Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-12
SCORE OF AFFlDAVITS
 AGAINST ORGANIZED BALL
Feds Fife Documents in Federal Court
 in Chicago.

Chicago, Jan. 11.-AfiidaVits that
 two ball players, under contract under the national agreement, were traded
 for dogs, were among the documents ] filed today in the federal court in sup
 port of the Federal league suit against ! organized baseball.
 Mordecai Brown, former Chicago National pitcher, submitted an aff1- davit concerning the dog transactions.
 Joe Cantllon, manage of the Min neapolis club of the American associa- l tion, at one time traded a, profes- sional baseball player for a. bulldog,
 Brown sWore. Your aff1ant also be- lieves that Roger BFesnahan, while manager of the St. Louis club of the National league, traded a professional player. Q pitcher named Hopper, to Richard Kinsella, then manager of the Springfield. Ills. club in the Three I league, for a bird dog"
 A score of affidavits relating il de- tail alleged wrongs offered ball play CTS by officials of organized baseball, together with copies of the national speeches by baseball rnagnates and 1 copies of contracts and telegran1s, by which the Federal league will atternp pt
 to support it's suit, were filed. Tlre aff1dayits were headed by a lengthy document from oJseph Tinker [ 1 at 8 salary Of s12,500 a year. Tinker 1 became a Federal, he said, when c. ! H. EIbbets. president of the Brooklyn 1 National league club, offered him only | $5,000 a year, according to the affidavit l Tinker wanted s7,500. Ebbets termed l this sum exorbitant and wrote Tin l ker:
 1 While we expect to become first 1 division team, yes, a. possible cham 1 pionsfip contender. with all our bright
  | sonable for Us to pay you more than | you have ever received as a, player | for a championship cIub.'' 1 Tinker also made a strong objection
 to the ten days clause of the players l contracts.
 Opportunity for advancement is de- 1lied the players, according to William, l Watkins. business manager Of the In | dianaJolis F'ederals, by the following
 methods of organized ball: 1-Farning out players.
 1 2-"Covering up" This is when 2 1 player whom he wants to protect from l the draft. The owner negotfates with | d friendly major league club owner ] according to Watkins, for an dsten-
 sfble purchase and the player delivered | at the end of the season. When the l time comes for the major league clut | to reduce the number of players, the minor leaguer is returned to the clut ] from which he CarrRe
 l Otto Knabe, manager Of the BaIti- more Federals. affirmed that players ] were not allowed to make any sug- 1 gestions relative to the printed form 1 of their contracts. He also attacked l the ten days clause, which he sai6
 allowed the indiscriminate sale oi 1 players,
 ] Other af1dayits were filed by Ed. ] ward Hanlon, director Of the Baiti- l mores: Ennis T Oakes. Pittsburgh
 manager: Lloyd R. Rickart, secretary | to the Federal league: William Per-
 ritt, Pittsburgh pitcher: Edward Ko- 1 netci1y, Pittsburgh: Harry Goldman l secretary of the Baltimore F7ederals 1 and Lee Afagee of Brooklyn l A stsnograpIlic copy of a speech aoy 1 August Hermann. president of the l National commission, in which he rid | iculed the Federal league, also was filed.