Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-19
GOV. TENER IS
OPPOSED IOA
Federal PEACE
National League Head Says No
OvertureS win Come
From Majors
IBy Latest NALL


league has tried unsuccessfully to dis
rupt and disorganize our league. and
cannot be trusted 1t is like one OF
those stage melodramas where the
villain tries to throw the girl under
the subway train in the first act, off
the bridge in the second and OF an
ocean liner in the third. After he
fails in his attempts to get the girl out
of the way, he says to her in the final
act, Can't you trust me?"
Thus spoke Gov. John K. Tener,
president of the National league, who
arrived here from Philadelphia recent
ly. AS soon as the head Of the old
organization put in his appearance at
the Waldorf-Astoria he was SURROUND.
ed by a squad of reporters, and for
fully FIVE minutes was the target Of
score Of questions relating to both
the Federal league and Charles Webb
Murphy, who has bobbed up again as
one of the most important factors in
the affairs of the Chicago Club.
First Gov. Tener was asked about
the peace negotiations with the Fed
eral league. To this the governor re-
piled that the National league had
made no overture to the outlaw Or
ganization, and that Garry Hermann,
president of the Cincinnati Reds and
chairman of the national commission,
was acting as an individual and not
az a representative of the Natiopal
league in the negotiations for the sale
of the Chicago club to Charles Weegh-
man, owner of the Chicago Federal
league club Gov. Tener added that
he did not believe that peace would
be declared this year or at the end OF
next season, and that the National
league had nothing to fear from the
Federals. .-.-
Then Gov Tener took up the matter
of Murphy. He declared that as far
as the league was concerned Murphy
was out of it entirely. The governor
also added that the former owner OF
the clubs was not one of the directors
of the Chicago club and had no voice
in the affairs of the league. How
ever" continued the governor, Muir
ply has a long lease on the West Side
grounds; the A0uIesef the Chicago Ma
tfonaIs. Perhaps Mr.. Murphy inilu-
eneed Mr. Taft not 10 sell his stock
in the Chicago club to Charles
Weeghman after the latter made the
announcement that he would move
the team to the Federal league Il he
was successful in buying the STOCK
from Mr.. Taft. =
Before Gov. Tener reached here he
had conference with Ban Johnson,
president of the American league, who
has at last been found after many
days of search. Ban was credited with
being in this city for the last few
days, but diligent search failed, to
! reveal his whereabouts. Ii is now
| said that Ban skipped into the city
unnoticed, held several talkfests with
! President Farrell of the Highlanders,
and liked out to Philadelphia en-
Thursday night to meet Gov. Tener
and Connie Mack. ~.
In Philadelphia President Johnson
| fired another hot shot at the Federal
league, and said that the American
league would have nothing to do
with the Federal league, and never
will the American league take back a
| player who topped over to the tout.
law" organization. But the most i'm
portant piece of information, from a
local standpoint, that the chief of the
| American league gave out was that
Frank Farrell was to be retained as
the president of the Highlanders.
One of the real reasons for John.
sons trip here and to Philadelphia IL
to strengthen the Highlanders, and
with the hopes of signing Eddie Plank
the veteran southpaw, for the loca
team.