El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-20


~ natl club of the National league
\ is not owned by August Herr
man. otherwise known as Garry, and
Joe Tinker was not fired from the
managerial JOB by Herman The IN
side history Of the Reds during the last
few months has been learned from one
~ the trusted attaches Of the club VINO
attended the annual meeting OF the
National league in New York, ana some
of the facts he disgOrSes viii upset a
lot Of opinions held by Cincinnati Ians.
FIefschmanns Own Team.
The present owners OF the Reds are
julius F1eischmaun and his brother
Max. julius is a former mayor OF In
cfnnatf. They had been interested IL
nanciaIly in the Reds for several years
past, but the deal by which they OBJ
tanned absolute control Of the club was
not put through until the last few
weeks of the past season.
Hermann, who still IS president OF
the club, viii remain in that office as
long as he Wishes-unless he refuses
20 do the bidding of his bosses lie
now is only a figureneads BENG re-
tanned in the position Of president
largely because of his prominent rep
utation in baseball affairs and his
long service rendered to organized bail
as chairman of the national commits
sion-a Job he has held so long that IL
would be hard to think Of anybody
AS soon as the FIeischmanns OBJ
tanned the full control of the club last
summer. Max Fleischmann insisted InaL
Harry Stephens, friend Of MS and as
sOeiate in certain affairs IN Clnc1n-
natl. be made secretary Of the club, a
position that he, Max, once held
Stephens not only was secretary IN the
usual sense Of the term as applied 70
a baseball club. but he was instructed
to act as "spOtter" a Job that never
existed on any other big league cluo.
Sthephens was ordered to gumshoe
around and keep his ears open Tor gos-
sin and to report everything he saw
or heard to the F1eischmanns- When
Joe Tinker finally learned OF this
through friends who had been tipped
of abOtu it, he Waxed hot under the
collar but said nothing in particular.
Owners Ire aGets'' Tinker.
In the last weeks Of the season, q
story came out of Cincinnati about
rupture between Tinker and the Reds's
business MANAGEMENT which caused
the prediction that he was to be let
out The details Of that trouble nave
not been told yet The mlXup was
caused by Brother Max tIelschmann
"baWling OUT Tinker at Redland Park
one day because Tinker made some
managerial move in the game that did
not suit MaZs ideas OF how basebali
should be played Tinker told Max TO
go to. etc" not knowing Iaht Max
was one Of his secret bosses Fleisch-
mann was incensed and sWOre to him
self that he would get Tinker" And.
as every fan knows now he got Tin
ker" It was Max's ire entirely that
caused the dismissal of the manager.
FTefschmanns a Queer Pair.
The new owners Of the Reds are
queer pair. Max Fleischmann is a base
ball "fiend" and thinks he knows as
much about baseball as any man alive,
In addition to believing that ne has IN
canny ability to size up a baseball sit
uation and apply the remedy For sew
eral years past he has gone east dur
ing midsummer to run a baseball club
in the Adirondack mountains in New
York state. He lines up a bunch of
professional league players under as
sumed names and turns them loose
against the simiprOfessional or ana
tour mines Of the other hotels Then
Max smiles around accepting mod
eStIy" the compliments Of those who
declare him a wonderful manager.
julius Fleischmann is a sport Of
the dyed in the wool variety partic-