Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-12
BALL PLAYERS
EXCHANGED FOR
DOCS, AFFIDAVIT
Mordecai Brown Makes Start
ling Assertion in Documents
Filed In Baseball Trust
Suit at Chicago.

80 HonhfHu JOURNAL sftfitt tfafth NlntI
Chicago Jan. ia score ~ uftt7
daviis rotating ia great detail the al-
legged nairnlties offered ban PLAYERS
by Officials Of organized baseball Toe
nether with copies Of tie National
agreement. aenogmphic reports Of
speeches hy baseball maenites. and
copies Of contracts nnd kilograms By
which the Fcderal league hopes 90
win the suit filed a week ago against
nrnanlacd baseball were fiicd todny
The affidavits are headed by 3
lengthy document from Joseph Tin-
ker. now manager If the chicago Fed
erals al salary of S12b0o o year.
Tinker became "a Federal he said.
when q. n Ebhetts. pres dent OF the
Hroakisn National league clHb, nfs
Tered him only $4,000 year, accord
Ing 70 the affdavt Tnhcr wantct
$500.
Fbhciis termed this sum cvorhuant
ana wrote Tinker while We expect
ia hee0me first division team yess
possible championship contender
with 40 our hrieht prospects, Il ~
nevertheless unreasonable FOR Us to-
nay you more than YOU have ever re-
ceiyed as PLAYER for d champion
ship club
Ten-das Clause ittaei.cd.
Tinker llso maoe strong objection
10 the ien-day clause Of tho players
contracts II allows the indiscrini-
nate sale II nli bali players, he said
Mordeeal Browne affidavit rotated
the eases Of two ban PLAYERS who, he
Gays. Were traded for dogs Joe
cunillon. manager of the Minnenpo-
lis club OF the American association,
al one time traded j professional bali
player for a hun dog be- suid "Nous
affiani ALSO believes that Roger Brcs-
nahan. while manager Of the 81 Louis
club of the National league traded
professional player pitcher named
lloppef to Dick KlnscllH, then mana-
ger Of the springfield. ~. club a
the Three / league for hird dog
Opportunity for advancemeuf is de-
nied the players according GO Nuliam
Watkins business manager OF ihe In
dianapolis Fcderals. hv the following
methods OF organized bali =
Farming ont players
Covering M This is when q
minor club owner has a promising
player whom he wants to protect from
the draft The owner negotmtes witA
friendly maiar league club owner
according 10 watkins and an ostensi-
hlr purchase made aud the player
delivered az the end Of the season.
When The time comes for the major
league club 20 reduce The uumber nf
players the minor leaeurr is returned
70 tho club from which he came
knabe Makes AffidAut.
ogic kLabc. manager 81 tie Bai-
tmorc Federals affirmed that players
were not allowed 10 make any sugges
lions relative ia the printed form Of
their contracts He also attacked the
tcn-dRy clause which he said allowed
the indlscrminatc sale of PLAYERS
Other afflaaelts were flied by Ed |
ward llanlon. director of The BALI /
more club Ennis =. Oakcs. PUTS (
burgh manager LLOYD II Rickari. I
secretary ~ the Federal league VII.
liam rerritt. plttshirgh pitcher I'd
aufd konetchy PuusbNtah Harry /
Goldman secrfary of The laiumole /
club, ana lte Magee. Of Brooklyn
sicnogmpbiD copy of "a peoch lyi
August Hermann president of the
national commisf en- beg which hc rid-