Evening journal., 1914-02-24
COSTS A FULL
MILLION TO
FIGHT FEDERALS
That Amount Has Been Spent
Already by Organized Ball
---TigerS Will Not Quit

The Federal League has, to date cost
organized baseball in the neighborhood
of 81 100000 and the playing season
is still six weeks away. This loss has
been caused by the payment OF increased
salaries, under long contracts, 70 all
players who remain loyal and through
the fact that every major player or
minor Lacquer, who Jumped meant a
monetary loss.
IF Otto Knabe, manager Of the Bal.
timore Feds, had remained with the
Phillies they could have sold him for
something like $4,000 Ad Brennan.
pitcher would have brought the Phils
at least $4,000 Russell Ford, of the
Yankees, was worth 81 900 to Cleve-
land, according TO 4he Maps while Cy
Falkenburg. the elongated Nap twirler.
would have brought at least 81 900, per-
haps more-had he been placed on sale
Blanding and Kahlcr, other Maps who
jumped were worth 1900 apiece.
Joe Tinker's value to any ball club
is at least $4,000. George Stoval, Nor.
decai Brown, Hendrix and Simon size
up to the $4,000 or 5000 figure each,
at least More than 40 players secured
by the Fedcrals from Glass AA organi-
cations are worth. at a conservative es-
timatc a cash value Of $1,000 or $1,000.
Included in the ranks OF the Feds are
some players from the Glass A and
Glass B teams. many Of them diamonds
in the rough, that may have had a
value OF $500 or more.
President Gilmore Of the Feds. states
that his organization has already cor
lraled l42 players and that before the
season opens he will have at least 200
men lined up. OF this number at least
l50 will be players who have been in
duccd TO desert organized ball Plac-
ing the average of each of these men at
80. 900. a low estimate. il will be seen
that the organization sustained a s40O,.
600 loss in playing material alone. not
TO mention the money spent in increased
salaries.
President Ebbets OF Brooklyn is one
of the few big leaguers who win ad-
NIT that the Fedeials have cost them
a fortune in increased salaries, but it
is doubtful il his experience is much
different from that of the other mag
mates.
Ebbets found many of his players
extremely coy about signing. Ebbets
knew il was case OF paying the sal
aries demanded or leaving them open
to Jump He didn't parley much. He
paid them what they wanted. From
81 600 to s2OOO more per man was in.
serted in the contract than what Eb'
bets expected and consequently. he
is about $4,000 or $4,000 poorer than
he thought he would be. Then, too,
he got many men to sign contracts
for term of years with additional in
crcases each year.
There are l6 big league magnotes.
Suppose each paid 100000 more salary
than would have been the case If the
Feds had been passe That makes
s4SO,00O. The l6 magnates Of the two
Glass AA organization adds about
$4,000. About $4,000 will cover all
the other leagues.
Those figures totallcd will show that
the Joke Federal League" has cost or.
ganized baseball iust about hrlf thc
combined profits they looked for in 1914.
And from all that can be noticed now,
it looks as it the Feds are going 10
cut into the attendance of organized
baseball in 1914 in such way that the
vast profits OF the protected clubs OF
years gone by will be a thing OF the
past