Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-19

ask him about the matter he
would probably tell you, fair and
honest, that he wouldn't have
the least objection to occupying the
presidency of the Feds. This deduc-
ton is CLEANED from short and pert
interview with Mr., Powers published
after brief visit made by "P. r." to
Philadelphia. Mr.. Powers, 1T seems,
was seen talking to Horace Fogel,
and an active space writer got on the
Job and sent out a story to the effect
that "P. T." was to Join the "out-
laws" On that particular visit moth
ing was farther from Mr.. Powers s
mind, as he was in the company of
his good friend Garry Hermann,
chairman of the National Commits
sion, and other men big in organized
baseball So when up. T." was asked,
How about it?" he replied somewhat
in this manner:
mo, ! am not dickering with the
Federal League and l have not been
negotiating with the outlaws The
only outlaw that have been doing
any talking to recently is Garry
Hermann. But" continued Mr.. Pow
ers, with much sincerity, "if | felt
like talking business to the men con-
nected with the Federal League l
would not be ashamed Of 1T in the
least"
IL any man has a license to join
the OUTLAWS" it is P. T. Powers, for
he has been treated stability by or
ganization baseball For years Mr..
Powers was one of the foremost fig
ures in the great national game. He
devoted his time. his energy and he
gave his money to the cause. For
years he was the president of the old
Eastern League, now the Interna-
tional League, and he served the
clubs we'll and he served them at
small expense. His salary was a
measly $4,000 a year, and on this
salary he maintained an office In
New York. Considered, In q way, an
easy-going fellow, Mr.. Powers was
not much of a politician. He was
shrewd, but he trusted too loosely,
and when the time came he was
beaten for the head of the league by
Edward G. Barrow. With Mr.. Powers
out of Office and Mr.. Barrow safely
lodged in the presidential chair, the
salary of the office, was increased to
1880 a year and expenses, and the
term of incumbency made to last over
a period OF five years. All due credit,
of course, to Mr.. Barrow for his ex-
cellent political skill, but 1t surely
must have made Mr.. Powers feel blue
to look back and observe all that he
had done for the league and to know
that had been so poorly paid and SO
poorly treated.
@
Charley Ebbets, the Brooklyn Club
magnate, hasn't much confidence In
the Federal League He says 1t is
all joke, that 1t win never become
reality and that Joe Tinker will play
with Brooklyn next year. AS for
the OUTLAWS" being Jokes, why that's
all right, but maybe the Players Fra
ternity will have something to say
as to whether Tinker will be allowed
to play in the organized baseball fold
any more. Surely at the present
writing Tinker Is doing everything In
his power to beat the Fraternity,
which has the backing of organized
baseball, and 1t would not be surpris-
ing IL the Fraternity put some sort
OF severe penalty on Tinker and the
other players who are now very busy
with the outlaw movement.
C.
The Players Fraternity is a union
and 1t will have to have principles and
stick to them If 1t hopes to become q
power in baseball. 1t must have its
own rules and observe them, and II
must not allow the club owners to tel
them what to do and to run theii
affairs. There isn't a bit of doubt, Of
course, that Mr.. Ebbets would like t.
have Tinker over In Brooklyn If he
can so arrange 1t, but the only time
Tinker will go to Brooklyn is after he
is fully assured that the Fedora
League is failure. 1t is all we'll and
good for Tinker to play the "out'
laws and get all he can in that man
ner, but If the league isn't a go Il
would not be fair to those who stucl
to the ship to allow Tinker to joir
their fold without in some substantial
way making amends. The club own
ers, too, would find out In the lont
run that 1t isn't best to forgive 81
easily If players are going to- be al
lowed to work both ends, why 1T be
hooves them to start some sort of al
OUTLAW agitation every year. Al
they would have to do is to pass tn
word along and they'll get 5.276.24