Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-08
SPORTING COMMENT.
BY J. ED GRILLo.

+ For several weeks it seemed that
Charley Murphy. the Cub owner. had
crawled into his hole for the winter, but
mission intends to present the umpires
officiating in the worlds series games
with the same emblems that the Athletics
will receive has forced the Chicago mag.
nate to break into print again.
He is out with a protest against the
umpires being rewarded by the commits
sion. He holds that their work did no,
justify anything more than dismissal from
the staff and that the commission Is
making itself ridiculous by its action IL
the matter.
OF course the commission will carry
out its plans SO far as the umpires are
concerned, and 1t is not unlikely that since
Murphy has entered a protest gold
watch will be added to the emblem fol
now and then Murphy does something
which benefits some one besides himself
though this is not always intentional.
Time has made some remarkable
changes In base ball, and this is especially
true in the National League, where there
has been a great change in power. 1t is
not SO many years ago when the FREEDOM
mating faction in the old league did just
about as 1t saw At. Those in control did
not ask the pleasure OF those in the mi
nority and things were run with q high
hand
In. those days Stanley Robson, owner
of the st. Louis club, did not cut much
figure in the counsels of the league. True
he. and his brother. De Haas, were allied
with the controlling element. but this
was merely for self-protection. But to-
day Stanley Robson appears to be the
most powerful man in the league. 1t
is his vote which decides all important
questions, for the league is so split that
Robson can make it a deadlock or give
one faction a majority. Naturally, Robi-
son is much-sought-after man on all
questions which involve the two factions,
and as he is Of conservative disposition
no one Is able to find out what he intends
to do until he acts.
Just now there are rumors that the
Murphy Fogel-E bbets faction has de-
cided to make a fight against Tom Lynch.
who comes up for reelection next week.
They have three votes and need Robson
to make it tie. while the Hermann
rush-Dreyfuss faction needs his vote to
elect Lynch. similar condition obtain
ed last year, when the Heydler Ward
war was on. and Robson was the main
figure just as he will be this year If
there is a wrangle over the election of q
president.
In st. Louis there is much speculation
as to whether Bobby Wallace will make a
competent manager or not There are
those who say he will, and others who
claim that Bobby hasn't the slightest
qualification In his makeup to warrant
his appointment to head any sort of a
team, Notwithstanding the fact that he
is a great player himself.
AS yet there has been no appointment mt,
but Wallace is looked upon as the logical
man and vet should he take charge Of
the Browns, what chance will he have to
prove his ability? They seem to be
under the impression in st. Louis that
all the team needs is manager. as If
the wisest man in base ball could make
such mfSfit aggregation as the Browns
winner. The failure of the team to
win pennant in 1908. when it was fight
ing for the lead right to the finish was
nothing more than a f1uke. 1t would
have been reflection on the strength of
the American league had that outfit won
a pennant. Poor Wallace should think
twice before accepting O'Connor's job,