Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-21
FEDERAL s ATTORNEY
OPENS BASEBALL SUIT
Kcene Addington Had Not Finished
Address, When Court Adiourns
Until TO-Morrow Morning.
ATTACK MADE UPON WAIVER
Declares Former Vested Control Not
Only In Club He Serves, but Also
i'll Other Tenms-Cnsc Likely to
Last Into Next Week.

CHICAGO. January oo.-Rasoball. rs
e;H9,nrilheG ny the major leagues was
In Federal Judge Kcncsaw NJ I.andis's
court to-day by Attorney Eccnc H. Nd-
dington. counsel for the TederaiS
me diamond star the Idol of young
Sunhurncd slave" and n mere chattci,
with no innctity or voice in his own
Destiny, by Attorney Addington.
- BASEBALL stars are made hy thcir
their ability to play the national game
me attorney declared. THE minute a
GGInysr enters orsnnized baseball he is
ms naster. His only escape is to seek
ANOTHER means of livelihood"
tcm me rsderai LeaEue is seeking 4
states District Court restraining tho
National commission from carrying ont
~, ,ST nsr,eement with the major and
The outlaw league" is attacking
organized baseball as n trust
oa -, me temporary Injunction is grant
10 make II permanent injunction and
W, WI ask that the National commission
be dissolved.
Attorney AddinEton occupied tho on
IRE day and will resume his talk to-
erals ais'T ,oa morning. nt, Several other, Fed
MN II Is not expected Organized base
pan VIII get an opportunity to present
n ltS Side before saturday When the
defense is finished witnesses will he
heard. '' We
The Federal League attorney dc
HXo ,tin, eTerything connected with the
-Iitloial commissions operation He
:haract"riZed the commission as "au-
tocratic" I'm it's power. from Which he
Gn, mere is no appeal. and referred to
Garry Hermann, the chairman, as the
aESoiute ear" of the organization.
lie arraiGned the contracts given
layers as worthless. Waivers. he said,
N ct
hands of the individuals club. nnG arc
used used PRINCIPALLY for the purpose of
., niafT,a,nailinE" players into accepting
~, Tcn-DnE Clause McnninEIcss.
,ra Inc tem.day clause in players con-
zee agent AT any time under the terms
o.! 81; ihe hauonal commissions agreement
with the individual clubs
Ihc system of "farminr' nlovnrs o,,,
!" minor leagues was declared still to
nt rampant. although the term was
abolished by the national commission
,dJEi"er the first time in its history"
;nudinston declared. "organized base
hail mas been compelled to meet it's
payers In an organization and com
rciled likewise To meet outside Gonna
iIti3n; IT is organized baseball hope
n ,h heiei. that II will be able to
men make short work of the players'
fraternity 80
In. In i'nsebnil for Sport and Money.
:; ne men IN tho Federal League are
~ me baseball business in the interest
OF sport. Eut likewise they are in II
Tor legitimate monetary proiits. AMI
! me! VIII conduct their business onl,.
'h - sound and legal basis
lhc men on the other side of the
fence. those in organized baseball rem
resent that they are not in the bust
n'sS Tor proht at all, but for simnly
Tor sport But | venture to say nov
| mat before | get through l will show
A"n JUST now true their statement is, {"
nlstrict Attorney Charles T.. Clvne.
occupied n seat in the court room dur
ing the greater part of the day. II has
hccn limited that II Judge Lands do
tiin,es that the Federal League is en-
government may take up an inycstirn
! non OF organized baseball under The
sherman antitrust act "