The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-12
MURPHY'S ACTION IN SIGNING
O'DAY COMPLICATESM MATTERS
Baseball Status of Johnny Evers Club Offers
Trade Proposition to Cub Mogul-Deposed Cub Manager
Sore at Murphy-Has Not Received Notice of Removal

four years yea TO run. As player he
resolved $4,000 from the Chicago club
and $4,000 additional as manager
To further complicate matters Jo-
seph Tinker manager of the Chicago
Federals, and former teammate of Ey-
ers, is speeding to this city to try to
induce Evers to sign with the Fed
erals Baseball lawyers contend that
EVers is not a free agent whereupon
the Federal magnates say they stand
willing to pay big money for Evers'
signature to a contract and supply
much more cash If needed to fight the
case through all the courts of the
country.
In addition, the officers of the Brook
lyn club say Murphy tried to obtain an
ofier from that club after he had
agreed to turn Evers over to Boston
with the sanction of the league as a
whole
Evers said he had received neither
verbal nor written announcement from
Murphy that he no longer was man.
eger of the Cubs and Murphy admitted
at the meeting that he had overlooked
the necessary formality of giving
avers his Today notice of release be-
fore signing O'Day as his new, or Sec
ond, manager.
Evers Congratulated
After the meeting of magnates had
adjourned Evers was surrounded by
leading club owners who congratulated
him upon the fact that he had been
1lpheld and guaranteed his salary by
the league and urged him to be rea-
sonable and accept the position under
Manager Stallings of the Boston club.
Evers remained firm and stated Just
before leaving the hotel that he would
not agree to anything until he had con-
suited the hest 1aoal
parting shot was that the magnates
mad agreed not to force him into any
deal or position which was disagreeable
to him, and that the idea of Murphy
benefiting In any way was enough to
make him jump to the Federals.
In the midst of all this hubbub the
American league held its schedule
meeting a few blocks away. The 1914
schedule was adopted and 1t was
agreed that while the request of the
Class AA clubs for the elimination of
the draft could not be granted the
players purchased this year from these
clubs shall be permitted to finish the
entire season with their present clubs.
The discussion of the Evers case by
the National league occupied the great
er part of a protracted session, but
many other important matters were
passed on. The committee of three ap-
pointed for interleague business was
discharged and in future matters call
ing for action between leagues will
be entrusted to the national commits
sion. This includes any action in deal
ing with the Federal league or any
other organization outside of organized
baseball
1t was agreed that in future there
should be no joint occupancy of major
league grounds by major league clubs
except in case of extreme emergency
and then only with the approval of the
clubs interested, as well as the major
ity of the clubs of both the National
and American leagues. This will not in
terfere with the New York National
and American teams playing out their
1914 schedules at the Polo grounds, as
their contract runs to the close of this
years playing season.
The secretary was instructed to re-
quest the national commission to hand
over sum amounting to nearly $780,
000, which is % per cent of the New
York clubs profits from the last
worlds series, and which is to be di-
vided among other clubs of the league
The request of Glass AA leagues for
exemption from draft rule was refused,
but this action was taken through the
national commission.
There will be another session of the
board of directors and of the league
itself tomorrow.
AFTER EVerS lett the National league
meeting tonight he said he believed he
was entitled personally to any consid-
GRAFTON or benefit the Chicago club
should gain If he was sent to any
other club. Secretary John Heydler of
the league declared the league had not
agreed to this; that it believed, in all
fairness to Evers, that he should be
guaranteed against any loss financial
Is by being deposed as manager, but
that in no sense could he be con sidered
a free agent.
At a meeting of the board of arbi-
tration of the National Association of
Professional Baseball leagues the
eastern associations objection to the
Use of the name Eastern league by the
New York and New Jersey league was
acted upon and the organization was
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