Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-11
BY J. ED GRILLO.

The reelection Of Tom Lynch to the
presidency of the National League is
signal victory for his administration
Lynch is now serving his third year at
the head of the parent league. and the
chances are that he will hold the position
for many years to come. For once the
old league elected it's president without
squabble. the choice being unanimous
But for the expose in the recent Fogel
case Lynch might not have had such
smooth sailing. There is no doubt that
II Murphy's connection with the accuSa-
ton against Lynch and the league UNI
pires had not been shown he would have
taken stand against Lynch'S election.
been neutrality-suspicious. only temporarily,
but 1T is up to the league to make it per-
manent.
Testimony in the Fogel case showed
that Murphy was cogniZant of the move
ment to SANDER Lynch and his umpireS.
In fact. he was charged with having in
st1gated the attack. yet to date the league
mas taken no action against him, though
ne was just as guilty as Fogel If the tes-
t1mony is to be believed
Lynchs success at the head Of the
league is assured for at least three more
years, for which period John Heydler
has been elected to support him. Even
SO capable man as Lynch would find 1t
affairs without the able assistance Of
Heydler. who for years has been the
power behind the throne in the National
Leagues executive department.
With Jack Johnson absolutely eliminat-
ed from all consideration so far as the
worlds pugilistic title is concerned. it is
not unlikely that there will be new
champion within the next year. The
white heavyWeights have begun a battle
of elimination and Tim ElVnp Ia fha first
one to be driven out of the contest. His
defeat at the hands of Luther Mccarthy
at Los Angeles yesterday puts Flynn out
of the running.
Mccarthy must next meet AL Palzer,
and in the meantime Carl Morris may
show improvement enough to warrant
some consideration. The best man Of the
lot will. of course, eventually have to
meet Langforl or Jeanette, or both but
that is apt to be some time off, and
neither of the colored fighters is grow
ing any younger In fact, both have
reached that stage where they cannot be
expected to improve. so that the chances
for the game having a white champion
are brighter now than they have been in
several years.
Grifith's refusal to make any sort of
trade of players is wise move. His
argument that more teams are weakened
than strengthened by exchange of play
being true. When the average player is
offered for trade he has either Outlived
his usefulness or has some fault which
makes him worthless There are times
when cash will bring a club a good ball
player and in such instance If the deal
proves a mistake for the club which
gives up the cash it has the satisfaction
of knowing that it did not weaken it's
team by the transaction.
The only trade which Griffith has made
since he has been in charge Of the Ma.
tionals was the shifting of Street to New
York. Griffith recognized that Street
was through, so far as the major leagues
were concerned. and he helped his team
handy man in Alva Williams though
Jack knight. who was supposed to add
strength to the team, proved dismal
failure and soon went back to the
minors. Any additions made to the Ma
tionals in the future will. in all proba-
bility, be for cash. for Griffith does not
propose to let out any players who he
figures would be of help to him or to
some other major league team.
1t seems as good as settled that Joe
Tinker will manage the Cincinnatis, in
which event it is almost certain that
Frank Chance will be with the New York
Americans. That the American League
is anxious to secure the former manager
of the Cubs is known fact. Aside from
his ability as a manager, Chance would
be a great attraction around the Ameri-
can League circuit, and especially when
the New Yorks would play on Comiskey's
field in Chicago.
1t is expected that just as soon as
Hermann is sure of Tinker he will ask
for waivers on Chance and If these are
secured there will be an American
League emissary sent to the coast to
sign up Chance for New York. 1t Is not
unlikely that this important mission will
be given to Clark Griffith, personal
friend Of Chance, and one who Is very