The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-22
BOSTON OWNERS
DUE FOR SCRAP
Reorganization Of Both the
Clubs May Mean a
Merry War
. (By. Gordon Mackay.)

! .Noy. NOIuOII NldShdysl
Philadelphia. Dec. 22.-One Of the
prettiest little scramblcs after the lit
tile round disk whose frontispiece is an
American eagle will take place III
Boston next season. and the race for
patronage and the plums will b. "a
nobby hustle.
Boston teams the Red SoX and the
Rustlers. have changed their owners.
will have changed their managers and
will have started to get the money
away from each other when'the spring
rolls around. The men behind the Bos-
ton National club have SO much money
that they make the Standard Oil COM
pany look like a postal savings bank.
and they are willing to spend it.
Gaffney. the man who owns the coin
that purchased the National club. has
New York. and has several bundles of
bills tucked away in a number Of in
situations that store such things away
for O person.
Gaffney's money means the Boston
National club will not lack for the
sinews of war. which is the big
league stuff for plenty of money to
Associated with Gaffney will he
John Montgomery Ward. as presi-
dent. Ward Is a lawyer and one of
the big men in baseball. He knows
the game from all angles. AS a ia
nous pitcher for Providence, a no-hit
no-run Recommendations pitcher.
too. he should know a wee bit about
would trif1e with others batting
averages. Montgomery was also a
great shortstop with the Giants. and
knows a little about that business
also.
Players League.
In addition. he was the moving
spirit in the famous Players league,
as the Official title of the brotherhood
was known. From that angle he
ton Of affairs. Also he hates Ban
Johnson with an undying hatred, as
the result Of a little mix-up when
Ward was a candidate for the presi-
dency of the National league.
He'll be Incorporating in his at
titude against allowing B. Brutt to
butt in. and he will hand the National
league in Boston a splendid admins
tration of affairs.
1t is understood that Ned Hanlon Is to
be the man selected for this place, al
though Fred Tenney has a contract
which calls for another years tenure.
Hanlon is one of the skillful men of
baseball. He piloted Baltimore and
Brooklyn to pennants, knows players
like a boy, and is second to none in
the development Of material. With him
at the helm and with such clever chaps
as Johnny Killing around loose. too.
the Boston club needn't worry in that
direction.
Looking at the matter from every
viewpoint. 1t would seem as If the Ma
tional league in Boston was going to
get back to the days of the late Frank
Selee when 1t cut considerable solidi-
fed frigidity in baseball.
The fans of the Hub need but to see
the Boston Rustlers get a ball club
that doesn't look like a collection Of
limburger and Vermont granite rolled
into n mess and the patronage will
come. Push the Boston team into
such a position that it will finish
fourth after all this time down in the
cave. and the men owning that fran
counting the dividends.
Excellent Chance.
The new owners have an excellent
the Phillies and Giants. the other
clubs have to start in and build again.
Chance in Chicago Clark in Pittsburg,
O'Day in Cincinnati. Bresnahan in st.
Louis and Dahlen in Brooklyn. all
these managers have to start to up.
build. McGraW needs to start In with
In c couple of years. anyway. and
the Phillies are problematical after
next season.
Under these circumstances the new
owners of the Boston National team
have an equal chance to get busy and
scout around for material. Look at
the club built up last season. Outside
of Bill Sweeney. not a face that was
an eyesore to the fans for three or
four years appeared at the latter end
of the season.
Give the Rustlers a chance to crawl
around the fringe Of the first division,
and the fortune of the National league
in Boston will take on Its natural bent
as in the days when pennants were
won in that league in that city.
And that means a fight with the
american league for patronage Now
that John ]. Taylor no longer roams
without a keeper. the Boston Ameri-
"ans should be a G"hting force. The
moro fact that The ans stuck in that
city while j. l.. was giving away any,
thing that looked like a hall player for
something In the disguise of a wart
shows that the pcopl" IF that city
want baseball. And tho club that
gives 1t to them is the club that will
win: If both clubs give it to them.
th"n there is room for both to make
"cdl"s of kalc.