Evening star., 1912-11-19
BY J. ED GRILLO.

Horace Fogel has asked for postpone
ment of his trial by the National League
set for November 70. on the ground that
he is now negotiating for the sale of his
club and that he would like to complete
the deal before the trial comes up. Fo
gels departure from the National League
will not cause any regrets, but If he is
guilty as charged the league should see
to it he is forever barred from organized
base ball. The sale of his club should
not in any way interfere with the investi-
cation of the charges made against him.
The fact that he has sold out should not
cause the charges to be dropped. The
investigation should go on on schedule
time. F,ogel has been given ample time
to prepare his defense and the case
should not be hindered by reason of his
having deal on for the club he heads.
Furthermore. it will be well to have the
investigation over with before the
league holds its annual meeting and cleo
ton. for it should be determined before
that time whether Fogel is fit person to
cast vote or not.
Reports have it that a certain element
in the National League will band to-
gether to beat Tom Lynch for reelection.
but under the circumstances it is not
likely that the old league would make the
serious mistake by taking such stand.
In thefuture whenever Clark Griffith
makes a decision regarding the letting out
or retention of one of his players criti-
cism by the fans will be delayed until
the plan has had chance to show for it
self
last season when Griffith came in for a
few wallops because he had straded Char
ley Street. and, while in training. had let
Eddie Gagnier go. Gagnier had played
brilliantly in the4 exhibition games and
when Griffith announced his sale to In
dianapolis even before the team had left
Charlottesville there were many protests.
Subsequent events. however, have prov
en- that Griffith made no mistakes. Street
proved himself unable to hold his own
in New York and after one season in
Indianapolis Gagnier has just been re-
leased TO Newark.
There isn't anything particularly strange
in the fact that the Cubans have sud
denly soured on the American ball teams,
which have made winter trips there for
several years. Cubans are. perhaps the
same kind of fans that are Americans,
and when their team was beaten every
day by the Athletics the attendance fell
off and interest died the promoters nat
urally developed cold feet and Cancelled
other engagements
good showing against the American
teams the game proved profitable one.
But Macks men went there to win and
attended strictly to business, with the
result that for time at least invasion
of Cuba by our ball teams will not be a
paying venture.
American base ball enthusiasts do not
take kindly TO losing team, and since
the Cuoans were educated in the game
by Americans 1t Is not surprising that
they. too should Quit "A loser.
The most capable man that has ever
been identified with the executive end
OF the National League is undoubtedly
John Heydler. present secretary of the
organization. Whatever success any of
the recent presidents of that league have
secured has been largely due to the able
assistance they received from Heydler.
Yet he does not appear to be given any
consideration by the magnates when in
search for some one to fill the position.
Heydler served one term, and il was one
, of the most successful in the history of
the league. though it seems not to have
: been appreciated. Without Heydler the
league would find 1t a difficult matter to
find any one who could conduct its af-
+. fairs properly. He has been identified
with the league for so long that he Is the
best posted man on its affairs in the
Organization. 1t does not require a Socra-
tes to be president OF the National
League with so capable an assistant as
f1EyuteI 10 rely upOu ION uCN al
miniSration has been a success, as have
those who preceded him In the position,
but principally because of Heyder's as
sistance. II the league Is determined to
make a change it could go quite a way
before finding a man better fitted for the
: position than its able secretary.
Though various suggestions have been
made to change the system under which
the worlds series Is played II seems as
sure that no such changes will be made
: for the next year or so. While there Is
undoubtedly room for Improvement, the
present arrangements have been successful
and on the whole have been satisfactory.
The players OF the pennant-wtnning g
teams are well rewarded for their efforts.
while the winning clubs have made for
tunes out Of the series. OF course. those
clubs which have not been prominent in
{ the race would like a change whereby
they could share In some Of the profits,
.fbut to SO change the rules as to make
1his possible would take from the series
much of the sportsmanship. and place
the game more on commercial basis.
To an extent at least. some of the sug-
gestions made to change the present di-
vision of the receipts so far as the play
ers are concerned. appears to be for the
1 sole purpose of hushing the protests
: which have come from the players of the
Z successful teams.
The New York Sun says that it Is ru-
hat Obj Mc(N