Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1914 — GOV. JOHN K. TENER’S VIEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GOV. JOHN K. TENER’S VIEWS

Recently Elected President of the Na> tional League Discusses National Game—Must Be Clean. ■ Here are si* cardinal views of Gov. John K. Tener of Pennsylvania, who has just been elected to a four-year term as president of the National league at a salary of $25,000 per annum, upon the national game: 1. The game must be kept absolutely '• • ~y 7 2. Baseball needs no doctor. If everything else were as healthy as baseall physicians would go out of business. 3. Present-day players are no better than the oldtime players, but they give more attention to detail. 4. Mathewson should not be allowed to quit the game. A man who had his ability to hold up the high standard of

the game should g?t a club franchise when his playing days are over. 6. Umpires should-rule the field, but at the same time should consider the public. 6. I am proud of having been a professional baseball player. :1— In an interview Governor Tener pointed out what he will try to do: “I will not try to assume the role of doctor,” said Mr. Tener, a big, robust six-footer. “It will be my purpose to see that the game is kept sanitary and avoid the little things which might tend to bring on disuse. Baseball is healthy. “I would like to be a constructive leader. It is my ambition to build. The onp great feature of the success of the American league is that President Johnson has taken fk personal hand in guiding its destinies to keep it on aa even keel.”

Governor Tener, Recently Elected President of National League.