Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-10
JULIUS FLE|SCHMANN
AS AN ADDED STARTER
Cincinnati Magnate Makes Hurried
Trip to New York and Places Reso-
luton Before the League.
WANTS WAIVER RULE REVISED
Claims as 1t Now Stands It Is Unfair
to the Weaker Clubs-Nianagers
Try to Make Trades-NIay Ad-
journ To-Day.

NEW YORK, December o.-Julius
c eeinnati fo- sane al all the way from
as an added starter in the annual
meeting of the club owners Of the M
ronai League. and no, sooner had the
I ifn dt man Projected himself into the
his fellow nsnates and forced them
to abandon tho project of adjourninp
their meeting to-day
Fleischmnnn came to New YorI, with
q, grievance. He allowed that the
pig Pig club owners had been able to give
OF 1t in the waiver matter. He said
IT had come to point where It must
stop. And after they had wrangied
the pae f OF f tSn l @afa o9ars thu
magnates permitted the intrdouction
Of a resolution having for Its purpose
Mr.. Fleischmann says hnve grown un
about the waiver system.
This resolution will be consid cred
tonight the various cliqmes of e. mag ae
mates are scattered all over the Wal
dorf corridors and bars, discussing the
best way to deal with It,
John c. Toole, counsel for the Ma
tional League. drew up and presented
the resolution. which provides mere
~ tnat once a manager has asked for
draw the request. II 1t is adopted,
1t Will mean n return to the rules in
Up TO few susb wh,eh
they were dropped.
Wants Waiver Rule Changed.
Fleischmann asserts that the chief
abuse which has grown up about ask
ing waving wa In tentative way Is that
unable to strengthen their teams by
adding good players from the strong
er teams mt waiver prices. He says
that when manager, under the pres
some minor league. he will ask waiv-
ers on the men involved, but If any
n desire to buy any or all of the play
ers at the waiver price, the manager
will crawfish, saying perhaps that he
changed his mind.
This charge by Fleischmann may
be unfounded. but it is significant that
there was anything but unanimous ac-
quiescence In his proposal to go back
to the old rule. and there is promise
Of another hard battle in Tomorrow
mornings meeting, when the resolu-
tion comes up for vote.
Use Drend Name Federal.
The dread name Federal League"
was spoken right out loud I'm the meet
ing this afternoon, and this Is the
ted they have recognized the opposi-
ton in any way. Even to-day there
was an. effort to. give the matter an
Gerry Hermann was called on tho
to tell the meeting, as private in
dividuai,, Just what. had transpired be-
president OF the Chicago Federals, in
their famous peace discussion few
weeks ago.
unoiiicially," said Secretary John b
Heydler. "Ho said that his conference
with Weeghmann had been under.
taken by him merely as an Individual
and in no way as Representative OF
the league. His account of what tran
spired was not news, as, the result OF
accurately reported by the press at the
time 1t took place"
Nothing Doing Session.
To-day's session OF tho club owners
was remarkable chiefly for what It die
mann had told OF his conference with
Weeghmann: 1t took no action to in
pRR n segea s w'h se Ghare
his stock in the Chicago Cubs; it tool
no action on the proposal to lengther
Inc wSrids series TO eleven
cause of the. feeling that this PROPOSE
ton meyer should have been put forth
and never could be adopted with profit)
use of the 100000 war fund which il
said to BIO in the bank. ready for use
in determined fight against the Fed
only positive thing done was the ap-
pointment OF n new committee on con.
stilu1on, composed OF Garry Hermann
OF Cincinnati: w. F.. Baker. of Phila.
delphia, and Schuyler =. Britton, OF
st. Louis. 1t now. seems likely thai
the meeting Will adjourn without any
exciting announcements so far as the
Federais are concerned.
busy Times In Corridors.
There were busy times in the corri.
doris, which may be said to bear the
same relation to the meeting room
that the curb market does to. the Stock
Exchange. Managers and player.
fitted about mysteriouely and talked