The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-04-13
FEDS DEFY HOODOO;
OPEN new SEASON
Baltimore Goes Wild, From
Mayor to Muddiest Urchin,
Over the Advent of q Real
League Team. wv.
MAJORS ARE SKEPTTCAL
Eastern City Disproves Pre-
dictiOn That It Would Not
Support Even Minor Team,
and was Dead"
~ FRANK G. MENKE.

NEW YORK, April 1S.-Calmly de-
flying the thirteen hoodoo the Federal
leaguers today pried the lid off the
1914 baseball season with a game in
Baltimore between the fast aggrega-
ton representing that city and the
one that makes Buffalo it's home.
Early indications were that every
seat In the new stands would be &C.
oupied when the umpire's PLAY BALI
sent the rival clubs into action. Bal
timore has gone crazy over the ad-
vent Of the Federal league, and for
more than two months, the fans of
tho city have looked forward to this
day Of days. From the mayor down
70 the muddiest looking street urchin,
Baltimore Ia happy that at last it will
qua.
And this, too, was the day of days
for those men who have backed the
Federal league with huge bank rolls,
who have given large portion Of
their time during the past six months
70 making the league a success, and
who have fought hard but winning
fight against their formidable enemy,
erganieed bah.
Feds No joke.
This, too, was the day that brought
about the utter discrediting of the
organized baseball projectors who
have been telling the public for sew
era1 months that "the Federals are a
joke organization" and that you can
bet all you've got that they won't
open the season"
The only Federal league game to-
L. 1rJ
PtttSburg, the other two clubs in the
eastern portion of the circuit, will
OPEN their season tomorrow at Pitts
burg, where another big outpouxing of
fans is expected. Pittsburg, despite
T its fondness for Barney Dreyfuss' Pr
rates, thinks pretty we'll of its FEEDER
al league club, and the fans promise
to turn out In great style to greet the
invaders.
Buffalo and Baltimore win not play
on the 14th, but will stage the second
gane of their series on the 18th In
Baltimore. Brooklyn and Pittsbure
also will play on the 18th
The western clubs of the Fedora
league delayed their opening until the
10th, when Joe Tinker's Chicago team
city, and the Indianapolis aggregation
clashes with Miner Browns St. Louis
Cub tn the Missouri city. In both st
Louis and Kansas City the fans are
prepared to give a big and rousins
welcome to the new 1eaguers, and il
both cities 1t seems just now as i
De stands will be packed for the op
entng combats.
Stands incomplete.
The Chicago Federal league stand.
are completed and take rank with the
finest steel and concrete stadiums il
the country. The st. Louis stands
a0so are finished and are almost equa
10 those n Chicago in seating capac
ft%.
kansas CITY this year win use ths
hde high school stadium, the hackers
planning to build big steel and con
o1ete stadium next year, provided pos
rive assurance Is given them thai
their franchise win be renewed.
Barring a few details of construc
ton, the Buffalo stands are completed
What little work remains to be done
can be accomplished before the weel
II out The fans will suffer no incon
venience, however, because of the