Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-10

John Tener. a good man and strong
has been officially named as presi
I; dent of the National League, an
Tom Lynch. a good man but veal
has been officially deposed. TO Tene
we say, Good luck, Johnl" and hop
we are not too familiar, and to Lyme
we say. Bravo, Toni" for with tru
Irish characteristics he went dow
, fighting
G.
During the early baseball season tn
eventual defeat of Lynch was pre-
dicted in the Evening Star. We wer
told from a trustworthy source tina
Lynch would not last because he wa
not In right In the first place an,
that his rulings were not popular. AM
when he finally ruled against his UNI
pire in the now rather famous New
York. Philadelphia game and tn
league directors reversed him, thel
we knew for sure that ''his COOS,
was cooked"
As to Lynch as president Of the Ma
tional League, all must admit that II,
wasn't powerful enough by an.
means. 1t may have been that h,
didn't have much loyalty behind him
and his force and fire were curtailed
In any event, he was surely hamperet
In several ways and he knew ht
wouldn't get loyal and undivided sup.
port in the pinches. So, under the
circumstances, Lynch did as well, per.
haps, as the next one, but it was
simply one of those cases where the
breaks were against him.
C
In Tener, the National League has
big man, but his powerfulness In
baseball remains TO be Scent In the
conduct of the game he will stack up
against Trojan in Ban Johnson, and
the odds are many that there will be
tussle for supremacy---and there
may be good, hard fight. Some OF
the National League magnates will
want Tener to be the "big show an
honor held by johnson at the present
time. In such a case there might be
some interesting news to print. From
what we know of both men, we are
sticking along with johnson. In our
opinion, If Ban didn't feel safe that he
would be able to talk to Tener, he
would have made an effort to block
him out OF the presidency. As it was,
Johnson sat tight and the American
League will likely be the big Eel
low" in baseball for some time tc
come.
GO
The National League is a sort OF
wishy- washy old affair. She is al
ways in trouble with herself. Her
magnates plan all summer to knock
someone down in the winter and
their internal scraps have cost them
dearly. But the league has beer
saved from itself 1t has chosen q
president who will make the little
magnates toe the mark and hold theil
"whisht." The magnates won't like
this at all, of course, and they will
rebel to a certain extent, but Tenei
will tame them, and. If he plays ir
with Johnson, the two big men OF
baseball will have the game all to
themselves and both will be able to
score from first base on an infleld
bunt.
Tener evidently realizes that john
son Is the man he will have to dc
business with. for in an interview or
his accession to the throne he winds
up his remarks as follows:
II anticipate only the most pleas.
ant relations between Mr.. Johnson
of the American League, and myself
when we consider business before the
National Commission. since both OF
us will always be primarily of one
mind, that is, to maintain the high
standard of baseball"
But there must be leader--a head
to everything. Tener, a big man, will
want to be the shining light, but
Johnson, also q big man, and who Is
the shining light at the present time,
will not want to relinquish his hold.
From this distance. and knowing
johnson as we do, we are betting our
small change on the American League
magnate.
C.
To return to Lynch, we must say
that he showed more strength in his
closing moments In Office than he
did throughout his term of office. He
knew he was beaten from the moment
Tener's name was mentioned. but he
said he wouldn't give UP until the
votes were cast, and he didn't. Men
who had promised him their support
forsook him. but still he chung, and
Tener's election, as it should have
been. was made by reclamation. Yet
Lynch stood firm, and he gave the
magnates of the National League q
thrust that must have stung those
who we're not too dense to grasp II
to the quick.
"You have gone on record as want
ing a man who will lend dignity and
prestige to the National League
Ix,neb Declared "You have the right