The Washington times., 1919-04-14

An application for a new trial will
be made in the near future. If that
results in another setback for o. B.,
an attempt will be made to win be-
fore the court Of appeals. II neces-
sary, o. B. viii 90 even to the United
States Supreme Court IL present
plans obtain
Meanwhile, nothing has happened
10 interfere with the success of the
1919 season. Further legal matters
will hardly come up for hearing be-
fore next winter, and by that time
the fans viii have won and lost
their bets on the 1919 worlds series.
II might be inserted here, by the
way, that the fans everywhere care
little OF nothing about the business
side Of baseball One base hit in a
pinch Is worth more than fourteen
speeches BY the garruloUs Garry
Hermann.
DIsappOlntmeut 70 HeydIer.
John A Heydler. president Of the
National League. has issued the fol-
lowing statement relative to the de-
eision here Saturday:
"The elimination by the trial Judge
of the evidence bearing on the ne
ROTATIONS for and making Of the
peace agreement with the Federal
League. was to me the greatest dis
appointment Of the Washington trial
"1f ever men acted in good faith
Ghey were those representatives of
the National and American Leagues,
who met the delegates Of the Federal
League at the Waldorf on the night
Of December 10, 1918, and entered
into q compact with them for the
purpose Of restoring baseball order
and discipline.
AT that confernece, and on the very
threshold OF its proceedings, the ques-
tion Of authority Of the Federal
League committee TO negotiate and
make binding peace terms was raised
deliberately and repeatedly. In every
such instance full authority to make
a settlement was guaranteed US by
President Gilmore, chairman Of the
FederaTs comittee. Every such dec
laration was made in the presence
and hearing Of President Rasin, of the
Baltimore Federal League Club, who
neither by act nor voice dissented. No
agreement was ever entered into with
more implicit good faith in that all
the then remaining clubs in the Fed
0rGl League would agree to the set
Element
Case Ii Not Hopeless.
yet. because OF the courts rulings
On the points Of law in the case, this,
70 US. important factor, was not given
20 the jury.
Despite this unfavorable decision,
however, there is nothing that cannot
be remedied by a higher court, IL
error has been made. Should even tbs
highest tribunal approve what has
now been decided, am confident that
the game will go on as before. The
national game on the business side
will be conducted along lines in har-
u1ony with the final decree, and this
doubtless will be accomplished with
out detracting in the least from the
game as a means Of entertaining the
public or as continuing its function as
the one great athletic stimulus for the
youth Of the nation.
THE game is not affected by the de-
cision except in its business aspects,
and I believe the public has little in
terest in those
THE ARRANGEMENTS for the coming
championship season will in no way
be affected by the decision, and there
Is no occasion-present or remote
for the baseball public, the owner
plsyer or umpire, to feel anything but
will be restored to its normal stand
ard this year, and it will remain there.
This court decision Is only an in
cident in the long life OF the game.
Il will neither retard nor limit de-
velopment of the sport. It is the
part Of baseball that is played else
where than on the field that is
touched by this ruling, and not the
part which is presented at the ball
park. To that part we will direct
our attention and will leave to the
courts and the lawyers the other"
Ban Mentions Lenine.
From Chicago comes a typical
statement from Ban Johnson in which
he mentions Lenine and Trotzky.
After admitting that the decision.
while not exactly unexpected, was
still a blow to organized baseball,
Ban said that the Baltimore attor-
neys talked like Lenine and Trotz-
KY"
You would have thought that we
we're on trial in Russia" the Ameri-
can League executive said. "We were
charged with all manner OF crimes.
The attorneys for the plaintiffs re-
ferred to me as the Gar Of base
haU and gave the imDression that VIC