Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-29
Joe Tinker Leaves0rganized
Baseball Saturday.
Signs Three-YeaT Contract to
Manage Chicago Club
OF the Federal League..MordecaI
Brown Will Manage St. Louis.

Chicago. Dec. 2S.-Joseph Tinker,
former manager of the Cincinnati Ma
tional League ball club, and Mofoecai
Brown, the Cincinnati's pitcher, sat
urday signed three-year contracts with
the Federal League. Tinker will man
age the Chicago Club and Brown VIII
manage the st. Louis club.
George Stovall, formerly of Cleve-
land and last year manager OF the
ST Louis American League club, sign
ed to manage the Kansas CITY clup
next year. 1,...
Larry Schlafley, with the Jersey lily
club of the International League, VIII
manage the Buffalo club, and Wlliaiii
Phillips, a former Cincinnati player
hut out of baseball for several years.
will go to Indianapolis as manager.
The franchise recently voted TO
Cleveland was forfeited and awarded
to Toronto, Can.
lanes Gilmore, president OF the Fea-
eral League, announced that each eu-
eral League club will contain at leas'
five PLAYERS who appeared iast year
with either the National or American
Leagues. The full roster OF the pay
ers. he said, VIII be announced within
n few days. Well advertised players
from the big leagues, he said, hao peeh
cbosen to manage the Toronto, baitl-
more and Pittsburg clubs.
The amount that any player is to re-
ca;va from the new league was not
made public by Mr.. Gilmore. 1t was
ranorted that Tinker was to receive
eos ooo for three years service. Iinker'
l.x,f M
sold to the Brooklyn CLUB TOT s-o'0V0'
If being stipulated that he was To re-
ceive $4,000 of this amount III auu'
ton to his salary. ,s
Tinl,er had announced that he Woula
not po 70 the Federal club unless ne
,ras assured that his income woulo oe
,arger than that provided py 'he
Brooklyn deal. organized
baseball was increased by MS aesile "
live in Chicago, where he mas business
..os+s An effort by Charles W. Mur-
-, o,,,nor of the Chicago Nauonai
I,,o c,ub to secure Tinker received
rt,si,or.s s,pport, but when it became
tnowp that the Brooklyn deal wouio
block Tinker's chance of playing Win tiie
C,hs he entered his negotiations WITH
the Federals.
prooLlvn,s offer of s25oo0 for Tinker
sarv;ces. said to be the largest sum ever
Maid for a ball player. was contingent
on the former Cincinnati manager accept
ing the agreement.
S,,eve,and's place in the new Feoerai
League was forfeited owing to the iali-
- 80 that city to guarantee suitable
ball park. ~,
parnav Hepburn, a member of the Ca
nadian Parliament, it was announced Is
the owner of the Toronto ciuo.
Tinker and Brown are among the oio-
est and best-known players in organized
baseball. Tinker Joined the chicago
club 70 years ago and won his way to
high regard as a shortstop. A year ago
he was signed by Cincinnati as man.
aeer Brown also spent some years with
the Chicago club as pitcher. lie "eh'
with Tinker to Cincinnati.
The cities represented in the Federai
League are Toronto, Buffalo, Baltimore,
Pittsburg, Chicago, st. Louis, Kansas
City and indianapolis.
The league representatives at Satur-
davis meeting were: Otto Siefel, EDWARD
Steininger and Walter Fr1tcn, ST. Louis
Charles Weeghman and William Nj.
Walker, Chicago; c. c. Madison, Kansas
CITY: J. Edward Krause, Indianapolis
p IT. Carroll, Buffalo; Edward Hanlon'
Carry Goldman and C. c. Janney, Balti-
more: John e. Barber and William L.
Kerr Pittsburg.