Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-14
SAYS FEDS WILL Be
WELCOMED IN FOLD
Joe Tinker Predicts 1t Will
Happen Within One
Year.
EXPLAINS BIG CONTRACTS

Manager Joe Tinker, OF the Chi
cago Federal League baseball league,
points to one feature OF the new
league which he says will revolution
lie baseball in one particular-that
of selling minor league players for
fabulous sums without the players
being benefited financially.
There is a case I have in mind OF
a young fellow who came up from
the minor league which is a good
example of the conditions existing in
organized baseball" said Tinker.
1.-THE major league club paid $4,000
for the player and signed him to
contract for $1,000 a year. The play
er with whom I am now dickering,
never got even cigar out OF the
sale, and is compelled to play for
the peanut salary.
1.-THE major league clubs paid out
over 100000 for ball players last
year, and the minor league magnates
got the dough, while few OF the
players realized one cent on the
transactions. The sale OF Marty
O'Toole to Pittsburgh for s22,5OO is
another. example st. Paul benefited
by this sale, while OToole got no
Now, then, the Federal League
will get these same kind of players
and put that money in the player
salary. We could get five big league
players for what Pittsburgh paid for
one It's a cinch the ballplayer would
go where he could double his sal
ary
1--WE are not compelled to buy these
players from the minor league clubs.
| We will have our scouts and as soon
as we see a likely player we will
offer him a good salary and, take it
from me, he will sign with little
dickering when he finds the Federal
League will pay more than either
the National or American League
clubs. 1t will be the little leagues
which will suffer. Take my word for
it that the Federal League will be
invited to come into organized base
| ball before the 1914 season passes"
Mowrey Joins Baltimore Feds.
Mike Mowrey, of the Pittsburgh
/ National League Club, yesterday
signed a three year contract with
the Baltimore Federal League Club.
Pay Ford's Expenses to Chicago.
! Russell Ford, the veteran hurler
of the New York American League
! team, arrived in Chicago yesterday
! to confer with Federal League Off
Gals about signing contract. He
left Minneapolis Monday with the
| announcement that he expected to
accept terms with the new league
| and he reported to Manager Joe
Tinker of the Feds, but it is not
known what club he will be assign
! ed to after he has attached his name
| to a contract.
Ford Is the first American League
| player of any fame who has con-
sidered seriously an offer Of the new
organization. He was regarded as
| one of the leading pitchers in the
| league two years ago, but he lost
control of the spitball year before
| last and has not been so successful
| since that time. Ford went to. Chi
| cago at the expense Of the Federals.
| st. Louis Gets Option on Park.
e. A. Steininger, president of the
| st. Louis Federal League Baseball
| Club announces that he has signed
a lease whereby the club secured
| Hadlan Park for an annual rental
| of $4,000, with an option to purchase
for s250,000.
Many Applications to Tinker.
Tinker went on to say that he had
applications from enough ball play
| ers to make up a dozen leagues. He
says that nearly every player in the
lower leagues has asked for terms
and that out of twenty-five tele-
| grams Manager Tinker sent out to
major league players every one was
| answered.
zone good thing the Federal
League has done already is that OF
boosting Vic Safer into a good SAL
airy and three-year contract. Man.
ager Brown. .>of the st. Louis Fed
erals, offered Safer $4,000 a year on
a three year contract, offered him
$4,000 upon the signing of the con-
tract and a guarantee by Otto Stifel
| for the balance of the $4,000. Mr..
Stifel offered to place the money in
a st. Louis bank subject to Saier's
check at the rate of $4,000 on monthly
Withdrawals. You can wager your
right eye that Vic got its equiva-
lent from President Murphy before
he signed the three-year contract"