Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-03
SELLS
CUBS AND Is
OUT OF GAME

/ Charles Webb Murphy, majority
stakeholder of the Chicago Cubs. and
perhaps the target for more unpleas-
ant criticism than any other man In
iorganized baseball, is through with
the game forever He has sold his in
iterest in the Chicago club to Charles
p. Taft. the deal being concluded Feb
ruary 81
| Following are the stories carried in
Coast papers which arrived yester-
day:
CHICAGO-"I sold out at O'Clock
over the long distance telephone, .
Charles w. Murphy said, in confirm
ling his retirement from organized
baseball. 'Mr. Taft offered me more
money than / ever thought was in the
world for my SO per cent of the Cubs
stock and | accepted without quib-
bling. am forever through with pro-
fessional baseball, its controversies
and squabbles. I'm the happiest man
/ in the world tonight
Murphy would not give the price for
which he sold the controlling interest
in the Cubs.
"Mr, Taft can tell if he wishes, /"
Murphy said. -The transaction is
closed. and | have nothing more to
say about it. except that I'm glad that
Mr.. Taft has the club
Murphy admitted that the storm of
criticism which swept organized base
ball after he had Unexpectedly dis
missed Manager Evers might have
|precipitatede the offer to buy him out
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CASE he said and evaded further
questioning on circumstances which
brought out the deal. He did not
want to discuss it, saying he was
happier than he had been for twenty
years, and as long as he had washed
his hands of the game he wished to
forget any of its unpieasantries.
Neither would Murphy say what
would become Of the threatened suit
for damages against President john
son of the American League for john
sons alleged efforts to Dust him from
the National League.
II am through with baseball" he
reiterated and indicated that the suit
would never be filed. j
Murphy said the. Chicago National
League club had done better than any
other club in the league while he
owned it, but would not say how much
il had profited him. He purchased
the controlling interest in the club
from James A. Hart ten years ago.
and in that time the Cubs won two
world and four league championships.
President Tener's Views
CINCINNATI.-Here is the official
statement issued by Governor Tener.
president Of the National League. fol-
lowing the ousting of Charles Webb
Murphy, owner of the Chicago base
ball club: !
AS the result Of conferences held
today between John X. Tener, presi-
dent of the National League of pro-
fessional baseball clubs, and Charles
P. Taft, Harry Ackerland and the
other stockholders of the Chicago Ma
tional League baseball club, an agree
ment has been reached by which Mr..
Taft has purchased the stock in the
Chicago National League baseball
club which has been heretofore held
by Charles w. Murphy.
Mr.. Murphy has resigned as pres
ident of the Chicago National League
club and will have no further official
connection with its affairs Mr. MUIR
ply also has resigned as a director of
the National League of professional
baseball clubs and as member of the
board>of directors. A meeting of the
stockholders of the Chicago National
League baseball club will be held at
once and new president, agreeable
to Mr.. Taft and to the National
League of professional baseball clubs,
will be chosen,
Harry Ackerland. one of the stock
holders in the Chicago club, and John
Conway Toole, attorney for the Ma
tional League. participated in the con-
ference, which resulted in the above