Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-26

tOrney, l shall continue to believe my self the legally elected president of the National league until some court or competent Jurisdiction shall decide oth- erwise. 1 am not q lawyer and do not pretend to understand the intricacies of court procedure, but 1 have instruct ed my attorney to do whatever in his judgment he may deem necessary to make a proper answer at the proper time to any and all charges that may be preferred by MT Freedman and those who for personal reasons seem to deem it necessary to continue their association with him in these legal proceedings.
 T have instructed my attorney to insist that the case be brought. to trial, and not permit it to be dismissed until a final decision has been reached. MT Freedman's attorneys insinuated that the issuance of temporary injunction upon the hearing only of Mir Freed mans side of the case settles the case in MT Freedman's favor, which is too ridiculous to treat seriously and was given out probably for the purpose of throwing dust in the eyes of the base ball public and to try to befog the real issue, and also to stampede the four clubs that are responsible for my cleo ton.
 Tt is rather amusing that Mir Freed man, who has until recently been in the habit of deciding all base ball questions off-handed and with hardly a thought, should now find it necessary to employ an attorney to make deduc- tions from an ordinary business cor respondence, all of which indicates that Mir Freedman realizes he is in the quicksand and is ready to grasp any thing to save himself.
 ''As Mir Freedamn has seen fit to make deductions through his attorney as to my actions and motives, it may not seem out of place for me to make some deductions as to his recent ac- tions and motives. Having publicly read Andrew Freedman out of the Ma tional base ball political party, I con strue these recent court proceedings simply to mean that he recognizes that he is out, and through the aid of the court is trying to get back again, and also by these proceedings to create q sort of toboggan slide to make his base ball fall less abrupt. I also construe these recent deductions made by Mir
  culated to bulldoze and frighten the league clubs that are responsible for my election into further submission to MT Freedman's dictatorial rule or ruin policy that has characterized his han ding of base ball affairs since he has been connected with the game.
 Tt looks to me as if MT Freedman has just discovered that these court proceedings have entangled him and those associates with him in such a way that he is now trying to find some way to eXtricate himself, but he must do this without my assistance. I look upon these court proceedings as sim ply another evidence of MT Freedman's base ball methods, and it is up to him to disentangle himself from these legal complications that he has instituted as best he can. It is again up to Mr Freedman to make another move. As I am temporarily restrained from talk ing up my official league duties, pend ing the decision of the court. I will continue along in the even tenor of my way and try to create new conditions that will tend to place professional base ball upon a much better basis than it has been since Mir Freedman's advent into the game"