The evening world., 1912-12-14
BRINGING CHANCE TOCOTHAM
MEANS LOT TO BASEBALL
Makes This City Pivotal Point of
American League Circuit, So
Should Add Thousands to
Seasons Profit.
bX BOHEMIAN BULyIsR.

= the Highlanders means more to
baseball throug hout the country and
to New York in particular than any
move since the American League was
organized.
1t means that the Highlanders,
despised in the past, are to occupy
an important posit,o. in the coming
campaigns for championships. II
means that the American League
masnates are determined to make
New York pivotal point in baseball.
1t means thousands OF dollars in
profits to every team in the American
League. It means that the Giants
are to have a real rival for baseball
honors and patronage in Greater New
York.
For ten years now the Highlanders
have experimental with managers in
the hope OF digging UP some one who
could lead the team to success. Every
success SO far has resulted In failure
o. near failure. The fact that these
experiments were weakening tine hold
of the American League In New York
was at last realized by the big men OF
that organization and they decided to
come to the aid OF Farrell.
When Chance was let out By Murphy,
Ban Johnaon, Charley Comiskey and
others saw the opportunity to get one
Of the four great managers Of the game
and Immediately set about to secure
him. This would have been impossible
without tho aid Of che Nstional League.
Fortunately che National League mag
natss also realised that . good rival
team n New York would increase In
tsrsst % thAk It would help the Giants.
HSAV were Qnits Willing 70 lend . help
tnk hand.
AL WAIVED GLAZING TO HELP
GAME ALONG.
Gsvural cir1bs IN the older oreanlza-
IN ooah have vssd chanoA bat the
svusss 8e1lsvSd thai It would b TO tbs
lhSsrsse Of ~ to 6aild - Ne New Yorsk
Am9s0uA For <hst reason they agreed
- wasvs claim On he sssvicss. The
OssstAou Aaai was put through merely
q a svlAsaos a seed fsAth ana good
leaaowohiD On - pAs< u me Ban
JcAnooa 1esoGA
whsehr Chance - - ssos1vs Gs,eo(
- osavooe 10 unAmpsstane and . MATES
of AeeaM. II ~ carries through ehA
plans now bsing made ~ the Amsri.
can LaA1us oWneSs he Win b worth
100000 X = not lrksay that he Win fail
He hes nSvsr ben At che head Of Z
seconA division team In fact. he ~
never been At chs head q . club thai
We not In the nOht for the champion
0hAp until the Last month of tho season
0haAao has Woa foux DeaaAnEs and
eve vosaAb oAAmDaousAips. II v IN
f,ncav that . man Ike thai would tol'
saa4S . weak tsAm for any Grsat ien9th
e <HmsA RiOhk there comes the point
whses Chance 10 moro fortuna to, per
AAps, than any man who ever took W
Prank Farrell will open tho p'irse
sty1nes 10 Chance with authority to 50
= 6nr - h ltikss. Tho American
Lnogus ovusrs are 20 determined "a
utWe New York . good team-for thelE
own bsnsflt-that they will make sacri-
0o>e n releasing good players. They
reeSlss mat all hands must contribute
something 90 - 20 build up powerful
BAH club here and thereby make money
cop The whole league.
Many of the clubs IN the National
LeaGue would lose money but for the
fact that they draw big money ct the
Pols Grounds while on the road. On NE
other hand the clubs in the American
uAarue have never received any great
financial benefit from being able to play
"a SAs biggest city In America They dc
hSstsr at Philadelphia. Boston. Chicago
asd other cities.
xAsuGh there 10 no direct suthoEasJ
e. Sns statement, IL 10 understood
4hsA one Of ths drst moves TO help ou'
Qhanos VIII bs for Detroit to turn
ioose Osm Crawford and let him conn
20 ths H1Shlandsrs. That deal 10 auas'
iiksiy. n. Yawtsy. the malaonaar'
owner Of the TigsrS, u anxious u
Ssip ysw York. II was Yswfsy WHIT
came to the National League meeting
ana nut through the deal BY whacs
waivers were made ON 1nhsldsr COZ
rilon, IN the American, ana Sran,
Chsuos, in the National. The orawfor'
rumor started while Xawfsy was here
That Frank Chance has always MAJ
n desire to come to New York Ia show
in talk he lod with me Just befor'
the end OF last season.
zone thing that IL surprising to me-
said Chance at that time, Is that
losing team like the HIghlanders oar
keen the support Of the press ana I'M