New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-30
Meeting in indianapolis on
Saturday Likely to Point
the Way.
MIKE STONE FOR EBBETS
Bits of Diamond Gossip Picked
Up Here and There for
the Fans" Who Are
Still Hungry.

ball followers in the meeting at Indian
] apolis on Saturday Of Federal League
owners, who expect to increase their cir
cult to eight clubs and possibly declare
open warfare on organized baseball.
Baltimore and Buffalo are the cities
which probably will be added It is said
that Pittsburgh, Cleveland. indianapolis.
Chicago. ST Louis and Kansas City will
retain their present franchises
To insure the paying of salaries and
| other obligations during the coming sea-
| son club owners are expected to be pre-
| pared to make deposit Of at least $4,000,
the money to be placed with the league
officials or deposited in local banks Of
cities comprising the circuit.
| The Chicago, st. Louis and Kansas City
| clubs are expected to announce final plans
| for the building Of new parks TO be ready
| for next seasons opening.
Word came from indianapolis that ths
| club in that city had purchased the site
| for park on Kentucky avenue within
| four blocks of the downtown business
| centre. The sale was provisional. and
gives the club the right Of possession for
five years j. Edward Krause, president
Of the club. said $4,000 baseball plant
| would be erected
Charles II. Ebbets, chief owner Of the
| Superbas, celebrated the fftieth ami
versary Of his birth yesterday. II is too
bad that the baseball season is over,
otherwise the colonel would have offered
the fans" a double or perhaps a triple
| header.
Bobby Wallace the veteran infelder,
who, it was reported did not care to play
under Branch Hickey and asked TO be
traded, has sworn allegiance TO the new
manager of the Browns, and will be his
| first lieutenant next season.
Fears that Charles Webb Murphy own
er OF the Chicago Cubs, who sails for
Europe next week, will make Ireland his
permanent home are unfounded. Murphy
will stay abroad only five weeks and will
return in time 10 whoop things up AT the
annual meeting OF the National League In
this city on December >.
George Stallings emphatically denies the
statement credited to him that the Amer
lean League is 80 per cent stronger than
the National. The manager of the Boston
Braves brands the story as a base fabri-
cation.
August Hermann, president Of the Gin
cnnati Reds, is authority for the state
ment that George Suggs, the pitcher was
sold to the ST. Louis Cardinals for a
cash consideration and did not involve the
exchange OF any players.
According to the physicians, Jack
Coombs, pitcher OF the Athletics, will be
as good as new when the weights are re-
moved from his spine to-day or to-mor-
row. After the dinner TO the worlds
champions in Philadelphia on Tuesday
evening Coombs was almost smothered
with flowers from his teammates.
John Anderson, once of the New York
Yankees and later with the Washington
Senators, is now a policeman I'm Norces-
ter Mass. The New York fans still
remember how John dauntlessly stole
second base on the Hilltop grounds with
the bases full and two out, with a run
foied in that attempt to write baseball
history John has always been for out.
ward order and dscency. firm supporter
Of the law.
Anderson was a great favorite with tho
Amen Corner at the old home Of the
Yankees. and the story goes that one day
the rooters rose and sang Poor John
for ha fhnrnnQhlN
Anderson rushed over and shouted: y
have just as much money as any OF you'll
I'm not poor at all"
doc" White. the veteran southpaw Of
the White Sox. is thinking seriously OF
joining the players who are making a
tour OF the world.
Frank "Wildhre" Schultz, the outhelder
of the Chicago Cubs. is on his way 10 his
plantation in Woodbury.. Ga. Schultz has
extensive peach orchards, and plans to
baseball days are over.
Bobby Byrne has returned TO first prin-
cples He is playing soccer football out
in St. Louis with the Doyles and the Dom
evans and the McCarthys.
Joe Tinker. manager OF the Reds, ana
Mordecai Brown are on hunting trip IN
the Dakotas.
Larry Cheney and Walter johnson WIN
meet in a pitching duel in Bartlesyile'
okla, OH Sunday afternoon.
Rivington Bisland. the Bronx lad re-
Gently drafted by the St. Louis Browns Us
making The most of his sentence. lie
hopes one day to get with real ois
league team.
MCNAMARA SHOWS THE WAY