Omaha daily bee., 1913-12-29
TINKER And BROWN BOLT
Both National League Stars Sign
with Federal League.
FORMER TO MANAGE CHICAGO
Latter VIII He Manager of Sc. Louis
CIub---saIaries Guaranteed at
High Mark for Three
Years.

CHICAGO, Dec. %. Joseph Tinker,
former manager of the Cincinnati Ma
tional league base ball club and Mordecai
Brown, Cincinnati pitcher, has signed
three year contracts with the Federal
league Tinker will manage the Chicago
club and Brown will be manager of the
st. Louis club
George Stovall, formerly of Cleveland,
and last year manager of the st. Louis
American league club, signed to manage
the Kansas City club next year. Larry
Schlafley, with the Jersey City club of the
international league. will manage the Buff
falo club and William Phillips, a former
Cincinnati player, but out of base ball
for several years, will go to Indianapolis
as manager. The franchise recently voted
Cleveland was forfeited and awarded to
Toronto, Canada.
Announced by Gilmore.
James Gilmore, president of the Federal
league, announced that each Federal
league club would contain at least five
players VINO appeared last year with
either the National or the American
league.
The full roster of the players, he said,
would be announced within a few days.
Well advertised players from these
leagues, he said. had been chosen to
manage the Toronto, Baltimore and Pitts
burgh clubs.
The amount any player is to receive
from the new league was not made pub
lie by President Gilmore.
Twelve Thousand Year.
It was reported that Tinker was to re.
ceive 5000 for three years service.
Tinker, who was deposed by Cincinnati.
was sold to the Brooklyn club for $S,9OO
It being stipulated that he was to re-
ceive $4,000 of this amount in additOn to
his salary. Tinker had announced that
he wodld not go to the Federal league
unless he was assured that his income
would be larger than that provided by
the Brooklyn deal. Tinker's WILLINGNESS
to leave organized base ball was increased
by his desire to live in Chicago, where
he has business interests. An effort 10y
Charles w. Murphy, owner Of the Chi
cago National league club, to buy him re-
ceived Tinker's support, but when 1t be
came known that the Brooklyn dea
would block Tinker's chance OF playing
with the Cubs ne entered his negotiations
with the Federals.
Gets in High Figures.
Brooklyn's offer of $4,000 for Tinker
services, said to be the largest sum eve
paid for a ball player, was contingen
upon the former Cincinnati manager
accepting the agreement.
Cleveland's place in the new Fedora
league was forfeited owing to the failur
of that city to guarantee a suitable bal
park. Barney Hepburn, a member of tn
rli
is the owner of the Toronto club.
Tinker and Brown are among the old
est and best known players in organized
base ball. Tinker Joined the Chicago clul
twelve years ago and won his way L
high regard as a shortstop. A year ag
he was signed by Cincinnati as manager
Brown also spent many years with tn
Chicago club as a pitcher. He went witt
Tinker to Cincinnati.
The cities represented in the Fedora
league are: Toronto, Buffalo, Baltimore
Pittsburgh. Chicago, st. Louis, Kansa
City and Indianapolis.
Hermann VIII Not Talk.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 2S.-President Au
gust Hermann of the Cincinnati Nations
league team was rlrst notified of tn
jumping Of Mordecai Brown to the Fed
eral league by the Associated Press. M
Hermann was surprised, but declined (
make any comment.
AS president Of the National base ba
commission he also declined to sa
whether the action OF Tinker and Brow
had placed the ball players outside til
pale Of organized base ball.
Mordecai Brown pitched good ball fc
the Cincinnati team thiu year and wa
depended on by Manager Herzog for
great deal OF work in the 1914 seasoi
both as regular and relief pitcher.