Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-15
MAY TRANSFER TWO.
FED FRANCHISES.
Toronto and Buffalo to Be
Dropped for New York and
Cincinnati.
INDIANAPOLIS INDEPENDENT

w lille the te0eTdl bSaBUeTSr may
be causing the magnates in organ
lied baseball much cause for worry,
they themselves also have few
things to think about now and then.
The prospects of teams starting the
season in Buffalo and Toronto are
not at all promising. In fact, these
cities apparently have lost much of
their enthusiasm over the project be-
cause Of the delays in signing players
while other clubs are coralling the
big league stars. Dispatches from
the West today state that a deter
mined effort will be made to locate
in New York and Cincinnati. in which
event the Toronto and Buffalo fran
chises will be transferred.
Eyers Going After Players.
John Evers. manager of the Cubs,
left Chicago today without announ-
cling his destination. It was said.
however, that he would visit several
cities and was expected to return
with the contracts of several players.
Niehon Goes with Reds.
Bert Niehoff. the third baseman
Joe Tinker was trying to get for the
Chicago Federals. today signed his
contract with the Cincinnati Reds.
Franchise for Cincinnati.
A Cincinnati business man an
nounced yesterday that he and others
associated with him have secured
$3.50, 600 to place a Federal League
baseball club in that city.
The man backing the movement
said that an application would be
made at Chicago Saturday for a Fed
eral League franchise.
Doom to Manage Again.
Manager Doom, writing his name
in a 1914 contract. was the most ex-
citing event yesterday in the Phila-
delphia National League storm GEN.
tire. He was thereupon congratulated
by everybody present.
This will be Dooins fifth year as
manager of the Phillies. His contract
to lead the team ran out last fall.
When William F. Baker was elected
president of the Phillies last October
he announced that Doom would again
manage the team, but Charlie held
off signing the papers until yesterday.
Then Doom put his name to the 1914
form of contract which has just been
issued by the National Commission.
The contract is for one year,
Feds Getting Independent.
Four major league baseball players
who for two months have been nego-
tiating with the Indianapolis Federal
League club must sign three-year
contracts at a conference to be held
tomorrow or the negotiations will be
ended, Manager William Phillips an
nounced last night.
The men are: Owen Bush. short
stop; George Dauss, pitcher, and Pat
Bauman, infielder, of the Detroit
American League club, and Elmer
Brown, pitcher, of the Brooklyn Ma
tional League team. All of the play
ers live in Indianapolis, and the Fed
eral League promoters had hoped to
have the local team largely composed
of home players.
Manager Phillips announced that
George Muilin, formerly Of the De-
troit club, had offered to sign one
year contract to play with the In
dianapolis Federal League team.
Miller signs with Brooklyn.
Otto Miller. catcher of the Brooklyn
National League club, who has been
negotiating with the Federal League
officials, announced today that he had
signed a contract to play with Brook
Ign. MY contract calls for an in
crease in salary and is for three
years." Miller said.
Stone to Try "Come Back Act.
George Stone. former star left
fielder and heavy hitter of the st.
Louis American League Club, has
decided to re-enter baseball. He APP
piled yesterday for the position of
manager of the Lincoln club of the
Western League under the impress
sion that Manager Mullen had been
released to Vancouver.
Brown Busy for St. Louis.
Manager Mordecai Brown stated to-
day that he has begun to sign players
from the National and American
leagues. He is reported to have
signed Bobby Byrne. of Philadelphia;
Lefty High, of Detroit, and Dee
Walsh, of the st. Louis Americans.
He Is dickering with Lefty Leifield,