The Detroit times., 1913-02-03
All the Aiagnates Identified With
the Game for Eight Years or
More--Vets Scarce in Natl.
NAVIN AND YAWKEY
AMONG THE VETERANS
Club Owners Are Sometimes
Forced to Interfere With the
Management of Teams
By HENRY p. EDWARDS.

9Y TENN sNHSSs
The American league is now the old
organization In baseball. 1t may be
The Younger circuit. but Il has vet.
erans at the wheel. Ban Johnson. the
CTar of baseball, IL its executive head.
"a Cleveland Is G, w. Somers, the
man whose money made the league a
sIccets from the outset, man who
has allowed his thoughts to dwell on
title but baseball during the last II
years.
Comiskey, one Of the greatest play
ers tac game eSer knew, leads the
Chicago club. He has been Identified
with the Rame for 80 years. Assoclat-
"a with him is Jimmy Callahan who
Las been a player and manager for
5 yesIg or more
Jtiues McAleef another veteran OF
the rational pas'ime, Is president OF
;he Boston club Allied with him as
secretary and treasurer Is Robert
McRos, who, through his 10 years OF
association witt Ban Johnson, is thor.
ough.y conyersait with the ins and
outs of the game.
Like Comiskey and McAleer, Con
ME Mack. the raa, head OF the Phila-
ANiPnia NAuuy ohd Vial OiAhNhS hRh
ager aud part owner OF the Washing.
:on team, are among the landmarks
OF the game The ShibeS OF Phila.
felphIa have been nurtured on base
ball ever since they were able 70
-yalk, the sons, Tom and John, has
iLg relieved the.l father Of the active
cares of business recently.
For nine yea.s Frank Navin and
Bill Yawkey have owned and run the
Detroit club, Wide Ben Minor. the
new piosident o. the. Nationals, has
been the largest stockholders OF that
team FOR eight Years. Bob Hedges,
the st. Louis magnate. has been IN
fhe game for 10 years.
These are the men who combine
.he organization that Ban Johnson
aas run SO smoothly. For eight years
lnere has teen hut one break In the
circle. and that was when McAleer.
Stahl and McRoy stepped In and as
sumod half of tic Boston club, thus
.etirIng Jonn /. Taylor to private life
JohI. j. was and is a great fellow, but
he was simply unable TO restrain him
self from helping manage the Red
Sox.
Size up the National leaguers,
there q not a dominating spirit IL
he AGGREGATION. Veterans are few
and now that John T. Brush Is nc
more. the old league has not man
capable o. putting up battle Wild
re American league should II de-
SIRE tc d. so.
Brush was the greatest adversary
tne American league ever had. he
was the last to acknowledge defeat
and possibly thai act would have been
DELAYED but for his ill-health. He
nad been factor In the executive
erunc..s of the National league for
,,yer % years. Ills title as dean Of
tSe Old circuit falls upon Charley Eb
bets. who, as secretary, vice presi
dent and president of the Brooklyn
club. bss been Identified With the
game for 20 years or more.
barney nreyfus has also seen the
game gIow and thrive for more than
15 years. The others are practically
newcomers to the game. Garry Herr
mann aevli dreamed OF becoming
baseball mi. .gnate until 10 years ago
wheu IAN Joh.son induced him tc
get into me game. Charley Murphy
career at Chicago stnrted In 1906, Du'
he nad previouhly been connected
With the Giant In the capacity o.
D, .ss aaeLt. Now the New forf
team 10 In the bands OF those who
have not made baseball a study. Law
vers are associated with Mrs. Britton
Ia the conduct % the st. Louis CLUB
No one kr ows who really owns inc
philadelphia club and the Boston
owners arc virtual novices In the arr
of run, ing baseball club.
Art? Yes. II Ia an art. A mas-
nate riust be atlt to know when 10
keep his hands of and when no
should interrupt with a little advice
Some magnates have ruined their
hennant chances By their lnterleC
ence with the management. Others
have he'd alooi when they snoulo
nave ,pterfered aud saved their clubs
from dissolution and failure.
I aoubt IL thee il a magnate In the
American league who would not pre-
fef T. keen his hands of Some
;i-aes., tney do. Such Is the casS
where hey have Connie Mack 10
run the team fol them. But all mag.
mates are not blessed with the pos
sessici of a Connie Mack. Charley
comisksy. for instance. does not
cave the entire rlnning of the White
5ox 10 his managers EIe knows too
much baseball and lie has never han
man 10 manager who knew so much
about The game ss he. Jim MeAleer
was expected to interfere with Stahl
managcment of rhe Red Sox, but nc
says he let stabl paddle his own
canoe throughout the season. The
success or the team he attributes to
Stahl
Bob Hedges IL given credit for
keeping his HANDS of at st. Louis
ont no has had dlscouragitg results.
Hugh Jennings has always been Civ
en- fun sway at Detroit and the NeF
York managers were never interferco