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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16
100000 Blow Might Hurt Feds
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Magnates Have Best Of Argument
Hurt Feds
BY JOHN E. MRAY.

baseball. even though he has signed Fed
eral contract
The Federal league can not restrain any
player or obtain any damages in court for
men who jump back, such as Blanding.
Kfllifer. Kahler, etc.
Organized baseball clubs, holding men
by contract Of any sort, can sue to restrain
Federals from enhcing players away
Organized baseball clubs can sue for dam
ages, and obtain them, where proof OF en-
ticement can be shown.
There are other points involved. but these
are the important ones that should figure in
preventing the wrecking Of organized base
ball by the Feds-if the Grand Rapids de-
cision stands in higher courts
The judge further puts shackles on the
outlaws by hampering their future efforts
to entice players to jump their moral Obliga-
tons.
By declaring the 1914 form of contract
valid the judge puts a positive halt to sign
Ing ball players who are under contracts
drawn this season.
New Reserve Is o. X.
The opinion Of judge Sessions brought out
several other important features, among
them:
Validity Of the new reserve clause.
A moral obligation exists among contract
siguers, even where clauses Of the contract
render it invalid to bind either party.
The 10 days release clause destroys the
binding character of a contract. in so far as
holding either party liable is concerned.
The Case of Hamilton.
Every baseball fan in st. Louis is Won
dering what is the status Of Hamilton who
recently jumped q 1913 contract This con-
tract is undoubtedly one of the old sort and
would not hold. if either party chose to
break its provisions
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16
lois liz y

M nav mere young who the of
wv to get away from chicken
mad been city engineer of of
the orphan boy had nothing left him but farm.
"hHe visiting the city where his
afternoon this anky youth asked
Pael between two amateur teams
ana he made so good that the
come and pitch every Saturday. ~
before the END OF the number
% ne finally saw chance to
WIN wen known manager to pitch prominent the
On his first day in the minor league grounds official scorer sent
10 the bench to get the fellows
boy got the name mixed and from that our hero has had ~
name lnat is really not his own lie has tried to make
baseball writer's take his real seriously there nothing oi
say, e SUBJECT OF this sketch pitcher that minor
league he pitched his club to victory beoao
ion OF the middle west lie had such terrific speed his strts a
in two ~ ms 'AeOu19 Always
AT the end OF the big nocked to the minor eao
~ our Young pitched and
ne club finally named figure large astounded the minor
league manager, and the deaIw was closed l s nnnOi
this Too
conscious OF his ability and did that he almost blew tIe b
control and there standing rIavers
aetc he could not hit the dwithh
@ ne mt The ground with his he
years without ~ ~ S'"iS may snOo' aU IoI
could go little further tell you something about this modest
"N'g as JTagedan a bu might til rni
his mas boy who IS expected day great pitcher as
Who is
Copyright 1914, by Syndicate Inel
player Who the hero yesterdays
star OF the BrOoklyn's pitching staff zap ei
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16
100000

OT. LOUIS, NO, April 16.-An expendi-
ture OF 100000 by the major baseball
leagues may suffice to deal the Fed
eral league a serious blow under the
ruling made by judge Sessions Of Grand
Rapids, Mich, when he handed down d YER
dict denying the Chicago Feds a restraining
order in the case of William killifer.
The judge, in handing down his opinion,
stated that while the killifer-Phild lphia
contract Of 1913 would not bind either party
who broke it. no third party could entice
the player away by offering inducements
The Judge declared the Chicago Federals
came into court with clean hands. mean
ing, of course, that killifer had been paid
to Jump.
Under this Interpretation all players un-
der 1913 reservation enticed away by Fed
eral offers Of money, could return to the
teams that had previously reserved them.
1t Is up 10 organized baseoal 20 say
whether this step is to be taken. Killifer
jumped back TO Philadelphia for $685. per
annUm- Probably 50 reserved players We're
signed by the Feds. By meeting the Feds
raises and adding to each one $500 addi-
tional organized baseball would probably be
able to wean back the greater number Of
Victory for the Trust
So far as now appears, the regular forces
of baseball appear to- have achieved sig
nal victory over their outlaw rivals-always
provided an appeal Of the Killifer case does
not change the Grand Rapids ruling
and that judges elsewhere, appealed to along
the same lines, will accept the opinion of
Judge Sessions as precedent.
The jurists opinion makes it plain that:
any player tempted from the rank OF or
ganized baseball by the Feds. under the re-
serve rule Of 1913, can return to organized
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16
Richie Stands 10 To 7 Favorite
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Murphy Money Is Scarce On Coast

