South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-01-16
ON To NEW YORK
IN 1915 IS HOPE
Of THE FEDERALS
BY FRANK c. MENkE.

NEW YORK. Jan. 1.-THE Federal
league will evade New York in 1915
If the 1914 season is even half the sue
cess that it promises 70 be
This information comes 10 Us from
one OF the officials Of the new league.
thorough baseball man. and one who
is very close 10 Pres. Jas. A Gilmore
Gilmore has secured options on two
sizes in Greater New York, with the
privilege OF accepting them any time
within three years. One is in New
YORK. City the other in Brooklyn, both
centrally located.
The organized baseball people are
figuring that we expect to make a bar
rel of money in 1914, and that we'll
go broke if we don't" he said. That's
just where they are mistaken We
aren't looking forward 20 1914 as
profitable season. II is to be more In
the nature Of an advance season. one
in which We hope 10 make the people
acquainted with orr wares In 1915,
it VIII be something different The
fans will know that we've got some
thing that will keep them coming 10
our parks.
Have reserve func-
ALREADY We have signed up about
a dozen major leaguers, and We have
grabbed off another dozen stars from
the class A. A. minor leagues. In ad-
dition to this We have on players
rosters men who are real stars
men who will compare fayorably in
their special departments with some
of the National and American leagues
have got.
Some people are wordering why
we have gone after the older players
why We haven't gone after the
younger stars of the big leagus. There
are two reasons for this. One is that
we are not going after players who
are under contract just now, but only
after those men whose contracts have
expired and who are bound only By
| the reserve clause. The second reas
on is a deeper one and one which
! the public up to now has not cutie
! figured out.
I'VE want old, experienced players
at the helms of our teams so that they
may teach our young players the
| tricks OF the game, Where can you
/ find a better teacher of pitchers than
! Mordecai Brown? Where a better
model for infelders than Tinker The
/ same is true about Knabe. Stovall and
some of the others.
Give our youngsters under the
tutelage of Tinker, Brown, Knabe and
others of that kind and they viii
round into some of the greatest play
/ ers in the game.
Have Unknown Stars
Where did we get our other play
] ers? From different sources. Some
| OF them are semi-professionals; other
! belonged TO small league teams
I Some people are OF the idea that get
ting small league players is not
good investment Look over the list
of the stars of the bigger leagues to-
day and find your answer. Many of
! them were plucloed from the small
town teams, or from college teams and
made good in a hurry.
cobb, Collins, Jackson. Speaker
| Milan, McTnnis. Baker, Iajoie, Wag
ner Mathewson, StrInk, MURRAY
Meyers and a hundred others who
rank as stars today jumped either
from the sand lots, small league teams
or from college teams to the majors
and made good with a vengeance.
They became stars almost in their
first year out.
is there any reason why history
can't repeat in the case of some of the
fellows we have on our rosters
You'll agree with me that (. ere Is
not. and all those who patronize our
bali parks next summer will quickly
discover that we have in our ranks
some players whose names heretofore
have not figured in baseball stardom
who are just about as good as some
of the best in the American and Ma
tional league"