The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-11-21
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By DOUG STEWART


the directors of the Interstate Base
ball League, at meeting held in
Wilmington, Delaware, on Monday,
elected Gerald p. Nugent to the
post of PRESIDENT of the league, sue
ceeding ]. v. Jamison, Jr., who was
named TO the post last March when
Arthur H. Ehlers resigned to become
promotional director of the Minor
Leagues.
Other business transacted at the
meeting was the election of Norman
McClain, owner of the Lancaster
Club, to the post of vice-president.
succeeding Eddie Glennon, business
manager of the Wilmington Club,
who resigned; and the increasing of
the presidents salary by $1,000 a
year.
Ever since an exclusive story broke
in a Philadelphia paper about ten
days ago, to the effect that Nugent
was slated for the post, it was a
foregone conclusion that he would
be named and, if any confirmation
was needed, it was provided by the
appearance of Mr. Nugent at the
meeting.
Mr. Nugent, although out of or
ganized baseball for several years,
is a baseball veteran with consider
able experience in the front office
of the Philadelphia Phillies (the
parent club of the Wilmington Blue
Rocks). He started his baseball
career as business manager of the
Phillies back in 1926 and for several
years was president Of the club
Mr.. Jamison, who took over the
presidency of the league at a mo-
ments notice when Arthur Ehlers
resigned, did fine job. Impartial
in his decisions (you will remember |
he slapped fine on the Hagerstown
Club, he was a stickler for adhering
strictly to the rules and, in the first
year of postwar baseball, with all |
the problems of service men return
ing to the diamond, he was the man
at the helm who 'steadied the boat"
The meeting of the Interstate
Sportswriters and BroadcaSters AS |
ISOLATION was held simultaneously |
with the directors meeting and the
membership appointed a committee
to make arrangements for the annual |
banquet, which is to be held in
Wilmington next February. Outside |
of naming the above committee and
admitting several new members, the |
associations only other business was
vigorous protest at the news of |
Mr.. Nugent's possible" appointment
being allowed to leak out to a Phila- |
delphia sports writer, while the as
sociation's members were kept com
pletely in the dark.
AS far as / am concerned | am
fed up with the directors of the |
league inviting the sportswriters and |
broadcasters to their annual meet
ings; giving them handout of some
eats and drinks; and then complete |
ly ignoring them when it comes to |
giving out real news
1t is perfectly obvious that Mr.. MI
gents appointment wasn't made on
the spur of the moment, and it is
just as obvious that someone in
the know must have tipped off the
Philadelphia sportswriter.
The members of the Interstate
SportSwriters and BroadcaSters AS
ISOLATION are the men who, in their
papers and through their radio sta
tons, do as much as anyone, and
perhaps more, to boost the eight
clubs in the league, and, If l know
these men = and l believe I do -
they would appreciate real news
from the league much more than
free eats and drinks.
While we get news from the in
dividual clubs, about the only news
we get from the league itself is a
copy of the schedule at the beginning
of the season. Isn't it about time that
the Interstate League set up a pub
licity department and, through it,
disseminate news to the sportswriters
and broadcasters.
It isn't enough for the league
officials to release stories to one of
the wire services. If they want CO.
operation from the scribes they
ought to realize that cooperation
works both ways.
Blowing hot and cold is supposed
to be low trick, but did you ever
try to perform ito