Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-08
HERE is MORE PEACE TALK
FEDS MAY MEET TO TALK
OVER IMPORTANT SUBJECT
Big League Meetings Scheduled for
Next Week. and independents May
Suggest Terms of Surrender.

NEW YORK, December The Fed
ing in this city on Friday. il was learn
ed yesterday. and gossip had it that
some sort of an agreement would he
reached with the National League sa
Ions. who Will convene a, the Waldorf
Astoria on December u. The story
that the Federal League men would
be permitted to purchase the franchises
OF several National Ieagu. clubs was
revived but this was denied on all
sides.
The Feds said they ddn', want to
nuE any franchises: the National
league people said that no franchises
were Tor sale That seems to make It
spite all disavowals
II is probable that when the outlaw
nae natcs go INTO session the fate Of
Is almost certain that Harry Sinclair
VII" now controls the Jersey Club viii
purchase "a big interest in the New
York team, and will therefore have ia
dispose OF his holdings in Newark Par
Powers Is named as Il positive success
sor to Sinclair, but nothing definite
could be learned on the matter AZ the
Office OF the league yesterday after
noon. Since no man may own a CON
trolling interest in two clubs in the
Federal League. it is certain that Sin
clair viii withdraw from Newark If
the New York club Is put in the field
There - a feeling among the organ
ized baseball men that the Feds will
never build In this city. one man de-
clarcd his Willingness 10 wager 81 900
that the park would never be built.
and offered his bet contingent upon
ing the streets closed. If the board
OF estimates does not allow tho thor
"uehfares TO be closed. the wager is
TO be declared off.
REASONS WHY WON'T BUILD
This man. a keen. successful bust
ness man said that 1t would take a
great sum OF money To reimburse the
city for closing one Hundred and For
ty-third and ON" Hundred and Forty
fourth streets. even in consideration
OF ~. fact that the Federal League
would Offer as partial compensation an
exterior street along the Harlem Riv-
or front. and new thorouGhfarc 200
feet cas-, Of i.enoN Avenue: running
street to one Hundred and Forty
fourth Street. and from one Hundred
ana Forty second street To one Hun
drcd and Foriy-third Street
This same man expressed his belief
that the Federal l."agu. men wer. pos
S"sScH or more than ordinary business
a,cum"n IN most things. and that ~"
did not believe they would run afnucR
with hard earned money TO CRAFTY Il
hobby. lie said that the LESSON taught
by the failure of the Brooklyn Tip
''FT N'b4' H''il''iN pass Hfn.cutti,
and that even IN" most enthusiastic
would hcSjtat" before ih.y plungcd
any such sum as Sl.50oo0o which dld
not DroWis" To pay.
All tile doubling Thomascs arc no.
In organized baseball. James A. CHI
NOR" said that h" did not believe that
the Yankees would build their park
this year. nor the year after lie said
in as many words that colonel RUN
pert and Captain Huston were bluninv
and holding back TO await develop
ments
Captain 7. l.. Huston. part owner OF
ia" Yankees. stated Yesterday after
noon that neither he. Colonel RUPERT
or any other representative OF tho
club would attempt 10 oppose tho Fed
eral Leagues petition to have the two
streets HAT run through the Feds.
property at one Hundred and Forty
Nth street and l.cnoX Avenue closed.
report MAS circulated Saturday that
member OF organized baseball had
started an attack the Federal
Leagues plan 10 have the TWO streets
closed.
we arc not worrying about tho Fed
"rai League or its ball grounds" said
tho captain yesterday. "and. further
more. neither Colonel Ruppcrt nor my
self viii oppose the petition when Il
comes UP for hearing. Just now our
chief source Of worriment is our own
ball park. We're going TO build and
make no mistake about that"