Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-27
RIGHT
NAN To LEAD
Old [EACU {
Governor Is a Lover of Baseball
and Feels Proud of His
New Office.
Bv Sam Crane.

= Th Nlupi was UdCh III HIS %
Ace in the Fifth Avenue Building yes
rsrdav. after his trip to Harrisburg
Pa. where he, with Charles H. E5-
bets president of the Brooklyn Clue;
". F. Baker, president of the Phila-
6elphia club, and Harry Ackerlanl,
of Pittsburg, representing Charles W
Murphy of the Chicago club, ten
iered the presidency of the National
League to Governor John Kiniey
Tener, Of Pennsylvania.
President Hampstead is enthusiast
tt- over the acceptance by Governor
Tsner of becoming a candidate for
Inc important position, and his
election will be unanimous, the entire
eight magnates having come into
line, as officially stated by Mr.. Hemp
stead
The advent into club ownership in
the National League of the young and
progressive members in the la st year
Of Messrs. Hampstead, Gaffney, Ba-
ker and Pritton has given them the
balance of power in the councils Of
the parent baseball organization, and
they have been wise enough to see
that old fogyism sin the conduct of
the leagues affairs no longer appeals
10 the baseball public or to the best
interests of baseball or the welfare
Of the corporate body.
Change Was Needed
The constant chickering's between
the magnates owing to petty politics
made possible by the election of their
presidents from year to year only,
and which was entirely foreign to
present day baseball with the i'm
4 mense capital invested in the sport
i that was necessary to keep progress
with the constantly increasing pop
uarity of the sport and its conse-
Quent hold on the public, was largely
tie cause of the loss Of prestige the
National League has sustained in the
last few years.
4 II was appreciated by the new and
Younger magnates that some decided
change for the better must be inst
rIred, and q happy solution to the
difficulty was provided when John Is.
Tener's name was first mentioned IS
candidate,
It was thought at the time that i;
would be impossible to induce the
Governor Of the great State Of Penu-
y'Vana to accept the position, bit
Il energetic efforts We're made to get
\ the Governors consent to the use or
4 his name, and they were successful
Appreciates Honor.
There is no person in this broad
md who more appreciates the honor
4 10 be derived or the importance an.
dignity attached to the position or
ca presidency of the National League
Il I'D no prhn Ia
PLAYED under its banner, and no one
will appreciate it more than the COM
ins president, although he has been
n me recipient of next to the hlghest
political honors that q citizen of the
H nited States can ever get.
4 Governor Tener could never be
4 come President of the nation, for the
4 simple reason that he is a native OF
H another country, having been born IN
Ireland. This important event took
place in 1863. But fortunately that
does not bar him from becoming the
head Of the National League.
And, by the way. Governor Tener
VIII not be the first Governor of
State to have filled the office. Nor
gan G, Buckley, of Connecticut, was
once the president of the National
League, and he made a splendid one,
100. He was an enthusiastic lover OF
the game and has held his interest
up to the present time, notwithstand-
Ing his high honor as Governor, Sen
ator AMI great prominence in busl-
ness.
Then there was A. G.. Mills, now
one Of our most prominent ana
wealthy citizens; William A. Hurl-
ourt Of Chicago, the watchdog OF
liIe game, who did more to keep II
cIean-and thereby of established per-
nanency-than perhaps any other
one man, and Nick Young, "Old I'm
ce Nick" whom we all revere for
MS constancy and whole souled devo-
uoh to the grand old game.
Proud of His Career.
- All these gentlemen--as well as
Harry Pulliam and Tom Lynch, who
nave been presidents since-consid-
cred that their positions as such were
among the highest honors they could
possibly attain.
20 that the august Governor OF
rehnsylvania will not be alone in his
appreciation of having the opportuni-
y 10 dictate the policies OF the ma
uohaI game looking to It's perma-
nehey and the welfare of which APP
geaIs to many millions Of people IN
".S sport-loving country Of ours.
Governor Tener, as president of the
NaiIonal League, will have its best
interests at heart and that Of the
same itself-that spirit was born in
nm Nnen he first started in to play
ne never fails to express himself as
ing proud of being a professional
'eSepail player whenever he speaks
baseball banquets, in public, or in
W. ilttle banquets that he still en-
NV. TO participate in with players OF
As LAY and time.
Governor Tener will be the right
~. .ah IN the right place as president or