The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-19
BROWN IS likely
TO SUCCEED LYNCH
Has Again Come Forward as
Candidate for Presidency
of the National League.

Robert w. Brown has again come
to the front az a candidate for the
presidency Of the National league.
This Is an annual occurrence with Mr..
Brown. but 1t is said on good authority
that this year Brown has the support
OF enough National league presidents
to elect him to the Office.
Eooets mas been doing quiet mis-
sionary work in Mr.. Browns behalf
since last September. He has received
assurance from c. w. Murphy Of the
Cubs, tina Chicago's vote will be cast
for the Louisville man, and Murphy
also has guaranteed the vote of the
Philadelphia club. From Milwaukee
last night came the interesting infor-
nation that in the interest Of harmony
the Pittsburg and Cincinnati clubs,
controlled respectively by Barney
Dreyfuss and Garry Hermann, have
promised Ebbets seriously to consider
the Brown candidacy.
Resulted In Deadlock.
Two a ago, when Lynch was
elected to his present Office at the SUE.
sestton of President Brush of the New
York club. a deadlock between Brown
ana John M. Ward was broken. Brown
was nominated instead of John A.
Heydler by Hermann, who was sup
ported by Dreyfuss. the late Stanley
Robinson of st. Louis, and the Bos-
ton club. Brown. long a personal
Irleno OF Hermann. did not have suf-
neient strength to win over a vote
rom the ward contingent, however,
so that his friends finally accepted
Lynch.
Ebbets. therefore. decided several
months 6 to bring the Louisville
man to the front. confident that his
nomination would meet with the an
proval OF Herman and D~reyfuss. and
n a with the votes of those maenates
crown election would be acertainty,
SoDets and Lynch have not spoken to
each other for more than a year,
soon after Lynch's election he fined
EoDets Tor an ~infraction of the rules
n subsequently he removed the
Brooklyn mar from the schedule com.
mittee. Ebbets vowed vengeance and
been waiting for a chance Ia
square accounts with the leagues
president ever since.
IT appears that Lynch's trouble with
Horace Fogel of the Philadelnhia
club, which has turned the league up.
! down. has been used BY Ebbet,
as q reason why Brown should be
e!ecteo. Other magnates, 1t is said
agree with Ebbets that too much pub.
!iclty a been given to the Foge,
oSS ~ oyuC1 ana Cnat the latter
has overstepped his authority in at.
tempting to drive Fogel out Of thu
councils Of the league. Ebbets and
MS allies insist that Fogel's SIGNED
statement rejecting upon the err
OF the umpire under Lynch's contro;
should not have been taken seriouslv.
that Fogel's hotheadedness and thf
IDLE talk carried no weight with the
baseball public. and that Lynch shouid
nave taken no official notice Of It.
Furthermore Ebbets & Co. believe
thai the leagues constitution doe,
not provide for the expulsion Of 3
club official and that Lynch's ageres'
I'VE policy toward Fogel might in.
olive the league in u proceeding,
that might prove disastrous for organ.
lied baseball. N'ea'
In fact there is a well.dehned ~,
mo tnat when the league meets IL
to consider Lynch's evidence agains
Fogel, at least half Of the eight club.
VIII refuse to support Lynch.s con-
tention that Fogel should be run on,
OF the game. In that event Ehhet,
n his friends have planned to be'
gin open warfare on Lynch and nj,
proceed to name Brown as a candidat.
Tor the presidency.