The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-09
Nearly Every Owner of Import
ance i'm Baseball is Rush
ing To New York
WANT TO BE IN ON THE
WAKE OF DEAD" FEDS
Battling Levinsky Goes IN a
Strike and Refuses 10 Bat
tie Saturday
BY HAL SHERIDAN.

NEW YORK. Feb. S-Workine to
ward the last leg OF their trip around
the world, the Giants and White SoX
saw the volcano Stromboli in action.
belching forth fire and smoke, but II
they had stuck around and been on
hand for the meeting Of the National.
American and International leagues
here this week they would have Wit
messed a spouting OF burning words
making Stromboli look like an alley
fire In comparison.
The big pow-wow gets under way
today. The International league viii
meet this afternoon to frame it's
schedule Tomorrow the National
league magnates get together. Wed
nesday Ban Johnson will call the
American leaguers into conference
and on Thursday Joint conference
extraordinary Will probably be staged
Garry Hermann, chairman OF tie
National Commission. today said he
believed the Federal league was as
good as dead. but il such is the case.
the various club owners have come
considerable distance 10 be in on the
wake. The Federals are furnishing
the chief food for thought and con-
yersation for the magnates here
In the discussion Of plans as 10 how
the OUTLAW" Invasion is TO be met
they swing back continually 20 con-
sidcratlon OF one mau--Charles
Weeghman, OF Chicago. They believe
that Weeghman viii desert the Fed.
erals and link up with organized ball
IL offered something worth while.
With Weeghman out. the Federal
league would then be expected to
cave.
G. Webb Murphy IS said 10 have
rounded up considerable backing ia
his opposition 70 the placing or an
American association team on the
North Side for Meeghman. Those
backing Murphy insist that the Fed.
erals are now on their last legs and
no concessions are necessary. The
magnates here believe the Federals
bluffed through their meeting in Chi
cago. Saturday. waiting TO see what
would happen here this week. None
of them believes Toronto can be kept
in the Federal circuit. A blow up
Saturday. however, would have left
Weeghman without a ball club TO
amuse himself with, whereas by hold
ing on until after this meeting, the
"organized" magnates figure he be
lieyes he may be offered an associa'
ton team.
The idea of putting international
league teams in one-club major
league cities OF the east and switching
the association circuit In the same
way is TO be discussed during the
meetings this week and another
scheme OF establishing third major
league may also be advanced.
Packey Mcfarland is on his way
70 New York today to talk over his
scheduled fight with Mike Gibbons.
with Billy Gibson OF the Garden A. c.
Gibson was going 10 Chicago TO try
and straighten things out, but is now
waiting for Packey here. The hitch
In proceedings Is now said TO be over
the purse. Mcfarland wants g guar
antee OF $4,000. which Gibson be-
lieyes several thousand too much.
For two days, Battling Levinsky
will not fight He has gone on
strike.
"This fight, fight all the time, II
breaks in on my evenings something
awful" Levinsky said.
Levinsky has only been lighting three
or four times week for the past
elk months, and his manager has him
matched for just as many fights
ahead. Friday night he met Bear
Cat" Mcmahon. OF Pittsburgh. Satur.
day night he was TO take on Jack
Drfscoll, but simply refused II was
an ont and out strike.