Betting odds quote Willie Ritchie as a
10 to Z favOrite to win by the knockout
route over Harlen 1ominy 9ulpHy , ~ oS-ll
Francisco arena on Friday night Murphy
has apparently justified the opinions Of
fans that he has an equal chance with the
champion by his splendid work IN the train
ing camp. Richie is already below weight
and is confident that he easily dispose
OF the persistent eastern challenger Muir
ply money is scarce at 10 to 8, while many
fans predict that Richie viii eventually
become a to 1 favorite that the Harlem
ite viii be defeated
Before his departure for Kansas City Earl
Hamilton, pitcher Of the St Louis Browns
gave owner Hedges OF the Browns, q
Hamilton stated that he was Jumping to
the Federals chiefly because he could get
more com lnan lne anouht pal4 MN Dy
the American league magnate Hamilton 5
jump TO the Feds was the first attempt Of
the outlaws to gain player already signed
TO a contract
Jim Buckley. manager Of Gunboat
Smith, has cabied his acceptance Of an
purse Tor match between Smith and
Georges Carpenter. French champion. AZ
ter meeting Carpenter at London, Buck
ley stated that he would match the Cali
fornian against Sam Langford or any other
good heavyweight II a suitable purse were
offered The Gunner has a date to fight
Battling Levinslzy at Madison Square Car
den Nay s. for which he viii receive
guarantee Of $1,000.
Jimmy callahan, manager of the Chicago
White Sox. believes that his team has a
better chance for the American league pen
naut than the Athletics. The comeback OF
Walsh and Schalk. according to Callahan,
have more than Offset the injuries sus-
tanned by other members Of the team. Larry
Chappen the speedy little Outfielder. who
cost the Sox a small fortune, is not yet in
shape, but two sturdy batsmen, Fourier
and DAILY. are ready to jump into the
breach caused by the loss OF Chappeu-
Buthng. wrestling and pushing while in
the boxing ring have been K. O.'d by the
New York state boxing commission. The
rough stuff and use Of the old kidney
punch. which has predominated in many
recent bouts in Gotham rings has been
called to the special attention OF the com
mittee. 1t is determined to enforce the
rules of boxing Directions to disqualify
mission have been issued 60 referees.
James W Coffroth, the San Francisco
promoter. is making efforts to cinch a
match between Al Mccoy. the Brooklyn
who knocked out George Chip
in the first round recently in New York.
and Billy Murray, who recently attained
90 round draw with Jimmy Clabby- Bob
Moha, the Milwaukee middleweight, has
also wired COffroth for a match with Muir
ray Murray is open and ready 10 meet
all Corners according TO his manager. Jack
Kearns Coffroth has wired Inducements to
Jack Doughertys manager Of Mccoy.
Kid Williams. Of Baltimore. claimant OF
the bantamweight title, recently gave Kid
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16

Louisiana. Pennsylvania best bantam
weight the beating Of his life in six
rounds. Near the end Of the fourth, VIII
hams punished Louisiana numerically with
straight let's to the face and two singing
rights
When Charlie White begins his prepara-
tory work Tor the scheduled contest with
Willie Richie In Milwaukee, he viii be
assisted by John L. Sullivan. ex-heavyweigh
champion Of the world Sullivan believes
that he can give White a few pointers about
the game which he thinks modern boxers
overlook. He is OF the opinion that. II
X
Rube Waddelps life IS a lesson to ball
players today, according to Otto Floto
Waddelrs highest contract called for $4,000
because of his erratic way of living His
great pitching during one season enabled
the management Of the St Louis Browns to
find surplus of Sl65.0o0 in their treasury
at the end Of the season. WaddeU how
ever, was not even thought of, and did not
receive a bonus Not even new hat was
heuded him.
Joe Rivers has electrified the fight com
munity by picking. out an opponent for him
self Rivers declared that he wanted to
fight Jimmy Duffy. the LOckport light
weight who defeated Freddie Welsh before
the English champion came to the coast to
Tight Rivers. Duffy is now en- route to the
coast for match. after which he will go
east and meet Charlie White, whom he
NAEAEdlt4 several weeks ago DUFFY Is q
long, lanlSy lad with a left arm like a
blacksnalke whip.
Freddie Welsh may outpoint him for
70 rounds, and Leach viii be there in the
remaining three minutes trying to shoot the
knockout wallOp across" This is the be-
lief Of Sam Wallach, brother and manager
of Leach Cross. the New York lightweight
Leach is never disheartened. according to
Wallach. Welsh had nothing to DO with
Rivers except to pick out the place on his
body where he wanted to hit.
Jimmy Callahan, manager of the
Chicago White SOx, believes that he
has five pitchers who are every bit as
good as Walter Johnson. They are
Russell, Scott, Benz, CicOtte and
Walsh. Callahan stated that the SoX
are all hitting in better form this sea-
son. and that they have one of the
greatest shortstOps Of the majors in
suck Weaver. Callahan is of the opin-
Ion that the SOX and not the Athlet-
les viii battle the Giants next fall
De Witt Van Court. the Los Angeles
ooXlng expert, has suggested a new
nelnOd, whereby q decision can be
rendered in 20 round bouts, that will
meet with the appreciation of the fans
y an Court suggests that after the end
OF each and every round the referee
stand in the center of the ring and
point his finger at the man who had
the edge in the preceding three min
utes- IN this manner the fans could
keep lab on the rounds
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16

