Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-04
1ENER HAS MADE
A Big SUCCESS
Els Administration Has Placed
National League at Head.

Chicago, Nov. 3.-For the first time
in several years the National league
is not engaged in battle to elect a
president. The election OF John X.
Tencr, last December to succeed Tom
Lynch, was so successful there is not
even a word of criticism made in any
quarter and no word Of regret that
the Pennsylvania governor was
elected for a long.term period.
In seasons past the league was torn
by strife between the different fac
lions over the election Of the next
president. "A different condition ex-
lists this year, for not only has Ten
er's rule been perfectly satisfactory
to the club owners, but the tide has
turned in favor of the old league in
its struggle for recognition in the
baseball world. The victory of the
Braves this fall over the Athletics
again has made the National league
the premier organization in baseball,
and the prestige that was gained is
likely to revive all of the former en-
thusiasm of the fans for the league
that was for so many years the only
major league in existence.
That the election of John X. Tener
was a move in the right direction has
been proved to the satisfaction Of
every one, and in fact, everyone inter-
ested in baseball. The quibblers OF
the organization have been stilled by
the diplomatic words of the new
president. The former chickering's OF
some Of the magnates were not heard
at all the last summer and if they
were kept up the new head Of the
league laid down a rule that none
should reach the public. Even the
kicks of former years on the work Of
the umpires has been stilled. Tener
evidently has started his administra-
ton in the right way, for he has
closed up the loud-mouthed members
Of his flcck very effectively.
The organization has proited by
the eelction Of Tener in every way.
The old league was regarded as a
joke in baseball circles when it came
to influence in the councils Of the
National commission. Ban Johnson
"a regarded as the big boss in base
ball until the advent of John X.
Tener. 1t was the American league
executive who had most Of the say
when it came to deciding the impor-
tant cases that came before the high
est tribunal in baseball. Lynch. was
outvoted when it came to a question
of policy. even though the National
league did have the majority member
ship on the commission. Now it, is
different. Tener's influence is such
that his opinion is sought rather than
ignored by the American league. ex-
ecutive.
The victory this fall of the Eraves
has, brought the old league to the
front, as it was in the banner days
of the Cubs. At that time the Ameri.
al league was regarded as a weak
organization compared with the Ma
tional league, just because the Chi.
cago team was so powerful. When
the Athletics became champions, the
fans learned to regard the American
league as the stronger. -
The truth of the matter is the two
leagues are about as evenly matched
as two big leagues can be, for the
pendulum swings back and forth with
regularity.
President Tener said on the day of
his election that he. would make the
National leageu dignitied or "bust.'
He didn't have to make good on the
latter halt of his statement.