Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-04
FEDERALS AT TER
THE SMALL FRY
Don't Want Cobb, Jackson or
High-Priced Stars, Says
St0vall.
OTHER BASEBALL GOSSIP

George stovall, newly appointed
manager of the Kansas City Federal
League Club. is in Toledo, o.. to Sc
cure for his new club Barbeau. third
baseman of the Kansas City Amer
lean Association Club. who lives in
Toledo.
Stovall announced that every club
In the league would have five or six
men now on major league rosters be-
fore the opening of the 1914 race.
I'VE don't intend to go after players
who are still under contract" said the
Kansas City leader. but we are go
ing after men who are retained only
under the reserve clause, which
means that player cannot sign with
any other club except the one with
whom his contract has just expired,
unless sold or released to another
team.
"There are men In th4 big league
who draw about $4,000. These are the
kind we are going after. By offering
them thousand more than they are
getting ! am quite sure Of being able
to. land enough for our needs. We
do not intend to go after Cobb. Jack
big stars of the game. but will con-
tent ourselves with smaller fry right
now"
Hans Wagner. greatest shortstop
the game ever knew. has again an
nounced that he has played his last
game OF professional baseball. Wag-
ner has retired before, but this time
1t is believed the Flying Dutchman"
is on the level and that he is lost to
major league baseball
The reason given for quitting the
game is that Wagner has so many
businesses in Pittsburgh and at Car
negie that he cannot afford to leave
them as much as he has done in the
past.
President Charles w Murphy. of
the Chicago Nationals. will leave Chi
cago today for New York. whence he
will sail on Thursday for Queenstown.
In addition to a trip through England
and an automobile tour OF Ireland.
Mr.. Murphy's program Includes O.
visit to Scotland. Efe will not return
in time for the National League meet
ing at New York next month. but
the Chicago Club will be represented
by Harry Ackerland. of Pittsburgh,
who bought Frank Chances stock in
the club.
The Giants and White Sox, worlds
tourists. dropped off at Marlin
Springs. Tex. long enough yesterday
to play a game. which the Giants won
by score of Ill. Very few pitchers
battles have there been between the
two teams'f date. All of the battles
have been decisive and one-sided.
Bobby Byrne, the Phillies' inflelder,
has taken up soccer. Byrne is win
tering at his home in ST. Louis and
has Joined a soccer team there.
The Toronto ball team will report
at st. Louis March II for their spring
training trip. From st. Louis tho
squad goes direct to Marlin Springs,
Texas. where the team will spend
two weeks in training with the New
York Nationals.
The fact that Jimmy Sheckard. the
well-known veteran outfielder, is in
Cleveland. has given rise to the re-
port that Sheckard may be engaged
to manage the Toledo Club next sea-
son. In fact. Sheckard and c. w.
Somers have conferred since Sheck-
ards arrival there.
When tho Chicago Americans took
Chappell from Milwaukee they gave
$13.500. In addition to player Beall
and the promise of q catcher. or
$500 In case no catcher could be
spared Ted Tasterly was chosen to
complete the deal. but Comiskey now
saws no cannot spare this youngster.
who is too good a hitter to turn over
to the minors. and Milwaukee will
therefore have to be content with the
81. 800
1t might be interesting for the
baseball fans to know that under
Connie Mack his ball club has been
in p worlds series conflicts. and in
those games not a single one of his
was ever knocked out of the
box. In all of those games the
leader of the Athletics made only
one change In his pitchers. and that
took place in the fifth game of the
1911 series. when Coombs was taken
out Of the game on account OF an in
jury.
The release Of Buddy" Ryan. out
fielder, and Jack Lelivelt, pinch hit
ter. to the Toledo American Associa-
ton club. was announced yesterday
by the American club officials Leli-
welt was secured from the New York
Americans In the middle of the past
season and used solely as a pinch
hitter, getting batting average Of
.2pl.