The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-12
HASNEVER
H0NLED ABOUT
PARK 0FGUBS
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Chicago National League
Team Has Always Made
Money.
real BALL PLAYERS
That Is One Of Che Secrets of
Tie Success Of the Or
.ganiZation.

NEW YORK, dan. 12-The change in
! ownership of the Chicago. National
}League baseball club which will be
completed: en- January 20 when
Charles W. Weeghman and his asso-
3ciates peNto Charles P. Taft 100000
balance due oh the half million trans
ACTION. i'm pka@n epoch In the history
OF one Of the famous clubs OF profess
sional baseball. Since the Chicago
club was Organized in 1876 It has al.
ways held d prominent place in the
professional game. During its existencs
of forty kyeaFs. many championship
pennants have been nailed to its flag
pole Probably. no other club in the
senior major league has been so for
tunate financially, as money or the
lack tof It has never troubled the Chi.
owners Of this Organization have en-.
Ereat players Ia,gardless,of cost as the
roster shows and this has been one OF
the strongest factors lin the clubs
success. N forty years only six men
have held the majority stock in the
club, the recent deal having transfer.
red control into the hands of Charles
w! Weeghman, SO that owners of the
team have been few. William A. HUI.
bert and the late Albert G. Spalding
Organized the team 1 n 1875. Later
James "a. Hart purchased the control-
ling interest from Spalding and held
1t for fourteen years. Then, in 1905,
came Charles w. Murphy from Cincin-
natl and In buying out Harris interest
the club passed into the joint posses
sion OF Murphy and Charles P. Taft
and Frank Chance was made mana
ger III 1906. During the ensuing five
years Chicago gathered together the
greatest team it ever had, winning four
remnants and two worlds series.
Chance resigned in 1912, but after,
an experience OF nearly two seasons
With the New York Americans, tho
californian, who was regarded as one
OF the greatest leaders in the national
game, quit major league baseball and
returned to his orange groves at Glen.
dora, Cal. Johnny EVers succeeded
Chance in Chicago as manager but at.
ter aIwrangle with Murphy. was traded
Ito Boston. Then Hank O'Day, the vet
eran umpire, became the Cubs pilot.
sbut7 after a single seasons handling OF
the steering wheel, was deposed and
Roger BresnataIl was placed in
charge, to be followed, in all probao'
ility, by Joe Tinker next season.
In point Of continuous service, how.
ever, Captain Adrian @. Arson holds
the Chicago record as manager. Anson
was appointed in 1S77na and held tho
position until 1897, during which term
Il the club won fvetpennants. Anson's
last Championship victory occurred IN
1885 and It was not until 1906, 20
wears later that the pennant visited
Chicago through the Efforts OF Frank
FAnson was succeeded as manager
nv Thomas EltBurns in 1897 and two
years later Thomas ]. Lotus took UP
thegmanageria1 reins and held them
for q similar period. The late Frank
selee took the. team in hand in 1902
and 6they finished at the top Of the
second division that season. In tho
three following years under Selee's
management thei Cubs finished third,
ssecond and thir9tn the pennant races.
and then Chance stepped In to bring
them to the front in 1906.
Football followers in the middle
west are disappointed that the name
SofBnone OF the eleven universities OF
that section appear on the schedule
ofathef Harvard eleven for next sea-
son! Apparently the Crimson favors the
south rather than the west, for the
sUniyersity of Virginia and North Car.
olina university both play at Cam
bridge next autumn. Virginia was de-
.feated 8 to last fall but North Caro-
Him is a newcomer.
The leading amateur athletic clubs
or New York, Pittsburgh and Boston
have agreed to enter their best box
efssinBa round robin tournament, the
bouts to be held In the three cities
during tho latter part OF the present
month.
WithJthe revival of boxing at Har:
yaFd Seastern college sparrers are look.
if1eEforward to the formation OF an In
tercollegiate boxing league. The pro.
1ectIhas{ been considered several times
IN the past but never went beyond
the discussion stage. The facilities at
the few institutions where glove com.
petition is permitted, frowned upon
fheSpIan, although the boxing coaches
warmly advocated the proposition and
pointed out that the famous English
universities, Oxford and Cambridge,
sancti toned an annual meeting between
tho best boxers in all classes OF the
two universities and that although
knockouts occasionally occurred, the
iffteryarsity sport was exceedingly
tSopuIar among the students and ap.
parently without bad effects.
Kensueky'ei Riches Woman Dead |
PARIS Ky, Jan. 12.-Mrs. Lucy |
Simmss widow of w. W. Simms, a i
member oEg the Confederate Congress,
md repufeda to be Kentucky,s richest