The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-07
PEACE is EXPECTED
IN BASEBALL SHORTLY Y
Is Believed by Baseball Wiseacres That Some Agreement
Will Be Reached in Near Future Between
Organized Power and Federals.

New York. June s.--The dove OF
peace slowly Ii descending and soon
will rest on the baseball world. Sixty
days more, and IL nothing unfore-
seen happens, the Feds and Organized
Baseball will be taking a few in
hales from the same pipe of peace
and buying each other champagne
There are some who still are skep-
teal about the probability OF peace
but II they viii only analyze the
events that have transpired during
the past six weeks they will not he
skeptics any longer.
with the exception of Benny Kauf,
not one player has done any jumping
either way since the season began
The Feds have not made single
effort to grab a ball player from or
ganizei baseball and the established
organization has not tried to get back
q single one of its jumpers.
The disposition OF the Kauf case,
coupled with inside facts concerning
that affair, shows plaii or than any
thing else that the Feds and Organ
lied BASEBALL have ceased ngntins
each other.
On the surface, the action of the
National Commission in returning
kauff to the Feds seemed amazing.
Ever more amazing is the fact that
II ordered the suspension for one
year of Dick Kinsella, Giant scout,
for inducing Kauff to jump. ran
dom thought that Kinsella's achieve.
ment in capturing the greatest play
e. the enemy had should have won
for him a laurel wreath, an iron
cross and a raise In pay. And that's
what Kinsella would have received
were these still wartime days. But
they aren't Kinseila, instead of re-
ceiving reward. was lucky to es-
cape with his life.
The reason why Kinseila was PEN
allied Is because unconsciously he
almost caused a renewal of the war
fare. The ruling powers In the one
time opposing factions agreed some
time ago to quit the raiding tactics.
And then when kauff jumped, the
Feds thinking they were double
crossed. rushed on to New York
ready TO open up the battle a@ong
new and fercer lines.
But then 1t was that che National
Commission Jumped in and saved the
day II explained that Kinsella. not
knowing that a peace truce had been
arranged. had gone along ard car
rted out his Get Kauff" orders that
had been gwen TO him before the
fact was made To show that II was
sorry for what Kinseila did the COM
ish punished the ''culprit."
Not for many. lengthy weeks have
cur ears received any noises IKE
1.-THE Feds are a joke" they'll blow
up in a few weeks, etc. Nor viii
hear them more.
About six weeks ago Ban john
son spilled the beans" in an inter-
view given out in b. ston Later
johnson repudiated the interview.
He realized afterwarj tina, the time
wasn't ripe for breaking the news
10 the dear old public.
Some weeks age Gar.v Hermann
prepared the folks for what is com
Ing by saying that IL peace doesn't
ccme soon some OF the magnates
will be ready to Join the ranks OF
pauners.
Tire National Commission. II will
be renaem beref. rejected the demands
OF the Baseball Players FRATERNITY
senne weeks age Thy did it with
much gusto. They did il as II they
didn't fear the fraternity--and the
no longer do
A year or so ago they granted the
bulk of the fraternity's demand.
whye Simply because they knew
that the players would jump 10 the
Feds II they didn't But this year
they rejected them because they
knew the PLAYERS couldn't Jump to
the Feds for the simple reason that
the pact barred the Feds from tax
Ing them.
Many clubs in organized baseball
let out TO the minors some prom
Using recruits and some real stars
~. ms.r ha~ausa they couldn't keen