Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-09-22

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aroused the latent petty jealousies and
hatreds Of former days. The whole Ma
tional league was taken by the ears
until now no one knows kin or foe. But
Murphy escapes It all. Tom Lynch Is
the goat"
The National league s after Lynch's
scalp, according to the best informed
authorities. Each Of the several club
owners has picked his candidate for
the berth. The present executives
strength lies In the iissension that
divides his house It will take ma
jority vote to unseat him and by the
present signs and tokens the old major
body will never be able to get together
to frame a majority Q Tor 20 years.
In such case Lynch would do well to
stick around just for spite. He is
tired Of the job and doesn't need the
pin money the National league pays Its
president. II Lynch steps down and
out It will be the National leagues loss.
Be that as it may. the house cleaning
should start nearer the ground floor.
Charles Webb Murphy has proved him
self no fit person to be connected with
the promotion OF baseball II half the
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the interviews attributed to him bear
one iota of truth. He has always been
trouble maker. His fault is an un-
comfortable desire to pose in the lime
light c. w. Murphy has one cry for
the newspapermen: Say what you
wish about me or the Cubs but do not
leave us out OF the papt-." He is a
miser for publicity. And without a
doubt he made all the insinuations
against baseball honesty with the sole
object of creating interest in his club
and attracting box office returns.
Known as q Trimmer.
Murphy Is known as a trimmer.
Never yet has he made good on a
proposition, save in allowing Frank
Chance to win him fortune and pen
nants with one of the most wonderful
teams the game has known. Half q
dozen times the little po-entate has
been forced to eat his words. Ban
johnson. president of the American
league, has made him crawl time and
time again and Ban pays about as
much attention to this windy individ-
ual as he does to blatant ass. Roger
Bresnahan last winter forced a public
apology from Murphy before the Ma
tional league for the tender epithet OF
liar" hurled during one of lie many
brainstorms.
| Murphy is directly responsible for an
insinuation of faint against New Yorks
brilliant pennant dash. He has forfeit
ed every right to mingle among the
promoters. But there he sticks and
there he will stick, a barnacle on the
| fair name of the pastime until the pow
ers decide to assert themselves for the
right. 1t was Murphy who first pre-
cipitated scandal in a worlds series by
| shady box office manipulation in the
1908 series with the Detroit Tigers.
Since he has always had his finger in
! the pie. He has pulled stuff which in
| manager or player would call for
the blacklist" And in failing to prop
erly discipline him the powers Of base
ball reflect upon the integrity of the
game.
It wouldn't be hard to find something
to hang on Murphy even II the little
autocrat were not so free with his ac-
cusations against every one who stands
for law or order. Kindred interests
control the Chicago and Philadelphia
clubs OF the National league. That fact
was spilled last year by Horace FogeL
He made the mistake of putting letter
meant for Charlie Murphy in an en-
velope addressed to 4.ugust Herman.
That slight mistake whipped into line
for Tom Lynch the votes Of Chicago
and Philadelphia and make joke of
Charlie Ebbets and evolutionary
movement engineered by the Cub boss.
Ebbets has had no truck nor trade with
Murphy since.
| Murphy talks too much. He cannot
be throttled. He'll have to be let out
somehow. He has come very near
making a Joke of the worlds series.
This should be one of the most respect
ed institutions OF the national pastime.
far above the sordid idea of mercenary
gain, to league or participant. 1t re-
mains for the organization to preserve
this dignity.
| Organized baseball. what arc you GO
ing to do about Murphy?