Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-23


manager and formerly the star pitch
err OF ST. josephs College team.
McGarvey and McGarr old George
town College stars. went to left field
and second base respectively. billy"
Maie. former lightweight pugilist
got Job lie was recommended by
"Bill' Burns. one of the rebels VINO
n short time ago pitched for the Pail
lies. Maig cast anchor OF third base
Joe" Harrigan. who has n reputation
IN southwark, was sent out to plug up
the gap at shortstop. u. War7. who
played right. and billy" Feinhauser'
whom jennings sent TO center field,
nobody knew, but they played Just the
same.
PLAYERS IN GRANDSTAND.
Although It was not generally known
by the crowd. the striking Detroit players
witnessed the game from the stand. They
had left the grounds and boarded taxi
cabs. but instead of going to the hotei.
they returned by roundabout way, ana
buying tickets. entered as spectators
They were scattered all through the
stand
What the final outcome of the contro-
vcrsy will be no person seems WHINE
TO predict. The players are forecastlng
that II means an upheaval III organize"
baseball and the final triumph OF the
players over the officers OF the league
The Detroit players spent most OF the
morning sending kilograms 10 the'r
friends on other American League teams
asking them to take similar action ana
walk out unless cobb was reinstated i'm
mediately and kept reinstated until after
a hearing
| II Is known that such kilograms were
sent to Joe Wood, pitcher for the Boston
Red Sox. and Harry Lord. captain of
the Chicago White Sox Lord and Wood
were requested to act as leaders in OBJ
tanning an expression of sympathy in
such \ movement among players of their
| respective teams.
Answers from other players were
Ireceived and the Detroit players made
no secret OF their belief that a splend-
id nucleus had been lined up to make
the walk out n real revolt. They re-
fused TO give the names Of the play
ers of the other clubs who have agreed
to join them.
Tho players expressed the best feel
ing towards the owners of the Detroit
cism of Mr.. Johnson. They said that
II the matter Is not settled they may
go on "barnstorming trip"
BESIDES the money to he made on a
-storming trip" said one OF the
PLAYERS. there is the new United
States League. which we have reason
to believe will open it's doors to us"
Everything around the Aldine Hotel
where the Detroit players are putting
up. sizzled all morning. Manager Jen-
nings awakened to find a telegram
from President johnson awaiting him
The telegram told jennings In so many
words that Johnson was the boss and
in charge of the situation. The mes
sage read
"Cobbs suspension stands until the
matter is fully investigated. If the
teams refuse to play that Is a matte,
for the club owners to make good in
The umpire would have put the mar
off the stand. Cobb had no right tc
attack him"
81 know from my own experiences as
a ball player that one gets little sym
patty from the grandstand and far less
from the bleachers, and some Of tn,
things a big league player IS forced tc
listen to makes ones blCA1 boil in resent.
ment" was Connie Macks reply to a re-
quest for his views. Yet | think they
can adopt more telling methods than BY
going into the spectators reservation,
and dealing out summary punishment
Lawyers conversant with the legal com
plications involved by organized baseball
are completely at sea over the standing
of the members of the scrub team which
played yesterday. They cannot be mem
hers of the Detroit team, as Detroit ha:
a right to carry certain number of mer
on the pay roll, and the club Is up e
the requisite number now. Some lawyer!
, argue that team may play a man fol-
five days before signing him, and there
fore Detroit may play the scrubs for five
days and then get new set of sub
stitutes. still keeping the franchise.
The consensus of opinion here is tina
, there will be an immediate meeting o
the directors of the American League
, and the matter Will be taken out of IN
. hands of President Johnson and will h.
, settled by the directors. If this actor
is taken. It is believed the presen
difficulty will be smoothed over and tn
old Detroit players will be back in tn
game, including Cobb,
! JOHNSON WILL HAVE A SAY.
Late tonight President Johnson in dis
cussing the status of the striking Detroi
PLAYERS said:
Every one OF the striking players ha
automatically suspended himself an
V made himself ineligible to compete in
game under organized baseball contro
until he is reinstated by the nationa
. commission, BY refusing to play
scheduled game all these players hav
vitiated a clause in their contract whicI
makes them liable to line not only b
= the Detroit club but also by the nationa
" commission
The Detroit club will not appea
. on the field again until \ am assure
, that 1t has team of competent play
ers who can compete successfully wit
other teams of the league. There Wi
-, be no more farces in the America
, league.
. "The standing Of the players mus
4 first he threshed out by Mr. Navir
Then their status will reach me A
: member of the national commission
f ! VIII nave say whether they vii
continue to play ball in the America
=, League
? Il appreciate the action of Presider
= Shibe and Manager Mac. OF the Athletic.
: In postponinG to-morrow's game 1t VT
r be played later In the season. possibl
3 IF the strike is not settled definitel
tNxF a.