The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-14
LYNCH Is AGAIN
ELECTED PRESIDENT
Chosen Head of the National
League for 1912. 4
THE VOTE STOOD SIX TO TWO
Robert w. Brown, of Louisville, Is
Backed by FogeI and Ebbetts.
National League SLOW to Answer
Ban JOhnson's Letter-DetrOit
Syndicate After Providence Club.

Special to The Washington Herald.
New York, Dec. 13.-Thomas ]. Lynch
will remain president of the National
League for one more year at least. The
magnates of the parent major league re-
elected their executive at the second
days session of their annual meeting to-
day by the fiattering vote OF to 2
Philadelphia and Brooklyn alone opposed
the popular choice.
Charles w. Murphy, who twenty-four
hours before had been fighting tooth and
nail for Robert w. Brown, the two-year
dark horse from Louisville, experienced
a change of heart overnight, and was one
of the best little boosters for Lynch that
the conference boosted. Whereby hangs
tale. Charles II. Ebbetts, the Brooklyn
magnate, has repudiated his erstwhile
bosom friend. Murphy, and publicly de-
nounced him and warned him to keep
on his own side of the fence hereafter. The
reelection Of Lynch was the only matter
of Importance that developed during the
day.
1t was expected the National League
would answer the startling ultimatum de-
lIvered by the American League at its
meeting the previous day-a resolution
couched in open terms Of hostility. Per-
haps Lynchs circuit is celebrating on a
suitable whitening reply. To the press II
was announced that no official notifica-
ton of hostilities had reached either Au-
gust Hermann or Tom Lynch. No at
tempt was made to explain a faulty pos
tai or messenger service. Strange to re-
late, ]. II. Farrell, secretary of the ma
tional commission, received a copy of the
missive a short time after the American
League had o. KID the bulletin. II the
national commission chairman and Ma
tionaI League president were not so IA
vored, In the opinion of the sleuths who
worked on the ticket scandal, the COM
-munications must have fallen into the
nav of the goat OF the investigation.
Perhaps the National League is sincere
In it's attitude OF ignorance of insult.
But II is generally believed that the old
major league is either stalling for time
or sidestepping the issue in the hope
that time is the healer of all wounds.
The league will conclude its annual bust
ness in a short session tomorrow. then
there will be nothing to do until the
spring schedule meetings in February.
One More Feud.
A new feud has sprung up in this as
ISOLATION OF the politics and intrigues.
Charles II. Ebbets and Charles w.
Murphy are now at each others throat.
Ebbets declares he was tricked by
his old associate. 1t was Murphy
who framed up the opposition
to Lynch In the person OF Robert
w. Brown, a Louisville newspaper man.
Murphy went into the meeting to-day
determined to nominate Lynch, but John
Whalen, Of the New York club, beat him
to it. When Ebbetts heard Murphy
second the nomination he grew purple
with rage. The Brooklyn magnate and
Horace Fogel, going through wit their
- - t. II ct,
up. but stuck to Brown to the end. What
influenced Murphy's change OF heart is
a mystery. 1t is said that Hermann
had no occasion to spring ais sensational
letter written by Fogel to Murphy.
Charles Webb smelled a rat and took
to his hole.
The board of directors of the National
League will be composed of representa-
tives from the PittsburG. Cincinnati, Chi
Cago, Brooklyn, and New York clubs
The presidents of these teams composed
the board last season.
The annual meeting of the Pittsburg
club was held in Jersey City. All the
officers were reelected, and John P.
Harris, former president of the Rustlers,
was added to the board of directors.
The National League honored Joe
O'Brien, the new secretary of the Giants,
by appointing him a committee of one
on transportation. William Locke, the
secretary of the Pirates, was chosen a
committee of one on hotels.
It was reported that Frank ]. Navin
William Yawkey. and Hugh Jennings
the chief works OF the Detroit Tigers.
had purchased the Providence club of the
International League for ZOO, and that
Fred Lake would lead the Grays in 1872
Navin declared tonight that the deal
had not been formally closed, but he
stated thai. he had every reason IN hone
that the papers would be signed within
the next day.
Manager George Stallings, of Buffalo,
made an unsuccessful attempt to secure
Catcher KiIlifer from the Phillies. STALL
ings offered Horace Fogel 5000 for this
fellow. He sold Killifer to the Quakers
for 5000.