The Detroit times., 1914-10-27
BOSTON BRAVES
PUT A CRIMP in
FEDERAL PLANS
Saved National League When
Dope Had Organization Ready
For Undertaken
THIRD CIRCUIT NEVER
PLANNED BY OUTLAWS
Taking Over of Tener Territory
When Crash Came Was Hope
of Newcomers
BY HAROLD Y. WILCOX.

"Ultimatum Jim" Gilmore. OF the
Federal circuit, can give expressiou
to whoops of defiance and pronuncioe
to the effect that the outlaws have
the organization licked and on the
run until he Is short of wind and
blue In the face, but he cannot hon.
estly deny that the Boston Braves
have. ameng numerous other notable
achievements. put an awful crimp In
the hopes and plans OF Messrs. Gil
more. Wheeghman, Ward. and their
associates.
There Is no question but that the
daring adventurers who organized
the Federal league, largely based their
hopes upon the belief that the Ma
ping hard and fast. The long reign
OF lawn" McGraw, the even longer
mis-rule OF the late Charles Webb
Murphy, petty squabbles galore, loss
of interest In cities which had tired
OF supporting consistent cellar cham
pions, equally consistent world series
disasters, all these things and more
had made II rough sleding for the
veteran circuit, and IL looked as II
the time was ripe for third organ
ization to come In and usurp the place
OF the league that had been slowly
nearing the happy hunting ground
ever since Harry Pulliams tragic
death.
As a matter OF fact. the original
idea which gave birth to the Fed.
eral league was not that OF third
league, but OF new organization TO
supplant one already In existence.
IL was even charged that certain
American league magnates, Tor rea-
sons best known to themselves. were
I'm sympathy with the idea. Probably
this theory was given color by the
fact that the raids OF the newcomers
was directed largely on the National
league clubs.
Early this summer II looked as II
everything was working out lovely.
But along In July the Braves came 10
life, tore through the league with
mighty splash and wound up the sc&.
son by that remarkable world series,
And the Beaneaters carried the
league along with them. Box offfces
all around the circuit suddenly dis
covered that they existed for pleas
ant duty. At least four clubs, two
of them new to the experience, found
themselves pennant contenders at
critical time, and as the result OF
the whole AFFAIR. the National league
was put on its feet and In position
to expect big season next year.
No wonder Gilmore says the out
laws will fight. They'll have to fight.
II they cannot make peace. And
even II they do succeed in mixing up
in treaty pow-wow, they must ex.
pect to see the eastern third or the
country split up into three fields OF
endeavor instead Of two, with them
selves as the weak brother OF the
outfit IL was right smart wallop
that the Braves landed on the an
atomy of the foiled Feds.
When Gilmore reached Chicago
from New York last night, he an
nounced that each OF the clubs in
his circuit had anteed to the extent OF
$12.500, making q war chest OF $780,
900 available for use during the win
ter and the coming season. All CT
which they will probably need for
military purposes. The same COM
munique contained the announcement
that Bill Fischer. Dodger catcher, had
ef0upd with tho Chffada