The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-13

President p. T. Powers OF the Eastern
league and Secretary Farrell OF the Ma
tlonal Association OF Professional Base
bavll leagues spent Saturday and Sun
day In Buffalo, trying TO bring about
settlement OF the local baseball tangle
resulting from the transfer of the fran
chise from the Franklin estate TO tho
Buffalo Baseball association. President
Powers said before leaving for the west
that he expected favorable developments
before his return To Buffalo next week
The principal difficulty is demand
made by Mrs Franklin that the new as
ISOLATION furnish bond covering the
rental OF Olympic park for the term OF
two years which they decline 10 give.
Mr. Powers and Mr.. Farrell. respectively
president and secretary OF the National
Association of Baseball leagues, will so
10 Kansas city. They will endeavor TO
settle the existing difficulties between
the Western league and the Associated
leagues
President George +. Cressy of Provi-
Gence together with the heads OF the
several other clubs OF the Eastern league,
was invited Saturday TO meet President
Powers in Buffalo on Sunday I'm relation
10 the situation there. There is no fear
entertained that Buffalo will not be in
the Eastern league In the coming sea-
son But 1t will be necessary 10 take
action TO adjust the relations existing be-
tween the new owners and the trustees
Of the estate OF James VI. Franklin in
order 10 secure the grounds. III this
cannot be satisfactorily arranged other
parties. notable mong them being George
Stallings. are ready to take the franchise
and establish a team there.
President Ban Johnson denied indig-
,antly today that he or the American
league had ever agreed to join any move
lnent tending toward TIM formation of a
baseball trust "a reported by John Il.
Brush IN the latter's open letter. He de-
clared that If the National league wants
peace IL Will only be brought about by the
permission Of tho American league, which
intends to dictate the baseball history OF
the future. His statement has caused n
sensa ton, because IL has been believed
that johnson was willing TO make an
agreement on even terms.
The Detroit club made an effort 20 sign
Taylor. the New York pitcher, not aware
presumeably, of the fact that Taylor had
already signed a contract with New York
for the coming season.
It was stated today that George Bone
and John Il. Lawler, formerly OF the
Derby team OF the Connecticut league.
are going to the California league. Sec
rotary O'Rourke OF the Connecticut
league claims lHdI lsdWltf mas peeu re-
served and that IL he goes 20 California
he is liable TO a penalty Of $1,000 for vio-
lating the National association rules.
Lawler claims that he was not on the
reserve list last season.
The we'll known outhelder Ducky
Holmes was I'm reminiscent mood in the
Bennett skating rink the other day, says
the Detroit News-Tribune, and among n
bunch OF stories about Andy Freedman he
narrated the following:
THE year before j Joined the New York
team Jimmy Stafford. who was in the
Providence last season. was playing left
field, and one day I'm Chicago he made
a home run and won tight game for the
giants. Freedman was tickled to death,
and that night went out and bought "A
SIS diamond pin and presented IL TO
Jimmy. or course Jimmy was all swelled
up on himself and thought he was the
whole thing. Mike Tiernan, then play
ing with New York made a bet with Staf-
ford that the pin would cost him twice
as much as IL was worth before the trip
was over. Jimmy took the bet. The
next day he was caught mapping off first,
nnd that night he had s. fine plas-
tered on him by Freedman. The next day
he missed thrown ball and was soaked
SOS more. He called the bet off with Tier
nan, for he was afraid he would owe
freedman money when he cot back 10
New York"