z n HIS day Nick AluOck was one OF the
greatest southpaWs in the business
Pitchers with more stuff there were many,
but few pitchers who could win with the
consistency of AItrock- Nick always pitched
with his head as well as his arm, He mad
a heart Of oak. and a motion to first base
that kept the runner hugging the bag so
closely that it was next to Impossible 10
steal on him. To sum it all up, Altrock
knew how to pitch. Pitchers with all kinds
Of stuff often fail, simply because they don
know how to pitch.
To the average fan Of today Altrock
means nothing as a player Nick to him is
purely some amusement with antics on the
coaching lines, and his comedy lyle Of play
ing first base. They regard .AltrOck purely
public Of course cannot be blamed for such
an opinion. for it is only in the comedy roles
now that Nick shows to advantage Manager
Griffith, however, carries AltrOck FOR more
than his coaching ability. There is no de-
nying the fact that he aided much in the
young sOuthpaw- He has also been Of much
value in taking the rough edges off the other
young pitchers.
Always a Good Fellow.
AItrOck during his entire career has al
ways been q good fellow He has perhaps
been his worst enemy Always willing to lend
aid, always a free spender always enjoying
life Kick found 1t a very easy matter to
get I'D OF his bank roll There are some
players who. If they had made as much
money as Nick. wouldn't need Worry. but
Nick viii never rival any Of the great cap
this point than a remark heard Altrock
make last summer. Jack Egan and were
stroling down Pennsylvania avenue in Wash
inEtOn. We bumped into Nick, who Joined US.
After walking a few blocks. we halted in
front Of a fortune telling place A fat greasy
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16
Former Magnate Has Good
Word For Federal League
Signs Own Death Warrant So Far Organized Ball Is
Concerned, by Saying He Thinks Federals Have
Mighty Good Chance; He Claims, How
That Salaries Are Too High
By FRANK c. slENKE.

I was connected with the game, and /
think it viii continue 20 advance except IN
one Way-and that is in the matter OF sal
aries being paid to players. I think that the
baseball players salaries have reached the
limit right now. To go farther. il seems 10
me, would be ruinous. The public supports
the Clubs and return dividends TO the stock
holders, II all the money is to be PAID out
to the ball players.
Reaction Is Now Due.
Baseball wars aid the player in bringing
about a boost in pay for him. but there s
always day Of reckoning. And there IS
the golden egg. a big reaction is due IN
the matter Of baseball salaries unless lcurb
is applied at once. No club owner can pay
huge salaries and make money. And club
owners are not in the game for their health.
The club owner expects certain returns
from his investment. If he finds that ne
must give all his profits and perhaps some
OF ms own money to the player thereby SUI
fering big financial loss he'll very soon
make some arrangement whereby he'i get a
Just return Tor his money. And that viii
mean that the ball players will suffer
mighty reduction in salary
Club Owners Expect Fair Profit.
4 90 not say that TITS speaker OF tne
Boston Red SoE is nCt worth the $4,000 sal
airy that he viii get under his new contract.
It's quite likely that compared to other play
ers he is worth that much. but I will say
that such salaries as Speakers and the Otner
stars Of the game Will cut IN heavily on Inc
club owners bank roll, and no matter how
big a bank roll club owner has, he dOesn
care to have it drained. He puts IN his time,
his thoughts and his money into the project
and he expects a good return. The high sal
aries Of the present day viii IL 'an -nat few
club owners. either in the Federal !sacue Or
in the American or National leagues, Will
Although Uncle Nick, Young Is
known, has been out Of the game for many
years he is still rabid fan and seldom
misses any Of the games staged in WASH
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16

