The Washington times., 1916-02-09

Red" Killefer. the crack catcher Of
the Phillies. whose injured arm kept
him out of the 1915 worlds series. may
never catch another game. He came to
New York this week to undergo treat
ment. and the physician announced that
there is small hope of his ever regaininR
the use OF his arm.
That Harry F. Sinclair is an exploded
phoneY millionaire and has repudiated
the contracts of those Federal League
| PLAYERS he did not sell. is the dope run
ming loose In the corridors of the Wal
dorf today. 1t is said that Sinclair
cleared in the neighborhood of $4,000
through his sales Of players to organ
izca clubs. mostly to the Giants and
Yankees. 1t is also said that those
PLAYERS still unsold will be thrown back
upon organized baseball. In other
words, those men who do not land
berths with organized baseball clubs will
| be unable to collect their wartime
| salaries from Sinclair.
Sinclair Is now in Oklahoma. where
he is said to be selling oil lands for
| millions. Several prominent baseball
l men here say that he is an ordinary
! sold PLAYERS, for bunch Of money after
they cost his little or nothing. and that
lie has now quit. That the magnates
are peeved goes without saying. They
! took his word for what it sounded. and
| now they claim that the sound Is harsh
! to their ears.
Another interesting little sidelight on
! the baseball situation appeared today
| when 1t was learned that Federal
| League contracts required managers 60
notify their players on or before Sep
tember 10 whether or not they would
be desired for the coming campaign
and that hardly more than a handful
| were so notified. In other words. tho
| Feds, as far back as last September,
! knew that they would never start the
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| their fight all winter on a sheer blum.
No wonder organized baseball IL
! peeved. Had this been known, it Is
! more than doubtful that any attention
| Of Messrs. Sinclair and Gilmore. II
this statement is shown to be a fact
a LOUD laugh will go up at the expense
| of those mcgnates who declined TO
! 1t out at the gate TO the bitter end
| Dick Carroll, business manager for
! the BrookfedS, admiSted to the writer
! last nSht that this clause was in the
| that 1t was placed there to make for
| mutually. something al that time lack
! ing in organized baseball contracts. IL
| said that for the ensuing season the
| player would be guaranteed at least b
! per cent increase in salary and thar
| he would he notified OF his being re-
served by September 10.
| Eddie Plank, former Mackman, claims
| that under his Federal League contract
he is now free agent because he was
not so notified of his being reserved.
| The National Commission. however. has
| stepped in to say that he belongs to the
| st. Louis Browns, because he Jumped a
reserve rule in organized baseball to go
| to the Feds, as Boston and Cincinnati
had not waived on him at the time.
George Stovall is here, trying to get
| back into the fold. The going seems to
i>e a bit rough for George, though he
! isn't quitting.
Otto Knabe. the Terrapins' manager
| last year. is hobnobbing with the Ma
| tional Leaguers He doesn't admit that
| ne is searching for Job, but it's a good
! bet he would not refuse one. The job
! has yet to appear.