New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-10
Suit
Scare Scheme
For Sinclair
1,,atened Action Holds Up
Money Promised Backer
of Gilmore S Ring
By w. J. Macbeth

,.-,pired baseball may not have TO
40 the second suit for damages
- has been brought out Of the
-,sor. presumably by the disgrun-
"a stockholders of the Baltimore
= ~ the defunct Federal League.
-, ease is likely 20 be dropped be-
il is called for trial.
ne IN comes from well known
.-,snan Of Baltimore, who was as
s,ted with the outlaw cause in the
ale City. He says the majority Of
. stockholders, like himself, are not
and the case and are not furnish
i ,be sinews of war 70 continue the
Il against the major leagues and
= National Commission.
10 are satisfied he said, ito leave
- case right where it was dropped
tss Philadelphia court" Last June,
.se Quaker City, the Baltimore peo-
withdrew suit fo- 100000 against
-,,nized baseball after il had been in
80, several days and after the
~.vhle independents appeared IN
= FOR q rather bad showing up.
aTh;s case has been revived" the
,iorusnt continued. "at the within
A. a Baltimore attorney, who was
-.srss,ed in the outlaw project, and
, -urbsr Of small stockholders, who
srs ready 10 shoot at the moon If II
sosspt cost too much for ammuni-
ten
Irving to Scare Sinclair
The way il strikes me-" he went
Al somebody is trying 70 throw a
s-u into Harry F. Sinclair. the oil
a-srate who. with the Ward broth
~ shouldered the financial burdens
Il the Gilmore ring. Sinclair,
truagh his right 10 sell Federal
esrs. got most Of the sugar from the
-ssse table. He has a lot more COM
n as soon as organized baseball
az be nd Of all legal entanglements
fvn Federal League quarters. Some
Of tie boys back home, in my oPin-
ion, link Harry should divvy.
@li's 6 simple proposition. Organ
iTed baseball may hold up Sinclair
and Ward interests from securing
promised heavy indemnities for the
PARIS e. Brooklyn and Newark so
long as g lawsuit hangs over its
read. The peace committee from the
Federal League promised 20 deliver
that white elephant hog-tied, and
E5ald have done so but for Baltimore
elections. I do not believe after
oar experiences in the Philadelphia
az courts that any stakeholder real
b believes there is q chance 10 COL
lsct from organized baseball. But
he longer the payment Of war in
IDENTITIES is held IN the greater the
chance that -lr Sinclair will split
Re Dot for q new deal. If Sinclair
a.s tight. 7 think we will see this
second anti die g natural death"
Organized baseball, however. is
aking nothing for granted. It is
roceeding enorgetically with us de-
erce. 50 rs 70 be ready for e show
.sws. The respective major leagues
eve given full power 20 Messrs. 3.
3 Johnson and John h. Tener =
5ert them in the matter. As no
angles have developed since June.
National Commission ia resdy 20
-szit is case 20 any legal tribunal
3 soon as the plaintiffs give the nod.
7 appears that the management OF
ts New York Giants is willing .
ard pat OF its championship line
p for the 1913 campaign. Most o.
- major league magnates and man
gers viii attend the annual con-
rsnes Of the minor leagues az LOUIS
lie, Ky, next week 10. the purpose
& strengthening their clubs either
sTough trades or purchases. Neither
resident Harry y. Hampstead nor
iiragsr John J. McGraw Of the Ma
lcrsl League champions viii SIT -
= lie bargain counter.
Needs Only Right-Handers
NcGrzE would not object 70 an
,..sr couple Of reliable right-handed
f.etsFs, fo- his main strength m
he box revolves around the three
sog.hpzvs -Schupp, Benton and Sal
.ss- BIT In every other position he 10
lcziisby fortified and does not IN
esd . sacrifice that strength for
rgh:-hsnd twirling talent, especially
taea soathpaw pitching such IS be
a. proved 90 deadly against al op-
y'itcn last season.
sststsry John 3 Foster, Of the
e.i.a IS now Field Marshal Of the
20 Grounds and is directly re
rss'ble for the high class football
si.s-tainment which rs being pro-
"a this fall az Brush Stadium.
IN 3. yesterday closed for q game
2 y plzyed here NoyeTmer II which
bad attract unusual attention
iif vii provide a gridir,n battle
w the representative elcyens o.
tnps Ds7eus near Aver, Mazs.) and
APP Upton .Yaphank, /. l. n
stfs tao army camps are eongre-
lzise . number of young men whose
'a'1st are cr5lazoned in the hall o.
'-fge football fame. Here ~
pre- that should outrank most of the
'isssst 1sy college contests, as we
2.frt ig Doubtless better and the
PIT, Y possible. more keen.