The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-22
War Hatchets Buried by
National League Bosses
Lynch Having Expelled FOgel and Buffed Murphy Is
Paoing Hay to Get job For Long
Term of Years
By w. J. Macbeth

famous. Hermann believes Chance
is every bit az capable as ne ever
was and would hSvo liked 10 have re-
tanned hin, for leader He had prom
ised the job to Tinker WHO IS still q
useful player, however. and could not
back out with any grace, All tho other
National league clubs had been pro-
vided with managers and as nobody
in the old circuit cared to gamble on
Frank Leroy's playing ability. IL was
an easy matter TO arrange a deal
whereby he got out of the National
league
The case OF Chance illustrates the
fact that sentiment is not entirely
dead In organized baseball. The club
presidents OF the National league re-
allied what Chance had done for their
circuit In his Chicago connections.
Farrell was prepared TO pay double
the salary of anybody who might have
been willing to bid for the peerless
leader and SO things were made easy
for Frank to accept a fattering en-
gagement-
Unfortunately for the National
league. 1t has upon its hands still
the unpleasant duty OF passing upon
Roger Bresnahan's claims against the
ST. Louis National league team. The
matter will be finally adjusted at q
meeting Of the National league board
of directors shortly before the joint
schedule meeting in New York on
February IL. The case should have
haan la1 nj
bat the owners of the Cardinals re-
fused to proceed with the case, plead
Ing unpreparedness. II looked for a
time as II the civil courts would pass
on the dispute, for both sides tenta-
lively agreed upon a trial before
referee In the state OF Missouri At
the last moment. however, the own
ers refused to agree on any arbitrn-
tor.
TaHE opinion prevails that Bresna-
han has an excellent case
against his late employers. He
holds a five-year contract, which has
still four years 10 run, calling for
n salary OF $40. 900 yearly and 10 per
cent Of the net profits Of the team.
This contract is not the usual base
ball formula, but an ironclad agree
ment, drawn by the best procurable
talent. The lawyer who drew UP the
papers is one OF Rogers counsel and
declares that no law court In the
country can do anything but honor
the terms, Bresnahan has a just
claim. according TO the belief of the
majority Of the National league club
owners. II is quite likely, however.
that the Duke Of st. Louis will be
ready TO listen to some favorable
compromise, and IL would not be at all
surprising II he settled before the
schedule meeting.
In the meantime. three National
league clubs are bidding for the serv-
ices of Bresnahan. Pittsburg has
offered him O contract at $4,000 q
year. II Ia said. August Hermann ia
very anxious to secure this rattling
backstop for Joe Tinher's Reds.
Charles w. Murphy has also put in
claim and says he will go as high In
the bidding as either OF hts contem-
pararies. To all inducements Bresna-
han has as yet turned a deaf ear
He cannot openly negotiate so long as
his case against the Cardinals hangs
fire, However. Bresnnhan has no
cause to worry over the immediate
future. He is prepared 70 take his
case TO the civil court provided he
cannot secure Justice at the hands
OF the National league.