New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-06
R. B. Ward Sank Fortune
In the Federal League
,Ao of Recent Baseball
War Sounds in APP
praisal of Estate
RI W. ]. MACBETH

A.
-, g.ssrsl League and organized
" Twas reavakened yesterday by
-. transfer Tax Appraiser William
r,-k OF Mount Vernon. when he
-. outlsw circuit Aoated by James
gilmore. was president of the
~, club and vice-president Of
:, Federal League.
"A. appraisers report proved con
,..r.ly that the defunct Federal
-, was a syndicate proposition
- and simple. The late R. b. Ward
"a ,romissory notes Of the Federal
,.-5. for 100000, in addition to /.
r., for $4,000 advanced by the
a.. o. the deccdent on club con-
=, All these CLAIMS arc listed as
.-hl,ss Ward owned l.347 pre-
| ..--,d and 1913 common shares OF
/ -.3,-, League STOCK. which also has
:, marked down as Of no value.
Nearly Two Million
n, report Of the appraiser esti-
~. The value Of the r. B. Ward
- A. S1.739.l5S.77. Il is confessed
=. no value would have been much
eater had Mr.. Ward not sunk a
'.,,ure in the Federal League when
\, ,stste has been unable TO collect.
+ vss believed. at the time OF ms
- October Is. 1915 that the Rob
- 2 Ward estate would exceed a
,ise Of 100000.
Vsrv c. Ward. the widow. receives
,,l.tEelfth Of the estate. The sum
= slO7.3l414 has been left IN trust
- btr FOR public. religious, benev-
.,rt. charitable and educational IN
'.,,,;ors" The residue of the es-
, u. Is divided among nine children.
Clsrlcs A. Ward. one Of the bene-
s..r;se has asked an allowance on
=, APPRAISAL Of the laoihty OF MI
V.r5s estate on the Federal League
les In an affidavit he furnished
4s following facts about litigation
NV pending 10 recover the money;
All moneys paid by the +. b: WARD
.,,,ts on account Of these liabilities
v~s maid only when the Federal
is,vrs Baseball Club OF Brooklyn
40 70 make payment Of the same
"a sui- would have been brought
,rsinst r. B. Ward fa- the recovery
aThe Federal League. represented
,v certain moneys payable TO u I'M
a., q contract with the National and
American leagues OF organized bsse-
BAL. which contract stipulates that,
IN consideration Of the feGeral
League Baseball Club Of Brooklyn,
Inc. refraining from the playing OF
baseball the National and Amerean
leagues would pay to it the sum OF
|u00C0 without INTEREST," in twenty
annual instruments, commencing with
he year 1916.
Big Leagues Refuse
The National and American leagues
ave Tefused to comply with the pro
rGons Of this contract by reason o
srtain action pending in the court
Z Philadelphia County, PennsyNahlSS
,s,veen the Federal League BaseDai
7pb of Baltimore and the Nationa
nd American leagues. This case, a.
understand, will be heard durini
All and the probabilities are that
non its termination, the executors
\ Robert B. Wards estate Will o.
A position 70 appraise the lnteres'
y The estate in the moneys payaoIe
,-ser its contract on account OF tn'
INNS Of the estate against the req
,-,l League Baseball Club Of Brook
r" A..
Previous 10 the declaration by the
r,i,sd States Of the existence OF a
~. Of war with Germany TINS sun
fas Baltimore Federal League .clun
~ 5000 600 was the only cloud or
ts horizon Of organized oaSep !, u
~ sse was 20 have been trled nan
Z S,5en different times. IL was las'
mi.poned from April s last TO IaVe
iG, month.
The collapse of the Federal League
/ /, December. 1915. has been ascrioeo
f,,,tly 20 the death Of Robert b.
TsrS. While he lived this successful
,.vness man kept aglow the en-,
asrasm Of Harry F. Sinclair, the OIL
-ignate. who shared with him the ouI-
In OF financing the outlaw enterprise
B has been decided 70 put representa-
We Of the Federal League on Mammal
IN Island for the season Of 1916. MI
Wards death left Sinclair alone 10
teslder the financial obligations ne
t.sed at the proposition.
Peace with the forces OF organized
aseball was arranged at the DecemDer
settings Of the two major leagues II,
I llS. though details we're not completed
1 fiil the annual meeting OF the Na-
snal Commission in January OF 1910
Agree TO Forgive
By the terms Of this most recent
taes pact organized baseball agreed
forgive an offences committed
Vins, its law. Players who had
lrped major league contracts were
/ Edoned and reinstated.
Charles A. Weeghman, the Chicago
sssrtl League operator, was allowed
4 purchase the Cubs and combine that
Nnonsl League club with his cham
iea Whales. Phil Ball bought the
''eEns from Robert Hedges and ANAL
ensted his new property with the 81.
Gus Federals.
Vfrsnized baseball agreed 10 allow
g Federal League hackers TO put their
liytr on the auction block as means
leeouping losses. II was further
'sissd that organized baseball would
ats over Washington Park, Brooklyn,
'e1 the Ward estate, paying S2Q,OOO
lssr for twenty years, and the Har-
san, n. j., plant of Harry f. Sinclair
y half that sum. To bind this bar
al The peace committee Of the Fed
~ League agreed 70 suppress all eH-
Nsg legal suits and 70 surrender un-
1 nationally.