Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-24
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS.
Lotus, Comiskey and Griffith
Comforting in Chicago.
FREEDMAN BREAKS IN
REMARKABLY BOWLING BY POST
OFFICE TEAM.
Jeffries After Munroe-Golfers Going
Southwestern Foot Ball Teams
to Come East.

President johnson Of the American
League, who is in Chicago. yesterday COM
municated with Garry Hermann of Cincin-
NATL chairman of the National League
peace committee, asking him to arrange, If
possible. for the National League men to
have power to act so that the decision
reached by the joint committee meeting
may be final and conclusive.
The American Leaguers believe that the
National League will empower its commit
tee with power to act. A reply is expected
within a few days.
Tom Lotus remained in Chicago all day,
and left last night for home. He spent the
day talking over plans for his transfer 10
New York and arguing in favor of being
allowed to quit Washington. Clark Crit
fifth also reached Chicago, after an absence
from the city of some time. Griffith was
non-committal about his transfer to New
York, although admitting that it was de-
cided upon. He will hold conference with
Comiskey before making any definite an
nouncement Of his plans.
Freedman Breaks In.
Advices from New York are to the effect
that Andrew Freedman has broken into
base ball again and that he was responsible
for the statement issued by Secretary
Knowles in the Delehanty case Sunday.
If this be true then there Is a merry
time ahead for the National League. If
Freedman again asserts himself 1t would
not be at all surprising If the other mag
mates of the National League took the quill
by the horns and took a stand against the
New York club. Just when the chances Tor
peace in base ball looked brightest the old
trouble of the National League seems to
be coming to the surface again. Mr.. Freed-
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eliminated against, and that it Is time for
him to make known his presence, in the
belief that the other magnates will crawl
into their hole. Mr.. Freedman, for once
may make a mistake If he Is laboring under
this impression, for there are other men
in base ball now than were there when he
took an active part.
The fact that the American League has
requested that the National League COM
mittee have full power to act in the peace
negotiations is liable to cause another split
for 1t is not likely that the New York club
will stand for giving the committee that
power.
Ball Players Anxious.
The base ball players are the ones who
are on the anxious seat at the present time,
and those of them who have not yet signed
contracts for 1903 are especially disturbed
over the outlook for the future. They have
known all along that as soon as the two
leagues made peace there would be big
cut in their salaries. because no one knew
better than the players themselves that the
n agnates could not make money and pay
the eXtravagant salaries they have been
paying for the last two years.
There Is even a movement on foot among
some of these players to reorganize the
Protective Association to save themselves
in case the magnates make up with each
other and decide to make a wholesale cut
IN salaries.
There is, however. no reason to fear that
this will happen at present, for all the
magnates have announced that they will
live up to the present contracts. John T..
Brush of the New York club made the fol-
lowing statement of his position: I'VE will
live up to every promise We have made with
every player who lives up to every promise
he has made to us. Peace negotiations will
not affect the relations of the New York
base ball club with it's employees
The same stand has been taken by the
other magnates. both in the American and
National Leagues. Most Of the present
contracts have one and two years yet to
run, and when that time comes salaries are
sure to be cut in half At present the men
who will suffer those who have not
signed contracts for 1903.