The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18
Part That Former Leader
Took in Affair Fully
Established
REFUSED TO VOTE
y WITH COLLEAGUES
To Prevent Financial Loss Through
Depreciation of Stock, McAleer
and Mercy Decided to
Sell Out

New York, December 17.--That theemid-
season discharge of Jake Stahl from tine
management of the Boston club last sum,
mer was the direct cause of the change in
the ownership of that club which took
place recently, eliminating Jim McAleer
and Robert McRoy, is said to be an as
sured fact. The real inside story of the
whole affair is here told for the first
time:
Although matters within the financial
end of the Red Sox had not been going
so smoothly the second year of the ar
rangement, when the Red Sox were rae
ing into league championship and the
worlds series title as well, there was no
surmise from any quarter of a change in
the ownership of the club until the time
of the annual meeting of the American
league in Chicago last month. President
McAleer had then made his plans. to ac-
company the world-touring Sox and
Giants and Secretary McRoy was on his
way to Hot Springs to spend a vacation.
AT the meeting it was learned, much
/ to the dismay of McAleer and McRoy,
that the $1,000 worth of stock owned by
Jake Stahl. but held in RandalPs name.
might not be voted at the clubs annual
the McAleer interests. There had been
|gentlemen's agreement that the western
ers who had originally purchased one
half of the Taylor stock should hang to-
gether but with the Taylors having only
90 per cent there could be no control.
Stahl Not Content
And in all cases of tie vote matters
would have to run along as they were,
which was perfectly acceptable to Nc
Aleer and McRoy, but not so to Stahl,
after he had been figuratively. If not lit
terally, kicked out of the club.
A hurried call of Stahl on the telephone
was made. Stahl admitted the truth or
the rumor He wasn't willing to sell his
stock to the Taylor interests, perhaps,
but he might vote with the Taylors If he
so desired. In the light of previous incl
feents he did not consider the gentle
mans agreement any longer binding.
1t then and there became very evident
to McAleer and McRoy that their hold
ings In the club were quite likely to de-
preciate in value. The only alternative
was 10 buy Stahls stock or sell their own.
They felt that Stahl would hardly play
into McAleer's hands by selling excepting
at an exhorbitant figure so it was de-
cded to sell.
Taylors Favor Lannin
Then came Ban Johnson's gum shoe
Ivisit to Boston, at which time he had his
conferences with the Taylors. The Tay-
|lors wanted Lannin to buy into the club
Lannin was willing. johnson was in
|terested two ways. He did not wish 10
Isee McAleer or McRoy, who are Amer
|ican league pioneers lose financially
|neither did he wish to have the so per cent
of the stock fall into hands which were
not acceptable to the Taylors, and with
whom the team was not likely to work in
harmony.
Lannin was acceptable. The Taylors
wanted him in the club, and the Red Sox
started over. just where they were two
years ago, so far as any control on either
seide is concerned.
Jake Stahl had his revenge He forced
the man who discharged him from the
management of the Boston team out of
that club and perhaps out of baseball.