Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-12
OFFERS A|TCHISON
TO GET JOE TINKER
Charley Ebbets, ST., Comes
Across With Another Tempt
ing Bid.
TWO PLAYERS AND $4,000

The baseball magnates, most of
them, have folded their tents and have
| hied themselves away from the big
city of bright nights and dull days,
and still some few remain to tinker
for Tinker. Charles II. Ebbets, ST.
the Brooklyn magnate. again smashed
into Hermann with an offer that
took Garry's breath away for the
space of five consecutive seconds. then
when Garry recovered his wind, he
murmured "Nein" Ebbets's latest
proposition is Aitchison and Moran
with few bank notes aggregating
$4,000 on the side.
Hermann will have to capitulate
sooner or later if Ebbets keeps OFT
making such offers. A few months
ago Raleigh Aitchison, then with the
Tigers, would have brought $4,000
from one major league club and
handsome offers from others II a
deal like that went through Ebbets
would be giving something like s40.-
900 in player value and pure lucre
for the deposed Cincinnati chieftain.
Charley Herzog has managerial as
pirations. The Marylander wants a
job at "Cincy." which recalls the old
saying that Fools tread where am
gels fear to walk Charley was never
much at handling himself, let alone
looking after other fellows. In some
quarters they are beginning to be-
lieve that Hermann, now that he
sees how much Tinker is in demand
may keep the former Cub shortstop
and let him steer the Red craft an
other year. In case Herrmann-does
decide on such a move, Tinker will
have to be consulted and there will
be some more good copy for big
league scribes. Just now good bet
would be even money that Herr
mann retains Tinker or one to two
that Tbbets lands Joe the slugger. A
sbortstop who can carry the addition
al weight of managerial woes and
worries on his shoulders. keep step
with second division club and bat
over 300, all in one season is worth
something.
The National did two things of i'm
portance yesterday before bringing
its meeting to a close. One of them
was to amend the clause in the. con-
stitution which says that one town
cannot be represented by more than
one team Brooklyn and New. York
are now one and this clause was not
operative. Charley Ebbets's draft
scheme was considered and sent to
Ban Johnson for his approval. Eb-
betss plan to have numbering sys-
tenn, one league to take the odd num-
bers from one to sixteen and the
other will take the even numerals.
The first numbers will be awarded to
the lowest team so that it may have
first choice in picking the live ones.
1t is now up to Ban to get busy.
The National League confirmed the
ruling of the arbitration board which
failed to. uphold the protest of the
New York Club against surrendering
a quarter share of its 1912 world series
receipts to the other seven clubs 1t
was held today that the National
Commission rule requiring the appor-
tionment was constitutional. and the
$4,000 withheld from the New York
Club was ordered divided. AS a balm
to the Giants it was decided that the
local club should get a one-eighth
share of the money. The clubs pro-
test against surrendering the quarter
share, $25 900, of the 1918 world series
receipts was referred to the National
Commission, the league being in doubt I
whether the arbitration boards deci-
sion applied to the 1918 protest