The Washington times., 1916-01-25
MAKES A SECRET AGREEMENT.

mANEO ~ OLCNL
The National Commission Is said to
have made secret agreement at tie
time the peace articles werc sin "a to
allow all major league clubs first
chance tC purchase hack those PLAYERS
who had deserted them for the IL d..
but Lad not played in any games. Tn
DER this agreement, the Washington
club was allowed to buy Gcdcon. IL
was offered 10 Manager Griffith. the
only stipulation being that the Nash-
ington cnlL take over the Federal
;. League contract. This ran for thrce
years at a salary increasing yearly.
= Manager Griffith refused to consider
this case, resting wholly on his prior
claim to the player.
Upon Griftith's refusal to pay the
price asked, Gedeon's name was added
TO the list of Federal League assets,
and when Herman Schaefer tipped the
Yankees to GcdcOn's value. he was pur-
chased. by Colonel Rupert. Now the
New York club announces that the
money has been paid over to Sinclair
for Gcdeon and that on Ban johnson $
word. there Is no chance for any other
club to obtain him.
70 add joy to the occasion. Gedeon
has wired the New York club that he
The "CalifOrnia CatamOunt" probably
realizes that he won't have to visit
charlottesville. Va. this spring. and
Just cant help from chuckIing: II
there's one place in tho United States
dlst!stcful to Gedcon. it is Charlottes-
Vile. He has termed it Just Il mere
mudhOlc."
Though Manager Griffith has threat
Cned to take his case to the courts. II
is doubtful if he will 20 that far What
Ban johnson SAYS goes in the American
League. II Ban decides that Griff lost
claim to GcdcOn when he declined -
assume the Federal League contraS.
the PLAYER will he found with the
Yankees.
President John X. Tencr. of the Ma
tional League. is going to make an at
tempt to have President Woodrow Will
son attend til" fortieth birthday celebra-
ton of the National League in New
York. February .. TcnCr believes that
this would b" a ton-Striic for the ma
tion's Chief Magistrate in an appeal for
popularity.
Ban Johnson is quoted as the author
itv for the statement that tn" New York
Yankees have paid $1,000 for Lee Ma
gee, Nick CullOp, and Joe GCdcOn. Ma
gcc cost Colonel Ruppcrt and Captain
Huston n cool $2"."", while Son Hp;"""
was passed over for CUllOp and Gcd' on.
In the cas-" Of MaGcr. tn" money prob
ably is we'll spent CullOp, too. may
deliver tn" goods IL" was not much
OF tw.rier~ with the Indians, wildn"ss
being his principal sin. but !aSt year
lie Curhcd this insanity and developed
rapidly. Joe Godeon is p most Dr0n,is-
ing young player, and may max" good.
but in his cas-" he has yet to show. in
these deals the Ianks are taking most
chances with Gcdcon.
Reb Russell. said to be the nero "
you know me. A." has signed with
the White SoN. Russell was n poor
condition last year. and so failed to star
} when worked regularly. and is expected
10 shine in 1916 as he did in lali.
Col. Bob Hedges. who invested 1000
in baseball and in fourteen years drew
out $242, ,OU0 may return to the national
game as owner of the Kansas City club
in the American Association. George
Tebeau announces that h" viii sell his
. franchise, and Hedges is considering
making an offer
In lieu Of paying Bresnahan his Two
years salary. ('hurli" WG"ghmnm is
going to aid tho Cubs former manager
to purchase tn" Cleveland American As
soCiation franchise" and transfer it to
Toledo. W"rghlnan = handling all ne
G0tiatiunS with The bankers committee
IN charg" of Charli" S0mcrS affairs.
and is also comforting with Bar john
son.
Fielder Jones says that Il baseball
star can still SHIN" at the age of forty.
He is thnkinE ot "UnrlN Cy" Young
=. lobby Wallace. Honus WAGNER. Tommy
T.eaCh, Eddi" plank and sam Crawford
These fellows admit lh"i" age. Mos
major lon"U"rs never pass the twenty,
ninth miI"StCn"--tn their conversation
At the meeting Of the Internatlon
League. in New lork, were seen "
bunch OF FORMER big league stars look
ing for places rs managers. Mattv Nc.
lntvre. Town" Leach. 10" birmingham
Heirie Wagn"r. Harry Mccormick. anu
Al Schl0hv were in the small army
that descended upon the moguIs.
George Stovan, tn" Federal League
trcbrnnd. d,mopG& his rights. lie says
nobody can sell him.
"I'm one Of the prncipaI stockhold-
erS in the Kansas city club myself
comments Stovall land don't sec
where a rival club owner has anV rgIt
to sell mo fur his own nrotit. Nv con-
tract calls for mnnagn& the club next
season. but there isn't any club. anC
therefore am in no position to serve
Kansas city. Neither is that club il
any shape to pay me fur my services. sC
it looks as r he only thing | can do l.
get out and hustle for a job in organ
tied bHSChall If r"uI catch O" in the
p majors | will be satisfied with man
aging in tn" minors.
Il hay" hc"u informed hv Pres 'l"n'
Gilmore that I am m" property Of the
Kansas city cluh and must deal will
them. Therefore. this is Il matter
strictly bctwc.n EnNsHs city aud my,
self. ] got them their baN club fol
less than fourth what it cost othcl
managers to recruit naycrs. and il
addition, oht"ir"d n lot of players 70
other Federal teams. The least they
can do in Justice to me is let mo <,
and III find Il place for myself csc
where.
"Why one OF my men signed j.,
me only few week ago Johnson o
the Coast I.oHgue--wHa sold FOR $500
recently and didn't get a cent OF II
although I put through the signing o