Evening star., 1925-12-14


You needn't think for a minute. .
said Pat to the New York base ball
writers, that this meeting Is to be
the end of our association, because
some folks do not like what we nave
been doing. l have heard how we
are to be driven out of business, but
come to the Fifth Avenue Hotel and
see whether we are driven out or
not
There were men at that meeting
whose names in those days inquired
prominently in minor league base ball
affairs, and while the Chicago meet
tngs had paved the way for the glori-
fication Of the minors, 1t was the New
York meeting that took the bit in its
teeth and dared the majors to stop
what the minors We're trying to do.
1t was the step that lifted the mi
nors from the lowly attitude OF sup
plants to one of asking for something
and meaning to get 1t, although to the
last minute there were men at that
meeting in New York who sat In the
corner with anxious faces and feared
that some bogey man might come
into sight at any minute and eat
them alive by declaring their fran
chises forfeited. although there was
no league to operate their franchises
if they were forfeited. 1t was the
legacy of the coWardice that always
had saturated the bushes because OF
the frequent storms that had burst
upon them as they attempted to op-
crate their base ball under enforced
and unwelcome paternal control.
Those at Meeting.
The men who sat at this meeting
we're r. ]. Bryce. Columbus, Ohio;
T. S. Barnard Columbus, Ohio. now
president of the Cleveland base ball
club; Z. G.. Barrow, Toronto, Ontario,
now secretary of the New York Amer
leans; Henry Burns, Nashua, n. H,
out of base ball; W. 2. Chase, Des
Moines, Iowa; George p. Cressy,
Providence, r. T.; J. J. Carney, Con-
cord, n. H., who has passed on; j.
+. Canavan, New Haven, Conn. once
a famous player; D. z. Dugdale,
Seattle. Wash. still on the coast:
Charles Dooley, Montreal, who missed
being a great first baseman by lit
tie; A. G.. Doe. Dover. n. H; James
Franklin, Buffalo, who for a long
time was the mentor of all base ball
in that city; Aaron Frank, Little
Rock, Ark; j. H. Farrell, Auburn
y. Y: George Harrington, Water
bury, Conn; f. +. Higgins, Rochester,
y. Y; =. II. Hurley, Worcester, Mass.
lanes T. Hayes, Davenport. Iowa; I.
T. Hickey, ST. Joseph. Mo. (he steps
high now as president of the Amer
lean Association); Samuel Urlam,
Ilion, y. Y, passed out of the picture
completely; S. J. Kennedy, Evansville,
Ind: John Kennedy, Bristol, Conn;
w. II. Lucas. Portland, Greg: power
in the Northwest at one time; Fred
Lake, Lowell, Mass, catcher for the
Roston Nationals before a manager:
r. II. Murnane, first baseman and
writer, passed on; Edward Mack To-
ronto, Ontario: j. c. Morse, Boston.
writer and official in the New Eng
land League; William Murray, Provi-
dence, r. T., devoted to Pat Powers;
Hugh Nicol, Rockford, ILL.,, where
Spalding came from: James H.
O'Rourke, Bridgeport, old Giant; Pat
powers himself; William Quinlan. AL
bany. n. Y; T. L. Reilly. Meriden,
conn: NJ II. Sexton, Rock Island,
Ill. now president of the association:
]. F. Sexton, Rock Island. H.; Charles
J. Strobel, Toledo; Mark Thalman.
Rome, n. Y. Rome has been out OF
bese ball this long time.
Those were the men who told the
ma jors they were going to have their
little say about base ball in the future,
but whose spinal tAlumns had to be
stiffened to the Nktbv some of Pat
Iuwers' liniment.-