The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-16
TINKER DEAL
UNNERVES
F ANDOM
Action of Cincinnati Directors
Shows Garry Hermann
Up in Bad Light
By JOE MURPHY

The publicity given the recent sale
of Joe Tinker to the Brooklyn Dodg-
ers by the Cincinnati club is not go
ing to help the cause of organized
baseball a particle The buying, sell
ing and bartering of humanity is not
al all relished by the public. and the
less it knows about the inside of the
baseball trust the longer this gigan-
tic combination will last
The sale of Tinker to the Brooklyn
club by August Hermann for $4,000
would have passed unnoticed, but the
repudiation of the deal by the other
directors of the club opened up the
matterf again and allowed the peo-
pie to gain some inside knowledge of
the inner workings of organized
baseball
The sale of Tinker to the Dodgers
for a reported price of $4,000 caused
more than the ordinary amount of
gossip by the followers of the game,
but when the directors of the Cincin-
natic lub came out boldly and de-
clared that President Hermann's
transaction did not go, the fans were
astounded by the tactics adopted by
the National league magnates.
Recently the magnates of the Ma
ti0nal league elected Governor John
X. Tener president, asserting that
they needed a man who would lend
dignity TO his position. Upon retir-
ing from Office, former President
Thomas J. Lynch made the following
remarks:
In choosing your next president
gentlemen. you have gone on record
wanting xrvho xrf11 land do
nifty and prestige to the National
league. In your election of Governor
Tener to the position you have elect
ed the right man. | hope that you
will inject some of that dignity ex-
pected of him into yourselves and be
a help instead of a hindrance to him. .
So it is apparent that the very men
who would be expected to elevate and
keep the sport in the high plane that
1t stands today, with the sport loving
people of this country, are not per-
forming their duties.
The magnates Of the National
league have been subjected to criti-
cism for some years. 1t was always
agreed that the American league was
a better regulated body and did more
TO make baseball popular than the
senior organization.
The Cincinnati league magnates are
in bad with the baseball fans of the
country. particularly those who live
in Cincinnati. Their recent action in
deposing Tinker as manager of the
club was accomplished without a tinge
of dignity attached TO il. They sim
ply gave Joe the shoe and told him to
be on his way. 1t was a rank insult
TO a player of intelligence but the
diseredit will reflect on the directors
of the club, whose methods of doing
business may be termed as being
crude at least.
On top of the other mistakes made
by the Cincinnati club directors comes
their repudiation of the Tinker sale
This will be one of the first important
matters that will come up before Gov
ernor Tenner, the new president of
the league. and the league powers
1t looks as if the Cincinnati club
will have some difficulty in multiplying
the Tinker deal. II looks like bush
league business on the part of the
Cincinnati club moguls in refusing to
sanction President Hermann's sale of
Tinker and IL is mighty doubtful if
they will be able to stop it at this
time.
1t is practically certain now that
Brick Devereaux viii be used as a
cOdcn for the Los Angeles club next
season. Henry Berry of the southern
club yesterday reappointed George
Wheeler as manager of the Fresno
club of the California league. 1t was
thought for time that Berry would
use Devereaux as the manager of the
Fresno team.
eBrry realizes that he needs a little
ginger on his club and he would go
long way in finding a better man than
the Red Dog" He has a lot of good
stuff that he can pull off on the lines.
Devereaux is popular along the Pa
cific Coast league circuit and he
should prove valuable addition to
the drawing powers of the Angels.
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The Chicago fans stall have hopes
that Larry Chappell, the outfelder
who cost the White Sox $1S.500, will
live up to his American association
record.
The fans realize that Chappell came
to the Chicago club much heraaded.
and that he was not in the best of
shape when he joined the club.
They know now that they expected
too much of him and they are will
ing TO give him a farir chance.