Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-20
TROUBLE OVER BALL PLAYERS.
Davis and Delahanty Flirt With Ma
 tionaL League.

tional League.
 New York, March 2o.-The fact that George Davis has joined the New York National league team at Savannah has stirred up d rumpus in both the Ma tional and American leagues. Davis says that he is paying his own ex- penses. but the American league men think otherwise President Pulliam of the National league is on record IS saying that Davis has no business with McGraw's team, and that President John T. Brush, out of respect for the peace compact which he helped to rati- fly, should order Davis to leave Me- Graw at once. According to the latest report from Savannah, McGraw says that he has received letter from Del ehanty asking him what course must be pursued, but as in the case of Davis, President Pullfam believes that Mc- Graw should be advised to let Dele hanty severely alone. President John son of the American league said yester- day:
 "McGgaw should be brought up with a round turn by the New York Nation al league club for even attempting to encourage Davis and Delehanty i'll their objections to the peace compact. That agreement is ironclad and Will govern professional base ball in this country for the next ten years. It was unanimously adopted by both the big leagues, and President Brush agreed over his signature to the assignment of Delehanty and Davis to Washing ton and Chicago respectively. Those two players belong for all time to the American league. They can be traded between American league clubs, but cannot play ball in the National league without the consent of all the clubs ln the organization of which l am presl- dent.
 ssThe disposition of the players under dispute was one of the most important questions decided at Cincinnati. and 1t seems surprising at this late day that there should be any trouble over Dele hanty and Davis. At the C1ncinnau conference the National league men when shown the American league con- tracts signed by Delehanty and Davis instantly declared that rush had no claim on these players, and they so 1n-' formed him at the ensuing meeting of the National league. It is hard to be- lieve that Brush, in the face of circum- stances, is supporting McGraw in this
  concurrent with the general sentiment which pervades the two big leagues in regard to this matter"
 Cincinnati March 2O.-President Au- gust Hermann of the Cincinnati Ma tional league base ball club has taken his stand on the Delehanty-Davis threats to refuse to abide by the peace compact. There is no more determined man in Cincinnati than MT Hermann. This is what he said yesterday concern ing the matter:
 "The Reds will refuse to play with the New York National league team if Delehanty and Davis appear on the field with the Gotham aggregation. We shall see if two players are greater than two base ball leagues. If Dele hanty and Davis do not live up to the provisions of the peace compact we will get together and blacklist them. Thus, so far as the Cincinnati club is concerned, the matter is settled. Dele hanty and Davis cannot play with the New York National league team"
 President Hermann further said that if the New York club was compelled to pay Delehanty the sum stipulated in his ironclad contract. $24 GOO for three years, he would favor a full re- imbursement of the New York club at the hands of the other clubs of the league.
 Edward Hanlon, manager of the Brooklyn club, is much interested in the war between the California and Pa cific Northwest base ball leagues, for the reason that four players whom he needs badly hail from that part of the country. Up to day or two ago there was danger that th<Slg salaries paid to members of the warning leagues might induce Hanlon's men to break their contracts.
 For the purpose of finding out exact ly how affairs stand, MT Hanlon tele- graphed to Big Bill' Lange, his rep resentative there, requesting him to see Schmidt, Jones, McCreedy and Householderand impress upon them the importance of keeping their contracts. In the course of couple of days a tel | egram was received from MT Lange to