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Show I FEDERALS HOOK ANOTHER PITCHER FROM PHILLIES Tom Seaton, Noted Heaver, Signs With Brooklyn Team of Baby League: Quaker President Will Fight Case. . - IxHICAGO, Feb. IS. Thomas Seaton. last year pitcher with the Phlla-1 Phlla-1 dblplila Nationals, signed today to V- pitch for the Federal leas"', it W.is annoimred frorn lieailcjuartirs. Sca-'on Sca-'on V.-III jro to Brooklyn. He denied that 1 " hud come to imv agreement with President Pres-ident Baker of Uiu Philadelphia club. Seaton' salarv with the Brooklyn club will be STOOD a year, il was s.Wnx out, and lie was paid one year's salary In advance. Seaton"? contract calls for his services fjr three year.s. The manager wanted hv Brooklyn is lake Stahl. and R. D. Ward of the Brook-Ivn Brook-Ivn Federals, will reach Chicago tomorrow to talk personally with Stahl. The schedule meeting of the Federals will he held during the tiecond week of March In Baltimore. T'nconfivmcd rumors hero today were t'Mt the Federal league was looking over the ground al Toledo with a view to transferring the Indianapolis loam there. Harry Grabiner, secretary of the Chicago Chi-cago White Sox, announced that the following fol-lowing players would leave Chicago for tio training camp tomorow night: Berger. Collins, Ckotle. Lord. Schalk. hmlth, Lathrop, Cavanauch. Clmppell, Tlnimersman, Wolfgantr. Quardcrs, Mav-or. Mav-or. Prnugh. Rosso. Blackburn. Malstcls, fiirle;)cr. Roth, Sheenan and Trainer Jtnckncr. lesper. House. Barbour and Ernie .Johnson will join the flayers at Kansas Ity. and Brodle, Pournlor, Kuhn. Chase. Russell. Walsh and Sullivan will meet them In California. I EXPECT GREAT ROW OVER MURPHY CASE By W. J. MACBETH. By international News Sorvlcc. NEW YORK. Feb. JS. Charles 1'. TtU. tho Cincinnati publisher, whose money furnished the National league II pot nulfutict Charles Webb Murphy o Chicago Cub lame will lie on liauil i Cincinnati Saturday lor the court-martial of 1m voluble fifotcje. Mr. Tali's appearance hi this nil)' today occasioned oc-casioned a great deal of rrn-culntkiu or to totno now and concealed move agalnrt the man whom Bin Jalnif on declares must be drhon without tbo pair of oi-gituizcd baseball. Tho faei that Scc-rclu.y Scc-rclu.y John A. Ilcydlur of the Notional Icaguo quietly slipped out of town a abort llmo alter Mr Tafl'n Arrival gao sonio color to tho rumor that Murphy's hacker was hero to Investigate tli .Murp'i; scandal. Mr. Taft declared positively thn lux v had nothing to do with naacball. Has Nothing to Say. '1 "Know nothing of thlo controversy between Mr. Murphy aud other club presidents," told Mr. T.-ifi tonight. "H It true that you have atiuixd Governor Tenor and Ban Johnron that you will klnnd with orgnnUcd baseball In Its proceedings against the Cub President:" "I lure nothing to flay," Mr. Tafl rcpllci!. "Will jou attend the mediae In Cincinnati Saturday?" wes next uskod. "hi all probability I shall be there. It In my present Intention to ho home by tho end of tho week. However. I will cot further dliscugR tho nlluatlon. I havo absolutely nothing further to nay." ' And Mr. Tafl was ax good a Ills word. Dyna mite could not hnvc moved him, apparently. At National league lieadiiuailcrs It wa3 announced an-nounced that ScorcUry John A Ilcydlor had gone lo Philadelphia to confer with Governor Tcncr, This wok the flrn atnge of tho Journey to Cincinnati. John took with him a rather tnyalerlouK leather handbag. This Ik isuid to contain con-tain certain piper that Attorney Toolo will uao agaiaat Murphy when charges are preforre-1. Evers Will Repeat Story. H illl makn tho Journey to Gurry Herrmann'a vll- H oera will repeat before th board of dl- H r, rrctorn the talv ho told bora lout work. Ho will H ''try to fbow that Murphy did hire a crou ln-H ln-H Jurllcc and rcrloualy ruined hU reputation au