The evening world., 1915-01-23
FEDEALS TELL COURT
THEY DON'T WANT TO ,
STOP BIG LEAGUERS
Answering Judge Landis's,
Query, Counsel Says All They
Ask Is NOn-Interference.

CHICAGO, Jan. 23.--Former Judge
Quincy Myers Of the Indiana Supreme
Court opened rebuttal argument for
the Federals to-day in the antitrust
suit against organized baseball He had
not gone far when Judge Lands asked
him to define just how far the Federal
League wanted the requested tempor-
ary injunction to go. b
THE court would like to know II the
plaintiffs seek to stop all operations Of
the defendants, or whether they seek
merely to stop alleged tampering by
the defendants with Federal League
players"
Judge Myers explained that he was
not handling that end of the case.
Attorney Il. E. Gates was sent In to
pinch hit for the ex-Indiana jurist.
Gates explained the Federals merely
wanted. in the temporary injunction.
to restrain organized baseball from
interfering. through court action or
any way. with plans they might have
for Spring training. He pointed out
that organized baseball might sue out
temporary injunctions in State
courts, preventing certain players
from starting spring training. Tho
court took this phase under advise
ment and requested Attorney Myers
to proceed with arguments.
The Federal League drew frst
blood to- day when Ellis q. Kindead.
organized baseball counsel. admitted
| that the new 1915 contract contained
the renewal clause, as charged by
| Federal attorneys.
Challenging the statement made
yesterday that .. B. players were
bound by the reserve clause only for
one year more than the contract
term. which he said was limited to
one year. Quincy Myers. Federal
| League attorney, charged the players
were forced to sign a renewed clause
contract every year. Counsel Miller.
for the organized baseball contingent.
| challenged his statement.
Federal Attorney Addington pre-
sentd a 1915 contract submittd to
Player Konetchy by President Drey-
fuss Of the Pittsburgh Pirates, which.
he asserted, contained the renewal
clause. He demanded that organized
baseball produce contracts signed
with Ray Caldwell, Ivy Wingo and
Walter Johnson. and requested that
the Konetchy contract be made part
Of the record.
| EVERY ". Is. lawyer III court eHttTeu
| the fray. contesting the right OF Fed
eral attorneys to enter the 1915 con-
tract as q part Of the court record.
For the first time in the hearing,
Kinkead and John Calvin Of Cincfn-
natl and George Williams Of St. Louis
took the floor.
| When Addington demanded that
Ben. B. johnson. August Hermann
and John X. Tener be placed on the
| stand to determine whether or not
| the new 1915 contract was dinerent
from former contracts, Attorney Mil
Ter offered to make admissions that
the Eonetchy contract was the same
as those signed by Caldwell, Wingo
and Johnson. Attorney Kinkead, who
said he had seen the contracts OF
Wingo and Caldwell, made the ad-
mission.
When Addington presented tins
motion for the producing OF the wal
ter johnson contract, kinkead 0b-
iected because "there might he GER
tain terms in the contract regarding
the salary that the Washington Club
might not want to be made public.
Addington rc<orted that he had
served notice ON the o. B. lawyers
Jan. IS, asking to see the new form
of contract. Counsel admitted this.
Finally Judge lands abruptly
halted what ne termed a debate be-
tween the lawyers" and recessed
court.
I'VE made q home run and 1t was
our best inning" said President Gil
more of the Federals at recess.