South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-10
GOV. TENER IS
ELECTED HEAD Of
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New President Will Enjoy a
Salary of $4,000 a Year,
According to RepOrtS-May
Keep Lynch in League.

NEW YORK. Dec. 10.-Gov. John
K Tener OF Pennsylvania was Tues
dav afternoon elected president Of the
National League OF Professional
Baseball clubs 10 succeed Thomas j.
Lynch
John A. Heydler was reelected sec
rotary for two years. A new board Of
directors was chosen as follows:
Barney Dreyfuss, Pittsburgh; Char
les II Ebbets. Brooklyn; Harry
Hampstead, New York; and Charles
". Murphy and Ackerland. Chicago.
Except for the selection of the new
president, all the important problems
which confront the N3tlonai league
went over until Wednesday. These
include the demands of the Base ball
Players fraternity, a new plan for
drafting players which would favor
the second division clubs, the at
titude OF the outlaw Federal league
and the appointment OF schedule and
rules committees.
There was no dissenting voice in
the election or Gov. Tener. who will
continue IN his present office until the
expiration Of his term IN January
1915. William b. Baker, president of
the Philadelphia club, nominated the
governor. abiding 20 Mr.. Tener's days
as q professional baseball player and
his record in public life. Ebbets and
Dreyfuss seconded the nomination. II
IS understood that Tener's salary will
be $4,000 a year.
Lynch is Notified.
A committee was appointed to
notify Thomas J. Lynch, retiring
president, OF the selection OF his sue
unconhrmed report, will be retained
by the league as chief umpire-he
was formerly an umpire - delivered
TO the conferees. before they had
elected Gov. Tener, a statement in
which he expressed a hope that they
would acquire themselves some OF the
dignity they would expect from his
port that he would associate himself
with the Federal league. Il am a
National Lacquer" he said.
Lynch's report, read by Secy. Hey
dler, set forth statistics dealing with
the 1919 seasons play There were
IS postponed games, 70 dOuble-head-
ers Is tie and II unplayed games.
Five were protested. OF which four
were dlsallowed and one protest with
drawn. Eleven players were saved
from RELOCATION by minor league
berths by refusals OF major teams TO
waive. There were 426 waiver re-
quests asked and 173 claims filed, for
PLAYERS services. During the train
ing season and championship games
the eight clubs used 1928 baseballs-
IAttle ROwdyism.
An interesting feature OF Lynchs
report was that referring to rowdyism.
Taking into consideration the fact
that we had many new managers
lighting for n record during the past
season, the department OF players on
the ball field was good" asserted
Lynch, who Is strongly opposed to
disorder on the playing fields. Lynch
cited as two unusual occurrences the
encounters between Managers McGraw
OF New York and Pitcher Brennan Of
Philadelphia, and Joe Tinker, the
manager OF Cincinnati and Shortstop
MaranvilIe OF Boston. He lauded the
enterprise II the Brooklyn club in
building it's new park and paid
tribute 10 William Locke, late presi-
dent OF the Philadelphia club. The
league adopted a resolution expressing
sorrow over the passing Of this Ma
fional league figure.