The Detroit times., 1911-12-14

PROVIDENCE A DETROIT
FARM; KID ELBERFtlD
REPORTED TO BE- BOSS
Club in international, Formerly
Eastern, League Sold to Navin,
Jennings and Yawkey'
PRICE SAID TO BE 500, 900.
War Cloud Has Disappeared ana
Nothing But Routine Busi-
ness Is Expected Today.
PRICE SAID TO BE $4,000.

NEW YORK. Dec. 1.-THE safe Oh
the Providence team OF the interna-
tional (Eastern) league 10 WiilfaW n
yawkey, Frank J. Navin and husn
Jennings. of the Detroit Americans
for s65. 900. is taken today 10 indi'
cate that the Tigers will use ProVl'
dence in future as farm, lot
Young players. II is reported that
.sTabosco Kid" Norman Elberield, oil
washington, will manage the club.
Declaring they had not even re-
ceiyed an Official copy of the war,
resolutions passed by the American
league. the magnates Of the National
league went INTO their mai session
in the Waldorf Astoria today with no
indication that they feared serious
disturbance in organized baseball.
Routine business alone was expect
ed to come up at today's meeting
The announcement If the sale OF
the B0s>--.-s>-- ~ SsNn.-- - ;
brotherin-law of Boss" Charles F.
Murphy, and the appointment OF Jonn
NJ. Ward 10 be president OF the club.
is not expected TO add much TO the
joy OF President b. b. Johnson, OF
the American league. Ward recently
won a verdict in the United States
courts against johnson for alleged
SANDER.
For the first time In history, wom-
an has attended the meetings OF the
National league officials, at which
Thomas ]. Lynch was reelected pres
ident. She was Mrs. Helen Hathaway
Robson Britton, owner OF the st.
Louis Cardinals.
President Brush OF the New York
Giants has addressed a letter 10 Ban
Johnson, asking him TO explain few
things alleged to have happened TO
The pasteboards in Philadelphia.
"Why pick the Giants for the
goats" Mr.. Brush asked, among other
things.
while dilating upon the outrage
perpetrated upon the New York pub
lie through misdirection and collision
with ticket spectators. why do you
not explain how in Philadelphia 10
persons absorbed over 5000 tickets,
an average OF 500 each. and So others
absorbed 5000 tickets, an average OF
so each?
Having charged some Official OF
the New York club with handing out
5000 or 5000 tickets 10 spectators
out OF $4,000 of its reserved seat ca
paclty. depriving the public of that
extent OF an opportunity OF buying
direct, why is il that you are silent
over the disposition OF tickets in
Philadelphia. where S.1S1 tickets out
OF total of the reserved seat ca
Dacity of SS3S we're given TO 10 peo-
pie and there was no public sale for
the first two games?
While the New York club report
shows that less than $50 tickets were
taken by its players and its officials,
the balance being available for the
public. why is IL that you do not ex
plain how the players and the Off
Gals of the Philadelphia club appro-
priated 1900 tickets out OF its total
OF S,S3S?
'Inasmuch as-there were no street
SPECTATORS in New York during the
worlds series-it being unlawful
Why do you not explain TO the public
how II was that the hotels and along
Broad-st. in Philadelphia, they were
openly plying their trade, and tell
how they obtained them?
in your Letter To me YOU 81. Our
chief aim is TO protect the baseball
public from graft and we should work
together for that purpose and to this
say Amen ! am with you solidly.
but why pick only the New York Ma
tional league club for the goat?"
The letter was made public two
hours after President johnson had
left for Chicago. When a club OF.
hcials attention was called TO this
TACT he said Mr.. Johnsons move
ments had not been taken into con.