Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
EBbETS ACCUSED
Of LATEST PLOT.
AGAINST FEDS
Strenuous Efforts Were Made TO
Slip St. Louis Browns to Poor
Charley Weeghman.
By Damon Runyon.
was truly a despicable move
bv organized baseball-that ef-
az. tha G. I otts Browns

THAT was truly despicable move
by organized baseball-that ef-
fort to slip the ST Louis Browns
L POOR Charley Weeghman, Of Fed
eral League fame and all right
thinking people win rejoice over the
failure Of the diabolical plot
The author Of the scheme Is un-
known. but it was not Garry Herr
mann. the semi president Of the en-
cjnnati Reds man on the INSIDE
assures us that Garry's kindly SOU
rovolfed al the idea of such harsh
measures. and ne held ont for some
time against the conspiracy. lie
wanted to give Mr. " eeghman 9 case
Of Cincinnati beer or smallpox or
something just mildly deadly and ne
would not even listen TO plan 10
give the Chicago man the Reds mold
ing that such cruelty IS unclNllizeu'
Neither was the author the obese
Ban Johnson. II was worthy OF ban
who is always thinking out mean
things "a do to people, but IN this
case I.In was not guilty In the FIRST
place, Ban is paying no attention 10
the Federal Leaguers. You know
that. because Ban has said so, and no
one would think Of doubling Ban
word In the second place, Ban has
been saving up the St Louis Browns
for wears in the hope that he might
some dav he able to infict them upon
his deadly enemy, John Montgomery
Nar0
COME people suggest that Charley
- Murphy may nave conceived the
iCea Of handing the Browns to
Weeg Imam. but this seems improb-
able. because Mr. Murphy would have
mentioned the matter TO the reporters
as soon a. he thought Of It, Frank
Navin. of Detroit, is hardly RESPONSE
bic because MIR Navin's mind is al
,NaNg completely occupied at this time
~ year wondering whether T. Ray
memo cobb IS going To hold out or
merely ask for more money. And so,
with the parties named eliminated
suspicion quite naturally rests upon
Hercules Ebbets. the Squire OF
Flatnush. who is also suspected OF
rohhing his manager Your Uncle
WHbert Robinson, of all his shortstop-
pers.
MOST likely i was c. Hercules
vi ANYWAY. he can stand the blame,
He has stod the blame for the Dndg
ers tor several years. and little more
blame can add nothing much. to his
load. Yes II was undoubtedly Eb-
bets And in view Of the fact that
poor Charley Weeghman is financing
a bali club in an outfit that involves
1umps from Kansas city to Toronto
and back again-if they are right
lucky-it was quite reasonable for
a n
Weeghman is just such man as
might buy the st Louis Browns
THIS plot 70 wean Weeghman away
1 from the Independents IS one OF
MANY. Only few days ash there
was talk Of expanding the lnterna-
ttonal League into n major organiza
ton TO fight the invaders, q scheme
which would only be short cut to
an end that the big leagues will at
tain Just between themselves, II let
alone. and that is. they will baseball
the public TO death with their long
seasons and interleague and inter-
city series
Weeghman seems to he the big fig
IRE Of the Feds II was Weeehman
who signed Joe Tinker, and some peo-
ME are inclined to the belief that had
Tinker not been grabbed away from
Fbbets there would be no Fedora
League to-day-at least it would not
have assumed the Importance THAI
ii seems to hold at this time
The man who so narrowly escaped
the ST. Louis Browns owns a string
Of restaurants IN Chicago, is great
baseball fan and very popuiar In
addition to that he Is worth around
$3.50 600. Folks say more, but that