The day book. [volume], November 01, 1913, LAST EDITION, Image 11

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to. furnish a forfeit of 25,000 to in
sure its finishing- the, season.
Some talk is heardirf electing Hor
ace Fogel president -jof -.the league. So
far the Feds have- conducted 'them
selves in a level-headed jmanner, but
the election of Fogel vouid be a sad
blow to their cause.
Not that we think Fogel is a crim-
inal for his acts'inPhiladelphia, and
for which he was punished by expul
sion from baseball." Other men who
were not touchea.were more culpa-
. 'ble than the; th'eK president of the
If he is elected president of the
T'eds it is likely the new organization
will be treated lightly by the news
papers. And what the Feds need
right now is newspaper backing.
Mathewson was hammered by the
Sox at Dallas, Tex., and the Giants
lost, 9 to 3. Leverenz held the Giants
I tight. Buck Weaver smote a single,
double and triple.
St. Louis furnishes the star pipe
dream today. According to a delir
ious space writer Tommy Leach is
to go to St. Louis and manage the
Capt. Heinie Wagner of the Boston Red Sox, Who Graduated from Hell's
, Kitchen to a World's Series Team.
Phils. He was' used-as a-catspaw,
and his "friends" "deserted him when
they found he was in hot water. .
But since his expulsion Fogel has
made nufnerous-cracks-about: how He
would expose the - crookedness of
baseball. H,e has failed" to" come
through. He mufit produce or but
ton up his mouth. Throughout the
country Fogel Is ndt held in- high es
teem by sporting writers. They ridi
cule him and even worse.
Federal League team of that city,
taking with him Frank Schulte and
Heinie Zimmerman of the Cubs. Jim
my Archer and Vic Saier seem to
have been overlooked.'
Just how high an ambrtious boy,
bjessed with ability; can climb in
baseball, was never demonstrated
more forcibly than by Heinie Wag
lier, the hustling little field leader of
the Boston Red Sox.
' About fifteen years ago Billy Ro-
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