The evening world., 1914-02-12
Trouble Ahead for Cubs Presi.
dent II 0eposed Manager
Jumps TO Outlaw League.
By Bosensan Blll0ey.

~ OOSeVs0Ss OsSsv0S'
-OR tho hrst time since their
r widely advertised quarrel two
years aeo. Johnny Evers and
Ios Tinker shake hands to-day and
become friends again LScAuss Of
commdH III enemy - Charley Murphy.
From Tar away California Frank
Chance sends greetings and = wish
that hs could Join them whom G.
Webb y put upon the pan.
This meeting between Tinker and
avsrs may mean the jumping "f
Johnny. provided Mr.. Gates. attorney
for the Feds. who 10 In town. decides
thsA Nvsss 10 not bound 70 the Cubs
by legal contract. The attorneys were
thrushing out that end Of the con.
travsrsy until > o'clock this morning.
Nr. weeghmAn Of Chicago. In the
presence of witnsssss. made Evers
an otfor Of SIs.ooe . year salary. with
an advance Of $4,000 In cash.
In the msAA time organised base.
ball 10 running rround In circles. with
Charley Murphy In the centre and
every magnass taking . crack at MIN
~ they mako the loop. II Evsrs
Jumps to the Feds they know that
Chicago win bo . dead town In the
National League. and, no matter what
kind Of . club Mr.. Wssghman has. he
VIII split the Windy City patronage
with the White sox. Murphy has
Given the National League - bad q
Jolt ~ did Horace Fogel, and for =
little while yesterday there was =
serious movement on foot 20 vote hun
out Of the league.
gveRo OAlko ON DEAL WITH
| OooroN cIUO.
Gov. Tener thought he had made Q
good compromise when the arrange.
ment was made for Boston to OK.
change Rubs Purdue. the pitcher. and
Bill Sweeney. the second bassman,
for the much abused EvSro. This
sounded al right. hut Johnny bucketl
right out Of harness and stubbornly
refuses to be q part OF any deal by
which Murphy 10 to pront In the
slightest degree.
III they'll give mo my outright re.
lease and let me trade myself to Bos'
wise there'll Be nothing doing" says
Johnny. 'If they agree to my plan
will sell the two players to Chicago
and that's the only way III do bust
ness"
Johnny made long speech to tn
lea quo directors In the afternoon an
supplemented It 1T night with ~
marks decidedly more caustic.
Murphy In his statement to the di
t.u.
, ana that he had merely accepted tn
resignation. After investigating tn
directors decided that the letter fror
Evers. which Murphy considered
resignation. was. really no restgnatiO
! at all and that Evers was simpl
fred.
Those who were on tho inside sa
that Murphy was given the alterna
tive of paying Evers his full salar!
, reinstatipG him or releasing him
some other club In tho Nationi
League. Before this proposition coul
he applied the Boston deal cam
: through as a way out OF the dimcult.
y but II has failed because Of the ball
4 Ing OF Evers.
= There In meeting OF the Nationl
: Commission TO further review tn
0 unusual mix-up to-day and Evel
o again will make an 8ddress.
: In the meantime the Feder
y I.eaguers up AT the knickerbocker a.
: having a good laugh and going rigl
" along about their business. They fe
that they have Orgunixed Baseba
u on the run aud are letting the o
= hoy tansle himself without assis
v ance.
: SAMgR,cAN LEAGUE WoUl
h WELCOME JOHNNY gvERo.
n The American Lsaguers. 80 IA
h have kept out OF the mtx.up a
\ s,.!!e wisely when tctN ~ the ~
y Aional League predicament.
N III they can't ind q place for Eve
N in that league" says Frank Fare
le N will top any price offered and "a
u him In az n member of tho Highlan
y, crs." Frank Chance has wired Src
k. California urging his boss TO gr
y Johnny at any price II the trick c.
. se tuvned.
lsIy Xnotkar oe.lous tara ,3AH :sae6hs.