Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-23
NATIONAL LEAGUE
TO AID WELCOME
Governor John K. Tener Writes
That Father Association
Will Participate.
TINKER AWAITS AN OFFER
Joe Is Inclined to Believe That Bust
ness interests Cannot Spare
Him for Year.

Chicago, Ill, Dec. 2S.-The National
/ league is going TO have a hand in well
coming the round-the-world White
! SoN- Giants tourists back to United
States soil next March. President b.
! B. Johnson of the American league
! yesterday received a letter from Gov
/ ernor John X. Tener of Pennsylvania,
recently elected to head the parent
circuit and in this missive the former
member of Anson's Colts requested
! that plans for the celebration be made
! jointly with the National league.
Just what Tener intends to do TO
!,have the league officially participate
is not known, but his request will be
gladly granted and he will cooperate
with the Chicagoans who are promot-
ing the scheme These are William
Duntley, president of the organi:;a-
ton; John Harding, secretary; Ed
Heeman, assistant secretary, and John
COnnery, treasurer.
Plans have not been elaborated on
since the original announcement was
made Special trains will be requisi-
toned to carry the followers of Co
miskey to New York, and as there is
no limit to the number of trains, there
is no limit to the number of appli-
cants who can be accommodated.
Club Owners to Attend.
The big banquet at New York viii
be held the night of March 6. AS the
National league will divide the ex-
pense and the labor. aside from fur
nishing plenty of guests, the dinner
may be arranged on a bigger scale
dentally. it might be mentioned that
the American league will do as much.
if not more. than any others who may
happen to be interested.
Before the affair is over 1t will not
be surprising if every club owner in
both leagues hustles to New York to
attend the homecoming celebration.
The American league is certain to be
represented by its full quota, as the
schedule meeting will be held the day
previous or the day following the ban
quet As Tener seems greatly inter
ested he may gather together his own
ers, so that the blowout will not SAVIOR
entirely of the American league.
Tener was member of the globe
girdling party of % years ago At that
time he was playing ball on the Chi
cago team under Arson.
Joe Tinker was around town yes
terday, but had little to say for public
cation in connection with his Brook
Ign berth. He wants to wait until
Ebbets makes him an offer, after
which he will say a lot
Tinker May Stay at Home.
Joe is now inclined to believe that
his gold silver and nickle plating
business here cannot spare him for u
year The $4,000 bonus looks good.
but Tinker is figuring ahead. He has
about three years more of active serv-
ice in his system, and he will pass
these up if he finds it necessary to
devote his entire time to business If
he turns down Brooklyn he has little
hope of being traded to the Cubs, as
Ebbets has a reputation Of sticking
when il comes to keeping men out of
organized baseball.
Tinker has closed the deal whereby
w. w. McCredie, president Of the
Portland Oregon, ball club, becomes
the owner of the fruit farm which Joe
purchased several years ago. IL is
about - miles from Portland and d.
reCtly opposite one owned by Billy
Sullivan OF the White SOX. Tinker is
also going TO dispose of his moving
picture house in Kansas City. With
his out Of the way his entire business
interests will be centered in Chicago.
"King" Cole, the come back yankee,
5 alternating here, but may leave
own shortly. He threatens to spend
he holidays at his Iowa home, after
which he will return and take up his
profession behind the barber chair