Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-28
LITTLE BASE BALL WAR.
Baltimore Club Trains It's Guns on the
Tri- State Outlaws,

The trouble between the major and minor
leagues which belong to what is called "or-
ganized base ball' and the Tri-State
League appears to be coming to a head.
That the latter will have trouble keeping
some of the players who have deserted
their major league employers isecertain by
yesterdays developments and it looks as
If some of the club owners In the Tri-State
League will be minus few good men be-
fore the week is out.
Persuasion is now being brought on GER
tain Jumpers to desert the Tri-State
League and rejoin their former teams. and
In the event that this should fail court pro-
ceedings are likely to be instituted.
One man who Jumped" National
by the Brooklyn club and another made
overtures to- set himself right with the pow
ers that be in organized base ball."
Shortstop Lewis. who is now playing with
Harrisburg. is the man who has decided to
get back into the National League fold.
Lewis a few weeks ago Jumped the
Brooklyn club and went to Harrisburg.
where he has since been playing. The short
stops father claimed that the trouble was
due to Manager Hanlon of Brooklyn being
too severe on the ex-collegian. Before the
Brooklyn club left Philadelphia yesterday
President Ebbets of Brooklyn announced
that the difficulty with Lewis had been
patched up and that the clever young short
stop would rejoin Hanlons team next Fri
day.
Mr.. Ebbets also said that Pitcher Wigs,
who has been playing with Altoona. has
also tried to straighten out his case. Mr..
Ebbets said that Wigs has offered to pur-
chase his release from Brooklyn. but that
the club positively refused to make any
such deal. Wigs. who formerly pitched In
the National League, Is claimed by Brook
Ign and New Orleans. while his twirling
this season has been of such high quality
that several teams would like to secure his
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money bonus for Wigs release is an indi-
cation of how bitter the fight between the
two rivals may become.
Court proceedings against some OF the
players were begun yesterday. as the fol-
lowing dispatch from Harrisburg will show:
The base ball war between the big
leagues and the Tri-State League is on for
good. President Frank Of the Baltimore
club reached Harrisburg with an attorney
and secured the assistance of ex-Judse ia
cobs in action to enjon Pitcher Wiltse
and Outfielder Hayden, who jumped Balti-
more for the York team, from playing there
today. The court late last night granted
a temporary injunction and an officer start
ed out to hunt the players and serve the
injunction on them. The Baltimore people
say that neither Wiltse nor Hayden will
play today.
1T is understood that similar proceedings
will be brought against Lush OF Williams
port, who jumped the Phillies: Owens OF
York who jumped Brooklyn. and Reisling
of Gainesville. who left Brooklyn. The big
leagues are determined that If these players
do not play with them they cannot play
anywhere else. and they hope to cripple the
Tri-State by their action.
''Tri-State people say that they could keep
the big leagues in court all summer If they
signed all the dissatisfied league players
who want to jump to the Tri-State."
Clubs operating under "organized base
BALI believe they will have an easy time Of
1t in the cases against the players. especial
ly in view of the fact that Pennsylvania
courts have a precedent to go by in the
cases of Lajoie Bernhard and Fraser. In
those cases the Philadelphia Nationals won
from the American League, the courts de-
claring that these men could not play with
any team in Pennsylvania other than the
Philadelphia Nationals.
On the other hand, the United States
courts made a somewhat different ruling.
The Brooklyn club failed to get out an in
junction in Philadelphia against Catcher
Mcclure. and the Philadelphia Nationals
likewise failed to enjoin Lajoiie. Bernhard
and Fraser before the United States court
in Ohio.
From this it would appear that the in
junction cases may be more difficult to win
than the club owners operating under or
ganized base BALI imagine. In deciding the
cases the judges may have to consider
whether the player signed a contract in
PENNSYLVANIA and whether or not he signed
to play with a club in Pennsylvania