Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-17
.FEDERALS HOLDING
SESSION IN CHICAGO
Meeting Today in Windy City Is
Regarded AS Highly
Important.
TALK OF CIRCUIT CHANGES

TALK Of CIRCUIT CHANGES
The Federal League hackers will
hold another meeting today in Chi
cago for the purpose of again talking
over developments in the new organ
ization. Secrecy over the proposed
session is being maintained regarding
the subjects to be discussed, but it
was learned that President Gilmore
has issued a call for gathering.
Just what obstacles. if any. have
arisen in the path of the venture is
not known. The gathering may be
simply for the purpose of arranging
for further steps in the promotion of
the new circuit. The settling of dates
for the schedule. number of games to
be played, plans for spring training
trips, ETC., require such session. The
clubs also want to determine on the
players each is to go after so as to
avoid conflicting offers. ~
Some of the notables pulling for
their interests--in other words the
forces of organized baseball-were
venturing the opinion that the meet
ing has been called to head off con-
ditions that have come up suddenly
and unexpectedly. The argument is
offered from limited viewpoint, so
must be taken in the same way.
The stories of the promoters being
up against insurmountable difficulties
are based on several things. For a
starter it is said that the trips being
made from one city of the circuit to
the other by President Gilmore, Presi-
dent Weeghman, of the local club, and
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franchise-holders are falling down in
the tasks assigned them and are re-
ceiving :. attention from. outside
sources
Another thing is that the sudden
ness with which major league players,
with whom Feds" have been negoti-
ating with the hope of landing, have
signed within the last few DAYS has
robbed the new league of strength that
had been counted upon. Men like
Groh and Niehoff. of the Reds; Bush.
Dauss and Bauman, of the Tigers, and
it seemed like a dead cinch the
Feds" would gather them In the fold.
While this hopeless attitude is being
maintained by the forces antagonistic
to the "oulaw" bunch, gloom Is by no
means surrounding the officials of the
latter organization. On the contrary,
they are as enthusiastic as they have
been at any time since the new people
assumed charge. THERE'S no outward
Indication of trouble that gives prom
Use, of wreeking the league very soon.
$4,000 Year for Cobb.
y Ty Cobb was offered a five-year
contract at $4,000 a year in a tele-
gram sent to him at Augusta. Ga.
Yesterday, by President Gilmore, of
the Federal League. The telegram
was written and given to a. messenger
i'm the presence of newspaper men
after Gilmore had said that he had
learned that Cobb had not yet signed
with Detroit for the 1914 season.
Gilmore's telegram offers to pay
Cobb his first years salary in advance
and to put the. remaining $4,000 in
escrow. ia -
(. "A dispatch from Augusta, Ca says
Cobb left yesterday for his former
home, Keystone. Ga, and could not be
reached. Four kilograms for him
have been received there since his de-
parture. Cobb said nothing before
leaving of any offer to play in the
Federal League.
Puts 1t Up to Cobb.
"Cobb's word is good enough for
me-" said President Navin, when
shown the Chicago dispatch telling
of President Gilmores offer to the
champion ballplayer of $4,000 for a
fiye-year's contract. I'VE agreed
upon terms when we met in New
York. during the last worlds series,
and he promised to sign. So know
he'll play with Detroit. Whenever
Ty intends to debate terms he says so.
whenever he makes a promise his
word is as good as gold No, l
wouldn't worry II the Federal League
would offer him 100000 and deposit it
all in a bunch for him. His contract
went with those of the other players
and I expect that now the fraternity
releases have been given it will be re-
turned signed"
Slim Sally ssIlee Slides TO ST. Louis.
Harry Sally Sallee. pitcher, has
sent his signed contract for the 1914
season to the National League club
of this city.
Toronto and Buffalo Out.
1t was declared yesterday on ap-
parently good authority that the Fed
eral League has dropped Buffalo and
Toronto, and will place teams in Gin
cinnati and Washington instead. The
Buffalo and Toronto clubs could not
get the financial backing necessary,
it was said, and were unable to go out
after big league ball players because
of lack of money.
Cincinnati Rivals Combine.
That Cincinnati is practically as
sured of a Federal League franchise
was the story cleaned yesterday from
the two factions of Cincinnati men
seeking to place a team there. The
factions, represented by Rudolph
Greis and Paul Connolly, will COM
bine and send a committee to Chicago