The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-15
War on National League President
 Is Now Brewing

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 IF the National league magnatss dO
 not fight among themselves ft fs openly predicted by insiders that Thomas J.- Lynch will not be reelected president of that ancient organization at the annual meeting in New York iu December. It is a well known fact Ghaf sE4ynch was doomed to defeat last year until he conducted his successful cru sade against Horace FogeL Ills tri- I1rnph was so complete that WheD tho election was held in December he EB- ceived the votes of all the clubs.
 Opposition to Lynch developed early last season because of certain FulingB which. though handed down honestly did not please some of the club owner AS a. member of the national ba8ebau commission Lynch gave an excellent account of himself, according to his fellow commissioners, Ban Johngou and August Hermann, but the Nation al league men demanded a change Op- position this year has increased tn coE- tain quarters for the same reasona- Lynch has been scored by several club owners for the way he has handed tse Iiupires, yet there isn't the siightzBf doubt that Lynch has tried to be GalE and impartial in his treatment OG 0v- 'erybody. He has followed tho Ban Johnson policy of suppresging the EtclE4 CTS regardless of consequences
 The assertion that Lynch favored Ghs New York Giants because he was elect
 ed at the instance of the late John 4. Brush has fallen flat, baseball men aa'ys fn view of LyncI1's recent decigio1 ca
 the Brennan forfeit case.
 Since last May the defeat of LyncH next December has been diocalsssd
 quietly in National league circles At present Robert W. Brown of Louisvlls, who has been a candidate for several years, has three votes pledged those of the Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and
 Brooklyn clubs. Brown is a neWgpa- I per man and at one time was the grand exalted ruler of the EIlrs- C. " Am- phy, owner of the Cubs has a9red ssP- l eral persons to run for tho o1lces cll1eG among them being Joseph D. O'BEisu, 1 former secretary of the Giants end once president of the American aa8o- citation.
 At Murphy's suggestion OBdea rs~ gently made a trip around the Na1ional league circuit sounding tho .yarfouG club owners, but it Is said that hS dtd hot meet with much encouragement It was learned that Dreyfuss of Pfttg- bureh put a spike in OsBrieu's candl- adacy by stating that the objection to him lay in the fact that he had been discharged by the New York clubs al-
 though there was no serious reason for
 that move. @4zf asssta
 | President Carney Of the Boston eIud,
 who recently scored Lynch publicly for his management of the umpireg, has
 not pledged himself to any candidate
 The same may be said of Acting PreGi- Ident Baker of the Philadelphia club ts4nd. President Britton of the St. LoIEfs IcIub. But Gafney and Baker it ia 1 said, are not in favor of retaining
 Lynch. s-3
 Edward e. Barrow. president Of the
 International league. has been meu- toned as a capable man for the poG2-
 ton, and it is reported that he Co Eains
 ing strength steadily. Barrow has con
 ducted the affairs of his league with diplomacy and is strict disciplinarian-
 Secretary John B. Foster of the GAants
 also has been talked of, while promf-
 nent Chicago baseball writer is said to ] be hustling for votes.