New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-29
Fighting Jim" Is Cheer.
full, Despite an Attack
of TonSillitiS.
NOT DECIDED AS TO
HIS FUTURE COURSE
Giants Arrange to Play Many
Exhibition Games on Way
North from Marlin.
BY FRANK O'NEILL.

Fighting Jim" Gilmore is back in
town. Jim is in the height Of fashion
for ne is nursing an attack Of ton.
sillitis which threatens 70 develop int,
grip. But he is cheerful. for all tha,
his throat bothers him. for what ara
the worries attendant upon fashionable
maades compared 10 those Of Guiding
a baseball league2 The title Fighting
Jim" no longer applies 90 James A.
Gilmore. He is so pacific that William
Jennings Bryan. Henry Ford and Bar.
ney Dreyfuss become radical militants
+ in comparison.
! Mr.. Gilmore is cheerful because ths
/ baseball war which wrecked pocket
/ books and nervous systems is al over.
He is firm In his belief that conditions
will improve next summer and that
/ 1917 will see baseball reach It's high.
water mark. Mr.. Gilmore has not &C.
cided his future course OF action
When asked If he would accept an Of.
/ hce of trust and responsibility In the
National League he laughed as gles-
fully as his throat would permit and
replied: az haven't considered such a
position, nor will for some little tine
to come" We asked him II il were trus
that he was TO be nominated ;or As
presidency of the National League, only
to meet with a denial
Il may be that Gilmore will Sc
chosen as chairman Of the National
\ Commission. This rumor has been
floating around for the last week, bat
Gilmore would neither affirm nor deny
that such a move was being considered.
Would you accept the chairmsnshlp
of the National Commission" he wac
asked. For a moment he remained
silent and then parted: Don't you
think that would be a decided drop liz
position from the president OF league
20 a chairman of a commission"
mot at salary commensurate With
lyour ability" was then vouchssfei
Gilmore had no answer ready for this
and switched the conversation. He 10
not worrying much over the future,
however. To use his own words:
~ am young and full Of pep, and an
so glad 10 be able 10 walk alons the
streets without worrying over the AZ.
fairs OF lot of ball players that build.
ing the pyramids would be pretty sof.
sort OF a Job these days"
The Giants will have a busy, busting
time of Il on the way home from Mar
| lin Springs next spring. John 3. Eos
ter has Just announced the schedule
for the first team, which includes games
with the Detroit Tigers, Dallas, Hous.
ton, Galveston, Beaumont. Baton Rouge,
Chattanooga and New Orleans. Upon
arriving home .he Giants will plunge
into a three-g game series with the Yam
KEGS. The schedule as arranged fol-
lows:
March II and ~, Dallas, at Dallas;
March 10, Galveston, az Galveston;
March IL and 10, Houston, az Houston;
March % and 26, Detroit a. Dsllasi
March 81. Houston, at Houston; April
/, Beaumont, az Beaumont; April 2, De-
troit, at Houston; April 3, Louisiana
State University, at Baton Rouge;
April 4. New Orleans, AZ New Orleans
April 8, Chattanooga, Al Chattanooga;
April 8, en- route 70 New York; April
z and 8, Yankees az the Polo rounds;
April 9, open; April TO- Yankees, at me
Polo Grounds; April II, Yale, place IN
decided.
The National Commission will NEE.
in Cincinnati on January 3, where 81
details concerning the peace treaty wiz
be concluded.
The National League viii 60 into spe;;
cial session on January at the hotei
Sinton, in Cincinnati, and ChIley
Weeghman will ait right VI at ina
table with the other club owners IN
organized ball.
Captain Til Huston left this city 700
Cleveland last night TO attend meet
ing of the American League today
Colonel Rupert is already on ths
scene. It was whispered about ths,
Colonel Rupert would give Charlie,
Somers some assistance IN financing
the affairs Of the Cleveland Club. I'd
. Gwinner. owner of the Pttsburga
Rebels, wants 20 buy the Cleveland
team, but Ban Johnson is opposed 20
the idea. He wants 20 keep Somers IN
the league, for he ha. not forgotten the
work of the owner Of the Indians when
the American League was in its infancy
and struggling. IL was whispered taa'
if Rupert aided Somers the American
League would see that the Yankees got
certain ball players they were after
Even in baseball, It's ffty-ffty or no