New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-23
Clark Griffith Insists 4.
Will Put Up a Fight 70,
Young Player.
SINCLAIR SERIOUSLY
ILL AT THE pLA7,
Britton Boosting Price Of ".
Cardinals-0ldring Decide,
to Play Again.
BY FRANK O'NFIII.

League, Dut whether or no. :.
yOungster will wear the livery Of n
vans men IL matter Of some 49,.
Gedeon, who was turned out 70 III 4,
Lake City team Of the Pacific e.
League by the Senator'S FOR d.
ment, was recalled last fall I,,,.rt
Of hearkening 20 the summons. ~ -
his lot with the Feds After he 49,.
treaty the Yankees entered into 80.
tiations with Sinclair, which re,i'.,
/ in Gedeon's purchase.
Clark Griffith declares ths. Csi.,.
will never wear Yankee unitcr
there IL any justice in baseball \,
He says he will fight the case .h,,-,.
the last court % establish bis rlzs,.
the player. II is his plan 20 pro,r.
Ban Johnson and the New YORK n.
and IL the matter cannot be w:,,,i
amicably, then he will resor, % a.
National Commission.
Gedeon was carried along tr ..
Senators when he was 4 raw col. ,,,r
the bushes, and nursed carefully 10,
at last he seemed about % iula 3,
rich promise ne had shown from !,
beginning. Then when the se.s1s
had a chance 70 realize on their !.
vestment the Yankees stepped !. A.
secured title % the player
"The New York Club will neys, ;a-
Gedeon If can prevent IT, vi
Griffith. when he heard Of "a. Ia
"He belongs 20 the Senators oy e5s-
right, be IL moral or legal, and L
my intention 20 establish tha, IN.
We carried Gedeon along from I,
time he first came I'd, and placed u
with the Salt Lake team under tas g.
tional agreement. The Wsshirrs
Club exercised its option, and Getsr
should have come 20 Us.
HE is not a contract jumper u.
Griffith. His contract with the "a.
Lake team expired. and he Listened
the song OF the Feds. | don't ar
about the other players who deal, VI;
the outlaws, Gedeon's case was er..,s
IL different"
The Yankee management is no. e.
actly surprised az the action o. e,
Senators. That some trouble was a..
ticipated is evident In the sgresns,,
reached with Sinclair, which proy.g
for a refund of the money paid II ,.s
even, Of the New York Club being IS.
able, for any reason, 20 come 20 :sr-i
with the players involved in The ,fi:i
No comment was made over the cas-
the Yankees Offices yesterday s,s'
noon, but Harry Sparrow was t.s
little bird as he flew from one '-a
10 another, utterlng shr.A ehlrps Is :,
went.
Bill Donovan admitted ths. Gri.a
; might. be little piqued over the is'
/ but he said that the whole bushes
came under the general head Of pesa
treaties, and. as is ever The case, s'-'
one has 10 suffer q little for the g.,
eral good. These cases. Donovan "a
have always cropped up when oas'a
rows were patched W. and they Ss'
20 be expected. The Yankees have y
cured Gedeon at a comparatively %"
crate cost, il was learned, oy a'.|
ing his contract with the Peppers
Harry F. Sinclair is seriously u 3 =
his apartments in the Hotel Plaza =
was confined 20 his bed ysste'c,l
threatened with pneumonia. VINE y
Sinclair is lighting this latest s.aa
of sickness. the deal for the pa'e,M
OF the 81. Louis Cardinals is hsrs-'
fire. Mr.. Sinclair was 20 have sols
81. Louis 20 confer with sehaya
Britton a week ago, but SUDDEN w.
of grip prevented, and Just wac.
believed he was on ;he hign iVs'
recovery ne was stricken again. !.
In the meanwhile Mr. Britton y
announced that the price OF me .".
mails is soaring skywsrd by leaps -
hounds. He says that every WE.
four hours the deal hangs IRE -.
few additional thousands OF WI
TO the price TO be paid uItima'e a,,,s
Britton adds tina, he is not % snN.
20 retire from baseball that ~
sell his stock for a song. ana M
a matter OF fact. the longer ne no..
Tho less he wants 70 sell. Inc ."
wants 70 .eli the higher the price. ~
70 this we add, the higher 'he PRIV
less chance 20 sell.
John E. Hummel ha. stpp'ff .srs
from the ranks In the Na'ionn h.
Welding 10 the memorable osI' ..i,,u
young blood. His unconditions ~ S,:
from the Brooklyn Supeross q" -.
announced after ten years o. n,
! Charles II. Ebbets. chief owner ,c,.
cimb "a endeavoring 70 secure -! ~
tion for Hummel as manager o. '"
minor league CLUB. r,...ss. n
/ Hummel was one OF tne snisysr 81
not the greatest, all-srouna % p,s
the game. lie has hlleo ~ - uIus.
4 ton for the Superbas, eve, .sousr..s
INC He was used most irs .. ar
however in the outheld ana ,.,i,d 81
anS second bases. He never - d,
80 ss,isfaction, and we vcn.' ,I.u
ever drew on a glove. hula HUE. ",ou slsa
sort OF man who improves
acquaintance. A..
Rube Oldring has n.. S.ss-
determination to retire iryil, .tr
Word comes from Phiiao,e,fir lr%:
10 Rpbe viii be in the AthIeu Ss =, VI
next summer. busting tnem ti,ss
n - and main. Connie Macs srrsi
20 death over IL, for 0V""
does need ball players. al
lanes A. McGnl, owner o. oi..s A.
iaD oar team in the Anis ,"1. Cess
ciatien is endeayoring 70 IS. y.sts
Noriarty. onetime star OF ,srsss
and Detroit Tigers 70 i've 70 ~
team. Mr. McGill may n 10 viii :"
further. for Moriarty :, nov srss s e
White Sox. is valued oy I'D rs, :
49, - Who has announces ,dtr "
viii not part with the player
consideration. ..-r
John b. Foster announ .SS,s sf g..
that he had ordered ths - q. ys.
Springs on February q March s. IT,
Viii arrive there on h ,o,S vii 90
the e. baseball season OF i'i' -
! in earnest.
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