Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-02

at will after all CLUBS or SUCH cheoi'
waive claim.
Minors to Meet.
Next Saturday afternoon in this CITY,
if the plans of Patrick I. Powers go
Alright the owners of minor league CLUBS
which compose the American Association
and the Eastern League will meet TO take
final action prior to presenting their peti-
ton to the national commission or pase
ball for relief from what they consider TO
be depressing conditions.
The men who finance the clubs In fIoH
idence, Newark. Buffalo. Jersey CITY, bai
trnore. Rochester. Montreal, toronto, ~
ledo. Columbus Louisville. Kansas Its,
indianapolis, Milwaukee,, MinneapolS ana
St Paul are expected to be present.
Presumably the situation VIII De tloi
oughly gone over. that every owner
who is interested in this appeal Will uh-
derstand exactly what the special COM
mittee appointed to convey the subject 10
the attention of the national commission
is expected to do.
There has been nothing which would In
dictate that these owners are very eager
to lump into a base ball war. On the con-
trary, their assertions are quite the re-
verse They insist that they not only 90
not want war but cannot afford to enter
upon a fight which would unquestlonapiy
he costly and which would certainly re-
suit in the gradual extinction OF the
weaker sisters of the organization.
That being the case. they are deter-
mined to make their case so clear that
some concessions will be granted to them
in view of the hard fight which they are
compelled to make to please their patrons
and to keep their clubs in existence.
Murphy's Winter Troubles.
President Charley Murphy of the
uorI1,c OH r,p{op CuhS has winter trOu-
bles. Following the demand of Manager
Frank Chance for big increase in sal
airy, Pitchers Mordecai Brown and Orval
not sign with the Cubs until their de-
mands for substantial increases are met.
The three-fihgered wonder has an offer
of 5000 per year to manage the west
End semi-professional club, rival or
Jimmy CalIahan's highly successful l0-
gan Squares. the team Mike Donlin and
Jake Stahl played on year ago. The
owner of the West Ends banks on
Browns great popularity to make the
venture a successful one. A similar offer
has been made to Overall. The Mathew
son of the West" is we'll liked by the
Windy city fans.
The other players on the team are hold
ing back pending the result of the eff
forts Of their peerless leader and his
star pitchers to touch Murphy's bann-
roll.
The mix-up over the sales of tickets
during the last worlds championship
series has not been settled. The national
commission has charge of the investiga-
ton and will report on it next week. Sew
eral of the Cubs and Tigers have been
aiding the commission in unearthing evil
dence in the ticket business. Their in
terest in the case is apparent 1ney claim
they can see where they were f1im-ham-
med out of about $500 apiece by the COM
paratively small attendance.
President Murphy has questioned the
right of the commission to mix up in the
matter but that hasn't stopped the COM
missioners They are going ahead and
giving assurances that their finding in
the unpleasant affair will at least let the
public know how it was unfairly treated.
There will probably be no repetition of
the lax ticket methods that prevailed
during the series.