The Washington times., 1915-01-19
Neither President Minor Nor
Z Manager Griffith Will A.
tend Preliminary skirmishes
Against FederaIs.
Ioe BoehIing, Richmond Thun.
derboIt, Is Taking His Time
I. About Signing Contract to
q. :. Play With the Griffmen.
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

ny AO oAS <As- Doo
Neither President BENJAMIN. S.
Minor nor Manager Clark c. Crit
fifth will attend the hearing in Chi
cago tomorrow when the charges of
the Federal League come up before
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lands in
the United States Court. Each rep
resentative of the Washington
American League club has filed his
affidavit and, until personal evil
dcnce is desired by the attorneys de-
Tending organized baseball they will
remain here.
."No, we're not going to Chicago
for this hearing" said Manager
Griffith today. at is really but a
preliminary hearing at best and af-
fidavits ought to carry us through.
/ have a sneaking suspicion that
there will never be any other hear
ing, either, after this one. About one
good. healthy adverse decision at this
stage of the game will put the
quietus on the Feds"
However, II Washington. will not pc
personally represented at tonlorrow's
court hearing. almost every other city
will be. Joe Lannir. the Red SoX boss;
Jim Gaffney. owner of the worlds
champions: Captain Huston, the now
Yankee mogul: William +. Baker. the
Phillies' magnatc: Charlie Ebbets. who
controls the Dodgers: Barney Dreyfuss,
the wee owner of the Pirates, and al
most the entire collection OF Western.
moeuls will be. :. on nand. They arc
fiocking from all directions upon Chi
ca8o.
Baseball. that is. legal baseball. will
occupy the sport pages for some days
to come now. Judge Lands is hardly
expected to give ~ decision until lie has
whole case and this may .requ1r" some
time. Indeed, It may be q month he
fore his decision is handed dow. All
that time the lawyers and near-lawN"rs
haps. after it is all over. thee won't
be any fans left to cheer the victory.
Joe. Roehling. the Richmond southpaw
twirler has not yet decided to fling for
the. Griffmen. hop to the Feds or re-
main at his home and whittlc. sticks all
next summer. When he departed from
the Capital, he carried with him three
salary propositions lie. said he wapted
TIME to think things over. It is assumed
that he is doing so. In the meantime,
Manager Griffith stubbornly declines to
worry about Bochline.
II haven't heard thing from him
yet," said the Old Fox today. but let
him take his. own time. When he de-
cides, he'll know for sure then that he
is right l wouldn't hurry him in the
world
Though the Feds have never been re-
ported as rushing around to acquire
Boehling's services. it is barely possible
that they will interview him now, if he
holds out much longer.
The New York Yankees are consider
ing Columbus. Ga. as training camp
but 1t Is whispered that poor hotel con-
veniences may send them to some other
place. The Reds once trained at Column
bus. and quit because of the hotel SER
vice.
dim Gaffney denies that Joe Connolly,
formerly a Griffman. will be traded to
the Pirates. But no one ever really
thought he would be.
Muggsy McGraw is on his way to
Havana. and it is said that he is going
for a conference with Armando Mar
Sloufeds. McGraw will try to obtain
Marsans' consent to a swap landing
him in New York with the Giants. i
the Cuban outfelded refuses to stay
any longer in the National League Nc
Graw will then begin talking about the
Joys of playing with the Yankees. Fer
haps Marsans may be willing to play in
the American League. If the Ianks
succeed in obtaining him the team will
hardly be the same old joke in 1915.
Manager Clarence Percy Rowland
has begun dropping his excess bag
gage from the White SOX. he has some
eighteen players to let so. and there
should be plenty of crying around the
Windy City before the springtime
comes.