The Washington herald., 1914-02-05
Go TO PROTECT
LOCAL INTERESTS
President Minor and Griffith
viii Attend Joint Baseball
Meeting in Gotham.
INVASION IS FEARED
International League Anxious to Place
Club in Capital Other Gossip
and Comment.
BY WILLIAM PEET.


Manager Grifith and President Ben
Minor, of the Washington baseball club.
will go to New York next week to at
tend the joint meeting Of the American
and National leagues when 1t Is planned
to take action against the Federal in
vasion-
Griffith does not know Just what will be
done. but both he and President Minor
propose to be on the job to protect the
interests of the Washington club.
So far as the Federals are concerned
no trouble Is expected in this direction,
but Il has been known for some time
that the International League contem-
laid to transfer the Jersey City franchise
to Washington
There will be no International League
club in the Capital II Minor and Griffith
have their way. but powerful influences
may be brought to bear and this city
included in the Barrows circuit.
Il do not believe that an International
League team would make any money in
Washington" said Grifith last night. II
have heard the report that in order to
checkmate the Federals II was planned
to put q team in the Capital and to play
On our grounds. but i for one am op-
posed to It."
The New York conference begins to
loom up as an important affair It is
American League managers get together
that some definite policy viii be adopted.
some campaign mapped out for the pur-
pose of crushing the Federal League,
which organization has been getting a
whole lot Of advertising the past few
weeks.
Rumor has it that both the American
Association and the International Leagde
will branch out and place clubs in the
major league cities, where at present but
one team Is doing business. involving
Washington and Brooklyn in the East,
and Detroit, Cincinnati. and Pittsburgh
in the West.
major league managers agree to allow
International and American Association
teams to use their ball parks, we will
probably be forced to fall into line, but
both Mr.. Minor and myself are prepared
to fight this invasion, and We will not
die without a struggle"
In the opinion of Sherwood Magee,
some players in the National League
should not be restrained from going over
to the Federals- On the contrary, Magee
believes some of them should be encour-
aged to Jump" One player in particular
that Magee would like to see sign with |
the Federals is Pitcher Walker, of the
Brooklyn club, says a dispatch from |
Philadelphia
A few weeks ago Walker was consid- |
ering an offer from the independents. He
took Up the matter with Billy Sunday, |
who xas then starting a series OF revival
meetings in Pittsburgh. Sunday advised
Walker to stick to organized baseball.
Recently a pamphlet was sent TO all OF
the clubs, containing Sundays advice to
ball players. When Magee saw copy of
the pamphlet he said:
Sunday hasn't chance on earth to
convert me. He told Walker not to jump. |
That's the very fellow I would like TO
see outside the National League. Why?
Because he can hit me more frequently
and harder than any pitcher in the coun-
try. In one game last season this fellow |
Walker hit me three times, and there
wasn't the difference of two inches in the |
three places where the ball struck. Every |
time Walker hit me in the small Of the |
back. Any fellow who is so wild as that |
should be encouraged to jump to the
Federals." |