The Sentinel=record., 1914-03-06
SMALL ARMY OF BALL MAGNATES TO MEET WORLD TOURING
 BALL PLAYERS AT PIER.
FEDERALS ARE AFTER THEM
Gilmore Wires Eight of Them Not to s'9n Until They Have Seen Him Many Stars in the List of PIavers Federals Are After.

New York March 5.-Men promi- "eHt m organized baseball as well 4s large group of Federal leaguers arrived here today to welcome tbo "orid-touring ball players. who will come in tomorrow on the steamar Lusitania' Plans have been made to greet the much travelled ball tossers at Quarantine, which the liner is ex- pected to leave in time to dock by or 9 o'clock ia the morning
 Besides the welcome to the tour ists, which in it's main feature ,yiI, take the form of a banquet Saturday hlght' the time of the magnates in organized ball is expected to be well occupied by conferences over the status of the game, in view of tha situation created by the advent of the federals. The latter have partic- ular interest in the home coming of the Giants and White Sox because of their desire to secure the signatures or some of the returning players to Federal League contracts.
 Ban Johnson, president of the Amer. ican League, came on the same train today with James A. Gilmore, head of the Federal organization. Tonight brought John K. Tener president of the National League, to the city.
 The national commission trio was completed by the arrival of August Herman of the Cincinnati club. Heads of other clubs who reached here were Joseph Lannin of the Boston Red Sox; Wm F. Baker of the PhiladeI- phia Nationals; James E. Gaffney of the Boston Nationals; Robert L. Hedges of the St Louis Americans, and President Chas. H. Ebbets of the Brooklyns.
 The Federal League delegation, in addition to Gilmore. consists of E. F. Gates of Indianapolis, counsel for the league; Geo. Ward and Walter Ward of the Brooklyn Federals; Manager George Stovall of the Kansas City club; Manager Mordecai Brown of St. Louis and Larry Schlafly of Buffalo. President Otto Steifel of St Louis and Ned Hallon and Otto Knabe of Bal timore will be here tomorrow.
 The Chicago friends of President Comiskey, 80 in number, who arrived today, have chartered the steamer Niagara to meet the Lusitania at Quarantine.
 The magnates will meet the Lusi- tania on the government revenue cut ter, which leaves here at 6 o'clock in the morning. Johnson, Baker, Franz Farrell of the New York Americans. Lanain and other major league club owners have tickets of admission to the cutter, which at a lata hour. President Gilmore and his associates had been unable to get.
 There was some talk ofsoharter;ns a boat, but as this would not give the Federals admission to the Iusi- tania, they were said to have about decided to meet the players at the dock, which will give the organized league men an advantage.
 Gilmore sent wireless messages to the eight players he wants, Speaker, Crawford, Magee, Wingo, Egan, Lev erenz, Doolan and Evans, and told them not to sign until they had heard from him.
 They will be crazy If they don't accept what VIC are willing to give them,' said the Federal chief.
 President Ban Johnson today said he deplored the meeting held between Gilmore and the two National League presidents. Johnson said he is not here to talk peace to the Federal Lea que but to welcome the tourists.
 We will fight these people to the bitter end" said Johnson. "They have nothing but bunch of sand-lotters with a small sprinkling of major lea que players. They got about ten from our league. The Federal League af- fair is taken too seriously. The whole thing is joke
 Gilmore said he could not believe Johnson had made such statement If he wants war we will give it to him." said the Federal League head, "and the fireworks will start before the Fourth of July If Killifer does not report to the Chicago Federals in Chicago on Sunday there will he some