The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-11
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AND TENER
WILL DECIDE ENTIRE
FRATERNITY MATTER
NEW PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL
LEAGUE ASSUMES OFFICE
POPULAR WITH ALL.

John X Toner, OF Pennsylvania, who
was unanimously elected president Of
the National league of professional
baseball clubs on Tuesday. assumed
the duties of HE new ONCE at the
Waldorf Astoria this afternoon. Cow
ernor Tener arrived here In the morn.
ing from Philadelphia. and held an
informal reception in private suite
st the hotel before the National league
oiubowners re~convened their annual
meeting at 10 o'clock. The doors Of
the sun parlor were thrown open 10
all the baseball men, and to the re-
porters Former Police Commissioning
william +. Baker, who Is the president
and owner of the Philadelphia eluo
and Barney Drefuss president of th
pittsburg club, had been appointed
committee to escort Governor Tener
into the room, and when he appeared
he received a cordial greeting ana
bowed smilnRly to the right and LETT
In ACKNOWLEDGING From the mo-
ment that Governor Tener appeared
among the baseball men ne MADE u
clear that the National league had
picked a real leader at last. The gov
ernors digntaed appearance, and his
excellent address after he had been IN
troduced by Mr., Baker. made a hit
with everyone. The governor spoke
in part as follows
prom my youth I have been in
terested as a player and spectator In
baseball II has always been my
greatest pride and proud claim that
have In this way been associated with
our national game as player.
Practical Application Of Policy.
~ do not feel 1t incumbent upon nv
at this time TO announce what might
be my policies as PRECEDENT of the
! hu$ IL
forcement TO time, and by pracfl-
cal demonstration of those Ideas ana
policies leave ii to those of YOU VINO
are Interested. and who note the pro-
gress OF the game to the resultant
benefits,
He then told OF his first association
in a professional way with baseball.
and said he hoped his present assoc
citation would be pleasant as II
promised to be.
| II believe" he continued. that tho
! sportsmanship sentiment of the game
should enter into consideration OF tna
/ leagues welfare. not. however. to such
| an extent rs would in any way en-
! danger business principles from a
broad and correct sense of business
/ Therefore, in accepting the spIendid
! honor that has come to me today, I
shall enter upon and shall devote sucn
/ time as can properly be spared from
j the Uurfes or SVITJ dII1TFS IN F'fVtF
performance. To safeguard and con-
serve the honesty and high ideals or
the game shall be my chief concern,
as has always been first In the minds
/ or my predecessors"
Referring 10 the press, he said;
/ since baseball means so much to the
press as matter of news, and the
press means so much to baseball, there
! ia nantfestty "a mutually OF Interest,"
which suggests In itself cooperation
and harmony.
I In Harmony with Press.
! Il have no doubt, therefore, that this
relation between the president Of the
/ league and the clubowners between
the league and the press VIII De ona
/ of harmony throughout"
AS the governor sat down there was
loud applause, after which the league
men were invited to attend the Proc
! ter's Fifth avenue theater this aftef.
noon as a tribute TO A. G. Anson VINO
4 MANAGED the Chicagos when the gov
ernor pitched for them Twenty-Five
years ago. The governor was the ftrst
TO accept He said,
speaking for myself. an, sure
/ nothing would give me more pleasure
than to attend this performances. ana
to again renew the close friendship
which Captain Arson and myseir nave.
If any success at all has come to rms
in baseball il is due entirely TO Cap
tain Anson and Il will. therefore. givs
me especial pleasure to accompany my
associates or any one who intends go-
Ing to the theater,"
A motion to adjourn until 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning was carried, but
not before the new president OF the
league and the clubowners had been
subjected to the fashlight Then the
magnates went back into an informal
session behind closed doors to explain
| to Governor Tener the intricacies of
baseball politics, and the duties OF his
new office. During this discussion tn
demands of the baseball players fra
itsrnity were discussed. each one SEE
parately, and 1t was decided after two
hours OF talk to place the matter ems
tirely in the hands of the president
with full power to act In conJunctionl
with President Ban Johnson, of thA
American league, when the National
commission meets for final action IN
Cincinnati, on January Tth.