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Show INJUNCTION SUIT AGAINSTGILMORE Action Aims to Prevent Building of Federal Plant In Chicago. RETURNABLE APRIL 30 Grandstand Will Be Built and Team Playing Ball Before Hearing. Chicago. March 14. President Gil-more Gil-more reached Chicago just in time to be serv.ed with notice that an injunction injunc-tion suit aiming to prevent the building- of the Federals plant here had been filed. The summons was made returnable April CO and unless a temporary tem-porary injunction is issued In the meantime, the Federals grandstand will be built -and their team playing" ball before the hearing Is held. The Federal league's Injunction suit against William Killifer, who Is charged with having "Jumped" a con tract with the local club, is to be filed in the federal court at Grand Rapids, President Gllmore said, today, probably not later than next 'Thursday. 'Thurs-day. "I wouldn't be surprised if Killifer Killi-fer joined Joe Tinker's team before that," said the president. No players who have signed contracts con-tracts with other leagues have yet been taken away by the Federals, according ac-cording to Gilmorc, but he admitted that negotiations were on between managers and several stars. The clubs have been given tho league's permission to sign the men regard-; regard-; less of their contracts, and have the promise of united backing, legal and financial. Gilmore declared no more efforts to reach a truce would be made his side. His overtures to organized baseball, made three weeks ago In a personal visit to President Johnson John-son of the American league, were the last to come from the Federals, he said. -oo |