The Washington herald., 1913-02-10
MOGULS THRONG
new YORK CITY
Three Important Baseball
Meetings Scheduled Grit
fifth Talks to Reporters.
CHARLEY MURPHY THERE
Chicago Cubs Owner Says His Team
Will Win the Pennant-Red
Sox Hold-outs.
Special to The Washington Heralh.

try's most important baseball leagues
are to meet here for their annual spring
conferences. The American League will
sound the first gun at II o'clock to-mor-
row morning at the WoIcott Hotel The
International gathers at the Victoria in
the afternoon. Tuesday the National
magnates meet at the McAlpin.
The three meetings seem extremely
peaceful in prospect So far as the ma
jors are concerned, there is nothing OF
moment save the proposed early opening
of Charles H. Ebbet's new plant in
Brooklyn. Tine majority of the solons
seemed to think that this favor should
be and would be granted.
Manager Griffith, of the Washington
club. arrived shortly before midnight
and hunted up his old pals. His first
inquiry was: where's Frank Chance.
l want TO congratulate him personally
and tell him how we are going TO greet
him in Washington the first game of the
season. The fans will give him a great
reception, and my ball club will take a
falI out of his Yankees
Griff looks as if he has taken on a new
lease of life and was brimminS over
with confidence as &c where his club
would finish. To the newspaper men he
said: Don't overlook Washington when
you start doping out the pennant win
ners. l believe l have as good chance
as Boston Gr Philadelphia"
Sammy Litchenhein, of Montreal, ap-
pears the only d satisfied International
League club president He will oppose
ratification of the proposed schedule on
the ground that he has been burdencd
with 1850 miles of transportation more
than he was asked to pay in l9l2.
Several scores of magnates, large and
had he
night. The big league contingent en-
braced Charles W. Murphy and Johnny
Evers, of Chicago; August Hermann and
Joe Tinker. of Cincinnati; George Stall
ings and Jim Gaffney, Boston: Jimmy
McAleer and Robert McRoy, of the Red
SoX; Bob Hedges and John Bruce, of the
st. Louis Browns; Frank Navin and
William II. Yawkey, of the Detroit Ii
gers; Charles SOmers, Cleveland and
Clark Griffith, of Washington. All the
rest will be on hand before noon. Ban
johnson. Charles COmiskey, Jimmy Cal
lahan, and Jake Stahl viii arrive in one
party early tomorrow.
Joe Kelley. Hugh Duffy, Hughie Nc
Breen, Jack Dunn, and a score more mi
nor league promoters We're among the
first arrivals.
Charlie Murphy, at the McAlpin, was
in an unusual state of high good humor
hotel with his patron. Charles z. Taft
Murphy and his manager, Johnny Evers
spent the afternoon in a tour of inspec-
tIon at Ebbets Field.
Murphy returned from Brooklyn quite
satisfied that the Cubs would be next
worlds champions. I'll win by three
and quarter games. at least declared
Chubby Charles, though he wouldn't take
any three to one on his opinion. Wen
W IN IL rar
to return.
I'm glad all the papers have US down
and out" Murphy continued, for then
is the time we always slip through. RI
can pick out eleven Cubs who show a
batting average of .3G5. What other big
league club can do it?'
Murphy looks for great things from
Powell, of Kansas City; Gilbert, of Zanes- |
vile, and George Pierce. with the Giants |
last spring. Gilbert and Pierce are south |
paws. Powell is a big right-hander. the |
size Of JEFF TesTeau. Evers seconded |
every speech made by the boss. Johnny |
declares his pitchers will be far more
effective than the staff of 1912. He real |
ICES that in Tinker he lost an import
ant cog In the infield, but thinks that Al |
Bridwell will find the gap nicely.
'Bridwell is a young fellow" says
Evers, and he writes me that his foot |
a rusty nail. BridweIl is a modest fel- |
low, and when he tells me he Is all right, |
I am willing to believe him. Give me |
the Bridwell of two years ago, and I'll /
show you the greatest Cub team OF |
them ALL
The entire Chicago club will set out
next Saturday afternoon for Tampa, Fla.
This will give them the honor of the
longest training season on record. The
Cub owner and his hired help will be
the guests Of the Tampa Board of Trade.
9. Webb will pay for the meal ticket
with ten exhibition games. the first to be
played February %. Should the gate re-
ceipts from these contests prove more
han enough to meet expenses, the Tam
"a fathers will turn over the surplus to
"4s@i Smoky Joe" Wood. tha hero of the
asst worlds championship. was on hand
70 greet James McAleer. Joe ran over
rom his farm in Pennsylvania to talk
'erns- All but five OF the worlds cham
1ions have signed for 1913. But these are
he big five'' OF the club, the entire out
ield tr!o-Speaker Hooper, and Lewis,
hat all Of them will be members in
GOOD standing before the Sox set out for
lot Springs, Ark, on March Z.
Murphy has an alibi all ready against
he arrival of Frank Chance tomorrow
light
irresponsible newspaper men are guilty
4 all the criticism of Chance which has
'een attributed to me-" he says. I'll
hink Chance is a great manager and a
Inc baseball asset I hope and trust he
will prosper in New York. We had our
ifferences, but I am sincere when 1 de- {
lsre ] never have and never will at
emDt to hRliftle Or iDfura hin, =