The Washington herald., 1914-01-29
Three MORE maps
SOUGHT BY FEDS
Ivan Olson, Jack Graney, and
Doc Johnson Offered
Contracts.
TO SEE CHARLES SOMERS.
Up to President of Cleveland Club.
Tinker Grabs Cincinnati
Out6elder.
TO SEE CHARLES SOMERS
sp.e.I TO III. Washington Her.h.


Cleveland, Ohio. Jan. eS.-George
Stovall, former manager of the Cleve-
land American League baseball team.
but now leader of the Kansas City
Federal Leaguers. who has been work
ing among the big league players
wintering on the Pacific Coast, bas
made an offer to Ivan Olson, utility
man Of the Maps. it was learned today.
Olson, II is said. has received such a
good offer financially from the new
league that he feels he cannot afford to
pass it up and probably will sign.
Jack Graney, Nap outfielder, over the
long distance telephone from his home
at st. Thomas. Canada, today declared
he had received a good offer from the
Federals with a three-year contract,
but that before signing he is coming to
Cleveland. probably on Thursday. to
confer with the Nap management.
Doc Johnston Now.
Chattanooga, Tenn, Jan. 2S.-Doc
johnson, first baseman of the Cleveland
Maps, to whom the Federal League has
made a fiattering offer in the hopes
that he will follow the example of
Falkenberg, Blanding and Kahler.
stated tonight that he would prefer to
play in Cleveland if that club would
make him the same offer as was ten
dere1 by the Gilmore organization.
What this was he would not state. He
has informed President Somers to this
effect.
Tinker signs Wickland.
Chicago, Jan. 2S-The National League
has lost another player, and strange
enough, the player was the property Of
the Cincinnati club. the organization that
gave the Federals their first lease of
life. when it allowed Joe Tinker to slip
~. l,.ra al.,1l
Al Wickland, a young outfelder pur-
chased by the Reds last fall from the
Dayton club in the Central League. today
signed contract to play with Joe Tink-
sr's Federals.
Hendrix for Chicago.
Tinker emphatically denied the report
today that Claud Hendrix, former Pitts
burgh pitcher, recently signed by the
Chicago Federals, would be sent to the
Kansas City club. Joe says there is
nothing to that report and that when he |
signed Hendrix he signed him for the |
Chicago club and that he will positively
play here.
Charles Somers president of the Cleve-
land club, was still N Chicago today. He
conferred with Ban Johnson and Tom
Chivington, president of the American
Association, at various times during the |
day. Somers evidently has something up |
his sleeve. 1t may be in connection with |
his Toledo American Association fran |
chise; then, again, II n.ay be that he and |
Ban johnson are silently preparing the |
plans of attack to be made by organized |
baseball on the Federals- Somers said |
he had heard nothing from the three |
twirlers, Falkenberg. Blanding and Kah- |
Ter, who are believed to have recently be- |
come Federal League property, but he |
spiked the yarn to the effect that Ray |
Chapman, Cleveland infielder, was con,
templating signing with the independents
He declares that Chapman turned in mis- |
signed contract at least a week ago. !
chapman signed up for two years
Chicago Gets Beck.
Bloomington, ILL.,. Jan. 2s-Fred Beck. |
first basenlan last year with Buffalo and /
formerly with the Boston Nationals, who
returned home today from Chicago, an
nounced that he had signed a three-year
contract with the Chicago Federal League
club.