The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-06
CUBS WILL Be SOLD
TO-DAY; NOT TO FEDS
Tener Here, Taft to Arrive and
Fix Details, but Weeghman
Is Eliminated Entirely.
JOHNSON BARS PEACE TALK
Conference Of Gilmore, Gates,
Gaffney and Baker Held,
but Result Secret.

Tho Chicago Cubs will be sold to-day
unless all plans 20 astray. The buyer will
not be Charles II. weeghman. hacker OF the
Chicago Fedcrals, or any other man con-
nected with the Federal League move
ment. Whatever may have been in the
wind from that quarter was cast aside
definitely ms a result OF the baseball hap
penings Of yesterday. Charlse y. Taft,
present owner OF the majority of the Cubs
stock, In expected here this morning and
eli that remains to close the deal is the
arranging of few minor details. THE
SUNS informant would not reveal the
name OF the purchaser. lie said he was
bound to secrecy until the last nail had
been driven. lie DID vouoh for the fact,
however. that Gov. Tener had been con-
suited in the mDpter and the magnate
to be was satisfactory to him. A. the
National League left the matter entirely
In his hands no one can block the deal
when Mr.. Tafts price IL met.
Trains from east and west fairly exuded
men prominent In baseball yesterday. OF
course the most Of them were connected
With organized baseball having come to
welcome home the Lusitania and It's pre-
oiOus burden of world touring Giants and
White Sox. But there was more than a
scattering of Feds on the horizon. Presi-
dent Gilmore was fianked by Attorney E.
Gates Of Indianapolis. As announced ex-
clusively in THE SUN, they went into a
long secret conference with President w.
y. Baker of the Phillies and President
James L. Gafsney of the Boston Nationals
In Gilmore's rooms at the Waldorf. Both
sides were noncommlttal when the pow
WOW ended, the National League mag
mates saying that any announcement must
come from Gov. Taner. who arrived last
hight
1t seems almost certain. however that
ehe cases Of some contract jumping play
en- furnished a live topic. The Feds claim
Catcher kiliifer of the Phillies and Baker
y certain that Pitcher Seaton violated his
word In signing with the Feds. Carney has
Q like grievance In the mater of Pitcher
Jock Quinn.
Before this confab began Baker and
0affney were In the Waldorf lobby when
Robert b. Ward. president of the Brook
lyn Feds, hurried In. The SUN man in
asked for a few minutes conversation on
the subject Of Seaton. Ward said he pre-
ferred not to talk baseball until Gilmore
arrived but Baker pressed the subject.
you are a business man. Mr.. Ward.
This Is business" he insisted. You say
you do not wish any player with you who
breaks his word"
''They tell lie that your agreement with
Seaton u not legal" pleaded the Federal
man.
II can convince you to tho contrary II
you will look over these documents" said
Baker. going into his pocket for a mass OF
papers.
But Mr.. Ward declined to look at them
and contented himself with saying that
he wanted nothing to do with players
whose word could not be trusted and lett
the group.
Immediately after his arrival at the
Grand Central station from Chicago with
the special trainload Of fans who came
to do honor to the returning travellers
Ban Johnson upbosomed himself on the
subject of possible peace with the Federal
League. He fayed the opposition with
out mercy and said his circuit would
have no part In any conce ssions to them
This Federal League Is being taken too
seriously by some men In organized base
ball. said Johnson. "They have few
players and talk Of building ball grounds
while you walt They are weak fnai.-
cially In several cities. and where they ap-
pear to be strong there In no evidence
that the men Interested, who know moth
ing about the business OF baseball. will
stick along when II comes to signing a
lot Of additional checks later on. They
have no money In Indianapolis or Buffalo.
They have been bluffing their way
through. A very few players of big league
calibre have been augmented by lot or
lads taken of the lots. Big league ball ?
The fans will settle that for themselves
n they ever start.
Yes. we did take Pitcher Handing
away from them after he had signed q
contract. He Is the property OF the Cleve-
land club and we have merely helped our
selves to our own. Wen welcome q night
in the courts " they want II. But they
wont fight. Their blum has been called.
W. intend TO show up the four nushers
IN their proper light"
Later at the Hotel Biltmore. where the
reception committee OF Westerners Is
chartered. johnson said he hoped that his
remarks would get the widest publicity.
Robert Il. Ward. when told OF the war
talk, said II was hard to believe johnson
had said such a thing and merely re-
marked that his league would stand on
tts own feet.