The Washington times., 1914-02-05
MAJORLEAGUEM MOGULS
VERY MUCH IN EARNEST

q iSSSOH iOF MS dCIlOn, Joe >. JACK
son, Of Detroit, was bold enough to de.
clare that Monaco lost the game be.
cause II was found that no train stop.
ped at the place on the particular date
which was available.
While discussing Shanks and riling
him by making invidious references to
the place of his birth and present
abode. it might not be am,ss TO saw
that his claims for that place in left
held are considerably stronger than
some would believe.
Shanks is mervelous fielder. no man
IN me majors is more reliable in
tiS niandIlng a bounding ball. He can
IhroW and he can run, leaving his onJ,.
drawback his failure to hit I'm to the
standard set for some others who cav
oTt IN the gardens of the American I'D
NaNohai Leagues. But Shanks' weak
oSS Ios. III nitIhs Is not In smashing into
uoIDIe plays or tanning, but his re-
Iherkeole prOcivity for crashing Tho
1aI directly into the hands Of one OF
the infielders. Vi'' o.
Few men on our ball club hit harder
6ri,.i siII!i Ii9tHard' but he Is Unlucky in
DRIVING liners TO one OF the men I'm the
ihneld, said Griffith today.
>, II Howard had little more luck IN
erection he would be one OF the best
oaters in The game
That the Federal League K -e,o,t,~.,
10 sharp practices to rob the ma toIs nf
players is charged by King Cole tbr
New York pitcher. Cole has sent The
1O!iowing letter:
"Charles Weeghmsn care Federal
League, Old Colony Building, Chi-N;.U'
Dear sir-I shall play with the New
YORK American League club this vea-
, was drafted by that club last fan
lnDnu5 the middle Of December ! re-
'rlNed letter from Mr Farrell askin.,
M What ] thought was fair in tho va
81 salary. On december -. 1912. | wrut,.
NJ FARRELL telling him that | would l..
90" Il" play under Mr.. chances man
aSeNienl and Offering to come for q
IaIaFH "hich ! named in my letter ON
January >. 1914 / received 4 tcl,g..anI
from Mr. Farrell, in which he accented
my offer. l'''i
told Mr.. Gilmore Of the Federal
league exactly what happened between
Ar, FarTell and myself and foId Inn,
about the offer I had mad NIr lIar I.,,''
r'". and showed him the teIrgr,I-, ,,C-
cepiIng nv offer, which ! had ~erei,.c,I
from M. Farrell. Mr.. Gilnor. roId r,o
that thls was not a contract lie toll
me that MI Farrell had waited ION
iong before accepting my offc- and ~
made the same statement 10 ib,. na,is
papers iHtcr
Mr. Gilmore was very urgent and a..
MS advice ! signed contracts v,itL ~,
Federal League. These contracts p.er,
signed after January :, 1914, and art,.I
] had showed Mr Gilmore Mr.. FarrcII,y.
telegram accepting my offer. When w.,
contracts were made ID Mr. GiIn,nr,
SAID that TO avoid trouble he vnr,i,I
date them December %, 1919. AI,h,,,aS
have asked for them | have nor h,.1,
able 10 get copies OF the Federal I,eaf,,,n
''
After it was given out in the roy.--
palers that / had signed with tho
Federal League I received a Iette- rrC''',
Mr.. Farrell in which he said thai bn
understood he had binding contract
with me. 7 then consulted nv Iawver
VINO advised me that ! had made, a
contract with Mr.. Farrell. This being
the case there Is nothing for me to do
out 10 i've up 10 the contract frst
made. and ! propose to do so to the
Dest OF my ability. ] am going In ulav
Tor Mr.. FarrelPs club on precisely the
terms l offered in December and which
he accepted in his telegram.
am instructing my lawyer in Chi
cago TO return to the Federal League
the advance payment l received from
them. Yours truly,
LEONARD L. COLE"
Denials TO the contrary nothwithstand
ing. it may be accepted as a fact that
the report that Uncle Nick Young's
eyesight has failed TO such all extent
that he. will no longer be able to en-
seFNs