The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-12
SPORTS
CLAIMS BALL PLAYERS
were TRADED FOR DOGS
Miner Brown Afirms Minneapolis
Manager Got Bull in Exchange for
Man-Jumping Players Arraign
Organized Ball

Chicago. Jan. 12.-Affidavits that
two ball PLAYERS under contract under
the National agreement were traded for
dogs were among the documents filed
yesterday in the Federal Court in sup
port of the Federal suit against organ
lied baseball.
NIordecai Brown, former Chicago Ma
tional pitcher. submitted an affidavit
concerning the dog transactions.
'sJoe Cantillon, manager of the Min
neapohs club of the American Associa-
tion, at one time traded a professional
ball PLAYER for a bulldog, Brown
swore. "Your affiant also believes that
Roger Bresnahan, while manager of the
st. Louis club of the National League,
traded a professional player, pitcher
named Hopper. to Richard Kinsella,
then manager of the Springfield (Illl
club, in the Three-I League, for a bird
dog
A score of affidavits relating in de-
tail alleged wrongs offered ball players
by officials of organized baseball, to-
gether with copies of the National
agreement, stenographic reports of
speeches by baseball magnates and
copies of contracts and kilograms by
which the Federal League will attempt
TO support its suit were filed.
The affidavits are headed by a
lengthy document from Joseph Tinker
now manager of the Chicago Federals,
at salary of S12,500 year. Tinker
became a Federal, he said, when c. III.
Ebbets, president of the Brooklyn Ma
tional League club, offered him only
$4,000 year, according to the afii-
davit. Tinker wanted $500.
Ebbets termed this sum exorbitant
and wrote Tinker: 'While we expect
TO become frst-division team-yes. a
possible championship contender-with
all our bright prospects it is neverthe.
less unreasonable for US to paw You
more than You have ever received as
player for a championship club
Tinker also made strong objection
TO the ten days clause of the players
contracts.
Opportunity for advancement is de-
MED the players, according to William
Watkins. business manager of the In
dianapolis Federals, by the following
methods of organized bali:
1. Farming out players.
:. covering up. This is when
a minor club owner has promising
player whom me wants to protect from
the draft. The owner negotiates with
a friendly major league club owner, ac-
cord1ng to Watkins, and an ostensible
purchase made and the player delivered
at the end of the season. When the
time comes for the major league club
10 reduce the number of PLAYERS the
minor Lacquer is returned to the club
from which he came.
Otto Knabe, manager of the Balti.
more Federals, affirmed that PLAYERS
were not allowed TO make any sugges-
tions relative to the printed form of
their contracts. He also attacked tine
ten days clause, which he said allowed
the lndiscriminate sale of PLAYERS.
Other afidavits were filed bv Ed.
ward Hanlon, director of the Baltimore
club; Ennis T. Oakes. PITTSBURGH man
ager: Lloyd H. Rickart, secretary to fine
Federal League; William Perritt, Pitts
Durgh pitcher; Edward Konetchv
pittsburgh; Harry Goldman, secretary
OF the Baltimore Federals. and Lee
Magee. of Brooklyn.
a stenographic copy of a speeeb nv
August Herrmann, president of the Ma
tlonal Commission, in which he ridi.
culed the Federal League, also was filed