Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-06
FEDS FILE SUIT AGAINST
II: u: ORGANIZED BASEBALL
5ehg,
Gilmore Claims National Commits.
sion, Including National League,
,4.i, Is Gigantic Trust.
WANTS PLAYERS LEFT ALONE
Garry Hermann Delighted, and Feels
Certain as to Outcome-Presit1ent
Tener Also Optimistic-Datc Set
for Trial January 20.

for Trial January 20.
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CHICAGO. January 5-Chargine tina;
ehe national commission. tho governing
and the national agreement. under
which its members work arc viola =
ton of the common law and anu-trust
statutes. the Fedora! League filed suit
here to-day asking that the National
commission be decrccd illegal and void.
md, its members enioir.d from further
continuing In the alleged unlawful com
The sui, was fled in Fedora! District
.f.tn,e of the principal clauses in the
With baseball players under the Ma
uonal agreement and til. rules Of the
National Commission il" declared void.
$nd OF no effect 50 far as they con
e.rii. lhe Federal League or any OF its
ur Gntoin the National Commission or
;taNssclub i'm organized baseball from
seeking 10 enforce its contracts with
players who have signed with the Fed
4Ihl League. The court is asked TO re
strain the defendant from calling
pfhEers under contract with the Fed :
oral League contract jumpers and
framscharactcrizing the Federal League
or its members as outlaws
Filed In Name of Ecdcrals.
;. The suit was tiled in the namc OF the
EeGegal League OF Professional Ease;
SWional Leagues and their clubs. Aug
urt-ficrrmann, u. Is. johnson. and John
x. Tcncr, members OF tho National
Commission.
The cour, Is Informed that there
arc now in the United states about
10000 professional baseball players, all
oG. whom. with the exception Of ahout
roo under contract 10 tho Federal
teisue, are under the domination and
control OF the national agreement. the
rules and regulations OF the National
s,'rhS national .agrecmen; for the gov
"tftmcrt of professional baseball. which
waH entered into between the National
and American League and The National
lsseclnton in 1909. the complainant
deeSlarcs. was not for the pcrpe;uatIon
OF baseball as the national pastinic. the
Profession OF property rights without
satrihc'ng the spirit, Of competition.
players. as declared in the agreement,
but. was for the pcrpctuatiou OF pro-
fassiona! baseball in the hands OF tho
the combination might be safeguarG"u
against any professional compctiticn.
in!!,. Wnnt to Protect Jumpers.
Fly court is asked to. restrain the
lGIf1ida from seeking by Injunction.
preEent, the players, Fisher. konetchy.
Caldwell, Perritt, Wingo. O'Connor.
Betiient. Austin. Allen. Berghanmcr.
Beiidcr Plank and Marquard, from per-
forming their several contracts with
tMes constituent members OF the plant
iMIGDismissal OF the various court &C
son. Harold II. Chase. -Armando Mar
sans and Lee Magee is asked.
"a significant clause IN the prayer
That the said defendants shall be
dccreed as forming part Of "a combina-
y cor spiracE and monopoly IN VIC
Nnntion OF the antitrust and monopoly
statutes. and IN restraint of trade and
commerce, aud in deroga,ion OF the
constitutional right OF the contract. and
that said defendant be cNjcined from
iurther continuing or doing business as
= DAFT or In connection with said com
h"aNoN' corspirac% and monopoly
The Eleven Prayers.
The eleven prayers follows.
.aT-Inat u" national agreement and
1H rules OF ihe National Commission
l'e declared illegal and the defendants
enJoiMed from operating under them.
THAT the defendants be declared
70 constitute Il combination, cons piracy
ana monopoly l.: contravemtiou Of the
Joined from further doing business az
20 part Of said monopoly.
"-That The defendants b. declared 10
ave Sonsptre4 10 i'.iure % destroy the
plaln;iff-s business. and cnjoincd from
eohtinuing their conspiracy. part!cu-
;i.,cia dT2 rnyins inS piaintihs are
INTERVIEWING with."bkfcS iis,' any piay.
ers under Federal contract
THAT all contracts with players
heretofore made by the defendants un-
der IN. national agreement b. declared
~ to the plaintiffs null void ,rd -,
no effect and ,Lsf ,he defnnjon,s -,
enjoined from seeking TO cifornn go r
..entr.cts arair., ujI'.nrs ,a,or .i..S -
bk.ihs Fedcrnls '''N
:,---Ts,ai the defendants hc o,d.,e5 :,
dismiss the yariou. "r,inn" ,n,, 80, 70
ing against PLAYERS ~" ''''u
G-Tha;fthev i,e ra.,r.;, al ,ro
ING hv i,t,nCtions ;br"a,s ' - OH steh
TO prevent other piayers from n pe9,,,s ns
Ing their soycr,, .Intra!tS o''' Pc''o''l-
Sociinn ~. '" ,i!.1f,,t.
ion covering the ynrions ir.ftSsrs a,it;ya
scctions ana . ask DAMAGES And re- re-.
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