Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-16
ACCUSE owner
Of WRECK|NG
CUB MACHINE
Baseball Expert Gives List of
Twelve Players Fired by
Charles Murphy.
BY Sid C. Keener.

Chance" combination is busted
completely, and with the GUST
ing of Trojan lawn as manager of
the Chicago Cubs goes one more
member of the famous machine which
won pennants and worlds champion
ships in the National League and
made fortune for Charles Webb
Murphy.
No magnate ever has wrecked his
ball club as hurriedly as this Murphy
person. Annually he springs a SEN
sation, and his latest is the deposins
of Evers as manager and appointing
Hank ODay TO the post.
The release OF Evers, even after
he was held high enough to be signed
TO a five-year contract as player and
manager brings TO mind the team
which for years was heralded as SUI
preme in baseball. That club Frank
Chance directed ranks right along
side of the present Philadelphia Ath-
letics as the greatest of all baseball
clubs.
IT won the pennant in 1906 1907
4 and 1905 Also the worlds title
in 1907 and 1908. Also the pennant
again in 1910. And when the team
didn't win the pennant it came mighty
near, and always was a contender.
But what happened to the athlete
when he started 10 slip a bit-the
player who aided Murphy in building
up his fortune, which is said to run
very close to the million-dollar mark
Peruse this list:
Frank Chance, manager ana hrst
basSmsn. released
Mordecai Brown. pitcher, released
TO minor league club.
Jeff Overall, pitcher, released to
minor league club.
Jack Pfester. pitcher, released TO
minor league club.
Carl I4undgren, pitcher released.
Ed Reulbach, pitcher, traded to
Brooklyn.
Johnny Evers. second baseman and
manager, released.
Harry Steinfeldt, third baseman. re-
leased.
Joe Tinker, shortstop. traded to
Cincinnati.
Jimmy SheclSard, outfieider, sold
to Cardinals for waiver price.
Art Hoffman, outfielder, traded TO
Pittsburg.
johnny king, catcher traded to
Boston.
There's a list Of players, each and
every one a real star, now far, far
away from the West Side park in Chi
cago. For years they were heroes,
made money in chunks for Murphy,
and what's the result?
THE case OF Brown probably is the
most pathetic. The three finger
ed marvel was a wonder in his day,
never missed a chance TO make the
t-ttl,s SnNcpsS which meant dol
lars for Murphy, His finish, so far
as Murphy was concerned. was be-
ing showed to a minor league club.
Others suffered the same fate be-
fore Brown. others even after Brown.
And now comes the climaN-the re-
lease of Evers.
The release OF Trojan lawn brings
cut another peculiar point Only
year ago. just after Evers was given
frank Chances Job the new man
aper was heralded as the keystone
King by Magnate Murphy Columns
were written by Murphy for the Chi
eago papers about EVers' prowess on
the diamond
Chicago was in the midst of the
shock of Chances release. Murphy
had to do something to win back the
fans. so he promptly boosted Evers
stock.
Evers managed to bring his team
home in third place, and il was the
unanimous verdict all around the Ma
tional League circuit that during the
last two months of the season EVers
had the best team in the league.
The next on the list for the AK from
Murphy's Office probably will be
Frank Schultz. He is the only regu-
lar member OF the famous machine
now with the Cubs.