Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-28
HERMANN AND FOCEL AT OUT
Cincinnati President to Make Formal
Claim to Players Traded For.
WARNING FROM PHILADELPHIA
Head Of the club TELLS Him tie Must
Not Negotiate with MEN In Dis
pute-NauaEer Doom says
Tie WIN ResIEn.
FROM PHILADELPHIA

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PHILADELPHIA, oct. %. -- Manager /
Charles H. Doom this afternoon mailed his /
resignation as. manager Of the Philadelphia
National league base ball team TO Horace |
:. FoRel. the president OF the club, as a !
result Of the controversy over the exchange |
Of players with the Cincinnati club. Doon |
under his contract remains a catcher on |
the team.
President horace S. Fogel OF the Phila-
delphia National league base bail club this
afternoon telegraphed President Thomas
Lynch OF the National organization. re-
uuestng him to warn President Garry
Hermann OF the Cincinnati club not TO
tamper with the Philadelphia players, who,
Mr. Fogel says, are officially in good stand
ing with the local management
CINCINNATI. G.. oct 27.-Declaring in
telegram to President Horace Fogel Of
the Philadelphia National League club
that title 70 the services Of players Grant,
Bates McQuillen and Moren rests in the
Cincinnati club, President August Her
mann Of the local organization today pre-
pared to send contracts to the players for
the season Of 1911.
Hermann acted Immediately on receipt
of a telegram from Fogel, which was
couched in defiant terms, and to which
reply Of equal warmth was sent.
These messages showed that the attempt
OF the Philadelphia man to call off the
deal by which the four eastern players
were to be exchanged for Lobert, Psskert
Beebe and Rowan Of Cincinnati is destined
to result in an appeal to the National
commission. and one OF the bitterest CON
] ~ NH proanfZe6 base hall has
submitted for some years.
| President Fogers message today reads
as follows:
| My decision is final. / was not party
/ to the deal and as the only representative
Of the Philadelphia club with any author
/ ity to sanction it, | have not signed the
/ agreement. 1t is void and has no legal
/ standing i'm base ball. McQuillen Moren,
Bates and Grant are on the Philadelphia
clubs reserve list and Cincinnati must not
negotiate with them
The reply to this telegram, sent by
President Hermann. read
our decision is also final We hold that
I the agreement between Managers Griffith
and Doom is binding and it is not for the
Philadelphia club alone to determine
whether the agreement is void and has no
legal standing in base ball This will be
submitted to the proper authorities at the
proper time. We contend that title to
McQullen, Moren, Bates and Grant now is
vested in the Cincinnati club and will enter
into negotiations with all Of them for their
services for next year and assume all re-
sponsibities in connection herewith
Doom VIII Resign.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 21.-Charles S.
Doom, the playing manager of the Phlla-
dclphia National league, Informed the AS
ISOLATED Press this morning that he would
today send his formal resignation as man
ager to Horace 5. Fogel, the president Of
the club because Of the latters action in
blocking the deal by which the local team
and the Cincinnati club were to exchange
players.
Doom last week signed an agreement
with Clark Griffith in Chicago whereby
Pitchers McQuilIen and Moren, Center
Fielder Bates and Third Baseman Grant Of
Philadelphia were given to Cincinnati in
exchange for Pitchers Rowan and Beebe,
Center Fielder Paskert and Third Base
man Lobert.
Il am going to send in my formal resig-
nation today" said Doom. I'm be no
dummy manager. They can trade me, too,
IL they want to-"
Doom. who is one Of the best catchers in
the National league said he would not go
near the office of the club.
II don't care to see Fogel," he declared,
III he wants to see me, he'll have to come
after me. l won't so to him. | said the
other day that If the Cincinnati deal was
blocked l would resign | am going to
send the resignation in today, there
will be NO argument about where ! stand"
FOEei IL Not Perturbed.
President Fogel did not seem TO be much
. perturbed. The deal is off" he said. and
IT is going to stay off until get a trade
that Is satisfactory to me-
Mr. Fogel said he has not seen Doom
since the latter returned from Chicago. Il
have been waiting in this office several
days to see him." said Mr.. Fogel. He did
t not even notify me that he had put
! through the Cincinnati deal"
e President Fogel says he feels he can
make a better trade than the one Doom
= tried TO put through Since the present
D controversy arose, he said, he has received
, kilograms from three other national league
clubs, asking him 10 mold up the Cincinnati
deal. as they had something better to offer
? Asked II President Murphy Of the Chi
81 cago club had requested him to hold up
the deal or was interested In the exchange
: OF players, Mr.. l'ogel said such reports
were absolutely untrue