The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-07
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y - ~ NoAANA'ioeu y FoHi elrSt HaEe.1 HA
hacfed by somo OF the bost known
politicians In New York.
rs Hussey. tho Brooklyn representative
+ Vt the meeting. intiInatcd that his club
would play ut tho Ridgowood grounds.
and that no had u largo following,
which would patronize his club whom
the Suporbas nre away from hfmc
st president Whitman last night rcit-
Grated his statement that his league
WILL apply to tho National Commission
Cor protection. .'As said ut our last
meeting. we do rot expect to set pro-
lection" Whitman said ''but we Will
opplH nevertheless. When the National
Commission rejects or ignores our APP
plication wo will proceed to sign our
n players We will not tampcr with ma
4 tional agreement players, but If our
rooues at for recognition IS turned down
we Will not respect the reserve rule
~ O VIII not declare war. If tho other
fellows want fight. We can give It to
them. Let them t;lmpcr with one of
our players. and the baseball world
NIL 500 lively war. However, II they
respect our contracts We will respect
theirs. Wo do not believe in contract
breakers. 4 contract is a lawful doc,-
mont and should be respected! But
az they fail to respect our contracts,
we will pay no attention 10 theirs"
49B EXPECT B1E League StRrp.
~ several OF tho now league magnatcs
animated that somo big league stars
arc ready TO flock to tho United States
League ut the first declaration of war.
prominent clubs were mentioned as
being anxious to sing with the now
1cag.uc.
f. c. I4andsraf. of the Richmond
club ridiculed Tom Lynch's recent dec
1aration that 100000 would be noccs-
sary to launch new league. Per
haps we havo not 100000 back or
us" I.andgrar said. '"but We will omen
Lynch'a eyes before many more months
c!apsc. We Will show him that we
can run a league and n good one. on
Tar less than s5ooooN0 ana make
money"
= President Whitman and his associates
were strong in their dcnials that tho
United States LonSuo was In amy way
connected with tho other new League,
which proposes to put clubs In Chicago.
Kansas City, indianapolis. Pittsburg,
Now York, Brooklyn. Washington and
Baltimore. we do not heliovc such q
league was over organized, or intended
to organize" said President Whitman.
s'Wc intend to apply to tho State of
Pennaylrania for charter. but never
considered organizing under New
Jersey charter. Nor have wo any In
W WI hbAlSS toll d
BASIS.
VIII Not FOOL Receipts.
Our League VIII not pool its receipts
as nia other new league proposes to
do. Wo will organize lcEitmatcly ana
do not intend to do anything radical or
revolutionary. Each club in our league
Is owned by n stock company which
mas it's president, and which will have
to look out for itself. OF course, il
any city gets in bad 1t will be up 10
tho prosperous members OF our orgaui-
cation to extend assistance"
There werc present at Yesterdays
meeting William \. Abbott, Reading:
Charles White. New York; Ambrose
Hnsscy. Jr.. Brooklyn: L. G. I.antlEraff
, and j. J. Lazarus, Richmond Hugh
Afckin on, WASHINGTON; William T
NcCuilough and Captain Marshall Hon
derson. PittsburS. and John j. Ryan,
New York.
Il. C. Landsrar. who viii manage the