The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-14
JOE LA|V|V|N IS NEW
RED SOX PRESIDENT
Long Island Hotel Man Buys
Stock of McAleer
and McRoy.

oOSION, Dec. 13--Joseph j. Ian
MN, the newest American league mag
nate, who will succeed James r. Nc
Aleer as president of the Boston club
next month, is equally at home in Bos-
ton or New York, though native of
Canada, He'makes his home in Boston.
where he is engaged in real estate
operations, but spends much time in
New York.
Lannin is proprietor of the Garden.
City hotel, that famous Long Island
hostelry, and his real estate holdings
op Long Island and near Boston are
extensive. He worked his way to the
top in the hotel business, starting as
bell boy ct the Old Adams house here
twenty five years ago. A splendid type
OF the self-made man. Lannin will be
welcome in baseball circles. He is a
big. man, an athlete himself, and one
of his fads is checkers.
Tho new president-to4be OF the Rcd
Sox is well known in South Boston.
He came here from Toronto and was
employed as young man at the Adams
house. Then later he became steward
at the Charlesgate, and later went to
one of the hotels at Hull.
He located in New York about TWEEN
ty years ago and made his pile In tho
Garden City hotel at Long Island. Ian
min is a man about so. He lives when
III i1ostou at -oS oouln eIFeet, Jahalcd
Plain.
"Joe' Lannin was. a big man, pretty
close to a six-footer, twenty-five years
ago in South Boston, and was mem
Der of the South Boston Lacrosse club
when lacrosse had such hold here.
lie played the Canadian national game
as boy at Toronto,
He is a member OF the Boston
Checker club. and gave the trophy and
A. i, p1 f1R
checker tournament last Thanksgiving
day, when Christy Mathewson played
for all New York against all Boston,
He has son, Paul, who Is a student
at Fordham-
Lannin is little bit gray now and
the hair on the top of his head little
bit thin, lit is inclined to portliness,
but not too stout. He is said to be
very wealthy and made it all In real
estate. He is now developing a big
tract OF land in the Forest Hills and
Jamaica Plain sections, !.
Lannin tried to buy the Boston Ma
tional league club IN 1912 just after.
John NJ. Ward was forced TO sell out
to the present owner, James Z. Gaff-
ney. He said he would buy all or part.
He was introduced TO President James
Ii. Gaffuey, but the latter would not
sell any at that time.
Recently Iannin obtained the stock
held by John p Harris Of Pittsburg,
former owner of the Boston Nationals.
This stock, thirty-five shares, was for
gotten by Harris when he sold out to
Tho late William Hepburn Russell, and
he has since been trying to sell. His
price was at least Sl75 share and
probably 5000. a.,
city and well liked, and has many good
friends here. He is friendly with Mayor
Fitzgerald.
IL is told Of him that at tho world
series between the Giants and Red Sox
in 1919, he bought n big bunch OF
tickets and distributed them among his
old friends.
One result of the close connection
botwoen President Gaffney of the
Rraves and J. ]. Lannin is that the
Braves will be able TO use Fenway
PARK next season while their field is
he;pg remodeled. No doubt President
Nc Ileer and Vice President Taylor
would willingly have accorded this per
,,;as;on in any case. but with Lannin
abie fo buy stock in both clubs, as 1t
annears. tho connection becomes even
more intimate; -, A. -;
dewey the active management of club
aSfairs from the baseball standpoint,
r,;Ii he resumed by John i. Taylor. Bill
Carrjpan is under contract for ono year,
hnt the possibility has been suggested
that in 1915, when his contract with
tba Detroit club expires, hugh Jen'
u;nqs will be brought to Boston, max
;na an opening in Detroit for McAleer
ar possibly for Carngan.