The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-09
JOHN 7. BRUSH
WISE MAGNkTE
Ban Johnson Only Man to
Get Better of Late Owner
of New York Giants.

Chicago. Jan. 9.-The late John r.
l;rush was the ablest and craftiest
magnate in the baseball business. Ban
johnson is the only man in baseball
who triumphcd ovcr Brush. big Ban
beat the New York magnatc to IL fraz-
zle at his own game--basehali politics.
Erus took over the New York Ma
lional league club shortly before the
American and National went to a
John T. figured hat New York was
the keystone of the baseball arch. and
devoted all his cunning n strategy
to keeping the American league out
of Manhattan. Ban Johnson was
equally determined that the younger
Gotham.
The two leagues were battling. and
everything went. Brush had two
Tammany Hall men. Andrew Freed
man and John Whalen. Interested with
him in the Polo grounds club. john
SON had found no trouble securing
League team in New York, but it
wasn't the right money" Every
move the invaders made vas checked
by Brush and his associates.
in the fall Of 1902 Brush decided to
smash the American league with a
solar picks punch. SO he went over
w IbdlNttltotG stuo ildu wi lew
With John ]. McCiraw. boss OF the Bal
timorc orioles. Brush. figured that he
rould scuttlc the 4. j.. ship and sink
Il forever If he succeeded in coaXing
McGraw to New York.
McCiraw and his friends owned the
Baltimore club. which vas a loser.
When the y. l.. offered to reimburse
them. Mcc;raw gathered the pick of
the Orioles n jumped the y. J.. Nc
Ginnity. B%resnahan. Dan Mrt;ann.
and others Topped to New York with
the little Napoleon.
johnson Equals Emergency.
It. was a staggering blow to the 4.
IT,. but johnson proved equal to the
emergency. He called the league into
extraordinary session. n said:
W can't afford to have another
break like the Baltimore collapse.
Tile only solution is for each club Ia
put 81 per cent of it's stock in my
strong boH. That will prevent sell
nuts n double-crossing. 1t will give
all hands confidence. etc"
Johnson then determined to get
even with Brush and surveyed the
New York situation for the ''umpty-
u:np" time. \ Timmany Hail polly
wog" put him ON the right trail.
brush has got you whipsawed pn-
li,;rallS." said the Tiger politician.
.'l.ut there is ono gent who can put
.ou ~ 5OON VI <>SN AOAhs LII VI w
Brush"
Who is that?" inquired the a. L.
boss.
big Tim Sullivan replied the poll
tician.
Shortly after this confab the New
York American league club. owned by
Frank j. Farrell inc Big Chief Will.
liam Devery. two of Sullivan's lieu
tenants. became "A reality. No longe,
did the a. I. find itself threatened
with political prosecution. All talk
of cutting streets through the a.. l.
park ceased. md the city authorities
as New York welcomed the club with
open arms.
1t was ~ life-saver for the A. l.
baltimore was dropped and New York
substituted in 1908. Brush was mad
der than Il hornet. but johnson and
Farrell had him "buffalOed."
Even after peace was declared and
Isrush's New York Giants won the n
l.. pennant in 1904. he refused to per.
nit his team to play Boston for the
worlds championship. One year lat.
or Rrush's Giants won the world.
title from the Philadelphia Athletics