Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-18
SEND ONLY PINCH
HITTERS TO BAT
Lawyers VIII Do Heavy End of
Work IN the Celebrated
Baseball Case.
NO WITNESSES SUMMONED
Nearing which Starts "Wednesday
Before Judge lands Likely 70
BE Long Drawn Out

Chicago. IL. Jan 1s.-BassbaIIs big
legal combat. scheduled % take place
n the federal court before Judze Ian
dis Wednesday morning. has caused
the fans Of The entire country % cit
NJ and take notice. but II II were POS
sfbie for all OF them 20 gather there %
watch the performance % f. likely 90
per cent % them would leave disap
pointed after about "two inuirEs-"
While y g. true that the blk men %
the national game. men like Garry
Hermann. Ban Johusor. Charles Co
rnLskey. Barney Dreyfuss. John K
Tener. Charles COmerE. Joe Lannin.
Charles Ebbefs. Charles Thomas. and
IN fact every club president % the Va
tiouaI and American leagues. have
been named a. defendants In the suit
brought BY the men In the Federal l
league. oa1y a few OF the maszats *
pect 20 be there.
They have called upon pinch hit /
tsra' 20 take their places iu the con
hict. so the great contest Ga quite sure I
% develop into a battle % pinch HIT l
ters-" The latter are attorneys from I
al over the country. and the mag .
mates. after making taeir affdavifs .
and handing them in. expect % sit .
quietly IN their various homes and let I.
the pinch hitteFa- fight 30 out before
the Judge
No JurY Called
The case Us NOT one 90 DO tried be-
fore a Igry tf o. hardly possible that
one % the defendants viii be- draszed
into the witness chair and be- com
PEELED % face the terrific cross exami-
nation % the opposition Any one
who takes peek into that court room
is likely 90 see a bunch OF lawyers ,
gathered around table. firing Tot OF
legal phFaseoioEy az each other. nine
teuths % which would sound like
Greek 20 the average Iaymau- 4 good /
scruppy game % ball between two {
teams from q grammar school would /
be a lot more entertaining % the real
baseball fan
judge williams Of 81. Louis. one OF I
the attorneys retained BY the forces s
o. organized baseball. limited 2
that the case might be tfresOme. Z
he also said that there would be MOI :
witnesses on the stand but % would :
b. case TO BE- fought out By tine At 3
iOrneys Of both sides before Judge
lands. judge williams is one o. -. h
louis warmest baseball fans. too. but
'ays this battle isn't going 20 be- much q,
Ike a baseball same. Ia
Two dayg remain for the final pre- :
,aration for the legal contest and the d
attorneys vii be- busy every minute
q the time. The eyideuc- has been 4
admitted already and the lawyers on r
ach side viii spend the two remain
nth every point
a few % the baseball maEuates viii ID
ttend. but their part viii be- that Of "a,
stcners unless Judge lands feels 81 n,
ecessary 90 call upon them FOR o.,
Grther Information. Garry Hermann. 20
be star witness % the defense. is one ,-
tho will be- present, and with him viii r
e Ban johnson. president OF the "a
american league. and John X Te1e=. a,
ed % the National Those three -b
lea form the National commission d,
Three 20 Represent Feds.
On the side % the piaintin. about the
lly masuatcs expected 20 attend are
resident Gilmore % the Federal tli
aEue. r. n Ward. rye OF the owners "a
the brooklyn Feds. and President ne
obertsoa % the Buffalo FEDS. Those II
rec form the executive COMMITTEES
the Federal league. and they have ~.
'mplcte charge % the lawsuit While n
~ have asked the court % dissolve I'd,
- national commission and all Of or -,
mixed ball a. an organization operat-
< IN violation % the Sherman anti =
1St law. q seems evident that the -
Atm thing the Fed leaders seek f. the
<ht 20 so about their business with
e being stopped BY the powers % or -
rixcd ball
49,. $780, =