Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-20
CLAYTON ACT WILL
Be USED AS DEFENSE
Section Reads "Thc Labor of II HUI
man Being Is Not II Commodity
or Article OF Commerce.
VERBAL TESTIMONY LIKELY
Salaries Offered Players by Feds TO
BE Offered as Evidcncc-Hartzcll
Signs With Yankees - McGr,lw
Goes to Cuba.


the Federal League to hc heard to-
morrow. will be based on section i Of
the Clayton act. recently passed by
Congress. according to a report cur
rent here tonight The section reads:
me labor of human being is not Il
commodity or article Of commerce..
The Federal Leagues complaint asks
mat organized baseball be held Il COM
hination in restraint Of trade and
commerce. 1t was said tonight the
iZed baseball deals In labor, and there
fore cannot be held TO he {; trust
II was said tonight no more afr-
davits would be filed before the open
ing OF The case and that the testimony
TO he presented probably would be
verbal President Tcner. OF the Ma
liohal League, lS among those likely
to testify.
According to aiidavits filed so far.
me following salaries are alleged 10
have been offered ball players by the
Federal League:
Ercsnahan trcfused). $4,000
i,crritt 'acccptcd). $4,000.
Hamilton ACKNOWLEDGMENT
5000 We -
Falkenhers ,accepteD. $1,000.
ieverenz trefused). $4,000.
NioN trcfuscd). $4,000
S5.S00 :" .
Cooper (refuscd). $500
Atnew trefuSed. $4,000
Shot:cn refuScd), $1,000
Walker trefuscd). S4.50o
h'ohlllen treGuSed). Si,5O0.
itaumsardncr (refuSed). $1,000
kahlcr Iacccpt ed - rccnnsiL,roa,
S3.330
Afidavits also purport to show that
Ign Fedcrals. drew $4,000 as a member
ct the St Louis Nationals and that
Ld konetchy, how with the Pittsburgh
hurgh Nationals
Both sides linned up their final line
of attack.
\r,ln fl.
will appear for the National and
American Leagues and National Com
mission; are: George w. Miller and
liams. Of St. Louis; Calvin and Kin
kead. of Cincinnati. and Gcorg" Whnr-
ION pepper; of philadelphia.
among those who will appear for the
None of tho attorneys were willing
, .o-uay 10 discuss the probable mode of
opinion that there will he plenty of
'ons-winded arguments on both sides.
DETROIT. MICH. January 1e-Rov
mckee, catcher for the Detroit Amer
leans, to-day signed a 1915 contract
W. That club. 1t had been reported
offer. 7 we
NEW YORK, January l9-Roy Hart
cell, the veteran omtiieidcr of thse HEN HEN
landers. signed a wear contract
with his new owners yesterday. That
is. Eoy's signature on AN Official New
York american League document with
me mnch-discusscd ten-day clause
S S,,,m1rlnied; to was received and an
sparrow. the now business manager nj
the liighlandcrs.
- Only three members of the team re-
season. These three arc King cole
W N,,'ar made the recent trip with the All
-,
vaudeville stunt out West. and Tetc
i'aiey' The former member Of the Ath-
ittiSS' donovan is hopeful of nettiui.
notn cole and Daley before long. hut
Were ind,,e Is , Stiil some count existing
ana hHiN ms signature to q New York
II is said thar Marty is holding OUT
club has offered him. this being solely
because the Federal League has made
nm m, : na,,erinE proposition to dcscr,
with the new league. While in chi
Gag" McHale-so il is said heId sew
crhl conferences with GO NnEcc Tho
new manager of the Brooklyn Feds
Gossip has 1t that Manager John I. !
way 10 Cuba, will make an effort 10
wcnn back Armaudo Marsans TO tho
fold Of organized !t. baseball. Iohn, OF
Faiiing t" interest IN" cuban in the
cause of the Giants, ii is said the little
, "nci Eurpert and Captain Huston. /
Garry hermann, IL - -;udcrstood mas
httic desire 10 SO" Hcr2ogs Nemesis
return To Cincinr,tti. ana Is willing TO
accept any rcaSonahl" proposition that
would keep Marsans in fast company.
Arthur Irwin. recently dcposcd AS
scout of the New York Nmcricams win
the new change of ownership is said
Federal League club in Newark. Arl
r"rding 10 GOSSIP. Arthur's plan is to