the Denver club.
1 Scranton traded Jack Hymes, outfielder
) to Altoona for Pitcher Upp. Scranton also
traded Infielder waldron to Chattanooga
0 for Outfielder Taffe
VICTORY FOR THE CRESCENTS