The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-01-28
Invaders, However, stiN Are
Shy on Material-Gilmor Re.
fuses to Answer Baseball
Writers.
BIZ B0zeyss0n BulOeY.


HOUGH We still await that INST
i Of eighty three big leaguers
claimed by Mr.. Gilmore. the
Feds helped out . little overnight By
giving VI the names Of four which.
added to the ones already printed.
makes . total Of eighteen. including
Killifer. who has Jumped both ways.
The new men are Pitcher Kahler
and Catcher Simon. who 20 to the
Pittsburgh Feds: Pitcher Biandins.
who goAs to Toronto. and Cy Falken.
berg. recently Of Cleveland, the
highest pitcher there Il. Bob Cess.
Ter also has offered . good salary 70
Birdie Cree and . thrss.year con.
tract. At press time Birdie was still
wavsring. while Frank Farrell and
Arthur Erwin were perppirins. 4
Jump by Cree would tear quite .
hole in the Highlander outneld, and
II 10 not unlikely that the New York
club win meet the salary offered BY
the Feds. y
Roy Hartxeli has declined all offers
and viii stick to the big show. He
wires Frank Farrell to that effect,
and also thanks him for the raise
With all this Information sent out
cago. Mr.. Gilmore 10 still In Dutch
with the scribes about that claim OF
eighty three. Numerous kilograms
have been sent to him asking for
more details. but he answereth not.
II there ever was . time for the
Feds to put In . plug for themselves
this IL It Announcement 70 made
that the Baltimore and Chicago
teams are complete and will start
south on q training trip next month.
II those clubs are complete. what V
the matter with giving us the napes
Of the players? Notwithstanding
Ned Hanlon's aversion to publicity.
It might be q boost.
Ono slant at the financial powers
Of the Federal League ana 1t 10 not
di6icult to understand why Baltimore
and Chicago are the first to complete
their clubs. Mr.. Weeghman and MT
Rasin are the men with the coin and
It 20 happens that one 10 backing
the Chicago team while the other u
in Baltimore's corner. Rumor mas ],
! v00t tne OtuoT DSA CsoOss "ssss
possible exception OF Kansas Guy
are shy of money and can not get
started. Stiil. the Pittsburgh clut
has made Birdie Cree . good onol
despite the withdrawal Of Mr.. Bar
bour, who formerly paid out the coin
= PED HANLON. the wise man Of
i'm the Federals. appears to have
~ solved tho question Of getting
some exhibition money In the soutf
without having to play the minol
league teams Of organised baseball
When II comes to getting the dough
Ned has always been one OF our bes,
little solvers. He has booked eigh'
games with Southern colleges. Tit
Baltimore team will train at Southern
Pines, N. c.. and 1t will be easy Il
reach most of the big schools from
that point.
Bat what IL Joe Tinker to do FOL
spring training money? There arr
but a few colleges within reach o
Mineral Wells, Texas. and unless
dates can be arranged with some bill
school teams on the way east the ioni
h lump from Texas will put quite
dent in the Weeghman bankroll
III TINKER says no - tdNiu8 WIN nhA
twenty players, but he does not CIV
their names Still. with that man!
athletes around he could frame vi
two teams and give exhibitions. pro
vided he could find suitable parks u
which to play. The Federals will b
barred from every minor leagu
grounds In the country.
N Mr.. eomers has gone TO SEQ Bal
Johnson and We may expect at an
minute to hear that the Honorabl
Ban b. will never again speak Z
either Handing or Kahler. But
Ban doesn't watch out some of thos
ostracised ballplayers are going I
speak TO him some OF these day.
And lie may u something that h
doesn't care about hearing. either.
John Foster. the deep sea sscretar
Of the Giants. has returned from Der
muda, ana says he nov understand
Why Frank Chance should have oh
jectsd % strsnuously 70 training ther
again. when he sa1d u Wa TO
lAaAA oh0ueh." declares John. he VI