The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-11
ExpeI Jack Ryan
 From Jersey City
Announcement Causes Sensation as Baseball Magnates Gather
 For Meeting

Baseball men thronged the corridors of the New York hotels yesterday, many magnates and managers of the major and minor leagues having ar rived for the annual meetings which begin today with the opening session of the Eastern League in the Hotel Victoria. In the Waldorf-Astoria the National League was represented by Charley Ebbcts, owner of the Brook lyn Superbas; Garry Hermann, owner of the Reds; Barney Dreyfuss, owner of the Pirates; Billy Locke, the clubs secretary, and Fred Clarke, manager of the team; John Whalen, treasurer of the Giants, and E. A. Steininger, president of the Cardinals. Charles W. Murphy of the Cubs and Horace s. Fogel of the Phillies arrived today to attend the National League meeting which begins tomorrow in the Wal dorf.
 It was impossible to get an expres- sion of opinion from the magnates now here as to the chances of Thomas J. Lynch for reelection to the Ma tional League presidency, but the be lief generally prevailed that Lynch will be chosen, but not unanimously.
 Of the American League men, John B. Bruce, secretary of the National Commission and a stoclkholder in the St. Louis Browns, was the only one in the Waldorf Ban Johnson, presi- dent of the league; Charles A. Comis- key, owner of the White Sox; Charles
 W. Somers of the Maps, Jim McAleer and Robert McRoy of the Red Sox and Robert L. Hedges, owner of the
 Browns, are on the way from the
 West. The American League will be- gin its meeting in the Hotel Astor to- morrow.
 Some of the Eastern League men or
 hand were Stein and Hart of the Buff
 falo club and George StalGngS, its
 manager; Sam Lichtenhein, owner oi
 the Montreals; Joe McGinnity of the Newarks, Jack Dunn of the Baltimores and J. J. McCaffrey and Joe Kelley oi the Toronto club.
 The conversation in the Hobbies was
 for the most part Greek to the ears o1 laymen. The talk smaeked of the emerald diamond, of trades, of optiona
 agreements, of spring training trips
 and of schedule plums.
 The only serious incident of the day was furnished by the Jersey City clut of the Eastern League. Announce
 ment was made that Jack Ryan, who managed the team last season and who is trying to make that club carry out a three-year contract, had beer expelled by the club. The reason gfver for the expulsion was the charge thai Ryan had shifted the blame for the Spik1ng Of -Umplre JACK DOyIe iaSt sea- son to the shoulders of Catcher Tonne man, who was fined s25 by President Barrow.
 James J. Lillis, one of the club own. CTS, says he paid the fine himself and that later he obtained evidence which satisfied him that Ryan had spiked Doyle and then had used TonnemaT as a scapegoat. Ryan denies that he | spiked Doyle and asserts that the ac' | ton of Lillis in expelling him is sim ply a move by the Jersey CitN club il | it's effort to break his contrach Ryan a year ago signed contract for three years with Jersey City, the
 contract having been drawn by Lilli. himself. At the close of last season Lillis served notice of release on thu
 manager and stopped payment of sal | ary.
 Ryan will lay his case before tht | Eastern League. and if that body de- clines to act hRyan will go before the National Association and finally to thl National Commission with his com. plaint. If he should fail to obtain re. dress Ryan says he will take the mat.
 ter to the civil courts.