The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-31
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WITH JOE WILLIAMS

New YORK, July 81.
THERE are more ways than one
J. 10 eat chow mein or skin a
Persian tabby and by the same
token there are more ways than one
to escape the management OF the
Boston Braves. For weeks Judge
Emil Fuchs has been trying TO wish
the management Of the Braves of
on some unsuspeCung soul, but
without encouraging progress. For
a few brief hours 1t seemed he had
succeeded in passing the misery to
Rabbit Maranvillc the Fanny Ward
Of baseball, but the Rabbit recon-
sidercd and hastily denied any con-
scious participation in the crime
81 the present writing Johnny tyerS,
grown mellow With age. is admitting in
hushed. embarrassed tones that he is the
"Emergcncv Manager Of the Braves. All
that Johnny asks is that the news Of his
shame he kept from The home folks. ITS
M grief and prefer to shoulder II alone.
he tells ron.
MEANWHILE THE GOOD JUDGE HAS
BEGUN TO OPERATE or DIFFERENT
LINES. HE is NOW TRYING TO PED /
DIE THE BRAVES OUTRIGHT. OBJ I
vTOUsLY WITH THE TEAM ENTIRELY /
OUT or HIS HANDS HE no LONGER (
WILL HAVE TO CONCERN HIMSELF /
WITH MANAGERIAL PROBLEMS.
lust when and where the good .
y nudge ultimately Will unload your
correspondent docs not know. A few
days ago the impending sale was
all The way around To third base. .
AT that was needed to bring it home .
vas a short hit over the third base (
mans head. The judge was nego- .
tistinG with Jack Chop House, .
Kennedy. a we'll known figure in the
roaring FortICS. For some reason or /
ether Kennedy has yen to own one
IF the Boston ball clubs In all other
respects, however, he appears to be
mentally sound.
The negotiations developed the Judge
GUNS s2.000 shares of stock m the Braves.
His price. nc said is si0o A share or
ss2o.o o0 for his end. This is more than
KENNEDY figure control of club like the
Raves is worth. As compromise ne has
offered 500 o0O in cash for the holdings
Of the Judge. And there ihc matter stands.
KENNEDY IS a FORMER BOSTONIAN
AID INTERESTED WITH HIM IN THE
NEGOTIATIONS ARE TWO PRESENT
BOSTON RESIDENTS. ONE A POLITICAL
FIGURE or SOME NOTE BASEBALL
MEN AGREE The JUDGE WOULD BE
MAKING a VERY PROFITABLE DEAL
N ACCEPTING THE KENNEDY OFFER.
ALL 1T COST HIM TO GET THE BRAVES
WAS s35OO0O AND The ASSUMPTION
OF AN INDEBTEDNESS or Sl75,oOO.
L ENNEDY is ? young mOOn-faced
~ IriShman with dancing eyes, a
ton Of personality and nine
teenth century love for what he calls
the greatest game in the world. He
admits he is crazy to buy one OF
the Boston ball clubs and the OBJ
vious comment on this is that he
must be
Kenncdy's previous contributions to base
ball have been meagcr and OF a little !
known nature. I am told he once stopped /
= punch with his potato while acting as
rcace maker in a rather historic base
bali row in Dinty Moore's. As the details /
we're retsiled TO me the late Harry Frazee
and Judge Francis McQuade one Of the /
owners Of the Giants. weighed in with /
ttesming syllablcs concerning the relative /
merits Of the Giants ana the Yankees. /
Frszee having always been intimately con-
nected with the American League outfit.
4 few indiScrimnate fists were thrown /
and Kennedy. seeking to pour oil on the I
antagonisiic water, received a rousing right I
cross flush on the Chinaware hearing the /
Imprint Of the NcQuadc knuckles.
IN some way or other the row be- /
A tween Frazce and McQuade took /
or new proportions and subsequent /
iy led more or less directly to the /
Yankees leaving the Polo grounds 7
and building their own stadium, a
loss which the National league still +
feels and a move which the Ameri- I
can League never will regret. =
Kennedy thus PLAYED an important part /
In the splitting of business relations be- /
tween the Giants and the Yankees Had (
the bows permitted him TO serve as peace /
maker that night what was in the begin
ming mild misunderstanding might never