The Washington times., 1914-02-05
At Least Two Stockholders of
Each Club Will Attend Meet
ing in New York.
BV THOMAS KIRBY.


Some idea Of the Importance Of the
Notwithstanding joint meeting OF
ae American and National Leagues al
>ew York next week, may be gsuged
ON the fact that each of thu sixteen
.ubs will be represented b. two OF
1ore stockholders.
AS was stated in Yesterdays 80 edI-
on of The Times. President Minor and
Manager Griffith have decided 10 at
gnd and will fight any effort tC place
a n organized baseball club in this city
s a bar against possible invasion by
ne Federals The indications are that
re gathering will be the most repre-
,entative ever assembled through the
all of members of the aNhonal Com
mission.
On Monday, the International League
viii holds its regula- meeting in New
ork, and in secret session. this or
anization is eXpecteG 10 adopt tenta-
s,e plans for expansion should the ma
rs decide sucn a .aUyement would bc
dvisable. On Tuesday comes the sched-
Sc meeting OF the National and the
Glowing day the National and amer
an delegates will assemble to out
ne the plans for the war j, now seems
" be necessary TO ware against he
.utlaws.
While it appears rather improbable
nat any deals will be c"usummat-d,
-anageT Griffith Will see o il tuaj can
uD is sounded on the matter OF pos
bly, turning over to the Nationals 3uN
ray material that might tit into TN.
-nTeral scheme here. GTi.th has col
He'd such a crop OF youngsters that b"
q plenty Of trading ia ent and Hlli
OF overlook the chance at New York to
1t over anything that ns thinks nigh,
VTk 10 the advantage OF the GrifImen.
satisfied that thev have cOm5ed the
majors as much as possible. the Feds
Ow plan to make further iEToads into
% larger minor leagues 10 Obtain ma
erial. They have changed IN their de
sion Of taking the cas-. Of King
ole. who hCDDed back to the New York
vUks. into court and Joe Tinker Is au-
HOrity for the statement that the neNJ
rw days win see some lively jumpInI:
ON the American Association and In
national leagues.
Howard Shauks. than whom there j.
% more popular man on the GTiffthtdu
oils. wrote his chief last night telling
Il some good fortune he has met on a
lice OF property he recently acquired
n I.le CulSHlTLS OF the thriving settle
nent OF MCnaca, Pa.
The good-loOking OUtfielder claims to
ave drilled into a rich petroleum well
nd he intends to devote his time and
money during the off-season into be
omtng an oil Inagnate while he awaits
he dav when he may be a baseball
lagnate. Whenever you speak face
itiously Of Monaco, Nj. .Shanks is greatly
'eeVed. as he claims It is one Of the
lost promising towns in western Penn
explaining that it is Just
cross the river from Rochester, al[I
houSh he always overlOoks telling just
here Rochester Is located
it viii be recalled that last year there
as sharp breach brought about
through the contentious of Shanks and
lllan in defending the respective merits
( Monaco. Pa. and Linden, Tea. GTif-
IN had an open date on his schedule
nd each player was maneuveTing TO
ct the Nationals to call and play the
JllaRe nine.
As Monaco was less out of the way
appeared as though Shanks would
in. At the last minute. after Shailks
ad received the official sanction Of the
lonaca Chamber Of Commerce, Griffith
ahooe6 the plan. While he never gave