Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-26
RIGHT
MAN To LEAD
OLD LEAGUE
Governor Is a Lover Of Baseball
and Feels Proud Of His
New Office.
BY Sam Crane.

ice in the Fifth Avenue Building yes
srday after his trip to Harrisburg
Pa. where he, with Charles H. Ed
pets. president Of the Brooklyn clup;
W. +. Baker, president of the Phila-
5e'phia club, and Harry Ackerland,
~ Pittsburg, representing Charles ".
Murphy, of the Chicago club, ten
lered the presidency of the National
League TO Governor John kinley
reuer, Of Pennsylvania.
President Hampstead is enthusiast
lie over the acceptance by Governor
rener OF becoming a candidate for
ne important position, and his
,,ection will be unanimous, the entire
Eight magnates having come into
inc "a officially stated by Mr.. Hemp
stead.
The advent into club ownership in
The National League of the young and
progressive members in the last year
~ Messrs Hampstead, Gaffney, Ba-
1er and Brtton has given them the
balance Of power in the councils Of
he parent baseball organization, and
hey have been wise enough to see
hat old fogyism in the conduct Of
The leagues affairs no longer appeals
-o the baseball public or to the best
interests of baseball or the welfare
" the corporate body.
Change Was Needed.
The constant chickering's between
he magnates owing to petty politics
made possible by the election of their
presidents from year to year only,
md which was entirely foreign to
present-day baseball, with the i'm
mense capital invested in the sport
hat was necessary to keep progress
with the constantly increasing pop
clarity of the sport and its conse-
guent hold on the public, was largely
The cause of the loss of prestige the
National League has sustained in the
asst few years.
II was appreciated by the new ana
gouneer magnates that some decided
change for the better must be insti-
rU'ed. and d happy solution to the
diffcuity was provided when John *.
'ener's name was first mentioned IS
candidate.
1t was thought at the time that it
would be impossible to induce the
Governor Of the great State OF Penn
sy,vania to accept the position, bat
energetic efforts were made to get
The Governors consent to the use of
his name, and they were successful.
Appreciates Honor.
There is no person in this broad
and who more appreciates the honor
10 be derived or the Importance ana
dignity attached to the position OF
ne presidency of the National League
han an old ball player who has
played under its banner. and no one
will appreciate it more than the COM
ug president, although he has been
ne recipient OF next to the highest
Johtical honors that a citizen of the
United States can ever get.
Governor Tener could never be-
ONE President of the nation, for the
simple reason that he is native OF
another country, having been born IN
ireland. This important event took
place i'm 1863. But fortunately that
Goes not bar him from becoming the
cad Of the National League.
And, by the way, Governor Tener
viii not he the first Governor OF a
State to have filled the office. Nor
gan @. Buckley, Of Connecticut, was
once the president of the National
-e@s1", and he made a splendid one.
."'. He was an enthusiastic lover OF
.He game, and has held his interest
.N TO the present time notWlthStand-
'g his high honor as Governor, Sen
Tor and great prominence in bust
Less
Then there was A. G. Mills. now
'o" of our most prominent and
."t.thE citizens; William A. Hurl-
'IrL of Chicago, the watchdog of
HE" game, who did more to keep 1t
..eau-and thereby of established per
Naneucy-than perhaps any other
"n" man. and Nick Young, "Old IN
H y HtsIH Nr-1R., oil fig1'
is consJancy and whole souled deyo-
."n TO the grand old game
Proud of His Career.
All these gentlemen-as well as
larry Pulliam and Tom Lynch, who
aNn been presidents since-consid-
"'ee that their positions as such were
mong the highest honors they could
0osSibly attain.
So that the august Governor OF
pennsylvania viii not be alone in his
probation of having the opportuni- |
10 dictate the policies Of the ma
iona, game looking to its perna-
"'. ly and the welfare Of which APP
"uS TO many millions of people IN
sport-lOvinG country of ours.
Governor lener, az president of the +,
'''Iond' League. will have its best
.'r"sts az heart and that Of the |
ne itseif-that spirit was born in |
when he first started in to play |
ITO never fails to express himself as
ing proud Of being a professional /
'reDa.l player whenever he speaks |
baseball banquets, in public, or in |
little banquets that he still en-
TO participate in with players Of |
day and time.
GOVERNOR Tener will he the right |
'H n the right place as president Of |