Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
EBBETS ACCUSED
OF LATEST PLOT
ACAINST FEDS
Strenuous Efforts Were Made to
Slip St. Louis Browns to Poor
Charley Weeghman'
~ Damon Runyon.

Bv Damon Runyon.
"'TAT was truly p despicabie move
by organized basoball-that ef-
fort to slip the St Louis Browns
to roor Charley Weeghman, of Fed
cral League fame and all right
thinking people viii rejoice over the
faiIure Of the diabolical plot.
The author of the scheme Is un-
known. but 1t was not Garry Herr
mann. the semi president Of the Gin
cinnan Reds a man on the INSIDE
n Ssures us that Ciarry's kindly sou
revoltod at the idea OF such harsh
measures. and ne held out for some
time against the conspiracy lie
wanted to give Mr. ecghman a case
Of Cincinnati beer or smallpox, or
something Just mildly deadly ANA ne
would not even listen to plan 70
give the Chicago man the Reds. hold-
ing that such cruelty IFS unclNlllzeu
Neither was the author the obese
Ban Johnson II was worthy Of Ban
who is always thinking out mean
things to do to people. but in TINS
case Ban was not guilty In the ilrst
place. Ban Is paying no attention 10
me 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 mp the ST. Louis Browns
Tor wears in the hope that he might
some dav be able TO inflict them upon
his deadly enemy. John Montgomery
Ware
GONE people suggest that Charley
, Murphy mav nave conceived the
iGea of handing the Browns 70
Wceehman, but this seems improb-
able. because Mr. Murphy would have
mentioned the matter TO the reporters
a. scon as he thought of IL, Frank
Navin. of Detroit. is hardly response
Bile because Mr. Navin's mind Is al
WAYS completely occupied a this time
OF year wondering whether T. Ray
mono Cobb is going to hold out or
merely ask for more money. And so,
with the parties named eliminated,
Euspicion quite naturally rests upon
r Hercules Ehbets the Squire of
Flatbush. who is also suspected OF
rohhng his manager, Your Uncle
WHbert Robinson, of all his shortstop-
pers
MOST likely 1t was c. Hercules
vi ANYWAY. he can stand the blame.
He has stod the blame for the Dode E
ers tor several years, and a little more
blame can add nothing much to ms
load Yes. Il was undoubtedly f,b-
bets And In view of the fact that
poor Charley Weeghman is financing
a ball club in an outfit that involves
Jumps from Kansas CITY 10 Toronto
an
lucky--it was quite reasonable for
Mr. Ebbets to assume that Mr.
Weeghman is Just such man as
might buy the st Louis Browns
THIS plot to wean Weeghman away
/ from the independents is one Of
many Only a few DAYS ago there
was talk OF expanding the lnterna
ronal League into a major organiza-
lion TO fight the invaders, scheme
which would only he n short cut 10
an end that the big leagues will at
tain Just between themselves, If ley
alone. and that Is. they viii baseball
the public to death with their long
seasons and interleague and inter
CITY series
Weeghman seems 70 he the big ilR
ure Of the Feds II was Weeghmau
y : q
ple are inclined to the belief that had
Tinker not been grabbed away from
Ebbets there would be no Federal
League to-day-xat least h would not
have assumed the Importance thai
IL seems to hold at this time
The man who so narrowly cScaned
the St. Louis Browns owns string
az restaurants in Chicago, IS great
baseball fan and very popular IN
ADDITION to that he IS worth around
$3.50 900 Folks say more, but that
IS his rating in those great financial
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 Stfel. the 81.
Louis brewer, who is mixed M with
the Mound City Feds Is also supposed
10 he a millionaire. nut the gents who
publish the editions aforesaid do not
suppose tho; hy quite large sum
Of money.
~ STIFEL is set down as having q
~. paltry haIf-million pooh pooh
10 him. and is probably wondering
where he Is going to great breakfast
money Think of "a man having M
more than half million dollars, or.
think of him having H. " you prefer
II thinks out most incredible either
way
ANYHOW. Weeehman is the heavy
rumble among the Feds and when he
started out of the door last Satur-
dav il seems that the prospect Of the
new league attended him We repeat
II one man makes or breaks the Feds
they haven't got far 20 go.
We are anxious to see that list Of
big league bali players they are talk
ing about and we want TO see how
thev beer up under that Kansas CITY
Toronto hon & counlc Of times before
offering anv more prophecies II viii
take more than half "a dozen, or even
a dozen. big leaguers to make a
league. hut you've got 10 give % 70
the Feds for one thing. and that's
their nerve Besides, the ball players
~ The land certainly ought 70 he
thankful to the Feds for what the
new league has done for the player
cause.
rvs PgtLLiEs SIGN CONTRACTS
pNtfATrI pBfA. Jan -i-The Phil.
adeluhia National League club an.
rorce6 last gilt that 10 had 8prautc,
nc trrws ~ pitcher SeatoN, outfelder'