The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-07
PHILADELPHIA COMES in
Another City for the New Baseball
Association.
McGraw Makes the Authoritative An
nouRcement Taat w. }. Gilmore
Has Secured the Franchise-FortE
Thousand Dollars 10 BE Furnish
ea-The situation i'm Baltimore.

BALTIMORE, Feb. Manager John J.
McGraw. of the local new association
baseball team. has returned from Phila-
delphia with the intelligence that the as
sociation franchise in that city has been
awarded TO Mr. William J. Gilmore, man
ager and owner of the Auditorium Theatre
in PHILADELPHIA Mr.. Gilmore has been
connected with amusement enterprises for
many years and was at one time manager
of the Holiday Street Theatre in Balu-
more. He is reputed to be wealthy, and
Manager McGraw thinks his experience
with theatrical ventures should qualify
him to successfully attend to the financial
affairs of a baseball team.
Mr. McGraw said that MIR. Gilmore will
either furnish $4,000 capital of his own
money to back the team or will form
company to assist him, with the chances
in favor of his going il alone. Mr.. Gilmore
is the man to whom George F. Reiger had
reference when he promised the associa-
tion leaders to secure them money for
Philadelphia team.
The new promoter will endeavor TO Sc
cure one OF I'VE OF SIN tONdliOhS Nilitu hN
has in view for ball ground near the
business section of the city. but if he fails
in this he will take up the offer of the pro-
prietors of Woodside Park. in the sub
urbs, who will give the team a good
ground at practically no cost. and en-
deavor to make terms with the street car
companies whereby transportation to the
grounds and the admission can be had for
IS cents.
Mr.. Gilmore will either attend the next
meeting of the association at Chicago on
February u or Will send a representative.
In either case the Philadelphia name
will be signed 10 the contract binding the
clubs in the association to stick together
and play the season out.
Quaker City team is assured says Nc
Graw, and he believes Providence viii en-
ter the association, as her hackers eN-
plicitly promised when they attended the
Philadelphia conference held last week.
Manager Hanlon and Joseph Kelley. left
fielder on the Brooklyn team, were to have
held d conference at the Rennert last
night. but Kelley had not appeared al
O'Clock. and Mr.. Hanlon went home.
Kelley saw Mr.. Vonderhost yesterda- but
il is said they transacted no business and
did not talk baseball.
Nothing more eminently peaceful could
he imagin. than the situation at Union
Park yesterday. The forces Of both the
Baltimore Baseball and Exhibition Com
pany ,the League clubl and the Baltimore
Amusement Company dissertation Club
were on the ground. but did not affiliate to
any great extent. preserving an air Of
lev hauteur toward each other
The amuseme nj forces. or the Beers.
Of h. y
sitting along the fence on the Huntingdon
Avenue side smoking their pipes Their
answers TO questions were surly. as If the
speakers were insufferably bored by the
sad lack Of things doing.
The peace and dignity Of the Common
wealth were represented by solitary 10
liceman. who stood in front Of the ticket
office His duties were merely nominal,
and he was there rather as a reminder OF
the majesty OF the law than as an active
exponent thereof Two policemen were on
duty az the grounds the day before, but
one and an Misunderstanding one al that
was all that was considered necessary yes
terday
Mr.. Thomas r. Clendinen. attorney foi
the Exhibition. or National League
forces. viii file the answer TODAY 20 the
Amusement company's application for an
injunction restraining his clients from re-
moving the fixtures in Union Park. Mr..
Clendinen said last night that the answer
denies in detail the allegations Of he
bill and gives the reasons upon which the
Exhibition people rely when they say hat
the property is still in their control.
The principal reason. said Mr.. Clendi-
men. is that his clients have an uneXpired
lease upon the property. and that the Sadt-
Ter estate could not let IL TO new tenants
until the term of the former lease had
expired. Beyond this Mr.. Clendinen would
not go. but both he and his clients are
in a good humoT and are confident that
they viii play ball in Union Park neXt
season.