The evening times., 1914-02-16
BASEBALL TANC[E
Still PUzzLNC
Developments of Last Week
Take Highly Unexpected
Turn For Magnates.
tBy Hal. Sller;dan.)

New York. Feb. 16.--Now for tho
seventh inning stretch" in winter
| BASEBALL. With the National. Ameri-
can and Federal league ,nagnates,
back in their homes or on the way
only the smoke of battle hovercd over
the Waldorf and Nnickerbocker ho-
tells where baseball history has been
made and unmadc during the past
! week.
What the National league masnates
bad prorhcsicd would be only a love
feast and IA formal meeting to ratify
the 1919 schedule turned into Il riot.
The Federal leaguers came into
town rowing they had no special OBJ
1cct in coming and pounced upon Il
ball park in Brooklyn. drew up a con-
tract for the erection of stands and
prepared to put Il team in the town
this; season.
{. Webb Murphy of Chicago arriv-
cd with the lumbago and left with his
scalp dangling from the belt of Gov
crn"r Tencr and the shafts of IL doz-
en- masnates qnivering in his side.
Johnny ENcis arrived as manager If
the Cubs. was fired and left as tho
property nf Boston. Hank O'Day ar
rived as umpire and left as manager
Of the Chicago Cubs. So far as any
one is able to perceive. Murphy SIM
ply is stung To the extent of having
lost Evcrs, receiving nothing in re-
; turn.
Tcncy Goes Home.
Governor Tener returned to Harris
burg. having arrived here in response
To 81 hurry lp call sent out when the
Evcrs situation had failed to clear UP.
Jnilnny had given President Gaffney
OF Boston his pledge that he would
not Jump to the Federal league on
Thursday. but the magnates were
l1avini, difficulty in figuring out just
| how ENers was to be made the prop
erty of the Braves if Evers insisted
that Murphy should not profit
through the deal by getting Hub Pur-
due and Second Baseman Sweeney.
Tener again sat on President MUIR
ply Of the Cubs 10y calmly stating
that no one man in the league could
say he would run his club as he pleas
ed Oh the ground that it was his prop
erty and he would do what he pleas
cd with it.
THAT day has gone by" said Tcner.
The Cubs must be run for the good
of the league
President Gilmore of the Federal
league left here Sunday, thoroughly
satisfied with his weeks work. While
| the organized baseball magnates were
loudly proclaiming at the Waldorf
| that the Federal league was dead. Gill
more. Charles S. Weeghman, Attorney
Edward L. Gates and other Federal
officials were quietly negotiating for
the lease of Washington Park in
Brooklyn and getting the support of
| the millionaire Ward family in the
new venture. When the deal went
through, there was considerable sur
prise and Charlie Ebbetts. president
Of the Brooklyn National, thought
hard over having turned down a
proposition to put an international
league club in his town.
Organized baseball might have kept
the Federal league out of three or
four towns in it's circuits by the eX-
penditure of about $4,000, it was
learned Saturday. In these towns the
organized ball officials are said to
have been tipped off that the Federals
were going to make an invasion and
were advised to tie up, through OPP
tons, all available grounds for ball
parks. In every instance they declar-
ed the Federal league was a dead
duck, would never lease grounds, and
obtaining options was therefore un-
necessary.