The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-13
EYERS' DEAL IS
STILL PULLING
American Put it up to Ma
tional to Settle With Cub
. Boss for T~rouble-making

New ioill. Feb. 1S~.-Aithoush
President rencr had returned To Far-
risburg and the American league had
adjourned it's meeting without an
nouncing any blood and thunder
plans against the Federal league. or
canized baseball WAS far from out OF
the woods late Yesterday as a rcs,Gs
Webb Murphy in firing Johnny EVers
OF the Chicago Cubs.
Not only has Evers baked at the
first move made by the league mag
mates after guaranteeing him his sal
AIRY of $4,000 annually for III next
four years, IL low rumblings from
the Biltmorc hotel indicate that Ban
Johnson is beginning to get hot under
the collar The American leaguers
arc said to believe that the Murphy
horseplay in the parent" organiza-
ton has gone about far enough.
YESTERDAY in thoroughly spanking
Murphy. but the damage had been
done and reports today were that the
American league was prepared to
bring all possible pressure to bear
on Tener to see that Murphy is elm
mated.
The Federal league has directed its
heaviest guns against the National and
johnson has had little to say. With
his arrival here, however, Ban began
TO make smoke. The National league
had appointed 4. war" committee to
confer with a like committee to be ap-
pointed by Johnson. These committed
were to discuss the Federas. John
son thought so much of the plan that
the American league simply did not
appoint a committee and when the
National league magnates adjourned
last night 1t was announced that their
war committee had been dissolved.
1t was Johnson's opinion that the Ma
tional commission could do anything
that was necessary. The committees
will meet today.
Murphy in q Mess.
Murphy liz in a bad jam and unless
Johnny Evers is permitted to name
his W terms under which he will
play in the league the National league
Isn't a whole lot better off. Murphy
has no only reused the ire Of other
club owners in his league but with
the American league threatening to
put up a warlike front unless some
general good of organized baseball,
he has prospects of a merry time
ahead.
How Murphy could be forced to
step down as owner of the Cubs is not
apparent now, but reports from the
American league meeting declared the
magnates there favored urging the
elimination Of Murphy upon Governor
Tener They figure hat the Federal
league gained Its first foothold when
Brooklyn quibbled over the salary OF
Joe Tinker and let him get away; that
the Evers episode has given the Fed
erals another big boost and that it is
now IN to the National league to
show as clean a hand as the American
league.
With the arrival Of Tinker here to.
day the Federal league magnates win
discuss waye and means of signing up
EverH. James e. Gaffney of tho Boe-
ton Brave and Murphy have agreed
on a trade whereby Evers is to 90
to Boston for Hub Perdue and Swee-
ney. Evers declares however. he will
not stand for such a deal. II Murphy
is to get even a batbag out of his
balk. Tho only way he will consent
to q trade. Evers said today, will be
as a free agent so that he may make
his own deal and have the benent Of
n profit there may be in it.
Feds Are Tempted.
The Federals have declared that
they will sign no players who are
under contract with an organized ball
club. but the question botherins the
mere today Is whether they
would consider Evers under contract
* he should be declared a free agent.
By assuming his Cub contract, tho
National league virtually bound itself
to pay Evers $4,000 If he would not
jump to the Federals. Johnny will
not play with Chicago, however, and
unless his transfer to some other club
ls made under the conditions he de.
sires. he will not play. In the mean
time he is giving an a to the Fed.
erals. -.
By its ruling the league decided
that Evers' contract as a also
covered his contract as a player; that
his letter to Murphy %objecting to the
form Of his contract was not a letter
Of resignation: that, as Murphy had
not given Evers ten days notice.
Johnny had not been dischareed A.
manager according to baseball avn.
and that In signing O'Day he reaiiv
had two managers on his staK.
Outside Of having taken an oppo-
site view OF all these matters, Murnhy
was right in every respect.
The National league Wa schedn,ed
to meet again today. aacretsrv
aeydler represented Governor Tener
In the meeting and also appeared 1or
the league president In the meetina
Of the National commission.