Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-07
HANL0N SEES HUGH
Old 0rioIe Manager Visits
Jennings in Hospital.
jim CORBETT ALSO CALLS
Foxy Ned Talks About Boston Ma
tionals' Franchise, But
Has No News.

SCRANTON. Pa, December Ned
Hanlon of Baltimore is sharing the lime
light here with his old Oriole lad, Hugh
Jennings, the Detroit manager who is
laid up at the State Hospital as the re-
| suit of an automobile accident last Fri
day night. Hanlon came on especially to
see just how hard Hughey got hit and to
do him some good if he could
| He couldn't get to the bedside Tuesday
night, because Jennings had turned in
| when the train arrived, but bright and
early yesterday morning accompanied by
James J. Corbett, who is playing vaude-
vile engagement here. Hanlon got to Jen-
nings. hospital rules and regulations to
the contrary Notwithstanding.
Hanlon found his former player in fine
shape, although his features are scarcely
recognizable from the bumps and bruises
and cuts he brought out of the creek
when the automobile fell on him.
| Jennings injuries consist Of badly
| crushed left foot, confused left thigh,
| closed fracture of both bones in the lower
| third of the left forearm, cuts and bruises
about the face and head and conclusion
| of the brain. He is comparatively free
! from pain.
| Corbett paid his respects ard withdrew,
| and then the base ball men got down to
| a real chat
Couldn't Hurt That Head.
Il knew you could not hurt that head"
sid the Baltimorean. upon leaving the
| hospital Amos Rusie failed to dent it
/ with an inshoot in the old days, and 1
saw that concrete floor of the Ithaca
swimming tank into which Hugh dove
| from a height of fifteen feet and ! knew
| when l read that the head got the worst
of it that there was nothing to it.
HanlOn went on to pay his respects TO
Jennings. telling how. anxious the people
| of Baltimore are that the Tigers get
| through all right drifting off into stories
of the Old days in which the mighty Hugh
| figured. His mind off Jennings, Hanlon
| went into personal affairs.
| The following dispatch from Baltimore
was read to Hanon:
| Ned Hanlon denies that he is a bidder
| at this time for the Boston National
| League franchise, but Will not say he is
not contenpla ting purchase. George Tou-
| Hanlon to get it,
Another message from Boston, carrying
Il statement from William Beverly Wins
low. acting attorney for the Boston club
since the death of William Hepburn Rus
sell, was also shown to Mr.. HanIon. The
latter statement was as follows
| IF Edward Hanlon of Baltimore has
made an offer 1t has been through an
| him.
Both reports" said Mr. Hanlon, bear
| out my claim that as each year checks it
| self off I am declared to be in on a deal
, to get control of the Boston Rustlers.
Not Good Proposition.
1.-The Boston National League franchise
is not "a very good proposition. In the
first place there is heavy mortgage on
| he nd in g,la fboir
location and dimensions are such that 1t
would be extremely hard to make a sue
cess of it,
The message from Boston declares fur
| Their that purchaser of the Boston club
must assume a two-hundred- thousand
| dollar mortgage on the South End grounds
| which is held by the former owners, So
| den, Billings and Conant. 1t will require
| at least $4,000 more to build up a win
| ming team, and IL the accommodations
| for the public are to be increased another
large outlay will be necessary.
| Edward Hanlon, who tried to buy the
| club from Russell several months ago
| was said to have offered S1JO,olW for the
| stock
! Mr.. lannon's comment was:
| Both the right and left field fences
! measure a few feet more than 300 feet
| from the home plate. | measured it my
| self and know. The grounds hard to
| get TO and the accommodations are bad
| after You get there. Suppose you sue
| coed in building up a winning team
| what then? If youHare fortunate enough
| to draw crowds, what are you going 10
| do with them? The man who cannot GO
| to the park until the last minute does not
| feel like standing UP all throughout the
| game
Mr. Hanlon admits that he tried to buy
the Boston American League franchise
but that President Ban Johnson froze him
out because he was a National Lacquer "
| Mr.. Hanlon terms this rot
| "Of course, said Mr. Hanun. Il dom
blame Johnson for preferring to let Jim
my McAleer in on the Boston proposition.
AT the time the American League was
formed McAleer went over to Johnson s
side and took a lot of good players with
him. Naturally johnson wants to look
out for his friends first. If he had told
me he wanted to do the right thing by
McAeer that answer would have been
satisfactory to me, but to say that l am
a National Lacquer makes me SICK II
had my money tied up in the Ameri-
can League you can bet I would be for
the American League body, heart and
soul"
Takes Up for Hughey.
incidentally Hanlon took occasion to
roast both President Johnson and Presi-
dent Frank Farrell of the New York
Americans for announcing that Hugh
Jennings was not the desirable party for
the leadership of the Yankees, because he
was National Lacquer.
| Since that statement was credited tC
him Mr.. Farrell has come out with de-
Mai. saying that, first of all, Jennings
was good manager, regardless of where
he located his sentiment.
Hanlon says he will never again man.
age a club. Although he was mentioned
as possible successor to McAleer as
manager of the Washington club. Hanlon
said he wouldn't have taken up the work
for a neat sum of money.