The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-12
NGRAW MAY BUY
CINCINNATI REDS
Famous Manager Said to Be
Negotiating With Flcisch-
mann About Sale.
HERMANN TO RETIRE
II The Deal Goes Through
Pat Moran VIII Manage
the Reds.
HERMANN TO RETIRE
nv FREDERICK G. LIEB.

ros, J. McGraw, famous the world
MAR As manager OF the Giants. may be-
o,n, president OF the Cincinnati club
IN Pat Moran, recently deposed man.
u ,v,r OF the Phlllies. as his team pilot.
august Hermann, for years pre- Sldent
,,d mart owner of the Cincinnati club
trpnds 10 sever his connection with the
p,ds In the near future. II Hermann
caves the Cincinnati club and disposes
=, all his stock In the Red team he may
h reelected chairman OF the National
~ Commission.
preyfuss, Hampstead and other Ma
.onal League club owners have said
IN, their objection 70 the present COM
mission head is not of a personal nature
hut that a neutral chairman with no In
,srests in baseball would better serve
,hs sport. Charles Ebbets of Brooklyn
said II Hermann should sever connec-
tons with the Cincinnati club he would
be his candidate for the offlce.
Hermann owns only n minority In
.erest In the Cincinnati club. Julius and
Max F1eischmann controlled the ma
;ority interests up TO a few years ago,
when II was said they disposed Of most
Il their holdings However. they still
bod heavy notes against the club, and
in baseball circles still are regarded as
The dominating figures In the club.
May Buy Controlling Stock.
McGraw had a conference with Julius
Felschmann yesterday afternoon. It Is
said that Fleischmann wants McGraw
10 take over the Hermann holdings
with enough OF the stock controlled nv
Teischmann to become the majority
owner.
Persons close to McGraw know he
has been ambitious to become q club
owner for some time and that he will
ingly would give up the bench for the
executives chair. In fact McGraw has
made at least two attempts to buy the
Giants with money advanced him BY
theatrical friends. These same friends
. Is said, are willing to give McGraw
the financial backing necessary to buy
the majority block In the Cincinnati
club.
meeting between McGraw and Pat
Moran was arranged for the Lambs
Club last night. The meeting ostenta-
tiously was for the purpose OF bringing
Moran to the Giants as coach, but after
his successful career in Philadelphia
Moran Is in line for a better position
than coach.
Persons who told Moran "they fel.
cory for him" were quickly squelched
by the former Philly manager, who re-
piled: please don't feel sorry for me.
Pat also told friends that he has been
told to sit tight" and not to accept
anything for several days.
Hampstead Could Block Deal.
Tie one person who could block the
usnsa elton would be Harry Hampstead,
president Of the Giants. II Hampstead
held McGraw to his contract, the latter
could not go to Cincinnati. However,
N view OF his faithful service to the
New York club Hampstead may permit
him 10 90 10 Cincinnati AS McGraw
would not go to Cincinnati as manager,
trade or sale hardly could be effected,
a. no club could sell club owner to a
rival organization
With McGraw and Moran in Cincin-
natl. the question a. to who would man.
age the Giants would be a serious one
MatheWson. for the last two and a half
years manager Of the Reds, might &C.
turn 10 the Giants as a manager.
Last July Derby Bill Clymer was here
To be In readiness 70 direct the Giants eff
anything happened" The idea then was
NAT Bill would act as substitute mana
ger II McGraw went overseas. Bill still
sitting around waiting for something
70 happen.
The National League wound no its
annual meeting at the Hotel Waldorf
Astoria yesterday 1t transacted little
business The league sent kilograms to
Ban johnson, president OF the American
League, and each OF the eight American
League club owners asking for a joint
meeting to decide the leading questions
about the sport All questions such as
player limits, length OF the 1919 season.
date OF opening the season and the
makeup Of the future National Commits
sion were held up pending discussions
a Joint meeting.
Want Joint Meeting.
The telegram sent tn the nine MEM