Wv YORK. April 16.-Nick Young. for
Is years president Of the National
u league, seems to have signed ms own
death warrant by venturlng the re-
mark some days ago that Il think the b co
eral league has mighty une ehaHce 1oi
success" ,,
grabbed off money each month Ior - 5ga- so
for Dresidentlng the National league slalI
not 20 unrswarded, in the minds or oIh1Lt-
ICED baseball; and just now tbs salo, III IHf fs
are debating TO just what uleInou WIZ D7
used in sending Nick along 10 the BEYOND
Shall he be shot at sunrise, strung from lIle
nearest lamp post, gibbeted OF Ieq 80
poison Those are the questions. ana Jusl %
soon as the answer has been found NICK
loving friends and relatives may begin pre-
pairing themselves 10 go into mourning Aoi
the grand old man OF baseball
Young Compares Two Leagues.
Young now in retirement in his home IN
Washington. Is quoted as saying thaI the
Federal league teams. as constituted now
seem to be even stronger. and have more
major league caliber than did the American
LEAGUE clubs in 1901. Young also declared
that the American league was JUST as 1lu 81
despised and ridiculed when II began Us
fight on the Nationals as the Feds are De
ing ridiculed today.
7.The situation today as regards the Fed
erals and organized baseball, and that IN
1901 when the American league fought the
Nationals is just about the same sara
Young. "Few thought back in 1871 thar the
American league could force recognition from
the Nationals. The chances seemed 10 De
against the Americans, yet they maze d DIE
fight and won out.
''The FedBrals despite the fact that they
are up against organized and wei lntrencheQ
opposition. seem to have mighty good
chance Their entry into the field brings
about continuous baseball in many cities that
didn't have it before, and think that base
bah has grown TO such an extent that the
fans Will support continuous baseball.
Salaries Now at Limit.
Baseball has made wonderful strides since
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16
HAMILTON JUMPED;
NOW Jumps BACK

Parsons. Kas., April 16.-Earl Hamilton
pitcher who jumped from the St. Louis
American league baseball club to the Kan
sas City Federals last Thursday, agreed to
rejoin the St. Louis team Hamilton reached
his decision after an all-day conference with
president Hedges Of the st. Louis club at
HomiltOn's home in Oswego Kas, near here
In company with his father. NJ. c. Ham
ilton. the ballplayer and president Hedges
drove 20 miles from OswegO to Columbus.
Kas in a motor car to take the train to
St Louis Hamiltons father. enlisted by
Hedges, really was the big influence in his
returning to the American league.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16
"STORIES ABOUT STARS
Humorous and Serious Tales Of the Ball Field
By Tad
By BILLY EVANS

woman attired in a dress Of a million colors.
for two bits agreed to tell your future By
reading your palm
Future Is Behind Him.
Better drop in, Nick and have her tell
you your future" suggested Egan-
Nothing doing Jack" replied Nick my
future is behind me" That remark made
a deep impression on me- L recalled the days
when Altrock was the idol Of the south side
fans in Chicago Of the day he beat Mordecat
Brown in the opening duel OF the 1893
worlds series Nick was probably thinking
OF the same thing. when in tones touched
with sadness, he remarked, MY future is
behind me"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16
RUNNING DOGS ARE
HEADED FOR NOME

Nome, Alaska, April 16.-Au three con-
tenders in the 412 mile alI-Alaska sweep
stakes race for dog teams. are now headed
Tor Nome, having rounded the turn at
Candle, 2G6 miles away, Wednesday
John Johnson. who left Candle at 1888
a. m, passed Gold Run, 1S2 miles from
Nome, at 1885 a. m. Johnson's Is Siberian
wolves are running well, all being on their
feet when he passed Gold Run.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16
CHICAGO TEAM HAS WON TWO
CANES FROM II ETF

Chicago. Ill, April 16.-Timely hitting.
coupled with the sensational fielding OF
Weaver. enabled the Chicago Americans to
make it two straight from Cleveland We'd
nesday, winning > to 1. The game was a
pitchers battle between Cicotte and -Steen.
but Cicotte pitched the better ball in the
piuches.
In the seventh inning pitcher Steen was
hit the knuckle OF his pitching hand by
CicOtte and was compelled to retire. It
was said after the game that it would be
some time before he could play again.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16
sTOvALL HAD ALLOWED

