The evening world., 1914-01-23
Jack Hammond Declined to
Back New York Club Until
Federals Showed Their Hand.

don't go how that league IN going
to get by" says Tom. land II It
should happen 70 blow up In the mid.
die of the summer there are going to
b Q lot Of ball players left with
nothing on their hands but three.year
contracts In . lsagus that can't b
located"
The players got their best laugh OF
the winter when Ban johnson, who
just naturally loathes the sight Of q
contract 1umper-now. declared that
the Feds had done nothing 70 tar to
cause any worry. Tho idea Of rush.
Ing big league scouts around the
country 70 gtve the players advances
In salaries and long contracts, We
presume. was Just 70 show Q feeling
Of brothorly love.
= And stili the Feds rsfuss to como
TO the aid Of the 0iants. One day
they announce that they are going
after Fromme and 6nodgrass and the
next they decline TO proceed.
By the way. which league y the
outlaw now7 This jumping back
got W all mixed up. The Feds, who
time. say they will 90 to the courts
to protect themselves from such
"brigandaSe" - was practised by
President Baker Of the Philliss. And
there you are, % - TO distinguish
the Tederals In the future, We will
substitute the word SinvadsrS' for
outlaws"
We know now that Millionaire Basin
10 behind the Baltimore Federals. but
TO make Il perfectly clear - the
roaders We would like 70 know lust
how far behind. No matter how far,
wen make . little bet that our old
friend Ned Hanlon = right With him.
Cold test sssms 70 have become
epidemic In Toronto. and the chances
are the Fed franchise will b trans.
fsrrsd 70 Cincinnsti. With the In.
vaders right under their noses, 20 e
speak. Garry Hermann and the Ma.
tional Commission viii not have e
make an o@cial report next year &
show how they earned their salaries.
I'd Sweeney II reported TO bs II
Chicago still dicksfing with the Feds
Notwithstanding Ban Johnson's a.
suring telegram - the contrary. Be
fore Big I'd would look ct . con
tract, they say. b insisted on know
ing ct what kind Of hotels the Te,
teams would STOP while on the rosd
And there's an Idea. Offer Q BAH
player carte blanche privileges at
first- class restaurant and he woui
work for $1,000 less. Al least, m
know some VINO would.
For the bensft Of all parties con
earned. We again inform the Fed pro
moters that thb addresses OF Jos
J Devore and Beals Becker arc TER
Hauts. Ind. and Wichita. Kan. r.
spectively.
Too bad they can't start thoss In,
suits over contracts until the eesso
begins. We ooqald use that stun no,
to advantage. In the summer theY
10 plenty Of baseball to write abou
/, anyway.
A man WALKED into Tommy Ratty
place yesterday who admitted ths
Z up TO that titnc he had never hear
|, OF the Federal League or Of Henr
) Ford's $4,000. 100 gtft TO hts employees
/. That fellow T. going to get torribI
/. worked Up ~6heu he hnsrs about u
A Titanic.
Mr.. Weeghmsn says n II comes
u contract Jumping war that he vi
have ~ Coh6 II he has TO pay him
u salary Of e36(oo0 q year. All OF whie
). makes Ty dnd the other players ,
i sore a. q mashed thumb. The OF
o thing that may hold them back, how
|. ever, 70 thtt u they take ali IN,
4 money Ban' johnson won't speak
e9ll.As wesleel
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