New-York tribune., 1919-12-06

Inc latest hearing took place in
Justice Greenbaum's chambers, but de-
veloped nothing definite. Nothing Of
tcial was given for publication aside
from the fact that the case will be re-
sumed this morning. Every one con-
cerned is hopeful for decision before
night.
While awaiting the legal processes
pending, the rival factions do not ap-
pear to be developing any speed iowa rd
getting together. Further i'll feeling
between the New York and philadel.
phla clubs appears to have been en-
Eendered by an interview from Connie
Mack in which the lanky leader of the
Athletics insinuated that it would be
an excellent thing for the Anne rican
League if the New York club were to
withdraw from the organization. Con-
ME is alleged to have said that the
RUPERT Huston forces had a nerve to
talk fight when they had no ball park
lor their team.
Huston Makes Answer
Colonel 7. L. Huston, half owner of
the Yankees. fired back some hot shot
at Connie on the subject, which, in
part, follows:
"Out of pity for Connie Mack" de-
clared the battling Colonel, I'VE would
marks to the effect. that it would be
q. good thing for baseball if the New
York. Yankees would get out But the
idea OF Connie reading anybody out
of anything is so humorous that we
Just can't resist the temptation to say
that the Yankees have been travelling
to Philadelphia during the five years
we have owned the club and on few
trips have we ever received enough, as
the visiting clubs share of receipts, to
pay hotel bills and carfarc.
"A local humorist," Colonel Huston
continued, lis authority for the state
ment that Connie Mack has the only
ball park in the world where the turn
tiles register fractions. On one day
the total receipts were doubtless the
lowest amount ever taken in by a ma
jor league club. We were paid for
twenty one people, q grand total Of SAIL
For five years Connie Mack has run
last, consistently almost dropped out
OF the without any other club
necessary to read him out
1T IS only question OF time when
our league Will raise the question of
the propriety of a change of ownership
in the Athletics. The club for long
term Of years has not contributed ia
the prosperity Of the league in proper
Philadelphia has shown itself in the
past to be one of the very best baseball
cities in America, and the poor man
agement in the last few years has made
it the worst
TOO much praise must have made
Connie Mack think himself a genius
So great grew his opinion of his owr
ability that he broke up the greatest
ball club in history, thinking, Of course
that he could build another at odd mo-
ments. But somehow it didn't work
Like the small boy with the watch
apart, he couldn't get it together again
And now Connie is trying to read US
out.
Mack says we have ball club and
no park" concluded Huston. ''All right
it tifty-ffty. We can stand for criti-
cism from man whose ball club has
lost 504 ball games in FIVE years"
President Charles A. Stoneham and
Vice President John j. McGraw of the
Giants are expected home from Cuba
tomorrow. The local m&gnates. who
now control Oriental Park, the race
track near Havana, intend to return to
the island shortly after the concus ion
of the annual meeting of the National
League, which will open at the Hotel
aldorfAstoria Tuesday afternoon.
McGraw let it be Known before he
left for Cuba that he intended to make
some radical changes before the open
ing of the next championship season.
There is little doubt that Mac will be
on the job early with a view toward
effecting certain trades he has in pros
pect.