Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-15
LOCAL MAN TO BUY
AT[ANTAF FRANCHISE
ThiIman Hendrick Negotiating
for Southern League
Base Ball Club.
FOURTEEN MOGULS GET
$2,561.03 FROM SERIES
Red Sox and Phillies' Owners Share
Receipts With Other Magnates
of the Majors.
BY J. ED GRILLo.

The Atlanta club Of the Southern As
ISOLATION is apt to pass into the hand
of a Washington man before the mex
season opens
Thilman Hendrick, a business man o.
this city. is considering a proposition
which has been made him by repre-
sentatives of the present owners Of
that club, and it would not be at al
surprising If the club changes hands
within few weeks.
Billy Smith. the manager and par
owner of the club, held long confer
ence with Mr.. Hendrick recently an6
| divulged enough Information as to the
possibilities Of the club in a financia
way to interest the local man. 1t is
understood that negotiations for the
turning over of the club to Mr.. Hen,
drick now are under way.
! 1t is doubtful If any world series has
| every furnished so many Interesting
games as the one which Boston wor
the other day. Four of the five games
were decided by a single run. and l,
was a nipand-tuck battle from start
| to finish.
This was made possible by the fact
that the Red Sox changed their regu-
lar system of play In the series. bar
ring the final game. when they were
forced to come from behind.
| The sacrifice gan was strictly ad.
hered to by the 'Carrigans, in the belief
! that a run or two would win the
games. This was correct enough, bu,
it held down the scores.
/ In the final game the Sox found them
selves behind, and they at once changed
| their system, which accounts for the vic
tory. Lewis home run came with a man
on and none out in the eighth. Had the
score been tied. Lewis undoubtedly would
have sacrificed. WHICH was the system
adhered to up to that time during the
series. But with two runs behind, a
single run was of no value, so Lewis was
instructed to hit, and his home run tied
the score.
| Eppa Rixey was effective most of the
| time that he was on the rubber in the
last game. and his failure to fool Hooper
| in the final inning, when the winning
! fact that RiXey did not have a good foot
| ing against the slab, and that his feet
| slipped as he was in the act of delivering
| the ball. there being little on it when 1t
! reached the plate, making it possible for
Hooper to drive it into the seats.
Under an agreement which has been in
| vogue for several years, all of the club
owners of the American and National
| leagues will receive a share of the world
series money. Messrs. Lannin and Baker
must hand over 25 per cent of their share
| of the gate receipts to the other clubs.
The Boston and Philadelphia clubs each
earned $71,712.90, but in each league
s17.s2s.23 will be equally divided among
the other seven clubs, which will provide
| s2,561.03 for each owner.
/ Lannin and Baker will therefore retain
! $53.7S4.67 each. but their expenses are
enormous. They must pay out many
thousands of dollars for printing, adver-
Using, transportation, clerk hire, police,
| ushers and a lot of other things. When
all the expenses have been paid the
amount left will not be large.