Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-21
Federal Leaguers Meet in st.
Louis, But Refuse to Take
Public Into Confidence.
CIRCUIT TO REMAIN AS
FORMERLY ANNOUNCED
Ned Hanlon of Baltimore Again
Plays Important Part in
Proceeding.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

1pe0iai Dispatcn 10 Inc Star.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, December
Gothic Federal League mag
mates and officials evidently are
not going to uncover their plans
until they deem it absolutely nee
essary. The third leaguers here
today, after they had been in an
all-afternoon session at the Mis-
sour Athletic Club, adjourned and
announced that there was really
nothing of importance to give out
to the fans or to rival magnates.
Every one of the eight cities sup
posed to compose the organization
were represented by one or more
persons with the exception of
Cleveland, Ohio, which had a let
ter proxy present in addition to
telegram sent during the after
noon session.
With an outside representation
numbering thirteen coming from
various sections of the United
States, there is hardly any doubt
but what several important sub
jects were under discussion dur }
ing the four hours the magnates
were closeted. With the excep-
ton of the statement that every
body was in harmony with their
proposed plans and that the league
| was a certainty, no information
of real importance was igven OUT
| to any one.
Those present at the meeting were
President J. 4. Gilmore of Chicago, Sec
rotary Lloyd Rickart of st. Louis. Z.
c. Madison and A. +. Gordon of Kansas
| City. J. T.. Krause and Il. j.. Gates OF
| indianapolis. n. f. Kerr. Pittsburgh; X
| Carroll and o. Auspergen of Buffalo,
Ned Hanlon, It. Goldman and n. L.
Hamilton of Baltimore; N. Walker and
| c. weghmann of Chicago, Otto Stifcl.
Senator Mike kenney. Walter Frisch and
| Henry Laumeier of st. Louis.
! Hanlon on Hand.
! All but Pittsburgh had at least two
and Baltimore each bad three, with the
| famous Ned Hanlon leading the Bald-
more brigade.
President Gilmore called the meeting to
/ order shortly after pm. and the mag
mates were closeted until "A few minutes
| of tonight when the entire bunch came
out with a big smile spread over their
faces Secretary Lloyd Rickart stated
the bunch spent the entire afternoon In
q formal meeting, discussing the future
plans of the organization the main topic
being the securing of parks and building
of stands Secretary Lloyd Rickart also
spiked a couple of other rumors that have
been circulated quite freely lately around
/ st. Louis the most important being that
| Otto Stifel, the millionaire st. Louis
! brewer. was seeking to break away from
the Federal League. Rickart stated
Stifel has not even given any one the
least reason to think this, SO far as he
knows. Rickart states that the local
nagnate talks to him just enthusi-
astically as ever. and that he is confident
that Stifel will again be with the thirc
leaguers. RicIart says that new stoeA-
holders may be taken I'm so as to Increase
the capitalization, but that every indioa-
ton points to those who are now in
terested sticking to the limit.
The other rumors denied by Rickart
were that Cleveland wished TO withdraw
and that applications OF Toronto and
Brooklyn would be granted. According
to Rickart, Cleveland has not asked To
be released and neither of the other cities
will be admitted.
1--WE do not desire to drop any OF tie
eight cities elected to the organization at
the Indianapolis meeting several weeks
ago, and IL Brooklyn and Toronto were
taken in IL would mean a ten-club league,
which is too large.
According to Rickart, the meeting ad-
journed this evening with no date set for
another but all agreed to get together
AS soon after the new year as deemed
advisable by President Gilmore.