Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
.EBBET It's ACCUSED
'OF LATEST PLOT.
AGAINST FEDS
Strenuous Efforts Were Made to
Slip st. Louis Browns to Poor
Charley Weeghman.
BY Damon Runyon


by organized baseball that et-
fort 10 slip the st Louis Browns
to poor Charley Weeghman, Of Fed
eral League fame-and all right
thinking people will rejoice over the
failure Of the diabolcal plot
The author of the scheme Is IN
known. but it was not Garry Herr
mann. the semi pre- sident Of the Gin
cinnati Reds A man on the inside
assures us that Garry's kindly soul
revolted at the idea Of such haisl'
measures, and ne held out Tor some
time against the piracy lie
wanted TO give Mr. Weeghman a case
~ Cincinnati beer. or smallpox. or
something Just mildly deadly and i'
,vo,,ld not even listen 10 plan 10
giyo the Chicago man the Reds. hoid
ing that such cruelty IS uneivllihea'
Neither was the author the obese
Ban johnson II was worthy or l5ai''
who is always thinking out mean
things to do to people, nut IN lhlS
case Ban was not guilty. In the hrsl
place. Ban is paying no attention 10
me Federal Ieaguers You know
that. because Ban has said so, and no
one would think Of doubling Bans
word In the second place, Ban mas
been saving mp the st. Louis BroWna
for wears. in the hope that he might
some DAY be able to intict them upon
his deadly enemy, John Montgomery
Ward.
COME people suggest that Charley
y Murphy may nave conceived the
idea of handing the Browns 70
Meeghman, but this seems improp-
able, because Mr.. Murphy would nave
mentioned the matter to the reporters
as soon as he thought Of IT, Frank
Navin. of Detroit, is hardly response
Bile because Mr.. Navin's mind is al
ways completely occupied at this time
OF year wondering whether 7 Ray
mono 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 Ehbets. the SQUIRE OF
Fsiatbush, who is also suspected OF
robhing his manager, Your Uncle
Wilbert Robinson of all his shortstop-
ters.
M ST likely it was {. Hercules.
vi Anyway, he can stand the blame
He has stod the blame for the Dodg
ers tor several years, and a 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 ball club in an outfit that involves
sumps from Kansas city to Toronto
and back again-if they are right
luckv-it was quite reasonahle Tor
Mr.. Ebbets to assume that Mr.
Weeghman is just such 4 man as
might buy the St. Louis Browns.
THIS plot to wean Weeghman away
i from the Independents is one OF
many. Only a few days ago there
was talk of expanding the lnterna
f,onal League into major organiza-
ton 10 fight the invaders, scheme
which would only be a short cut 70
an end that the big leagues viii at
tain just between themselves II let
alone, and that is. they viii baseball
the public TO death with their long
sea sons and interleague and inter
city series.
Weeghman seems to he the big lig-
nre of the Feds Ii was Weeghman
who sigred doe Tinker. and some peo-
ME are inclined to the belief that had
Tinker not been grabbed away from
Fbbets. there would be no Federal
League to-day--at least II would NOT
have assumed the Importance ina.
Il seems to hold at this time
The man who SO narrowly escaped
Tho st Louis Browns owns a string
~ restaurants in Chicago is great
baseball fan and very popular. IN
ADDITION 10 that he IS worth around
$3.50 600 Folks say more. but that
Is his rating in those great Hnanelai
works Of literature that are supposed
10 give the very low down on what
YOU have. or what you haven't. as
the ca se may he. otto Sufel the ST
i.ollis brewer who is mixed up with
the Mound City Feds. is also supposed
to be a millionaire. but the gents who
publish the editions aforesaid do not
suppose it-not by quite a large sum
of money.
n STIFEL is set down as having a
". paltry half-million pooh pooh
10 him, and is probably wondering
where he is going To great breakfast
money. Think OF a man having no
more than half a million dollarsi or
think OF him having 70, II YOU prefer
ii thinks out most incredible either
way.
ANYHOW. Weeghnar is the heavy
rumble among the Feds ana when hc
started out Of the door last Satur-
day il seems that the prospect Of tha
new league attended him. We repeat
y one man makes or breaks the Feds
they haven't got far 20 go.
We are anxious TO see that Hist ~
big league ball PLAYERS they are talk
ing about. and we want 70 see how
they bear up under THAI, Kansas city
Toronto hon "a couple Of times before
offering anv more prophecies III will