The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-24
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
RUSSELL FORD SAYS HE'S
SIGNED WIN NEW League.
Admits Fletcher Has Got His signature
-NeAIeer SHOWS What the scheme
Is Promoters Agents say mat Cobb.
street and Johnson Are Tied Up. Too.

street and Johnson Are Tied Up, Too,
Russell Ford. the HRhlanders' crack
| pitcher. has confirmed a statement nv y 4
! Fletcher promoter 81 proposed new MAJOR
! baseball league. that he has signed with
that concern for next season Fletcher
made the positive statement In Cincinnati
| last week that he has signed Ford 10 q con-
| tract in which the young pitcher agreed 10
| play with any club TO witch he might be
assigned. the salary. according to Fletcher.
being tS 600 for one year the money 10 he
placed 20 Fords credit in bank on Febru-
AIRY 10
When Ford vas asked yesterday whether
he had signed with Fletcher or not he
nodded hts head
'Ne~. I've signed with him said Ford
Hes offered me more money than I'm
getting here and that'- what I'm after
az course he'll have 10 show me the color
~ m" flll amount when the tim" comes
and n he cannot IN h~ through wi'h him
Ford has not asked President Farrell
NJ the Hishlandsr- for another CONTRACT.
although the young pitcher. under the pro.
visions Of organized baseball rules. IL under
reserve to the New loEk club and must
accept Farrells terms or become an outlaw.
Because OF his splendid pitching this wear.
winning twenty-six games and losing six
in the American League campaign. Ford
would surely come IN for a raise In salary
from Mr.. Farrell. but the young man ap-
pears TO have forgotten all about his present
employer
II Ford has signed with Fletcher II IL
considered possible that sweeney has gone
with him. but whether other Highlander-
have been tempted To deser- Farrell j. not
known Maihewson ~ the Giants recently
sent back "A 81 100 check To Fletcher and an.
nounc"d that he would have nothing 10 DO
with the third l"agu. movement l.Aloie
and other star PLAYERS who a. fr~' listened
To the promises ~ Fletcher and his friends
have also turned them down hard
Rlckard and Gleason. who promoted the
JenriesJ Johnson FIGHT at Reno. were invited
by Fletcher. n j. said - take "a share IN
the big revolt. hui they said they would
not decide one way or the other until
Fletcher 4 60 convinced them that they
had good financial backing
Meantime IN spite Of Tho excitement
Of the worlds series the men At the head
~ organized baseball are probing deep 10
End ont more about the plans oi Tho ncw
circuit James NJ tleer ~ the Washing
ton American League club has this 20 say
about tho situation
People don't understand What Fletcher
IL trying 20 do IN baseball lie IL not sign.
ing players 20 contracts he - merely
signing them 80 options on contracts Il
he gets enough options he wall probably
60 to som" capitalists and say
For 80 much money ! ran guarantee
you certain PLAYERS with whom 20 form
new baseball league II you are willing
to produce the ash Ne can do business
No cash. nothing dong In other words
there i no new leagu" IN sight. hu' pro-
IRutrr Who Is Nl.iUg 70 - , bara,iy recon
psnsed for putting together new League
providing he can get anybody ~ help him
out
~By the term. ~ the options on contract.
Witch are offered 10 Tho players. 'h"v have
nothing 20 gain except the possible pay
ment Of a bonus They can be- dropped
with a ten day notice. eJa'fly A. j. done
under the pre-@n' baseball ,ou'ra''. and
hey have no guarantee that th"v viii r"-
'etNe all "r even q par Of the money prom
Fletcher simply vishe. them 20 make
The new leagu" for him ana then b." will
q" 'hs hest he AN toward getting immediate
reward II m" rlayeT- should ION sum
an organization and 10 should fail WITHIN
a week or a month or a half n year they
would h@ absolutely 1T the merry 81 organ
lzed ba-ehsll and their po"Es's would be
Agents ~ Fletcher m the East gave out
positive Information her" on SATURDAY. thAt
~ conn. charles street and Walter lohn-
son had signed "pti"nHl agreements to
play With IN" nov CIRCUIT hey dIdu Z
guarantee that 'hcs" players would actually
desert their present err players. bat they
their signatures attached ~ was al-O said
that Fletcher u date mad signed moro than
leagues and would nak. ne ,tst ruhIli a.
soon a. the players taking Iart Iu tho World =
series and m" lo"a' -"ri"- have received
thetr money President. Brush. Farrell
aud Ebb~t- 81 the lo.a. clubs ogtwardly
igu0re IN" Fletcher movement Bu' - D,
Understood there some tAi hustIiug being
done under me -uria""
The Giant. and Highlander. have rrac.
tcally disband-d though some ~ the former
viii play a Few exhibition garr"- Mathew
son and Meyers the GIsuts star battery
are going into yAud"Nl u" 'rts winter Nj
GrsW. Devlin. M~rklo. boyle, Murrav, Mar
and Latham Will remain 10 this city for the
present a. least S"hlsl vii spend the
r,om,h Ohio Becser a. NIchii.. KsT
, randall At Fowler. Ind Fletcher ~ Collins-
VILE. lll hms- a. Warren. ono. Drunk" at
Waco. lev and Shaf"r AZ Loo Angeles. 81
~ The Highlarders 'has. - Tnde,tded
vhe'hsr N winter ~ Le0ria, ~ at
san Jose. "a. S0"'n.} aud fostcr will 90
tween nov and spring rr ,leveland Blair
m I,"Vi-burg. IA Crig"r 20 iours Mich |
, hanne!i IN, CL"stIir.. Ohio. Daniels in
Ioilet. ~. Ford q Minneapolis. Fisher 10
Middlshury. " li"Wph.lI o. Youngstown. |
OHIO, Hughes IN Saiida col knight tu
6 ES%9A'NP cSs n S, ""l'r ua a. sssi "a
" adhef IA vaughn u Wea'nerrord |
TeN Molt"r IN Mon'st"v cal WARRIOR m |
2
m sparta l,l and Nal-h m Ma''rbuTy. /
Onu.
In dividing 'h~ sroilS from The ro.'-
season series r. IL sad iutf the Giants 7
have -s' ASIDE share for seymour 1spWd' .
hendricks and Rudolph Nhp we're mel. .
giri" under Tho rules. and the Highlandars
have handed over To- Ss're'arv rom BaNI-
a nd plaver. walsh. CaldW"il and {; nauu.U
a generous sum seymour wa ri.l"i.,.i
hv Mr,raV N nii-aa-pu 10 baltimore
" h"rs %" s"on IN ufed hIs leg t,pvd, .
hendricks and IuIolph each took pHr'
m one pr u1pr" championship games
....,rt.farN Davis - popular NIih tho .
Iitll men Whp have tnk"U ms W.4n- ~
reuardtug hW FOR his far treatment II 3
The mon tho last fNo H"1r- tllunaU
broke hI- leg early this ear whilc MON.
hsr ~ tho team and tnldVeIl and Walsh
A. batter. h"lp"d IN" highlander To-
WIN tho last gam" ~ -" regular season /
from ~" l'Os'on Rcd So
The National Baseball Commission has
been tho object of severe criticism A. 'imes
hut u remained Tor Western .rifi, 10
hand ou' solar uleHus blow IN ~" shane
~ a detailed charge that the CON ini.ston
l. Standing IN with ticket spectators IN
the worlds series Tho chArse - utterly
without warrant, 80 baseball men assert
ana chairman Hermann OVER. a fsNard
~ 81 yOo for proof Msssr~ Hermann
Johnson and Lynch appear o he needlessly