n. B manager. KurUicr, Johiuiy will bo Ellowc-d to H set aomo flcures lor mpnratlon. H In all probability thero will b som llvoly H happenlngr. in Hhlncland thin wtk-nnd. Murphy H fttr. ta orderd to appear before the board. IIo H hw clvcu no aiurancn that ho will obey tho H miinmonB. Murphy le e. board member, but, of H counsr, will not be permitted to dcllbcrute upon own alleged ,oflvnrr. The National l4guo In io very much Interested lu tho outcome that H practically all the National league magnates will be reprnentcd. H The Federal league cauBo in Brooklyn Is not prosrctaln;; io favorably as hoped. Today thn H Ward brother? literally and flguratlvoly got H "moie oa tbolr fret." Robert B. Ward vIMtfd H iVaabncton park and was amazed to find a moun- H tain of snow on M lot.. It leciriE thut tho I-ltoli- H Held estate rented the property u a dumplnc H ground for Brooklyn. Covered With Snow. B' An a remit Mr. Ward Ii.vk cornered the- mow H market of Brooklyn. There nre Mich tlathr.rx of H thlv offonslvo elcinout thel It would (ukc a for- W tuno to rnmovo It and until It Ia rcmovrd bulld- H In; opOTatloni- rount be xuupcn'Ir.d. If the nnow H Ih allowed to Mo until It mclu thero In no telllui; B how many weeks' work nn (he llehl will bo tir- layed. With triple ahtfts or vorltmea It would B lie next lu ImponlMo for any force to have the utands completed in time for mid-April. H Mr. Ward iay that hn will not tolerate Sun- H day bifball. H 'My team will cot bo permitted to play on the. B Fnbbcth." ayg he. "I ncrrr aold a loaf of bread PPB on Sunday and I will not oUtDd for any club of PPPH mine playing on that day." PPPH ruch remarkx aa llirxe am not calculatrd (o J. make any great lilt vAUi Kcderul proaoteri who PPPJV neceisarlly lvavo plinrffl on Sunday altendasMn PPPB to decide the battle with organized baseball. Yankees Lease Hotel. B N'ETv YORK, Feb. IS. The American i league luh announced tonight that It had PapapapJ closed a lease of a hotel at Houston, Tex., f 1 for the use of the players who will report in thut city on March 1 for spring tralh- f ing A number of the men will leave here t on February 26, to be Joined by others In PPPJ Cincinnati the following day in order to pPl arrive at the camp on schedule time. Thn l now In thero for Texas on Fehruary 27 In the care of Coach Tom Daly. Manager Chance will h;ivo thirty-five regulars and recruits lit line when the training season begins. Baker Will Fight. PHILuVDELPHIA, Feb. IS. "We will protect our rights to Seaton to the limit, lim-it, " said President Baker of the Philadelphia Phila-delphia Nationals, when he learned that Seaton had signed with tho Federal league. "If he ia's signed for three years we will take him into court and prove our claims. Seaton'as good as signed with us on January 22, when we accepted his terms for a two-year contract." No Transfer Planned. INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. JS. "There Is absolutely no truth in the report lhat the Indianapolis Federal league club will be transferred to Toledo," said J. Edward Krause. president of the club, when asked this afternoon regarding the report In Chicago. W. II. Watklns, for years president of the Indianapolis- American Association club, and one of the veteran baseball men of titi country, today signed a contract as business manager of the Indianapolis Federal league club. John Collins Sticks. PITTSFLULD. Mass., Feb. lS.-Tohn Collins, outfielder of the Chicago American Ameri-can league baseball club, todav received ofiers from the Chicago and Buffalo rederal league clubs. Me refused both, as he has signed for 1314. lie left later ior Lie training camp. Arthur Fromme Signs. NEW York, Kcb. lS.