Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
MUCH DEPENDS
ON WHAT FEDS
Do THIS YEAR
Should Coming Season Prove a
Success, Organized Baseball
May Recognize Outlaws,
Bv Frank G. Mcnke.

NEW YORK, Jan. 27-"B john
N son personally told me that V
we went through another year
we would force them 10 take us INTO
organized baseball
This is an extract from letter
tbat has lust come TO the writer from
one of the men largely Interested IN
the Federal League, a man high in It's
councils and one whose statements
always have been found to be truth
ful in every detail.
Ban Johnson. president OF the
American League, and the mead 81
organized baseball was asked II ne
had made any promise to anyone con-
nected with the Federal League that
II would be taken into organized base
ball Here is Johnson's reply:
There Is absolutely no truth in the
statement that promised anyone
connected with the Federal League to
take them into organized baseball II
II survived he 1914 season Nor is II
true that ! promised anyone to use
nv influence. ! am on the other SIDE
Of the fence ! am lighting the Fed
eral League, both in 1914 and in 'u-
ture years
THE statements conflict, and both
come from men who have estah-
ilshed regulations for truthfdlncss.
Ban Johnson's word always has been
regarded as good as his bond Ia"
writer Of the letter has a record fT
veraCity.
However whether Ban Johnson
approves the plan or not, 10 looks
from this distance that organized
baseball Will make the wjseSt move
20 siblc II % makes he FEEDER j.
League part Of organized baseball in
1915 il the l9li Federal season rs a
success
A baseball war is disastrous To-
every magnate Involved. II mean That
they must pay top-notch salaries 90
the PLAYERS paying many OF them
from s. GOO to $1,000 year more th1u
they would pay them in times e
peace. II means that they must DE-
vide the patronage TO a great extent
and IT means thousands of dollars in
expense In carrying on the fight
- HOULD the Federals have sue
, cessml season in 1914 IT CO..
tainly win mean that their 1918 scl-
son viii be a greater success BN
this time II VIII be established, the
fans will be patronizing its parks. II
will have tho confidence of the play
ers And having this confidence it
viii not have a very hard job intu-
pncing organized players To Join SIS
ranks provided larger salaries arc Of
fcred The success of the Fcderals I'm
1874 will mean that many men v 40
have idle none VIII invest II in Fed
eral League stock With increased
capital, the Federal Leaguers can In
wade territory so far untouched, an
invasion that viii mean hard shedding
for the major leagues already estah-
lished there.
RCr taking the Federal LeagueTs
- into organized bah VIII change
the aspect of things and get the or
ganized baseball crowd out Of a tight
hole Merging with the organized
baseball people the Federal crowd
naturally would become part of that
body and would not do anything ruin
Gus 10 It's own interests
The Federal League as II is nov
constituted Pitlsburg Baltimore.
Buffalo Toronto Indianapolis, Kar-
sas city st Louis and Chicago
would n, pretty wen into the organ
lied haseball's idea of places where a
third league should be located. If ills
location was absolutely necessary. I'm
only three cities does 1t conflict with
American or National League clubs.
and in these cities Ii is felt there is
room for another major league team.