The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-07
with Federal Offers, Players
Force Large Salaries.
Several Sign With Organized
Clubs-NOne Jumped Yet.
CHICAGO SALE NOT COMPLETE
Banquet Tonight VIII End Fes-
tiyities for Tourists.
Prepared to Leave ON Training
Trip-Tener Busy.

New York. March THE banquet
tonight at which the White Sox and
the Giants will be the guests OF hon.
or. will close the week Of baseball
frenzy that has reigned in New York
Tomorrow or Monday, Manager NC
Graw plans to leave with his tourist
players for Marlin and Owner Charles
Comiskey and the White Sox will
start for the west to join other mem
beers of the team already In training.
Federal league officials who failed to
sign . player in yesterdays rush but
whose activity served to establish
new high water mark for salaries,
also will leave town.
More than 800 guests will attend
the banquet to do honor to the world
tourists and enough baseball talk Is
promised to give the fans food Tor
thought and discussion until the
championship season opens. The SAL
ary iris Speaker Is to receive from
the Boston American league club was
today the subject OF much specula-
tract calls for an annual salary OF
$4,000 or $4,000 and in addition to
this he got q 5000 bonus for sign
ing. Before signing a Red Sox con-
tract Speaker listened to the Federal
league offers but demanded a five year
contract instead of three years. He
also demanded the elimination OF the
clause in the contract which gives a
club the privilege OF dropping play
er at ten days notice. This price tops
all salaries ever paid in the history of
the national game. Joe Tinker has a
contract with the Federal league
which calls for $4,000 on a three
year contract Mordecai Brown also
will get big salary from the Balti-
more outlaws. Evcrs' salary with the
Boston Nationals il $4,000 a year
and it Is stated that Mathewson's new
contract with the Giants provides for
a salary Of at least $4,000 a year.
Detroit. Other players who failed to
sign with the Federals yesterday are
Sam Crawford. who preferred to re-
main with the Detroit club; Pitcher
I.everenz of the st. Louis Browns;
Lee Magee and Steve Evans and
mickey Doolin.
Tenor to Handle Cub Affair.
The National League meeting re.
suited IN no decision with regard to
the Chicago-Boston club deal for the
services Of Johnny Evers and in find
ing a new owner of the Chicago club
After two lengthy sessions the board
Of directors announced that the fina
settlement of the Evers deal had beer
left to President Tener. AS the situa.
ton now stands Evers, Sweeney and
Purdue are all the property Of tbs
Boston club. Charles p. Taft. who
owns a majority of the stock of the
Chicago club will remain in control un.
til one of several offers made to pur-
chase his interest is arranged. Thii
announcement was made yesterday by
President Tener who has let it be
known he favors Chicago people as
owners of the Cubs. Mr. Taft has sci
price on his stock and Tener sale
the figure is large and carries with II
the stipulation that the minority
stockholders shall have the option Of
disposing Of their holdings at that fig.
ure per share at the time the majority
stock il sold.
Friday was . day Of propositions
counter-propositions, conferences and
contract flashing, but at midnight or
gAnixed baseball was still holding tn,
lead which it gained when several OF
the National and American Leagu,
magnates boarded the steamer Lusi
tania for down the bay, while tn,
Federal Leaguers were forced to wal
for several hours at the pier befor,
they could communicate with thos,
among the returning players they de
sired to sign. Their consolation, If 1
might be so termed, was the know
ledge that they had forced the mag
mates of the two major leagues to pa,
to those players who signed salaries
which surpassed their most exalted an
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