-Tho New York National Phe CIU ', tod? "colrcrt the signed contract ol I lithe. Arthur rrommo. who, arrordlnR to roport. $t bCea "cStltl;'P tho Federal lencuo nil wlmor r-rommo signed for only ono yoar, The advance Kojud of tho National leaRue cham-. cham-. U faTC lomorrou' lr tholr tralnlnic thr Glnnta, will have charge ot tho Ma.rlln training train-ing camp until McGraw takes charge on March IL Bill Louden Jumps. ny International News Scrrlce. niJTItOIT. Mlrh.. Fob. IS. Dill Loader, Tlcer jocond Bicker for the l.iat two gtJlfoaa, baa notl- Federals A short llmo ngo NaTln decided to tum txitiden ovor to Bill Donovan for Mi Provlrtonce team and wrolo lo tho player mr.ardlnc his plan. IIo received no reply nnd wrote nKaln, Finally ho wired and r.ol tho notice ol desorttoa. Cubs at Tampa. By Internntion.il News Scrrica. TAMPA. Via., Feb. IS.-Hank O'Day and Ms Cub band arrived here tonight and will start tho spring training r;rind tomorrow. A majority ot the pluyors imtbo here dlrcot from Chicago. nlthouKh quito a numbor Joined tho party ou routo or at tho hotel here. Manager O Da7a flrot official art after leaving tho train hero waa to Ibsuo training ruloa which included an order that tho nthlotc.i niupt bo In bed nt 11 o'clock and oriso not lator than 7 20 o clock. Ho alto announced that tho players will practlco both In tho morulas and aJUrnooa whllo here. International Intact. - NEW YORK. Kcb. 18. Acoordlnc to a statement state-ment Issued today by rresldont Kdward narrow of tho Inturnational leaguo UicTe will bo no dinners iu elthor the circuit or tho ochodule during tho prenont ncason. Mr. Barrow Bald: "I wlnh to deny rcportir regarding Bbifls by cluba rrprcacntlDE cities in our circuit. Thero la no truth In tho atatomont that wo are to conflict with or combat nlthor clubs or Ipajjuea In othor organizations. This applloa In particular to the-Jersey the-Jersey City and Newark cluba, recently rcforred to as about lo be abifted lo Brooklyn." Evers at Second. BOSTON. Feb. lS.-John Evcra, lornmr manajcor of the Chicago National league club, who wan acquired a few days ago by the Boton Nallonaln, camo hero tonight Irom hla homo In Troy, N. Y Evora was Informed that ho would play second bac, end that Swoeney, who was second boso-man boso-man laat season, would be In competition with Deal, a. recruit, for tho third base position. Thin woa the statement of Manager Stalllnga, who aliio said that Swctnoy would at as captain. B. Y. 0. Beats Webev. Special to The Trlbano. OGDEN. Feb. 13 Tho B. Y. C.' team of Log-wi tonight defeated th Websr acadomy live br a Hcoro ol 2S to 1. Tho llnoup: Wober. B. Y, C Bolnnp, Lajmaa, ........ If...., ' Wright g""11: rt Cbrlitonson nicharii. c HoaJjolly ""'wrt rs Baron ""d ; ........U. ...... .Johnson, Tolman Referee, Lon Romaoy. Touchard Plays Clever Game. NEW YORK. Fob, IS. CJuotava F. Touchard. the playing through thlc-holdcr. won hla place in the semifinal round of tbo singles today in the national indoor championship lawn tennis loorn-ment. loorn-ment. In tho .fifth round Touchard, recline off croa-eourl xhoti at a pace that held 0.' Carlton Ehafer. bis opponent. In chi-ck. won at g-l 7.5 with comparative east). Toucharl. by his victory' was paired with Benjamin M. Phillip for the final. At every itase ol the match Touchard waa tho raasbw of the forrcr Mnceton-OolumbU Dtir. To Change Bowing Eaco. NEW HAVEN, Conn.. Feb. ll.A propoaltloa to abandon the race lor lour oan and substitute substi-tute lor It an e7ent for second varsity eight, ia to bo put forward by Yale durlns the negotiation with Hanraxd to arranga for the regatta, on the Thamrs river at Now London nest June. Tnle 'boIlsTej that the ccangn would stimulate Interrat In rowing. Steffens to Coach. CHICAGO. Feb. 18. Walter Stctfent. etar quarterback quar-terback ot the University o( Chicago football team In 1007-S. ajinounrr.d tonight thit he had nlpned to coarh the football toatn of Carnegie Initltiitn ut I'lttuburg next year. ' I Tom Seaton, Philly Hurler, Who Signs With Brooklyn Federals |
