New-York tribune., 1912-12-01
LYNCH SURE OF HIS Job.
Conviction of FOgeI Practically
Assures His Reelection.
SALE OF PHlLlIES CERTAIN
chance to Receive an Offer to
Manage Cincinnati Reds
Next Year.

All oppOSitiOn 10 the reelection of
Thomas !. Lynch as president Of the Ma
ronsl League seems to have simmered
o,av since the conviction OF Horace
rooel for making statements defaming
..gorized baseball Before the trial
=, the former Philadelphia club president
,b.re were many insurgents in the ranks
.,d ar opposition candidate was placed
IN the field. Few of the owners really be
rovo6 that Lynch would be successful in
.rhetautiating his charges against Fogel.
o,5 having staked everything on the in
,.,stication. Lynch was required TO make
.ood his accusations or retire. The case
vas admirably handled. and Fogel was
loft without q leg TO stand on.
rbere is nothing for the league 10 do
now but TO re-elect Lynch. The owners
oonno, very well turn down a chief oX-
.ou,ive who has worked strenuously for
-, sood of the game. The position is
~, an enviable one, and the National
League owners ought 10 feel themselves
for,unate 10 get any one who Will consent
- no placed at the head Of the organiza-
~ The club presidents themselves IN
s,., upon retaining most of the power
ord anv executive who succeeds in being
sor,etbing more than a figurehead is an
..oor,ionally able man. Lynch. after put
49,, -, with all sorts Of criticism from
,hose Who ought 10 stand behind him. has
a,ouv declared himself and forced the
ownsrs 10 recognize the authority OF MS
Office ,..
-, after returning TO Philadelphia
tav days ago, gave out statement
"a the effect that he was actually 6oihs
80 sell the Phillies. He declared that ne
Intended to dispose of an option which ne
..,as IN the stock. This option runs out
=. Dacerber II. just about the time OF
A.. National Leagues annual meeuhs.
Uben he was in New York Fogel oehieo
,ho, he had any option. saying thal ne
.o. ,bc owner OF q majority OF tho
/ .,ock with all these conflicting state
msnts il is lard TO determine the uue
oons,tion of affairs. but the best inloriileu
,,seball men believe that coh'Toii"s
interest i'm The club is in roger ; hdli0
,n, is held ju a Philadelphia bank as COZ
,s,erai for rotes signed by the former
,-.s,dent Of the Philles. by when lie was
,osbled to buy the club.
7, &c said that the holder OF the notes
,,,r,s IN call them in. and Fogel has peeh
,l,,e nirht and day TO raise enough
.,o,ov IN redeem them. He has evioeh'iS
heen unable to do this, for ne mas dui'i''
,sd that a syndicate in which are severe.
New York men is going TO take hoio VI
,ha pbillies and put d winning team III
,he field" according 10 Fogel. IheEe -
no, the slightest doubt that the Nei
az, returned by the National League OWL
ers Rad powerful influence with an!
s,aneiers who were contemplating CONF
h., ,o tho rescue Of the censured owner
Few were willing TO risk their cap''ai ~
assist any one in the position IN WHO"
Tesel had been placed.
The withdrawal Of the former preslueh'
II tie Phillies will be no great loss 10
tbs game. he is temperamentaHy uiln'
TO be at the head OF a club. His one great
fault has been that he talked TOO fnuch
vlsn excited over the result OF pan
game While those who knew him wen
fox little stock in his rawlings, his posi-
,,on as president resulted In 100 hucH
Undesirable publicity, which had its ei-
iect on followers of the sport who were
,ot fully acquainted with the personahty
OF Fogel and did not realize that ne meant
little OF what he said.
BEFORE he retires from the game r ose!
declares he is going 10 take the "hOle
affair into the courts and institute
great exposure Of baseball methods. he
Quotes the fact that organized baseoah
has never won a case In the open ana ne
wants 10 have his revenge. This part Oh
his statement is nothing more than
threat which will probably not be iui-
filed. The best thing Fogel can do Is 10
withdraw as gracefully as possible. ne
had his chance 10 make lot or money
but he proved himself unequal TO the task
II looks as though the trade which
would bring Joe Tinker TO the manager
ship Of the Cincinnati Reds is of Tor gooo
and all. Murphy wanted too much for MS
brilliant shortstop. and Hermann cannon
be blamed for refusing TO meet the tefh's'
Tinker Is a veteran who has only re"
seasons left to play at the most, ana
The Reds, II is said. have had no coni-
ynunication with Frank Chance since
they obtained him for the waiver price OF
N.sN No negotiations were opened WIN
the Tinker AFFAIR unsettled. Garry Herr
mann will now make Chance an oner 10
manage the Reds. Few baseball men pe-
leve that the peerless leader Will unoer-
take the task He Is well fixed financially
and has ranch in California ready Tor
him whenever he desires TO quit. III MS
health was Of the best his love TOT the
game might bring him back, but even
since the operation performed on MIN
last summer his nervous CONDITION mas
shown only slight Improvement ana ne
viii probably not don a baseball UNIFORM
again. Hermann viii have 20 look else
Where for a manager.
Clark Grifnth. manager Of the Washing
ton Senators, was in Chicago a few days
ago on his way East from Montana, and
Verified the story telegaphed over tne
country recently. crediting him with
having killed a deer with stone. lie
iortiAed the story with all of the minor
eetsils. including a photograph OF the
mountain ledge from which he picked up
he rock. In talking baseball Grinitn
/ aid IL would not be necessary for him 10
bolster up his team TO any great extent
'u refused 10 talk OF any trades he may
rave in mind. lie said the only trade
] 10 xtrffIi IN