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

t-IAY is the weapon selected
~, the fellows in organized
p baseball with which to make
hail. fight. They have an idea it will
r,,a fatal. all right, too. But 1t is
,oir oninion that il will be the other
+.nov who will suffer the fatality.
,,,riro the men in the Federal
aague.
Delay. lawsuits Of all kinds. includ-
mo- damages. and injunctions are
norq he weapons to be sharpened
bon the magnates of the two leagues
|.s,her in New York on Tuesday and
"wednesday of next week. At any
hate that is the impression which
M gather after talking it over with
4 ,o fellows who own the major league
/ ball clubs.
Await Legal Battle.
Now. here is the peculiar part of It,.
Tho FederaIs claim that they hope
Ibat the fellows in the organized
amo emnlov those tactics. They say
here will he no deiay. Also that it
yfl he a great thing to have the legal
|hattIe ON as soon as possible. The
ge4 heing. of course. that it will be
|pyer all the sooner and the FEDS VIII
know lust where they stand.
When the eight club owners of the
National meet the octet of the
american in New York on Wednesday
III next week the plan of battle Will
h. formulated And as near as can
H. learned now it viii provide SOME
1'hng like this
Every major league club which has
Host a PLAYER will ask for an lnJunc-
.ion Charles w Murphy is expect
H. TO ask some Federal court to en-
4 joiu Ward Miller from playing with
he Fedelals. At the same time the
. Sos will request that some action be
&isken IN keep Ted Easterly from
any long drives over the
&Fed fences. simultaneously VIII the
&Philadephia club arise in it's might
&End demand that Otto Knabe be le-
fgalrv requested to refrain from ca
forting ON outlaw territory.
To Ask lnjunctions.
simultaneously viii Mr.. Josephus
|Tnker he requested to cease his Fed
|ers activities Temporary injunctons
IVlll he asked for.
Then comes the big legal fight.
These iniunctions win be asked for
|upon the grounds that the men have
Violated the reserve clause which is
ne foundation of the organization.
The organized forces will care moth
|ng about a shorl and decisive fight.
II they can keep the courts busy on
|lechncalties for several weeks or
months. all the better. For in that
part of the game the major league
clubs figure they have it on their OPP
|ponents
It's Ike this The organized clubs
have a sufficient number of men to
|man their clubs and play their sched-
ule But should temporary injunc-
|tons he obtained against the big
eague players who Ieaped. then they
|wlI have to remain idle while the re-
Quest for a permanent injunction is
being decided
Keep Jumpers Idle.
Get the idea =? Organized baseball
wants to keep the fellows who jumped
''''H hfil iitcN Ntll Sp dlpilS pltiS ms
their schedule while the other fellows
ave To employ substitutes Some OF
1o major magnates have an idea
That they can tie the proposition up
n the courts for years. The Feds give
Inc organization men the laugh on
las proposition. But it promises
me scrap Just the same.
Meanwhile Joe Tinker says that
Ms crew is preparing to do a, bit of
lugating also. The fellows who
|slgned with the third league and then
Aopped back to the organized fellows
Ere the ones against whom Joe is
|eve'ing his threats.
Dld you ever stop to think what's
|gohs To become Of these fellows who
nave signed with us, accepted our
money and then iumped?' queried
Naat"' Joe was asked
NeIL they viii be missing on pay
.aN It's certainty that we will tie
them up and it is Il certainty that the
courts can't decide the question right
1 Who is going TO pay them while
Nel arc tied up and can't play? We
e'aniy can't be expected to. Well
Nh then in the end. which means
I'at Tine organized fellows won't"
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