Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
IS MAJOR
LEAGUE CLUBS
WEAPON IN WAR
Ball Hopes to Break
federaIs by Injunctions and
Other Lawsuits,
BY Bill Bailey.

F1,AY is the weapon selected
by the fellows in organized
- baseball with which to make
hair aght They have an idea it will
1,r,ve fatal. all right, too. But 1t is
,,r oninion that 1t will be the other
|,.ro,r VINO will suffer the fatality.
I,t.o,,re the men in the Federal
League.
nelay lawsuits of all kinds, includ-
,rs damages, and injunctions are
|,mong The weapons to be sharpened
,beo the magnates of the two leagues
,.tbar in New York on Tuesday and
"Wednesday of next week, At any
bate that is the impression which
Eou gather after talking it over with
no fellows who own the major league
ball clubs,
Await Legal Battle.
Now. here is the peculiar part of it.
|~be Federsls claim that they hope
/ hat the fellows in the organized
rame employ those tactics. They say
here will be no delay. Also that it
rim he a great thing to have the legai
hattie ON AS soon as possible. Inc
|ies being. of course, that it Will De
|oyer all the sooner and the Feds Will
|krow lust where they stand.
When the eight club owners OF the
|NsHoraI meet the octet Of the
E4morjtau i'm New York on Wednesday
H. next week the plan of battle Will
shc formulated Ana as near as can
h. learned now it will provide some
Ehng Ike this:
Every major league club which has
Eost PLAYER will ask for an lnJunc-
lion CHARLES w. Murphy is expect
I'd 10 ask some FEDERAL court TO en-
|jon Ward Miller. from playing with
1 he Fedclals. At ne same time the
| oX viii request that some action be
Etaken to keen Ted Easterly from
3hamneriug any long drives over the
fFed fences. Simultaneously Will the
EPhi'adelphia club arise in its might
land demand that Otto knabe be le-
|Falfy requested TO refrain from ca
|rorting on outlaw" territory.
o ASK IhJunctionS.
simultaneously will Mr.. Josephus
Thinker he requested to cease his Fed
|gal\actiHitics Temporary injunctions
|Nil he asked for.
Then comes tine big legal fight
|Those iniunctions will be asked for
|npou the grounds that the men have
|Goated the reserve clause which is
| e foundation of the organization.
The organized forces will care moth
|ng about a short and decisive fight,
II they can keep the courts busy on
|echniCaitieS for several weeks or
months all the better. For in that
par Of the game the major league
|clubs figure they have it on their OPP
|ponents
Its like this; The organized clubs
Fave a sufficient number of men to
|man their clubs and play their seized
|ue But should temporary injunc-
lions be obtained against the big
|eaguo players who leaped. then thes
vii have to remain idle while the re-
|quest for permanent Injunction is
|peing decided
Keep Jumpers Idle.
Get the idea? Organized baseball
" anus ~ httD lilt ltloNS WIN JuhipSb
|ae Then they can go along playing
heir schedule while the other fellows
Fave to employ substitutes. Some OF
| the major magnates have an idea
That they can tie the proposition up
y the courts for years. The Feds give
ne organization men the laugh on
| ms proposition. But it promises a
me scrap Just the same.
Meanwhile Joe Tinker says that
ms crew is preparing TO do a bit of
|'ugatiug also. The fellows who
|Sgned with the third league and then
lopped back to the organized fellows
are the ones against whom Joe is
eYAling his threats.
DID You ever stop to think what's
gong to become Of these fellows who
'aye signed with us, accepted our
money and then jumped?" queried
What Joe was asked.
Well, they will be missing or pay
|lay It's certainty that we will tie
mem up, and it is Il certainty that the
curtis can't decide the question right
Who is going to pay them while
oel are tied up and can't play? We
|t.'alnly can't be expected to. Well
|sln then in the end. which means
nay the organized fellows won't"
y looks decidedly promising for the
ega gents.