Evening star., 1916-01-06

Not until 1t has been Settled as "
whether Sinclair viii be the owner OF
the Giants will he dispose of the many
Federal League players whose con-
tracts he has assumed. If he is sue
cessful in his negotiations for the New
York club he will fortify that aggrega-
tion. first with the stars of the defunct
league before he will offer any of the
players to any of the other clubs.
The settlement of the differences
existing between the Federal and In
ternational leagues has been left in
allegiance, and will not be taken Up
until later in this month. when there
is to be a meeting of these factions in
New York. .
That Fielder Jones has been given an
interest in the St. Louis American
League club is evidenced by the fact
that he has accepted the management
of the team and also has been elected
to the second vice presidency of the
organization. Having had a bunch of
stock in the Fed club of that city, it
was reasona BILE to assume that Jones
would not continue with the merged
club unless he were allowed to exchange
his Fed stock for some in the merged
organization.
Jones always has taken the stand
that he would not manage a club IN
in it--that was why he left Comiskey
some years ago.
AS was to be expected, August Herr
mann was reelected to the chairman
ship of the national commission, though
a rumor was rife little while ago that
Jim Gilmore. head of the defunct
league, would in all probability be
cnosen to Herrmann's position.
Hermann has served at the head of
fourteen years ago. He has been a fair
judge, and enjoys the confidence of
club owners and players alike.
1t was Hermann who brought about
peace and ended the war between the
National and American leagues in 1902,
and he also played an important part
in the elimination of the Federal
League, which has just recently taken
place.
| rnan who has spent most of his life in
base ball ever quits until conditions
force him to. When Frank Chance left
| the New York club and went back to
/ California he vowed he was through
with base ball for all time to come.
Yesterday he purchased a third inter-
est in the Los Angeles club and will
be its manager next season.
] The engagement of Frank Chance by
this club will satisfy the fans of that
1
! Callahan, who. after having signed to
| manage the team, persuaded Johnny
Powers, its owner, to give him his re-
lease SO he could take the Pittsburgh
job. That forced Powers to get some
equally prominent base ball man to
fiji Callahan's place. and he seems to
have succeeded in this good business
move by inducing Chance to join him.
| Charles P. Taft and Charles Webb
Murphy have passed out of base ball.
/ Thanks to the aid of the Sinclair bank
roll these two worthless ended their
| careers in the game. Taft was never
very active in the sport, though he
owned the ma atority of the stock in the
4 Chicago club for the past few years
when the National League put Murphy
out of the game. Murphy undoubtedly
is worth a million or SO as result OF
| his connection with base ball. He be-
came the owner of the Cubs in 1905
| and having a remarkable ball team
which Frank Chance managed. he
won pennants and world series for
three or four years. and made enor-
nous profits. But Murphy was not
popular with the fans. In fact, it was
| FOUND necessary to get rid Of him for
the best interest Of the game.
Had the Feds not sought peace they
i would not have started another sea
4 son. When organized base ball got q
\ plainly seen that there was not a
chance for the Feds to continue theiI
lcircuit. George s. Ward decided te
withdraw from the game after his
Brother Robert passed away In Oc'
tober The franchises of Kansas Gle,
and Buffalo had been forfeited because
of unpaid debts. and having lost
$500, 900 in Newark, Sinclair. the Okla.
j honia capitalist, made up his mind thai
the Jig was up. Weeghman was try.
q ling TO get out OF the Chicago muddle
while Ball had notified Ban johnson II
November that he was sick Of being