New-York tribune., 1911-12-07
TIMELY BITS Or SPORT
Breach Between Charley Doom
and FOueI Growing Wider.
TALK OF TRADE FOR 2UCKER
Eughie Jennings May sign q
Contract With Detroit Call
.ng for $4,000.

{ The breach between Horace FcseL prcsi-
dent or tAr philadelphia cllt of The Ma
p tionai League and Charley Doom. Who
. was manager Of the team last season. ap
pears TO be growing wider each det.
/ Dooius iatcs; broadside IS that hc viii
+ tell an he knows about the Phiilies ana
will leave It for the public 20 decide as to
/ just who j. tellinc the truth. f1e disa srees
with Foscl on tire statement that Doom
. has 40 desire 20 lead the Phillies tine cp'1-
ing season. ON the other hand, % is the
ambition OF DCo.ns life 60 lead a cham
p.cnsh.p team. and he says ne believes he
C1n make champions Of tho Phiiics If
Fogsl and Murphy viii keep their hands
or
'If I can bc manager" SAYS DoDin, Il
would like 10 te MANAGER. but : don't pro-
+ pose to stand FOR any more dictation at
/ the hands of Fcsel Every deal I attempt
/ TO make Fogel tries 70 block. His may not
. be the master mind behind his blocking
/ tactics. hut the effect is the same.
"Fosel never did want me- and he has
. wanted me less since I forced the Cincin-
lnat!-philadelphla trade through. lie knew
at that time that I knew why he fought
. against that trade. and it wouldn't have
/ gone through only he feared ! would make
I public the real reasons fOr its not being
| consummatcd. lie didn't want TO let the
! public on the inside OF that deal.
"One trouble with Fogel Is that he wants
I TO be a rcaI baseball magnate. lie has
jollied himself 20 the point where he really
thinks he is a magnarc. He has thought
about the matter SO much and has Dragged
80 much about his S0lOo1 Investment that
he would hate 10 have fans know he
danced 10 the tune Of another mans fiddle
re doesn't want any person to know that
he takes orders. tie might make a good
club president II he would get manager
and let that manager alone but he isn't in
the position to do that. His position is
|, similar to that Of the agent Of a large
| corporation. The agent would like 10 act
/ upon his own initiative. but as he is spend
! ing some other persons money he has 70
| take orders"
! The only allegation made by Doom that
| Fogel viii answer is 10 the effect that
! Fogers constant attacks on President
! Lynch and the umpires Of the National
| League have hurt the Philadelphia club
and will continue TO do harm until Fogel
gags himself. To this Fogel comes back
| with the declaration that he is president Of
/ the Philadelphia club. and that so long as
/ he is he Will criticize the president Of the
National League, whenever he mas reason.
one rumor was current in Philadelphia
/ yesterday that Doom would be traded 70
the Chicago Cubs for Three Fingered" "
Brown, the clever pitcher Another had
/ Doom going to Brooklyn in exchange for
| Nap Rucker. To these, Horace Fogel only
smiled and said:
There is nothing new Doom is a valua-
/ BILE baseball property, and If another man
| ager is obtained we will use Doom as the
| basis OF o beneficial trade. We will not
sell him. We want players-not cash. There
/ are not likely to be any developments in
/ the situation until the meeting Of the Ma
| tional League in New York next week"
/ For a time it was thought by many that
| the verbal combat between Fogel and
/ Doom was a clever piece Of press agent
/ work, but it has become so bitter that the
! fans" now realize that the breach is too
/ wide to bridge.
| Connie Mack, manager OF the Athletics.
| has sold Livingstone. a catcher, to the
Cleveland club. and "Topsy" Hartsel. the
outfielder. TO the Toledo club, Of the Amer1-
can Association.
President Navin of the Detroit club is
| planning to visit Hughie Jennings. man
| ager Of the Tigers, in the hospital at Scran-
/ ton, with a contract I'm his pocket calling
/ for salary Of $1,000 a year Jennings
! vas declared out OF danger yesterday from
| the injuries received in the automobile ac-
cident few days ago.
! Colonel Robert VI. Thompson, chairman
| Of the American olympic committee. will
! he the host az a dinner this evening at the
/ New York Athletic club to his associates
! on the committee and the directors of the
/ club Many novelties are promised
William J.. Jones. the well known ANA
teur Athletic Union Official. Will start on an
; extended trip to-day In an effort to secure
[ prominent athletes to compete in the ma
/ tional indoor championship games at Madi-
/ son Square Garden on December 25 and q.