New-York tribune., 1918-01-16

unfold what he pledged his honor .,
gentleman he knew to be the ;,,;..
dope Of this latest astounding .;,r.
ton.
Connie Mach" said he. SIS sbov. y
gentleman OF honor and is tain,
no underhand means with either i.
position or associates in the disno..,
Of players. He is pulling no Kid Flh.,
field"
Elberfeld, Cunning Kid
Kid Elberfeld, it may be stated +,
explanation, got in bad with the pow.r
Of organized baseball when az m.,.
ger Of the Chattanooga club he .oJ,
most Of his good players to 1iN.
Rock. He sold them 10 Little Ro.l
knowing he was soon 10 transfer hi,
allegiance to that city as MANAGE
had, indeed. already signed a contr,r
calling for such transfer of serv;...
Mack, the informant continue,
owns half the stock Of the philadel.
rh'a club. He has always acted in
harmony nth his associates. It Wa,
with the unanimous support of II.
Shlbes that he decided to nut on .bs
market the stars of his pennant trus.
that ruled supreme in the basebsl-
world in 1910, 1911 and 1913. only :.
be ignobly dethroned by the Brave.
IN 1919. The recent deals with Bos.
ton, which made complete tho wrs.l
ot that wonderful Athletic array vsrs
likewise indorsed by the shibe inter.
MACK lost heavily in Philadelphia
with q team that was the wonder ~
the age simply because the ageregat.
SO far outclassed its field. He soS
players as means o. retrenchmen,
not only to recoup losses but /.
provide an anchor TO windwa,s
through the lean days, further comnn.
Gated by a world war, Connie knew i,
would be necessary to rebuild an at.
1ractlve team from the ruins. II he
goes to Boston, which, seems nrohahlo
Mack will dispose of his interests i,
the Athletics and Will invest in p;
Sox stock. Connie has not closed w;..
frazee, but he has the permission 4
ms business associates to do So,
Inc informant intimated further ths,
an easy way out of a real difficulty ure.
sented itself in the present comsIi.
cated baseball situation in the Quaker
City. Philadelphia, at heart. i,
twenty-five cent town. Il has besr
proven it cannot support Two basebsN
ciubs. Until Baker sold Alexander and
klllifer the Phillies got all the NAV M
he Athletics were dead from the neck
up, even before Connie djsnosed ..
StrunE, Mclnnis. Bush and Scbano
Peace Settlement Effected
At the recent National Commissop
'neetlng IN Cincinnati peace settle.
Inent was effected with the Federsl
League magnates whose war indemn.
,les IN Brooklyn, Newark and Pitts.
Durgn had not been peid because Of 3
suit for 100000 brought against or.
ganized baseball by the diseruna.a
stockholders of the Baltimore Club ui
the defunct outlaw.
assurances were given "a. bond in
iact) by Messrs. Harry f. Sinclair, Ed
1wlnner and the Ward estate at the
recent conference toward settlement
mat II organized baseball paid the
promised indemnities it would be seen
mat the Baltimore people troubled 10
further.
Now. 1t has been rumored from tin,
TO tune for many months that the Bsl
tlmore people would be content to cal
!. quits if given a major Franchise
For time it was even proposed 70
move the Washington team to The
Oriole City. The johnson henchmst
decrled such move as smacklng o.
lack OF patriotism as soon as th'
United States entered the var
My informant tolls me there is
great likelihood that the Athletics, snc
not the Senators, may now be switched
I l'lto Baltimore as q sep TO that CITY
injured feelings. This would strength
err the cause of the National Lesgu'
+ IN Philadelphia without greatly hazard
! ing an American cause which appear
fatal at best under existing conditions
! The interests which control the Am
letlcs could be indemnliied By bsi.l
more purchase Of the franchise and ~
purchase by the Philadelphia Nationsa
OF Shlbe Park. d commodious, capaclou
and up-to- date plant.
The present Phile grounds are obso
lcte and cramped for real major leaga'
business. A transfer Of the Athlete
to Baltimore and the Phillies to Sn'o'
Park would give both leagues an op
portunity to share equally in the coz
OF the peace Offering TO the B:.ltlmo''
Feds.
Smile of Inoredulity
Harry Frazee, president OF the ks
Sox. who returned yesterday from Dos
ton. assumed the most becoming smi
OF lncredulity when asked ii there We
any truth to the rumor that Nay
might go to Boston as manager s'
part owner
TOO absurd 70 be characterized =
a denial" he said. "Why, the thing
ridiculous. You couldn't ge. Conn.,
out of Philadelphia with dynamite :.
1t is equally true that magnates ). |,
variably deny all strategic movement
up to the very moment they have oes
consummated. Furthermore, il Is Nv
that back N 1903 Mack. who ias iass
owned only quarter of the A. y.
letics, gave serious thought to an one
OF $4,000 a year, with the chance
purchase good amount Of stock
the Yankees. which was presented
hlm by Frank J. Farrell, presideh.
the New York Americans at the fim
Frazee did admit that he had sm.
hope of retaining Jack Barry as ms
ager Of the Red Sox for 1918. u,
seems pretty we'll hooked up with
Naval Reserve ...
I'VE still hope" said Frazee, ,n ~
conditions will so shape themse'ss
that Barry may be able to resume = :