Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
EBBETS ACCUSED
Of LATEST PLOT
AGAINST FEDS
Strenuous Efforts We're Made to
Slip St. Louis Browns to Poor
Charley Weeghman'
Bv Damon Runyon.


THAT was truly despicable move
by organized baseball-that ef-
fort to slip.the st Louis Browns
to poor Charley Weeghman, Of Fed
eral League fame-and all right
thinking people viii rejoice over the
failure Of the diabolical plot
The author of the scheme is un-
known. but II was not Garry Herr
mann. the semi president Of the GIN
cinnati Reds a man on the INSIDE
assures us that Garry's kindly SOU
revolie ed at the idea OF such harsh
measures. and ne held out Tor some
time against the conspiracy He
wanted to give Mr. Neeghman 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, hold-
ing that such cruelty Is unclVillzed'
Neither was the author the obese
Ban johnson. II was worthy OF Ban
who is always thinking out mean
things to do to people, hut in TINS
case Ban was not guilty In the hrst
place. Ban is paying no attention to
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 years. in the hope that he might
some day be able to innict them upon
his deadly enemy, John Montgomery
Ware
COME people suggest that Charley
y Murphv may nave conceived the
i6ea Of handing the Browns 10
Weeghman. but this seems improp-
able because Mr.. Murphy would nave
mentioned the matter TO the reporters
a. soon as he thought Of II. Frank
Navin, of Detroit, is hardly response
bic because Mr.. Navins mind Is al
WAYS completely occupied AT this time
Of year wondering whether 7. Kay
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 Ebbets. the Squire OF
Fla bush. who is also suspected OF
robbng his manager, Your Uncle
Wilbert Robinson. OF all his shortstop-
pers.
MOST likely ii was C. Hercules.
vi ANYWAY. he can stand the blame.
He has stod the blame for the Dodg
ers tor several years, and little more
blame can add nothing much to his
load Yes II was undoubtedly Ed
bets And in view Of the fact thal
poor Charley Weeghman is financing
a ball club in an OUTFIT that involves
Jumps from Kansas city to Toronto
and back again-if they are right
mckN-it was quite reasonable for
H. n that MI
Weeghman is just such man as
might buy the ST Louis Browns,
THIS plot to wean Weeghman away
from the Independents Is one or
many Only a few days ago there
was talk OF expanding the lnterna
tonal League into major organiza
ton 10 fight the invaders. scheme
which would only be a short cut to
m 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
seasons and interleague and inter
city series.
Weeghman seems to be the big ie
ure OF the Feds II was Weeghman
who signed Joe Tinker and some pee
pie are inclined to the belief that had
Tinker not been grp hbed away from
Fbbets. there would be no Federal
eague to-daY-at least il would no!
have assumed the Importance tina
il seems to hold at this time.
The man who so narrowly escaped
the St. Louis Browns owns string
OF restaurants In Chicago, is great
baseball fan, and very popular In
addition to that he Is worth around
$3.50 600. Folks say more, but that
Ev,. nsNi oil
works of literature that are supposed
to give the very low down on what
YOU have. or what YOU haven't, as
the case may be, Otto Stifel, the st
Louis brewer who is mixed up with
the Mound City Feds, Is also supposed
TO be millionaire, nut the gents who
publish the editions aforesaid do not
suppose it-not by quite 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 million dollars! or.
think OF him having IL, II YOU prefer.
II thinks out most incredible either
way
ANYHOW. Wceghman is the heavy
rumble among the Feds and when he
started out OF the door last Satur-
dav II seems that the prospect OF the
new league attended him. We repeat
II one man makes or breaks the Feds,
thew haven't got far TO GO.
We are anxious to see that list OF
lie league ball players they are talk
ing about, and we want to see how
they oear up under hat Kansas city
Toronto hon q couple Of times before
Offering any more prophecies II will
take more than half a dozen, or even
n dozen. big leaguers. To make
league. hut you've got TO give II TO
the Feds for one thing, and that's
their nerve Besides. the ball players
~ the land certainly ought to be
thankful TO the Feds for what the
reW league has done for the player
cause.
FiVr PEILIiEe SIGN CONTRACTS
rHIiNpEI pHlA. Yam - The Phil
cdelrh'a National League club an
rourced last night that FL had accepted