The Washington herald., 1913-11-11
LIVELY WEEK
PROMISED FANS
Minor Leaguers and FederaIs
Hold Big Meetings Play
ers Present Demands.
TO WAIT ON TENER
Pennsylvania Governor May Be Of
fered National League Head This
Week-0ther Comment.
TO WAIT ON TENER
BY WILLIAM PEET.

The present week promises to be un-
usually lively In baseball circles. Minor
league magnates from every section OF
the country are in Columbus, Ohio, for
the annual convention. The players
fraternity has presented its demands to
the national commission. and the Federal
League again convenes.
The Washington Club will not be rep
resented at the minor league assembly.
but other American League magnates
plan to be on hand, in addition to sereval
National League moguls.
The players fraternity, through Presi-
dent David l. Fuitz, hope to accomplish
much in their demands for what they
term fairer treatment, and the chances
are that the national commission will
meet some day this week to discuss these
demands, or requests, as they may be
styled.
The minor league magnates are due for
a lively session. It Is claimed that the
players fraternity will offer to this body
a, different set OF requests than those
submitted to the major leaguers, as the
fraternity has many grievances, claiming
that the minor leaguers are even more
unfair than the big fellows.
Next Saturday indianapolis will be the
scene Of another meeting Of the Federal
League, at which session It is expected
that a president will be elected, and
possibly some announcement made OF
future plans for the coming season.
Up to date, the Federal Leaguers have
made only veiled threats of invading the
ranks OF organized ball and carrying OF
star PLAYERS Possibly some announce
ment will be made next Saturday as to
just what the so-called outlaws propose
to do.
Another important event looked forward
10 with considerable interest is the visit
Of a committee from the National
League TO wait upon Gov. Tener OF Penn
sylvania offering him the position Of
preside1it of the older organization.
An official of the Philadelphia National
League Club gave out recently the fol-
lowing interview: "
The National League must get a man
to Offset Ban johnson, of the American
League"
Johnson's policies have made the Amer
ican League such a big factor in base
ball and proven so popular with the club
owners of this organization that the
Nationals magnates at last realize that
they are being forced into the back
ground. With a man like Gov. Tener at
their head and all working together for
a common purpose, such as is the case
in the American League. it is believed
that the National League can again get
on the right track.
There has been a big change In the
personnel of the National League in re-
cent years. The warriors of the organ
ization have either died or passed out Of
the league. Their successors are men
who see that new methods are badly
needed. Harmony is now the watchword,
whereas formerly the magnates continu-
ally had knives sharpened for each
other.
To comply with the health laws of ia
pan, all members of the baseball tour
ing party must be vaccinated before
sailing from Vancouver. This will be a
great handicap to the pinochle players,
as sore arms will prevent them from
using much speed in slapping the cards
down.
Head Coach Jones. of the Yale football
team and a man noted for his silence
upon things in the Yale football world
said at meeting of the undergraduates
recently:
"A great many people think that Yale
will be beaten before she plays the big
games. / want to impress upon you that
Yale will not be beaten until November
q, and then somebody else may be
beaten.
I'VE have eleven fighters On our team, |
or 1 miss my guess. The fact that we
were beaten recently will not discourage |
us. That game will not affect us. It is |
the championship games we are after. 1 /
don't mean to say that Colgate was not |
worth considering; on the other hand, |
they have good team. and so have Har-
ward and Princeton good teams, but we |
want Yale to be better"