Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-01
EVERS TO HEAD BRAVES
Boston Nationals Said to Be Sc
cured by Charles Daily and
Ex-Mayor Curley.

CHICAGO, Ill, January when
the Braves line UP for the 1919 pen.
nant race there will be new owners
behind them and they will be directed
by new manager. From an au-
thentfc source it was learned that a
deal had been closed whereby Charles
Daily, Boston banker. and ex-Mayor
Curley have bought the National
League club. and that the arrange
ments call for the installation OF
Johnny Evers, former Cub star. as
manager.
There are some details stirl to he
cleaned up and 1t was planned TO
withhold the announcement until
everything was settled. One of these
was the matter of fixing things with
StaIlings. Sta1lings still has an un-
expired contract with the Braves.
calling for $4,000 a year. and IL is
said that everything. has not been
fixed to his satisfaction yet.
An interesting angle Of the story.
which is the biggest that has been
sprung in the stove league this year.
is that the new owners got the club
at snap. In fact. delving into base
ball history discloses that no major
league aggregation has gone at such
a low DT1Ce S1lGt thdAi tS 80
bought the Cubs from James Hart.
DAILY and Curlev bought the rs per
cert of the stock for $4,000, putting
n valuation on the entire layout at
100000. Murphy paid $4,000 Tor
| the Cubs.
Deal Pending Some Time.
The deal has been pending for some
time While the war was wreakin"
havoc with the chances OF organized
| base ball DAILY and Curley secured an
ontion on the club at figure of s2fe.-
| 600 At that time it looked IKE
pretty big figure. everything consid-
cred. and they let it lapse. Some time
| later came the chance to get the con-
| trolling interest for $4,000 and as
| the war over and the base ball sltua-
| ton had taken on a roster hue. they
| grabbed the chance. The deal was
! closed a month ago. 1t is said.
! Along with the purchase the new
| owners had to shoulder the contracts
! of Hauehton and Stallings and tre-
! mendous overhead expense for Braves
| Field. the biggest ball park in the
| amount to $4,000. AS fhe schedule
| next year will call for only seventy
games at home, it means 1t Will cost
| $1,000 per game Just for overhead
| costs. The contract of Haughton was
| not disposed of before the latter left
rort Stallines still is on the Job and
the new magnates are trying to buy
| him off" so they can put Evers in
| charge.
! Johnny Evers was aware of the
pending deal all fall and his recent
| has.y return from France. where he
! was doing X. of c. work. was said
to have been caused by the compile
| ton of the deal. So far Evers has
not been named officially as leader. as
! Stallings still hasn't been satisfied.
| It was known that the Boston Ma
! tionals were in a bad financial con-
| dition last fall and soon after the
| season ended it was rumored that
James Gaffnev, New York contractor
! and former owner. would get the club
| haclr because ps~merts of his notes
could not be r,ade. GaffnAy sold the
club to a syndicate headed by Percy
Haughtou two years ago. Only
fortnight or so ago Gaffney declared
he was not to get the club back, that
| things had been fixed up" and the
payments due him had been met. That
was just about the time the deal fs
supposed to have been completed
with Daily and Curley