Kansas City No. April 15.-GeOrge StO-
vaH, manager Of the Kansas City Federal
league club who induced Hamilton to leave
the St. Louis team last week, granted Ham
uton permission to go to his home in Os-
wegO last Sunday night Stovall said the
pitcher agreed to return Wednesday night
and was slated to pitch the opening game
between the Chicago and Kansas City Fed
erals. To induce Hamilton to sign with
the Federals StOvall gave him a $4,000
bonus and three year contract for total OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16
WALL TEAM LOSES
TO PHILPOT TRIO
Binford and Fowler Teams Make Even
Break IN the second Match; Fowler
Rolls High Game

Duck pin rollers predominated a. second
time at the Cactus alleys "Wednesday nigbt
when two matches We're rolled. PhilpOt's trio
won four points from the Walz team. win
ming out on team total by margin Of 90
pins, Itbbitts rolled high game, IO1 and
williams total. PA.
Binford and Fowler teams made an even
break in the second match. Fowler roI1ed
high game, 100 and Hanon total. 277. The
margin was constituted OF Is pins in favor
Of the Binford trio. The scores:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS.

Where They Play Friday.
Cleveland at Chicago.
St. Louis at Detroit
Philadelphia at New York.
Washington at Boston.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

Where They Play Friday.
Chicago at Cincinnati.
Pittsburg TT St Louis.
Boston ut BROOKLYN.
New York at PHILADELPHIA.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION STAND

Where They PLAY Friday.
Cleveland at Indianapolis.
Columbus at Louisville
Minneapolis at Kansas City.
St. Paul at Milwaukee.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16
TEXAS LEAGUE STANDINGS.

Where They Play Friday.
Houston at Beaumont
San Antonio at Galveston
Waco at Dallas.
Austin at Fort Worth
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION

At ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS &. New Or
leans. Il.
At Atlanta-Atlanta, 6: Nashville. 5.
bile. s. 1O-
At tanooga-Memphis- CHATTANOOGA
game postponed on account Of rain.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16
CLIFTON CUBS WIN FIRST
CAME ERONT MOP z

Clifton. Ariz.. April 16.-The clifton Cubs
Won their first game away from home by
oefeating the Morenci Independents at Mo-
renci by a score Of to . KID Ross. the
CIIton pitcher, was invincible He allowed
my three hits and struck out 1 men An
other feature Of the game was the hitting
~ Of Ross and Weeks, formerly OF the Santa
rita team in the Copper league.
C,liF+ore' r, H E.
Morenci ''''''''''- .
rIoaIlerles-C Clifton. Ross and A. Weeks.
1OIehci' Duran. Curon and Cruz
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16

Where They Play Friday.
Oakland at Portland
Los Angeles at San Francisco.
Sacramento at Venice.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16
TUCSON WOMEN GOLFERS

Tucson. Ariz. April 16-6s - ra,i,I "a =,
cII5t -lnlsh Of the initial play. the Country
t TO- women golfers who remain ia the
Mrs Evelyn Fleisbna1 and Mic Y-r,a
4F5soseIlstern; Mrs A. E. Deyo and Mrs P g.
ths1 En- airs R. X Shelton and Mrs. Ma
p Roe NgntaIIi Mrs. III J. Donau and Mrs.
81t.r+ SeessIern; Mrs. r. w Clapp and Mrs
AlDert Steinfeld; Mrs. j. S bates bye
mrs; Walter Wakefield bve: Mrs Julius
Kruttschnitt, bye
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Wednesdays Games.

Boston Brooklyn game at Brooklyn. Chi
cagO-Cincinnau game at Cincinnati and New
York-Philadelphia game at Philadelphia
postponed on account Of rain.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16

At Columbus. 2: Louisville. 7
At Indianapolis, 3; Cleveland. .
At Kansas City. 5; Minneapolis 4
At Milwaukee, 8; St Paul, 0.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16
AMERICAN ASsOCIATInN


BuIIaIo at Baltimore and BROOKLYN at
Pittsburg postponed on account of rain.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16

Philadelphia-New York game at New
York St Louis-Detroit game at Detroit
postponed on account Of rain.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Wednesdays Games.


At Cleveland. r. H Z
Cleveland - 600 OG1 OOH : >
Chicago ... 100 O00 10y
batteries Cleveland, Steen and Gregg.
O'Neill; Chicago, Cicotte and Schalk.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
Npduasdor-Ie Geo.
FEDERAL LEAGUE

At POrtland-Oakland rain.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16

= ? EW YORK. April 16.-Nick Young. for
is years president Of the National
league. seems to have signed his own
- death warrant by venturlng the re-