The Washington herald., 1915-12-21
Let Us Have Peace" the
Keynote Sounded by Fed
and o. B. Magnates.
DISPOSITION OF PLAYERS
According to Garry Hermann This Is
Only a Minor Issue.
Other Gossip.
Ry ED. CURLEY.

Cincinnati. Ohio. Dec Cove must
have peace" said Henry Ford. Inere.
upon he gathered together band OF
camp followers and sailed the hish
seas to the scene of strife.
Not to be outdone. the magnates OF
baseball rose up and in strident tones
hollered, let us have peace" There
being no objection. the mo'ioh was
carried and peace is in sight
There is a vast difference between
the peace sought by Henry Ford ana
the magnates. Ford has no uiterior
motives.
You know. yourself. that II you had
heep a baseball magnate within the
ma st few years you would have shout-
ed for peace now until your voice oe-
came boarse. Therefore. this corkinS
little city of Cincinnati VIII oe the
scene of the epochal pipe-smoking.
At this moment there Is very h'lle
doing here. Still within the next
twentv-four hours baseball history
viii, be made The stage is set ana
tho actors are on the way. All that
is necessary for the stirring climax
that will start the world seethinS Is
for the boys to sign the articles.
From New York there is coming
marty consisting of James Gilmore
head chieftain of the Federal League
and as close companion, harry r.
Sinclair. the doughty man oil that ou'-
law clan. With the folks 'toutside the
male" are John X. Tener, president oi
the National League. Harry hehip ,
stead. president of the Giants anu
Charles Weeghman. VINO VIII pe ''e
next owner of the CUBS.
Ban johnson and Chas. ComisKeE ar
expected to arrive tomorrow from 'h'-
cago, but
There is a little flutter in the breasts
of tho few baseball magnates that are
answerinc, the roll call, for telegraph
u,ire running from New York to Chicago
has MIA we'd dcvilish pranks. Last frluas
night Ban johnson. the stout nishii'eu u
president of the American League, Wireu
his attorney. George S. Miller. in Chicago
to appear before Judge Lands. "heh
the attorney faced the learned justice
ne was to tell His Honor all about the
understanding between organized oase
hall and the Outlaws. That was all
right hut from what We heard through
Garry Hermann this afternoon, the wire
never reached its destination. Can you
imagine the compleXity of the SITUATION
The request has to be made or Judge
Iandis before whom the case was brought
nearly a year ago.
Judge Lands is the Judge that fined
the Standard Oil Company $e9ooo.oN. so
the magnates are fearful to make a move
before he has been consulted. However,
II is hoped matters will right themselves.
A big snowstorm between here ind chi
cago has carried away n few wires, so
we must be patient and hope for the best
As far as any one can learn everything
is settled for the smoking of the peace
pine, Garry Hermann. while not voluble
this afternoon, said that all the prepara-
tory details had been arranged and moth
ing much was to be done that had not
been discussed.
Regarding the placing OF the seventy
two players talked about by the Federal
League that Is only a minor Issue. Lee
Magee dropped in on Hermann this art
ernoon and gave the vet list OF the
Federal players talked about. Sinclair
has been chirpins right along that he
wants to keep his agreement with the
Federal PLAYERS. That will be easy. pro-
viding the players are worth fighting for.
Many players that Topped over to the
Federals have passed their stage OF use
fulness and it goes without saying they
won't figure in the reckoning.
Tomorrow will be the day. Peace will
be signed and for the first time in sew
eral years the owners of o. B. clubs
will not have Nightmares of Federal
League clubs.