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Show I! FEDERALS DECLARE WAR; ! RAID ORGANIZED RANKS ! "Stop at Nothing; to Get Players Away From Major Ma-jor Leagues," President Gilmore;s In-' In-' v structions to His Managers. By JAMES OLARKSOlf. By International News Service. CHICAGO. March S. Wll'n t;ho departure depart-ure of the Chicago Federals to tlio training train-ing camp In Shrcvoport. President James A. Gllmore of "tins Federal league tonight ' gavo out a declaration of war calculated to rend and tear the National and American Ameri-can Viaguers from bow to stern. "Stop at nothing." Ollmoro wired his I league presidents, "to pot players away i from the major leaguers. We shall no longer regard contracts. Ouik have been dlHregnrricd. so sign any player you can, j even though ha Iihh a ten-year contract J under the so-called organized batohall. ' At the name time tho chief of tho II independent wired E. E. Galea, attor- ney tor tho league, a resident of In-I In-I dlannpolls. ami directed him to proceed I In the federal courts tomorrow against I Mo Philadelphia National League Bnse-I Bnse-I ball club In an attempt to gain redress I in tho ICHIJfcr case. . Killifer Causes Trouble. I Tho action of Bill Killifcr. the Phll-I Phll-I lies catcher who Higncd a contract with II the Chicago Federals which he shortly I t forward ignored and Joined Dooln's l team In thn Vlrsinla training camp, has I caused the trouble. 1 President Gllmore. who left on the I trio to Shrevcport with the Chicago team, I highlv Irritated by Kllllfcr's action. I but blamca Prrsldcnt Baker and Mana-I Mana-I ger Dooln of Philadelphia, h. "At the outset we notified tho Aineri-f Aineri-f can and National leaguora that wo did f; not think their reserve clause was le-I le-I gal and would not rcspocl It," declared I tillmoie. "Wc asserted, however, that E those men held by contractu would not f be approached by our agonta and that I we would regard contracts as agree-1 agree-1 monts too honorable to bo disrupted. I And wo wore content to abide by thla V policy until organised baseball showed ? us tliat It would not have tho samo Cilgh ,i ' regard of mn contracts. Now we will I take the Initiative. The old league will t' soon find out how dangerous wo are and 2 how easily their supposed powerful do-j do-j fenscs can be shattered." I' Art Shafer Quits. 2 SAN JOSE, Ca!., March S. Art Shafor i is not going back to tho Now York Gift Gi-ft ants Ho announced today that he I hud quit professional baseball forever and I was going to engage In business with his I. father In Los Angeles, p "No more baseball for me," said t'jo B temperamental one. "I am not going L to the Giants, the Federals or anybody W. else. I havo quit baseball onco and for I' all. I will llvo In Los Angeles and en-9 en-9 gage In business with my father." I Recruit Beats Tigers. I NEW ORLEANS, March. S. A homo E, run by First Baseman Burns, a rocrult, it gave Detroit a 7 to 4 victory today from f tlie New Orleans team of the Southern If association. Bums made his drive In m. the tenth with tho bases full. New I. Orlf-ima mtide one run In Jts half of the B; tenth. Score: ' Ii. H. -E. Detroit 7 2 1 n.' New Orleans -I 10 iHr Batteries C. Williams Schulz, Mains Vi and Balccr, McKeo; Walker, Styles and E lllggins, Adams. Sox Beaten Twice. SAN FRANCISCO. March S. The San H Francisco Pacific Coast team shut out 1 today tho Chicago American team No. H 1, by a score of " to 0. The score: f It. II. E ft CliicuKo 0 i. 2 f San Francisco 2 6 0 I Batteries Mouse and Fonrnlcr, Scaalk; SLindrldge, Arlolt, Tozer and Scpulvc- iiB The Whlto Sox go to Sacramento to- 1 irorrow to play tiie Sacramento Coast H i league team. iiH At Los Angeles Scoro: R, H. E. 1 Venice Coast league team 3 10 0 Chicago Americans No. 2 0 7 1 Batlorles Kleprcr, JIarkncss and Elliott, Agnew: Roth. Quardera and Mavor. At Oaklnnd P.. II. 13. Chicago 13 IS 1 Oakland 3 1 Batteries Lathrop. Russell and Schalk; IClIllluy, Gcyer. Christian and Arbognat. Yanks Beat Texans. HOUSTON. Tex.. March S. New York Nmcrlcan league icguIarK won over the Houston, Tex., league team todav 4 to 0. S'-oro: R. JI. E. New York 3 i Houston 0 -i ti liittcrio Crlss, Warbop, Rose and Barrett; Malloy. Clarke. Napier and 3. Allen. Burch. McGraw Off for iMarlin. NEW YORK. Marcli S. A party of six members of the Now York National loague team, headed by Manacer McGraw. Mc-Graw. left today for iMarlin. Tex., to i Join the main body of Giants In the training train-ing camp there. Besides McGraw. four other members of the squad were returning re-turning world tourists Larry Doylo, Fred Morkle. .Mm Thorpe and Mlko JDonlln. Thn other was R. I. Cotter, a catcher McGraw Is planning to try out at Marlln. Tinker's Band Leaves. CHICAGO, March S. Joseph Tinker, manager, and two score ball playcra tonight to-night departed for Shrcvoport, La., to start tho training season of the Chicago Federal league team. A special train i took tho party, and carried. In addition to the player? and others directly con- , neclcd with the team, President Gllmore of the Federal league. Thirty athletes arn expected to report at Shreveport. and from them Tinker will select a team. |
