The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-28
Hopeless Legal Tangle Result
of Pittsburg Meeting.
MORTON CINTEROfFICHr
Is Assailed by Both Sides in
Squsbie.
Injunctions Galore are Served on.
President No Chance to Effect
Reorganization.

! IlJJSDuIS, Oct. Eo.-lWO klnuS Oh
lawsuits, much uncomplimentary Ian
guage and broad-guage general row
marked the session or the Ohio and
, Pennsylvania Baseball league here
| Tuesday. Being enjoined by the Ak
! rcn club, the leagu; could not COM
| plete its business for the past season
and. being issued by the Erie. Pa,
| club, President G.. II. Morton found
himself between two fires. AS a re-
Hotel Henry while the magnates
passed uncomplimentary remarks in
a briof private session IN an upstairs
| room.
The affairs of the o. and p. are in
mighty tangle and there may be
no more league than rabbit next
season. Those magnates who attend
cd yesterdays attempted session
blame the Akron club. winner of the
pennant, for all the woe. Unfortu-
nately for the other magnates, the
Akron owner, who filed the suit that
started the trouble, remained at home
and a man who knew nothing about
the legal action attended in his stead
Therefore, a general "bawling out"
OF all hands was about the extent of
actual business accomplished
The first complication started a.
Akron yesterday afternoon when the
owners OF that club, represented by
Mr.. Gibbs, asked for a temporary
, injunction restraining Presiden! c.
| II. Morton from returning to the
! other clubs in the league the $500
each which they deposited at the be-
ginning of last season as a guarantee
that they would not desert the
league before the finish. Service
was obtained last night and Mr..
Morton was duly restrained.
Mr. Gibbs in his petition alleged an
unlawful conspiracy on the part Of
seven clubs Youngstown, Canton,
East Liverpool, Sharon, McKeesport
and New Castle. the petition. says
that they 'unlawfully entered into
| an agreement to end the season on
September and not to permit the
clubs which they respectively owned
to play any championship games Of
baseball or any games under or In
pursuance OF said schedule after the
/ 18th day of Septe mber." rl
1t is also further alleged that Ak
| g,.k.
TO terminate the season at the early
| date and was ready and willing to
play out the original dates as fixed
, by the league. The Akron owners
alloge they were damaged TO the ex-
! tent OF $4,000 as result OF this
, shortening of the schedule and seek
to recover that amount. That was
why the injunction was asked. 1t is
returnable at Akron Nov. 8.
Having thus ben stalled off by yir
, ture OF the courts action. Mr.. Nor
j ton refused to participate in tOday's
dOings. He went to the informal
session, and said his say and then
retired. While he was discussing the
case in The lobby with the news
PAPER men, the club owners, other
than those from Akron, discussed and
cussed literally over the situation.
Having one good legal example as
precedent, the Erie owners decided
that the courts were the place fol-
them. U. p. Rosster, Of Erie, being
qualified as an attorney in the state
of Pennsylvania, hurried TO common
pleas court. He, too, obtained some
satisfaction. Mr.. Rossiter prayeC
, that Mr.. Morton De compelled Il
hand over the $500 forfeit given BY
;, Erie, alleging that the club had com
!, pleted the schedule as provided by {
tWothirds vote Of the league In pur
! suance with the constitution, the by
laws, the legal rights thereof, etc.
: Ed Swartwood, former team-mat'
. OF Mr.. Morton and old-time pltche
for the Forest City team OF CLEVELAND
hiked TO the hotel and duly obtained
. service on the already legally entan
gled Mr., Morton. This case is Sc
for Nov. at Pitsburg, the Eri'
folks hoping to beat Akron TO th'
dollars.
Immediately after this abundance
of loyal restraint, the directors
magnates and club promoters wen
into formal session. Everybody wa'
afraid to have a, formal session les
they be In contempt of court HaVinf
seen President Morton first, he re
fused absolutely to have anything Il
do with anything that even looked
like meeting, He didn't propost
TO be hailed before the common plea,
judges and fined. From the reports
banded out by those who participated
the Informal gathering was several
degrees removed from a love feast.
| The directors, though, were em-
powered to look after the Interest