Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1916 — GREAT MOGULS OF ORGANIZED BASEBALL [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GREAT MOGULS OF ORGANIZED BASEBALL

Here are the great moguls of or-’ ganized baseball, photographed ten minutes after they had made peace with the Federal league, and also shortly after they had sworn they would never make peace. President Johnson of the American league, President Tener of the National league and Gerry Herrmann, chairman of the national commission, told newspaper men there would be no peace with the Federals. President Gilmore of the federals just smiled. Then there was i>eace. Anent the truce between the Feds and O. 8., Sid Keener, a St. Louis writer, relates an instance as to just how the moguls in the fold viewed the

situation. While the magnates were pow-wowing' a friend greeted an organized baseball owner and said: ‘‘What’s the idea of this peace? You got ’em licked, haven’t you? They lost money last year and they’ll lose more next year. Why don’t you make ’em give up?” I The magnate, puffed and sept the smoke to the ceiling; his eyes moved and finally his lips turned out: “Yes, feut what are you going to do when this Gilmore signs up a new ‘angel’ every year ? We thought we had ’em licked when Stifel lost in St. Louis; we thought we had ’em licked when Indianapolis gave up; we thought we had ’em beaten when Kansas City forfeited, and all the way down the line. “But each year Gilmore introduces another millionaire. I cannot vouch for Gilmore’s brain in baseball, but he’s a live bird ae a promoter.”

Ban Johnson, John K. Tener, Garry Herrmann.

James A. Gilmore.