The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-31
Still IN State LEAGUE
Local Base Ball Men Decide 10 Remain Where
They Are.
PITCHER HODSON The Cause
With Hogan He Refused to Follow the
Other Scranton Players Into the
Eastern League-Scranton Is Now
Willing to Listen to Proposals for
Their Sale-What Base Ball Men
Have to Say About the Case.

ended in smoke. At a late hour last
night it was decided to remain in the
State league because Hodson and
Hogan refused to follow the club into
the Eastern.
There was great activity among the
local base ball men all day yesterday
and conferences OF more or less sec
rot nature were numerous. President
P. T. Powers of the Eastern league,
who arrived in this city early Monday
morning, was an important parsonage
at all these meetings.
In the afternoon President w. A. st.
John and Stockholders AltX Dunn, jr,,
w. L. Belts, Edward Robinson and Mr.
Jordan. Of the local association. met
Mr. Powers and e. F. Bogart and
Manager Dan Shannon, Of Wilkes
Barre, at the Wyoming, and all Of the
preliminaries were arranged for Scran.
ton to take Troy's place in the Eastern
| league
An Adjournment was then taken un-
til evening, when 1t was arranged tnat
the local base ball men, the visiting
magnates and the members Of the
Scranton club should meet for the pur.
pose Of transferring the players into
the Eastern league,
WHERE THE HITCH CAME.
All of the players were not ambi-
tious to figure in Eastern league base
ball circles but after some little persua-
sion they attached their names to
Eastern league contracts with the ex-
ception OF Pitcher Hodson and Centre
Fielder Martin Hogan.
They are both ambitious young men
and their good work on the diamond
has attracted the attention Of National
league managers, who have several
times this season made overtures to
Scranton for their release. Just as
soon as they ascertain that Scranton
was going into the Eastern league they
decided that the time had arrived for
them to get into the National league.
During the afternoon they told
President Powers that they would go
70 into the Eastern league, but the
events Of the night changed their de-
termination The wires brought Hod-
son an offer Of something like $4OO a
month from Boston. and Hogan re-
ceived quite as fattering an Offer from
Cincinnati.
That altered matters considerable.
REFUSED TO SIGN.
These young men are not In the base
ball business for their health aud after
receiving such offers they absolutely
refused to sign an Eastern League con-
tract. The Scranton management wired
Boston asking whatit was willing to pay
for Hodsons release. The reply came.
mot cent" which showed that the
Boston people were tolersbly well in
formed as to the situation In this city.
President Powers took Hogan aside
and spoke long and earnestly In that
fatherly style he is famous for. Hogan
could not Withstand the torrent and
finally agreed to sign if Hodson did
Then Scranton's crack pitcher was
sent for and the work Of bri nging him
into line was entered upon.
1t was fruitless task.
Hoison positively refused to take
chances in the Eastern league. He had
been laboring for seven years to
achieve his am bition to become Ma.
tional league pitcher and now when
he had an offer from the Bostons, the
club above all others that he desired to
play with, he did not propose to throw
it away and possibly ruin his chances
for distinction in the future by going
into the Eastern league which would
be in the nature of an experiment.
SCRANTON DECIDES TO STAY.
1t would be folly for Scranton to face
the hsavy hitters in the Eastern league
with only Flanaghan as reliable
pitcher All of the pitchers of the
Troy club have been secured by other
clubs with the exception Of Donovan,
who would lend but little strength tc
Scranton. The Scranton management
therefore decided at late hour last
night to remain in the State league.
At the conclusion OF the meeting
President St. John announced TO tht
group of newspaper men in waiting
that it had been officially decided to
remain in the State league. Alex. Dunn
stated that inasmuoh as Hodson and
Hogan had been SO contrary, the asso-
citation would show them what they
could do in that line Mr.. Dunn and Sec
retary Belts thereupon stated for the
Wyoming House with the expressed
purpose Of Offering Hoison and Hogan
for sale to some OF the tail end clubs oil
| National loague. BY placing these mer
in some club that they do not want tC
go to they thought they would
thereby be teaching them a salutory
lesson and in plain words get even will
them.
WHAT MR., POWERS SAYS.
President Powers was seen at thu
Wyoming House as he was setting ou
, for the 11:30 Delaware and Hudson
train.
You can say for me-" said Mr.