Omaha daily bee., 1913-12-29
OUTLAW BASE BALL ON MAP
President Gilmore Announces Cir
cult Lineup for Coming Season.
TINKER WILL HANDLE CHICAGO
Citadel Invaded by New League and
War OF 1901 Is Likely 20 BE
Repeated During the
Coming summer.

! OUTLAW" base ball has again taken
its place on the map.
The Federal league has assumed such
| proportions, at least in the dope" avail.
able for publication as warrants its be-
ing dealt with as an established organ.
ization, a competitor for public favor
and, most important OF all, a haven foI
the dissatisfied stars OF organized"
base ball
So we may now look tor recrudes-
cence OF the malady of "rubberlegitis,"
so prevalent among base ball players
thirteen years ago
From Chicago Saturday came an As
sociated Press dispatch with the news
that Joe Tinker had definitely signed
to play with and manage the Chicago
Federal league club. This berth was
held by Bert Keeley, the former Omaha
pitcher, during the last summer.
Others Going Over,
The same dispatch carried the i'm
formation that Mordecai Brown, the
famous 'three-fingered" finger. also
former Omaha star had signed to man
age the Cincinnati Federal league team,
that George Stovall would manage the
Kansas City team, and that Bill Phillips,
a former big league catcher. who has
been out Of the game for several years.
will manage Indianapolis, and Larry
! Schlafley, who has been with the Jersey
City club of the International league.
will manage Buffalo. The Federal
league franchise that had been granted
} to Cleveland was declared forfeited and
, was awarded to Toronto.
} This is a sweeping move on the part
, of the federals, and indicates an intention
J to win or lose in a single season. 1t In
wolves both the big leagues and two of
} the american association" leagues, and
thus amounts to a general declaration of
; warfare on organized" ball in it's strong
} hold. The men who have been managing
the affairs of the game for the last dozen
years under the peace agreement and
the system OF government that has grown
up hereunder are now face to face with
a situation such as confronted the Ma
tional league in 1901, when the American
began its era of Expansion" and boldly
invaded the cities heretofore sacred to
the older league, and set out on a career
of piracy that threatened for time to
wreck the game.
whipped the National.
y That was situation compared to which
play
i indeed. The American league laid It's
: plans most carefully, fully matured them
l. and then entered on their fulfillment witt
! a rush that simply swept the National
- league owners off the board. Salaries
: that can only be described as princelS
l. tempted star after star of the Nationa
!; TO jump to the new organization, and tn,
s. trick was done. The National league ha.
ha N
r. that time, and never will.
!. And now we are threatened with a repe
tition Of that situation. The big leagu,
! magnates say they have set apart a yer!
large sum OF money to meet Just thi
emergency. and that the Federal, or an,
other outlaw league will be smothere,
5 at the very start. Last summer the Fed
a eral was treated as a Joke. Its promoter
r were not taken seriously by any bas
n ball wiseacres. but when It finished tn
season. and announced it's plans for mex
Il year, some OF them began to sit up an
i take notice. Then came the announce
r ment OF the big war bag" OF the bi
! leagues. and here comes the chance 70
the magnates to spend some OF tn
n money they have laid aside to meet tn
:, crisis.
n u,.. -, ,.,
q (
1, Talk has been made of getting injunc
tions TO prevent the jumping player
l. from playing with the Federal league
= Those who are putting up this line O
y argument should go back into history an
70 see how seriously the injunction affecte
Ie big Ed" Delehanty and Larry Lajoi,
after they had jumped from the Phila
a q delphia Nationals to the PhiladeIphi
le Americans and then were sent to Clevs
d land TO play.
y The Federal league promoters mus
n make a noise like real money I'm order
convince experienced ball players like Jo
al Tinker, Mordecai Grown and others ths
r, II is TO their interest TO jump contract
=, or reservations and take on with the ne,
ID league Tinker was just ousted from
e. managerial berth that has its drawback
IT bu. had been offered a large bonus an
big salary to play with another team
N Brown was assured OF regular employ
ir ment at a good salary, and this is tru
le OF other players who have cast the
=, y; fortunes with the Federals. so II mui
e. be that somewhere real money is ngurin
he In the move. for the average professions
as ball player knows little OF sentiment,
~ The war is on. PLAY ball!
az Omaha's Interests.
ne How the moves will affect Omaha ca
y. not yet be hinted at. So far as the Wes
4 ern league is directly concerned. the mo,
". in ereLting factor Is that Jimmy McGi
m OF Denver has just bought the IndiaI
is Gpolis franchise in the American sssocl'
3. ton. and with it fight for existenc