Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-26

fort to slip the St. Louis Browns
TO poor Charley Weeghman. Of red
eral League fame and all right
thinking people will rejoice over the
failure OF the diaholical plot.
The author Of the scheme is un-
known, but It was not Garry Herr
mann. the semi president Of the en-
cinnati Reds A man on the lhsiue
assures US that Garry's kindly son'
revolted at the idea Of such harsh
measures. and ne held out for some
time against the conspiracy. He
wanted to give Mr. Weeghman case
OF Cincinnati beer. or smallpox, or
something lust mildly deadly, and ne
would not even listen 10 plan 10
give the Chicago man the Reds, hold :
Ing that such cruelty Is uneiVillzed-
Neither was the author the obese
Ban Johnson. II was worthy OF 5ath
who Is always thinking out mean
shings to do to people, but In TINS
case Ban was not guilty. In the tirsl
place, Ban IS paying no attention TO
the Federal Leaguers You KNOW
that, because Ban has said so ana no
enc would think ~ doubling Ban
word In the second place Ban has
nRPD SAYING lIIl IAit 80 Af'f'hR -
for wears, in the hope that he might
eone dav be able to iniiict them upon
his deadly enemy, John Montgomery
Ward.
COME people suggest that Charley
- Murphy may have conceived the
idea of handing the Browns 10
Weeghman, but this seems improp-
able, because Mr. Murphy would have
mentioned the matter 10 the reporters
as soon as he thought OF II, Frank
Navin, OF Detroit, is hardly responsi-
BILE because Mr. Navin's mind is al
ways completely occupied at THIS TIME
of year wondering whether t. Ray
mond Cobb Is going to hold out or
merely ask for more money, And so,
with the parties named eliminated,
suspicion quite naturally rests upon
c Hercules Ebbets. the Squire OF
Fletbush, who is also suspected OF
robhing his manager, Your Uncle
Wilbert Robinson, of all his shortstop-
pers.
MOST likely II was G. Hercules.
wi ANYWAY, he can stand the blame.
He has stod the blame for the Dodg
ers for several years, and little more
blame can add nothing much to his
load. Yes. II was undoubtedly Eh-
bets. And in view of the fact that
poor Charley Weeghman is financing
a ball club In an OUTFIT that involves
Jumps from Kansas City TO Toronto
and back agaln-if they are right
lucky-it was quite reasonable for
Mr.. Ebbets TO assume that Mr..
Weeghman Is Just such n man as
might buy the st Louis Browns.
THIS plot 70 wean Weeghman away
L from the independents is one OF
many Only few days ago there
was talk OF expanding the lnterna-
tional League into a major organiza-
ton to fight the invaders, a scheme
which would only be a short cut to
an end that the big leagues will at
tain lust between themselves, II let
alone and that Is, they VIII baseball
the public to death with their long
seasons and interleague and inter
CITY series
Weeghman seems 10 be the big fig
ure of the Feds It was Weeshman
who signed Joe Tinker, and some peo-
pie are inclined to the belief that had
Tinker not been grabbed away from
Ehbets, there would be no Federal
League to-day-at least ii would net
have assumed the importance tina.
81 seems to hold at this time
The man who so narrowly escaped
the st. Louis Browns owns string
of restaurants In Chicago is great
baseball fan and very popular In
ADDITION TO that he IS worth around
$3.50 600. Folks say more, but that
Is bis rating in those great financial
works OF literature that are supposed
TO give the very low down on what
you have or what you haven't, as
the case may be Otto Stifel the st
Louis brewer. who is mixed up with
the Mound City Feds Is also supposed
20 be a millionaire, but the gents who
publish the editions aforesaid do not
suppose it--not by quite large sum
of money.
n STIFEL is set down as having a
". paltrv halt million pooh pooh
20 him. and is probably wondering
where he IS going To great breakfast
money Think of a man having m
more than half a million dollars! or
think OF him having It, n you prefer
II thinks out most incredible either
way.
ANYHOW, weerhman IS the heavy
rumble among the Feds and when he
started out OF the door last Satur-
day it seems that the prospect Of this
new league attended him We repeat
IL one man makes or breaks the Feds
they haven't got FAR 10 GO
We are anxious 70 see that list Of
big league ball players they are talk
ing about, and we want 70 see how
they bear up under that Kansas city.
Toronto hop a couple az times before
offering any more prophecies II WI
take more than hair a dozen. or ever
dozen. big leaGuers to make
league, but you've got TO give a Il
the Feds, for one thing, and that
their nerve Besides. the bail player,
Of the land certainly ought to IS,
thankful 10 the Feds FOR whaf m,
new league has done FOR the playe
cause