lir BASE BALL, TRAP SHOOTING AND GENERAL SPORTS, Volume 49, No. 3. Philadelphia, March 30, 1907. Price, Five Cents. PARENT ON SALE SALARY GRABS BOSTON READY TO DISPOSE OF THE SHORTSTOP, The Club and the Player Unable President Johnson Says His League To Come To Terms President Will Not Tolerate Unconscion Taylor Convinced That a Shift able Hold-up in View of the Would be Most Advisable* Liberal Treatment of Players* SPECIAL TO "SPORTING LIFE." SPECIAL TO "SPORTING LIFE." Little Rock, Ark., March 26. Presi Chicago, 111., March 26. In view of dent John I. Taylor, of the Boston the numerous American League play Americans, announces that he will ers who have been making kicks for trade shortstop Fred increased salaries Presi Parent to some other dent Ban Johnson was club as soon as possible. asked "on Saturday for Parent came to Little an opinion, which drew Rock not long ago to from him these com talk business with Tay ments: "The American lor, but they could not League has always been agree upon terms at all. liberal in the salaries >of Last season Parent re its players, and so far ceived $4250 for his as is consistent with work, but as he did not business prudence and play good ball he was sagacity will share its asked to accept a cut of profits with the men in $500. Parent, however, uniform, but there is a Fred Parent has held out for not only limit to the salary of Ban Johnson $4250 again but also a teams and players that contract for three years. As Wagner, cannot be exceeded. I do not care to of last year©s Newark team, is playing discuss cases, but I have investigated a fine game at short field for the Bos each one on its merits and in not one tons, Taylor has concluded to get rid instance has the policy of the club of Parent. The latter is a high-class been penurious. We want our players ball player, but it is doubtful if any to be satisfied, but we will not tioady other club would be willing to assume to them or turn over to them, the con his $4250 contract. An attempt to duct of our clubs. Before the advent trade him to Washington fot* Jake of the American League as a rival of Stahl may be made in the near future, the National $2400 salaries were rare, or it is possible that the Philadelphia and $40,000 was regarded as an enor Athletics may make an offer for him, mous sum to pay in a season for the as Mack would like to play Monte services of a whole team. Major league Cross at third base. players must bear in mind that the game is on a peace basis and that there is no competition for their NEW HAMPSHIRE LEAGUE. services. We are not trying to reduce our expenses, but no club owner can This Organization Hailed With Delight TIMOTHY JORDAN, in justice to himself or his associates in our league pay $5000 salaries, how by the Fans. First Baseman of the Brooklyn National League Club. ever valuable the player may be. We Special to "Sporting Life." have all our men in line with few- Tim Jordan, the first baseman who, after a long career of comparative obscurity In thft exceptions, and the -holdouts will dis Laconia, N. H., March 25. Editor minor leagues, in one season achieved national prominence as the hard-hitting first baseman play lack of business sense and poor "Sporting Life." The formation of the of the Brooklyn Club, of the National League, is a native of New Yovk City, where he judgment in looking after their per-. State League, of which William B. Van was born thirty years ago and where he is immensely popular so popular, in fact, that Duzer, of this city, is the president, is social organizations are named after him and give balls in his honor. Jordan made his sonal welfare." hailed with delight by the lovers of professional debut with the Senecas, of New York©, in© 1899. In 1900. he played with the the game in this section of the State. South Brother Island and Hoboken Field clubs. In 1901 he was a substitute on the Wash For several years past Manager Van ington Club, of the American League. In 1902 he played with Newark, of the Eastern INTER-CITY LEAGUE. Duzer has maintained a strong inde League, and in 1903 with the Nashua Club, of the New England League. The beginning of his rise was in 1904, when he ©became a member of the Baltimore team of the Eastern League. pendent team in this city, and during He did fine work that year and in 1905 attracted the attention of the Brooklyn Club, which Twenty^eight Clubs Included in the New the season of summer travel the games purchased his release. He was given a. trial by Brooklyn at the start of the 190C season and York Combine. in this city have drawn large crowds. at once made himself solid by his hard and timely hitting, and became, before the season was The one handicap, however, was the far advanced, one of the stars of the team, sharing the stellar batting honors with Lumley. Special to "Sporting Life." fact that there w.ere but few teams During the season he only hit for .262, but his long hits won many games and earned for New York City, March 24. An en that could be secured to come to La toitn twelve homers, leading the National League in that line. thusiastic meeting of the Inter-City conia to play, consequently the games Base Ball Association, held at Lyric were few and far between. With the Hall, Forty-first and Sixth avenue, last formation of this league, and the adop THE NORTHERN LEAGUE ton and Greenfield will have teams the week, witnessed the practical comple tion of a schedule, two games a week coming year, but under the stimulus tion of the plans of the Association tk> will be possible in each of the cities of a league it is hoped that teams can intrench itself so strongly that its holding a franchise, including Nashua, May be Revived For This Year as a be formed in those tiowns which ©have success in the coming season is in Manchester, West Manchester, Con a population of sufficient size to main evitable. cord, Franklin and Laconia, the season National Association Member. tain fast semi-professional teams. The In order to bring independent clubs to begin early in May. league will play three games a week. into the Association a pledge was ex Brattleboro, Vt, March 18. It has acted from each of the clubs enlisted been decided to revive the defunct not to schedule games with any clubs EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE Northern League, formerly an "out A FLORIDA LEAGUE. outside lof the organization. As a re law" organization, under the National sult of this determinati m there was Finally Settles Upon a Six-Club Circuit Agreement, with a salary limit of An Organization For Winter Playing an increase in the enrollment last For This Year. $1200. If possible, the season will be week alone of twenty-eight new clubs, Likely to be Formed. making seventy-nine now carried on Special to "Sporting Life." made to last from Memorial Day t)o Miami, Fla., March 10. TCditor "Sporting the rolls, and sufficient to insure a Syracuse, N. Y., March 26. A meet- Labor Day. Brattleboro has been in Life." A movement is on foot, said to be satisfactory playing schedule to all, Ing of the Empire State Ball League vited to become one of six cities com fathered (by the Florida East Coast Hotel Co., even were there no further accessions. was held in this city on the 20th for posing the league. The others are to organize a winter base ball league in Florida. Besides, the arrangements have been, the purpose of completing the business Bellows Falls, Montpelier-Barre, Bur The idea is to secure mostly big league players consummated so that the control of not finished at the recent annual meet lington, Plattsburg and Rutland. Let and furnish a strictly first-class article of ball every available incllpsed ground in the ing. The circuit will be made up of to the patrons. If the league is organized as greater city rests with the Association, ters have been written to managers contemplated, it is said that it will be com Cortland, Fulton. Auburn, Geneva, in Keene, N. H., Northampton and posed of Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Ormond, with the exception of two. It is pro Seneca Falls and Lyons. A communi Greenfield, Mass.", fnom here, seeking Palm Beach, Miami and either Palatka or St. posed to exercise this control to force cation was received from Ithaca men to form a league in which the three Petersburg. Elmer Flick and Mal Eason are other clubs into the organization until requesting a franchise in case of towns shall be enrolled with Brattle now at Palm Beach playing with an inde it shall include every semi-professional vacancy. This request had to be boro. It is reported that there is no pendent team there. Flick denies the report and amateur nine in New York and the © CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE. likelihood that the towns of Northamp that he is to retire from the ranks of base ball. vicinity, . -.- , SRORTUNO March 30, 1907. of Thomas McGratih, of Chicago, and E. F. OF Weisler, of Rock Island, 111., as umpires for thia season.