The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-28
NATIONAL LEAGUE
IS TORN ASuNDER
Scandal of every Description
Follows Closely After the
Final Curtain.
lBy Hugh S. Fullerton.A

dial has succeeded action. The Nation
al league, which has been torn by
.contending factions for several years.
now is rem asunder, and President
Lynch. seemingly assured Of support
of the majority Of the owners. has
taken firm hold of the situation. Lynch
already has forced the hand of Horace
Fogel and is hot after Charles W. Muir
ply, who now is covertly accused of
writing the interview which caused the
National league to declare its inten-
ton of expelling Fogel.
IT at the coming meeting of the
league the Chicago newspaper that
printed the alleged Interview with
Fogel furnishes proof that the matter
was supplied by Murphy the league
undoubtedly will take action to force
Murphy out of the organization.
President Lynch claims the backing
of New York, Boston. Brooklyn, Pitts
burg. and Cincinnati and probably of
st. Louis in his effort to stop the scan
dals within the league. Under the con-
stttution of the organization it has the
power to eXpel or otherwise. punish
both Fogel and Murphy should they
be found guilty of the charges, and
President Lynch openly states his in
tention of Furnishing them to the full
limit.
The situation in the National league
is acute. while the American leaguers.
who are just now engaging in love
feasts. are saying nothing and playing
the best politics of their careers. With
three straight worlds remnants to
their credit. and with the older or
ganizution fighting and upset. it woulA.
seem that the younger body has all
the better of the situation.
The National league is dead in Chi
cage. where conditions are worse than
they have been in years. Murphy's
summary discharge of Frank Chance
while the Peerless Leader was in q
hospital and his subsequent efforts to
belittle Chances achievements have
stirred the west side fans more than
anything that has happened in years.
Chance showed poor taste rather than
poor judgment in returning the at
tacks. He would have been wiser I q
remain silent and permit his friends
to make the fight for him: He made
it almost impossible for Murphy to
weaken. and brought on new attacks.
inneuendos. and even pen insults dis
guised in. praise of others.
. Murphy knows, perhaps better than
any one, what Chance has been to his
team. He has spent hours telling nc
of Chances greatness as a manager
and explaining in detail things l al
So0 NAASN ooohS tssAIN AhS SoNS
denly he changed. He determined to
get rid of Chance and proceeded to do
so. What his object was or what he
meant no n except himself knows.
He must have realized that a torn of
indignation would follow his an
nouncement, although it is not prob
able that he realized what an uprising
of the fans would ensue. He has final
~ started something hat is beyond
hic onntr01 ord nx-ianot1S, tho otkit,,lo
of the patrons frightened him at first
and he strove to sidetraCk the issue.
Then he came back strong.
His declaration that he has selected
"a manager was a move to sidetrack
criticism. and his refusal to divulge
the name of the man made more talk.
Evers Is foolish to accept the position
now. as n n who succeeds Chance
will be in for a terrible year. no mat
ter what happens.
Right on top of the Chance inn
broglio came the announcement that
Mrs. Helen Britton had summarily dis
charged Roger Bresnahan. her man.
|ager. and St. Louis vas thrown into a
turmoil. Miller Higgins probably will
succeed Roger as manager. which
means hat Mrs. Britton will dictate
to the team.
Somehow or other club owners do
and through heavy losses that they
cannot manage hall teams. Most Of
them want middlemen, playing cap
tains who will carry out all their or
ders on the field. rather than man.
ayers to run their bail clubs.
The player who accepts a position
as manager without being given full
power over the men on and off the
field Is foolish. We We're discussing this
question during the worlds series at
Boston. Men Of experience. Stallings.
Jess Burkett. Hughie Jennings. Hugh
Duffy. Pat Donovan and half a dozen
others. sitting around a table. declar-
a chance to succeed unless given COM
plete power. and that any club owner
who insists upon assisting his. man.
ager Is going to destroy the club.