El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-20
CARDS AND REDS MAY Be SOLD;
NEGOTIATIONS ARE UNDER WAY
Mrs Brtton Is Believed Anxious to Get Out of Baseball
and to Be Willing to Reach Compromise in Matter
Of Price; Brooklyn Dodgers May Also Go Under
the Hammer Unless Team Makes Flying Start
BY MONTY.

to sell Charles H Ebbets the club
president. is baseball enthusiast
from the sOles of his feet to the top OF
his head and Will stick to the ship IN
til it is ready to sink-or, rather, wants
Mcxeevers Might Sell.
The NcKeever brothers-Steve and
Ed-have something to say, since Eb-
bets is heavily in their club stock.
They are the men who will make the
decision to sell If such a move is de-
cided upon
should those DESTROYS OF obtaining
the club-no. don't think the Wards of
Brooklyn are the only men in the town
who want a ball club-make a good
enough offer within the next two
months the Brooklyn club will change
hands Ebbets secretly hopes nobody
will make an alluring proposition, for
( he wants to stay in the game he has
worked in all his life he wants to
see the season start and to have his
team make a strong getaway. If II
should draw the same size crowds dur
ing early April May, June and July
that il drew toward the close of last
season. sufficient surplus will be ac-
cumulated to tide the club over the
rough spots and probably make il Sc
cure for a long time TO come.
VIII Gaffney Get RevenEes
Those who recall the argument over
Benny Kauff last summer are specu-
lating upon how the status Of John J.
McGraw will be affected when James
E Gaffney has had chance to get
warmed up in administering the bust
ness affairs Of the Giants. When Gaff-
ney blocked McGraw's plans TO put
Kauff in a game against the Braves,
doing so on the ground that Kauff was
ineligible because Of having jumped
TO the Feds, the Giants manager said
a few bitter words to Gaffney in
loud tone OF voice-sO loud that at
least 1000 fans at the Polo grounds
were within earshot OF him.
Gaffney listening silently to the
abuse, bowed and said simply:
You'll regret that some day"
Is Gaffney now about to make Nc
Graw regret his words, or have they
buried the hatchet2
Somebody has suggested that friends
OF Judge kenesaw Mountain lands
may have passed a tip along to men
in organized ball to the effect that, IN
der strict Interpretation Of the law. he
could not avoid giving a decision that
would hurt baseball in event that the
Feds antitrust suit had been settled
in the regular way. The suggestive
one wonders if any such tip would
have caused organized ball to be more
eager for making peace with the Feds.
We watched a three cushion billiard
game at Dayle's last week in which
Wild Bill Donovan and Nike Donlin
were the contestants With the posi-
BILE exception of Johnny king, these
two are probably the most expert
three-cushion players who ever per-
formed in big league baseball They
had hot battle. but Donovan finally
won shot that Donlin called a scratch
Donovan still contends he played the
shot the way he made it-one that De
ORC wouldn't have tried if his life de-
pended on it Cy Pieh, the Yanks tail
farmer pitcher. was referee Of the
game and the Onlookers included
Frank moran and his manager. Ike
Dorgan: Abe AtteIl, Harry eastman.
sid Mercer. Harry Pollock. manager OF
Freddie Welsh: Jimmy Johnston. man
aver Of Madison Square Garden, and
others well known in the business and
performing end Of sport