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Tener arranged for newspaper publisher Charles P. Taft, who was a minority shareholder and had helped the league to force out Phillies owner Horace Fogel, to buy the team and force Murphy out.
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Tener attended public schools and later worked as a clerk for hardware manufacturer Oliver Iron and Steel Corporation from 1881 – 1885.
After his brief appearance in Baltimore, Tener continued playing minor league ball, but also returned to the corporate world, working for the Chartiers Valley Gas Company in Pittsburgh and Chambers and McKee Glass Company.
Tener was a pitcher and an outfielder for two years in Chicago with moderate success.
Playing for the Pittsburgh Burghers, Tener compiled a poor 3 – 11 record.
Tener planned to run for re-election in 1910.
Instead, the Republican Party nominated Tener as its candidate for Governor where he would face a divided electorate.
Rebuffed by the voters for a bond issue to fund the program, Tener signed a bill designating fees from automobile registrations and drivers licenses to be used for road funding.
Although American League President Ban Johnson sought a confrontation, Tener brokered a deal in which Brooklyn paid for Kraft's rights and sent him to Newark.
The crowd for the stadium's inaugural game included Pittsburgh Mayor William A. Magee, Harry Pulliam ( now the National League President ), and Congressman John K. Tener, a former Major League player who was soon to become the Governor of Pennsylvania.
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* George Tener Oliver ( 1848 – 1919 ), publisher of the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times and Chronicle-Telegraph, US Senator
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At the same time, Tener had to mediate a dispute between Chicago Cubs owner Charles Murphy and Cub manager and star player, Johnny Evers.
This involved the National League president John Tener, and Charles P. Taft, whose brother William was President at the time.
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* John K. Tener, Major League Baseball player and former Republican governor of Pennsylvania from 1911 to 1915
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John Kinley Tener ( July 25, 1863May 19, 1946 ) was a Major League baseball player and executive and, from 1911 to 1915, served as the 25th Governor of Pennsylvania.
John Tener was born in County Tyrone, Ireland to George Evans Tener and Susan Wallis.
In 1885, Tener, who was six-foot-four ( 1. 93 meters ), decided to try his hand at professional baseball.
Later that year, Tener made his Major League debut with the Baltimore Orioles of the American Association, playing in a single game as an outfielder.
While playing in Haverhill, Tener met his future wife Harriet.
In 1888, Cap Anson, the manager of the Chicago White Stockings ( now the Chicago Cubs ), noticed him pitching in Pittsburgh and signed Tener to a contract.
After the 1888 season, Tener accompanied the team on a world tour of Australia, New Zealand, Egypt, France, Italy and England.
While in England, Tener was chosen to help explain the game of baseball to the Prince of Wales, who would go on to become King Edward VII.
Tener was elected as Secretary of the Brotherhood of Professional Players, an early players union and served under President John Montgomery Ward, a future member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
In 1890, unhappy with baseball's reserve clause, Tener joined other players in jumping to the Players ' League.
The league folded after one year and Tener decided to retire from prefessional baseball.
Over the years, Tener became a prominent business leader, founding the Charleroi Savings and Trust Company and the Mercantile Bridge Company.
In 1908, Tener, a Republican, was elected to serve in the 61st United States Congress from Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district.
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Governor Tener was the first Governor since the American Revolution to be born outside the United States and only the second to have been born outside of Pennsylvania.
Tener accepted the offer at a contract of $ 25, 000 ($ today ) per year, but was not paid until April 1915 when his term as Governor expired.
Even though Tener himself had been a member of the Brotherhood of Professional Players in his playing days and, as part of the National Commission, initially certified the Player's Fraternity in 1914, he was not amused by the threats.
In November 1917, Tener accepted a one-year contract extension, but was troubled by the infighting between the National League's owners.
In the 1930s, Tener was elected as a director of the Philadelphia Phillies.
Tener and had
Early in his administration, Tener had his hands full as league president, serving a double role as Governor of Pennsylvania.
Tener also noted that the fourth demand, that injured players be paid their full salaries, had already been met in the 1917 contract.
Tener believed that Philadelphia Athletics owner Connie Mack had broken an agreement with both leagues by going to court in the matter.
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Tener rejected three of the demands as they were unrelated to Major League Baseball and only applied to minor league players.
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