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eral headquarters considerably of
late, and this has given rise to the
belief that he will desert the Amer
ican. eH is very friendly with Tinker,
and is willing toaccept Joe's word
for the stability of thFeds and their
ability to pay real coin. The last
named commodity is a great attrac
tion to Cole.
The report that Tommy Leach will
manage the Pittsburgh Feds next
season will not down, in spite of the
threat of President Murphy of the
Cubs to use the courts in an effort
to prevent defection among his em
ployes. Pittsburgh officials of the third
league are mu mon the matter of
Leach, and say that any news about
the matter must come from them to
be authentic.
Leach was a popular idol on the
West Side last season, hoth because
of his grand playing and his conduct
toward Evers. While warfare was
loose in the club, Tommy was out
on the field every afternoon, working
his head off to get a victory for his
teammates. All of this gained him a
following.
Joe Tinker says that Leach was
forced to take a 500 cut in salary
before the beginning of the, season.
Whether it was handed back to him
is not known, but Tonimy certainly
acted like a young man working for
a bonus.
Leach is nearing the end of the
trail, so far as active service is con
cerned, and would undoubtedly wel
come a three-year contract at a good
salary to hook up with the third or
ganization. Peace reigned at the meeting of the
Players' Fraternity and the National
Commission in Cincinnati yesterday,
the majority of the requests of the
athletes being granted. At a banquet
in the evening President Ban John
son of the American League made a
verbal attack on President Dave Fultz
of the players when he was out of
the room. Apparently it hurt the
magnates to yield what they did.
Some of the points yielded by the
magnates were:
"No. 8. Every team shall furnish
each player with two uniforms a
year, exclusive of shoes. In the dis
cussion it was brought out that the
National League was the only one
that compelled its players to pay for
their own uniforms.
"No. 9. Every team shall pay the
actual traveling expenses of Its play
ers from their homes to the training
camps, provided they do not exceed
the expense from the city in which
the club is located to its training
camp.
"No. 10. A probationary player
shall be a free agent if not offered a
regular " contract before the expira
tion of his forty-five days' probation.
"No. 11. A player who has been in
the major league for any portion of
ten different playing seasons shall re
ceive an unconditional release if, at
any time after beginning his tenth
season, no team in such league de
sires his services, subject, however,
to reservation by the club which signs
him.
"No. 14. Written notice shall be
given players who are fined or sus
pended, giving the reasons therefor.
. "No. 16. Every park shall be
equipped with a blank wall, painted
dark gree, in line with the pitcher's
plate and home base of sufficient size
to afford a background for pitched
balls."
The following clauses in the re
quests were tabled:
In request No. 5 the commission
was willing to notify players in writ
ing when they are given uncondition
al releases, but not when waivers are
asked on them. The commission con
tended that the secret asking of waiv
ers did not injure- the player, but
Fultz. contended that secrecy was not
necessary.
Request No. 13, which provides
that when waivers are asked on a
player the waiver request can not be
recalled, was objected to.
The first request provides that af t-