New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-13
TIMELY BITS Of SPORT
MCAIeer Buys Big Interest IN the
Boston Red S0x.
TAYLOR CONFIRMS THE DEAL
Manager of Washington Club to
Have Control of Team, II
Not the Stock.

James r. McAleer. manager OF the
Washington club, has purchased the Boston
Red Sox. of the American League, or
rather, he has arranged to take over oo
per cent of the stock with an iron Douhd
contract which will give him absolute con-
troll of the team for term of years, SAID
to be ten.
The fact that McAleer was negotiating
with John I. Taylor for the purchase OF
the Boston club and that the deal eventu-
ally would be concluded barring unfore-
seen contingencies, was exclusively told IN
The New-York Tribune early in July.
The news leaked out at American League
Park yesterday although it had been
planned to withhold the formal announce
! ment until tomorrow in Boston, when II
is said, the transfer of stock Will take
place II is said on the authority OF
close friend Of McAlcer that the first pay
ment of 100000 has been made. The totai
amount involved Is withheld, but rumor
says that it Is not far short of s-Vo'VO'
| John l. Taylor the present owner Oh the
| club confirmed the report of the sale IN
Boston last night but denied that he would
dispose OF controlling interest The
/ transfer amounts to control. however, as
while Taylor will hold 20 per cent Of the
stock he will have no voice I'm the handling
of the team and will not have vote at
the league meetings McAleer will be
elected president with full power to direct
the affairs Of the club, while Taylor will
,..ir, ., bo bocLoround and look from
afar If present plans are carried out
McAleer will not act as manager. lie has
| long declared that he was tired OF the
"drudgery of plotting a team from city TO
city, and proposed to own a club himself
and pay somebody else to handle the men.
McAleer is now in Youngstown, ohio, 10
complete financial arrangements that VIII
enable him to close the deal. Everything
has been arranged for the transfer except
ing the minor details. These VIII be agreed
upon at the conference on Thursday Al
which President Ban Il. Johnson OF the
American League will he present II is I'M
derstood that the negotiations were re
opened when Mr.. Taylor, by telegraph, in
formed McAleer that he wanted TO get out
OF baseball
McAleer has a two-year contract with
the Washington club, expiring in the fall
of 1912. hut the Washington owners. II is
understood. will release him from this in
order that he may take up the Boston team
If the deal goes through. now appears
probable. a new manager for the Washing
ton club may he selected from the team
George Mcbride shortstop. and Herman
Schaefer. first baseman, Will he considered,
/ Trap achf N OF IN
last night
Unless all signs fail. the bout between
| Young" Wagner. the Italian bantam
weight. and Al belmont. the New England
| bow which is to he contested at the Long
Acre Athletic Club. in West 29th street to-
night. will be one of the fastest seen at
the club in some time. Wagner has re-
| turned to the ring after long rest. and
looks and acts in fine condition.
| Chipner as a bird, and willing and able
| to talk at great length over the prospects
of meeting Wolgast. "One Word Morgan
and his protege Knockout Brown. left
| Now York for Milwaukee Yesterday after
noon Tom Jones has promised that VOL
| CAST will meet the East Side boy ana
/ Morgan has 5000 to bind the match or bet
! on the result in ten rounds.
! Morgan Grated at great length on just
| how and why Brown would lick Wolsast.
/ After that was accomplished, he would
| start after Mcfarland. Lewis. Klaus Jet-
/ fries. and-what's the use?
"I don't say that Carl Morris VIII win
AGAINST Jim Flynn when they meet on Fiji
dav night" said Jimmy De Forest iaS'
night. but take my word for it, ne Is one
~ the hest newcomers we have seen III
some time. lie is big, powerful ana tel-
rihle hitter. While he has never been put
IN fbe test. I believe that he is a game
man and will take his medicine when the
Time comes. Carl uses gloves that weigh
,,rap,v-two ounces-reGular pillows-but
there are none of his spsring partners VINO
can stand up under his awful puhchihe eN-
cent Jeannette. who is so hard and clever
and has such wonderful endurance that IL
might well be said that he is not human.
Morris is a fine specimen. and VIII not ne
surprised If he should win over the Pueblo
fireman on Friday night
Jimmy DE Forest Is one of the most con-
sentative men i'm boxing. He has handled
many good men in his time and certainly
knows the game lie Is manager OF al
Moore. and is of the opinion that the
Quaker city boy can beat Brown. on that
subject he said: why doesn't Brown box
this fellow Moore? Pal beat him easily
when they met before, and Pal is that
BOYS master any time they start. Brown
ran out of a match in Boston, and, take my
word for il. Pal can beat him three times
q day
hes practically matched the latter with
..One Round" Hogan. Leach Is so bold now