Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-21
LYNCH MAY Be
NEW PRESIDENT
Of FEDERA[S
National League Head Has Been
offered Three-Year Contract
al $4,000 per Annum.
Bv Frank G.. Menke.

n FEW YORK. Nov 2i.-The Ma
v tional League maEnates who
are 10 day congratulat ting them
selves on the hiring Of Gov. John *
Ten.r, OF Pennsylvania, TO head theif
orgs nlzation for the next four years
may wake up shortly and discover
hat the fring OF Tom Lynch TO MAKE
DOM for Tener viii act as Doom
srsuy
The one thing the outlaw Federa
.eagte needed TO give strength am
weight to their orga nization was d
man OF Lynch's oaliber and reputa
lion. IAnch IN capable baseba
man. perhaps as well schooled lt
baseball lore as any man In Ameri'a
Today. And what he knows of the
irHer workings Of the organized base
hall crowd would be or Invaluable ale
to the outlaws.
Lynch has not been signed up by
the Federals as vet but II looks Just
now as II hen snap at the bait they
al. bobbing In his directiun-a three
wear contract at $4,000 year the
,sns salary he was paid BY the Ma
'ionsl League.
NN HEN IYnch term expires re ~
w be foot loose Because l.ynch
naS devoted almost his entire lie to
baseball he has had no time to learn
any other profession. and 1t seems a
pertninty that no one outside the FED 20
eral League could consistently Of
fer Lynch IS 000 year for his ser
Ices
Some there are vino argue that
tvprb won't accept the offer Of the
Fcderals FOR two reasons;
ono because % sentiment for the
DID National League crowd ana the
other that he has been in organized
baseball 50 long that he would not
care to become an outlaw. The senti-
nent talk sounds like bunk, The ar
Rument that Lynch would rather be
regular" without an income than
an outlaw with an income OF $4,000 u
year also listens bunkish- And there
always chance that the outlaws may
become so strong that some day they
will be taken into organized base
ball In the same way as the Amer
cans
THOSE who have followed Lynch's
j career as the head Of the Ma
fional League feel that his treatment
at the hands of some Of the maEnates
han not been the kind that would
generate any real sentiment
OF course, Il isn't an absolute GER
tainty that Lynch will accept the Fed i
erals offer But Il seems Ike safe
bet that he'll take the job II the Fed
erals can positively guarantee him hts
5000 salary.
with lynch at the head OF their
rrganiHstion, the Federals would be
10 per cent stronger than they are
row. Knowing that an experienced
baseball man was the leader OF the
eag,ie many ball players now on or
ganiged teams would not hesitate very
long before jumping their contracts
and signing up with the Federals'
TIE baseball public would give more
4 consideration and more patronage
to the Federal League with Lynch at
he helm than n would otherwise, be
ause they would know that the Ma
ionRl League head would give them
he best obtatnable
Just where the National League is
Going to benefit by the acquisition OF
Governor Tener is a question. Tener
uas been out Of touch with baseball
Tor long time, and he win have TO
he schooled In the present-day intri-
acies OF the running OF the game be-
ore he can be OF any great value to
he league OF course. the fact that
rhe former chief executive OF one Of
ne greatest states in the Union is
Geading Il baseball organization VIII
re something OF an advertisement to
he game. but organized baseball does
not need any press agenting
As things look just now. II strikes
rs that tho National League by firing
lynch and hiring Tener la trebiing
rs executive expense and giving the
Fedsrals that one mighty club il
eeded