Evening journal., 1914-01-06
CARPENTER
WOULD STICK
busting Of Tri-State Head
Might Upset the Play
ing Contracts
READING WILL GET
PLACE IN LEAGUE

HARRISBURG. Pa. Jau 6. Presi-
dent Charles +. Carpenter VIII nor
anit the leadership Of the Tri-State
without a fight. was the announce
mcnt made late last night by Il. MS
,cr Free and Mercer B. Tate, the
committee appointed at Lancaster to
confer with President Carpenter ana
have him retire gracefully
After three hours conference IL
was announced that the night would
DC carried into tho league meeting
this afternoon Mr. Carpen'er VIII
have his friends including Thomas
NJ. Brown. OF Wilmington, and a nara
fight will be made TO continue Mr.
Carpenter in office. His friends &C.
clare ho mas been loyal TO the league,
and that his ous'ing would do more
10 hurt the league than any o.hcr act
President CARPENTER insists on Two
years more. unless IL can be shown
that his forced retirement would be
legal.
The committee want voluntary
retirement and intimate that ult mate
refusal ON tho part OF Mr. Carpenter
TO sci out win mean the dishendmcnt
IF the Tr'-Statc, and The necessity for
The organization O1 now league.
which would also mean that all Tri-
state players would he free agents
and considerable difficulty cxpcr-
fenced in getting new material The
conference viii be continued today
prior TO the league session.
Wilmington is represented at tho
meeting today by Thomas NJ. Brown
and Peter r. Cassidy
II seems entirely probable that At
lantic City will not be represented
in the league this year. The sclcd-
ulo. which gave Atlantic CITY every
game a home after July /, last year,
was a bad proposition to everybody
in the league except the shore buds
,and the club owners arc determined
against such schedule this year
Accordingly IL is stated on the best
OF authority today that Reading Will
get Atlantic City's place In the
league Should Atlantic City refuse
to transfer rs franchise to some 9th
er city. IL will be necessary 10 got two
other cities, If an eight club organisa-
tion is TO compose the league this
year
Good news came from Trenton to-
day regarding the outlook IN that
city for Tri- State baseball next sea-
son, in the announcement that there
would be team providing an eight
club circuit was assured
The Tigers viii he represented at
the meeting today by r. i. Morris,
who has been back of baseball in
Trenton for some time past
Trenton faces debt Of $3.50 on the
70 OFF. but. according TO statement
from Mr. Morris. that viii be taken
care Of providing the league is re-
organized.
Another important matter under
consideration is an attempt TO interest
the Chamber Of Commerce in hclpine
10 boost baseball there The stock
holders feel that they should receive
somc sort OF assistance from the city
organization as the national pastimo
IS an excellent form OF advertisement
Whether Bert Conn will lead .hc
1914 Tigers or not has moi been sot-
lied Conn did not meet with much
succcss last year. but he is popular in
Trenton and will in all probability re-
coirc due consideration IL will be
necessary 20 build mp practically an
entire now club as what material
trenton mas ON its roster rs not capa-
bic Of furnishing the class of ball "a
satisfy the local fans.
From Allentown comes the follow
ing:
Whether Allentown will be represent
ed ln the Iri-State League will dcpcn,
ION the outcome of the meeting at liar
risburg.
At the close OF last season both Pres
idcnt Ballet and Secretary Max :. Erd
man announced they were done. Dr
Ballet is still little unwilling to pro
coed. but i- such sterling admirer q
The sport that he hns modified his dc
chnation TO Che extent that he win no
participate unless there bc an eight t-cm
league With some one other than Nh
Carpenter for president.