Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-11


Deathiess would be his fame.
ne gnvo his grimy pants a hitch,
And spat upon his hands;
HE cap he gave nervous twitch
And faced the bowling stands,
s'Three bailsl" a below OF delight
Two strikesv' the umpire said.
He Knocked the next one out of sight
And then fell out Of bed.
g; 81.
Orsanlzed baseball will very likely show
3 greatly weakened front by the first OF
the year since the Federals are doing
their shopping early Although the out
laws have picked up good players when
ever the opportunity has been presented,
the most prominent feature Of their cam
paign has been the concentration OF their
attack on the rival pitching corps. The
result Is evident by the remarkable array
OF slab artists now In the possession OF
the Gilmore circuit
Among the star twirlers under contract
70 tho Federal League clubs are the fol-
lowing:
Walter johnson, Eddie" Plank.
'Rube" Marquard. Chief Bender.
Russell Ford. Claude Hendrix, Fred
Falkenberg. A. r. Johnson, 'Tom'
Heaton Knapp, Adams, Camnitz, Gull
lop. quinn. LATTE, Packard. Suggs
Knetzer, Brown. Bailey Mullln,
Groom, Crandall. Brennan Moore,
Billiard, Bluejacket, Willet, Moran
and others Of equal prominence.
Doubtless the Federal Leaguers figure
that club is as strong as its pitchers. |
with such material for the box, there |
nhouid not be great difficulty building up |
wsli-balanced teams. There Is no appar-
ent reason why the newcomers should not |
furnish a high-class brand of baseball in
ISIS
All is not yet made public by the Fed
erai moguls. and many surprise will
likely be sprung on the baseball public be-
fore the opening ball is sounded next
spring. Il is true there are no more Wal
tor Johnsons, but there are other, players
who are nearly as prominent.
No matter what the ultimate outcome of
the entangled Athletics situation may be,
the Federal League will no doubt see
several lengthy rays of hope in the local
baseball muddle. IL has been the inten-
tion OF the "Outlaws" to put club In
this city since they began active opera
tions over a year ago. But so far they
have been unable to see where they
would be able to live financially. Now
Philadelphia looks brighter to them-far
brighter in fact than they had ever dared
hope II the Athletics team remains here
under the present management, which
Connie Mack has repeatedly assured the
public II would, then the Federals are fis-
urlng that the loss I'm popularity of the
three-time worlds champions will give
them the golden opportunity to step in
and get patronage.
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Internationally this is the best time
that the Federals could have chosen for
such a step. While the real thinking fan
cannot help admit that Connie Mack has
lone what every other man with foresight
would have done, there are thousands who
,an only see the fact that Mack has al
owed some OF his stars to get away; that
tho team in 1915 will not be what 1t has
been for the last 10 years. This theory.
while entirely wrong. is nevertheless one
which many have adopted. The result
b thls. the Tederals will get a large
yroup OF fans who were formerly dyed-in-
he wool Mack followers.
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Thus far not even a New York rumor
has come across to the effect that Mack
would trade John Shlbe, nor has any one
put Won ohl into the Athletics presi-
lentlal chair. Verify the dreamers are
overlooking a host Of opportunities.
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Students may come and students may go,
But Brooke talk goes on forever. ,
This is the only one for today, so don't
worry:
''Father. what is undue lniuence?" 7
THAT. Little One, is the state OF mind
,ecasioned by playing one winner that I
makes fellow willing to back 10 losers in .
} row. !
ihank you, Iather' a
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J. Edward Grillo, OF the Washington b
Star. about hits the nail on the head ,
when he says; ;
Connie Mack is not TO be blamed n
II he has decided to break up his Z
famous pennant-winning aggrega-
tion. II a club cannot make money
with a team which romps home :
with the flag, what is the good OF a
having it2 The chances are that 2
when Mack starts TO rebuild team n
with recruits that interest will be 9
revived in the team Last year q
Il was taken for granted that the Il
Athletics would win The result 4
vas that only a small portion Of II
the fans went to the park to see q
the games, the greater number be-
Ing satisfied with reading about the Ia
game IN the papers or watching a
some downtown scoreboaTd. The :.
fans simply were tired OF seeing q
the team win. and II next season Y
Mack has some new faces and It !,
becomes a question as TO where the d
team win inlsh there may be re- o
viyal OF interest. which is very a
much needed. p
Homo OF the local fans have already Il
gene on record by saying that they
Fauid not patronize the Athletics next y
season IL all the stars are gone. On the Z,
lfhar hand, othera have made II very Y
Isam their interest in the team win re- s,
EFe Z
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About as verbose and eloquent as an z
1Mclal communlqus from the war zone =
4al Secretary Heydler's announcement Of Il
|ha operations OF the National LeaguerH. y
rHc brought their three days secret tl
|esaIon to AN end yesterday after
saan Secretary Heydler was asked for n
leHs. and this is what he said; I'VE b
laFa nothing definite to report" Later.
when he was approached, he did say that Fl
lH Federal League was not even men- s
Ionea u WAS snubbed completely. The 6
1ai4ef f1le vas not definitely acted upon. 4
idf Has the players contract a6air &
trsisHtened ont Both Of these matters q
0sfs oat over until a later date. pre- Il
aaiahiy the February session.
80 ~
eazn lhe question has arisens RWhen
aan - amateur and when does he
laEata such q IaWf Charles HouEhton
8 Newark. y. J.. holder of the inter
HoIzstle onerniie record has been de-
-red 4 professional because he Has piay
aa1r ~ the Essex County Fairgrounds
easHHief = IS really the opinion of
zler that Housllon g no more of
Professional than ahan hs Hrst started
: IlsIa Cor contests. = seems about as
aafls q deel4He neH4papernaq
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