Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08
ORGANIZED. BALL
HASH 7 So MUCH
ON FED LEAGUE
That's What Menke Says, and
He Cites List of Players to
Prove Statement.
By Frank G. Menke.


ATEW YORK, April S.--Clutching
it from the remarks being cast
hither and thither by organ
lied baseball, the Federal League is
minor league proposition. But or
ganized baseball's own little rules
give the Federal League a major
league status.
These rules show the difference be-
tween a minor and major league. A
league that has to conform to a sal
airy limit and whose players are sub
ject to draft BY teams in another
league is a minor league. A league
that has no salary limit and whose
players are not subject to draft is
major league.
Therefore the Feds stack up as
major league They pay unlimited
salaries and their players are not
subject to draft
IT may be recalled that early in jan
uary when the Feds began to loom
largely on the baseball horizon some
of the magnates of the organized
majors thought that a way to combat
the Feds would be to abolish the draft
rule. as applied to the Glass IA
teams, let these leagues pay unlimit-
ed salaries and thus lift them to the
major league classification.
For time it looked as if the plan
Would go through, but some of the
rnasnates of the majors were so sure
that the Feds would blow up before
the 1914 season opened that they
fauueht the move q foolish one. Yet,
the time the majority of the mag
rates declared that the players of the
s. IA minors were of such caliber
hat they almost ran as majors and
hat some Of the best clubs in the
Glass IA minors We're far better than
some of the clubs in either the Amer
tosn or National League.
T THEREFORE. it seems as if the or
ganlZed persons who are calling
ne Feds a minor league outfit seem
o be foozing bit The Feds, for
the most part, are made up of players
era bbed from either the majors or
the Glass IA minors With 50 major
leaguers in their ranks and with
practically the rest of their players
recruited from the Glass "A teams.
it's certain that they take even
higher ranking than do the Glass AA
teams-the very same teams that the
organized majors some months back
figured on giving a major league
status.
7 listed among the "all- star" com
II binations of pitchers is that Of
the Detroit Tigers. Their all-stars
consist of Dauss, Dubuc, Hall. Shep-
ard, Cavet, Coveleskie, Williams,
Schultz, Mains, Reynolds, Comstock
and Boehler Maybe they are stars,
but somebody ought to push away
the clouds that hide them,
The Pittsburg Pirates also boast Of
their "all-star" pitching staff. Here
It is: McQuillen. O'Toole Adams,
Harmon. Councilman, Delhi, Duffey
and Kantlehner. The last four seem
quite unfamiliar to us-perhaps be-
cause we didn't follow the bush
league history very closely last year.
McQuillen was resurreCted from the
minors last season, and Harmon
seems to have seen his very best days.
Included in the all stars that the
Phillies are toting around are Lineup,
Mayer. Marshall, Jacobs Gaddy and
Haislip If the whole bunch were
placed on the market righ4 now It's
doubtful If they would bring enough
money to buy one good, f1rst-class
twirler
The Pirates had on their catching
fore. Brannigan and Watt The name
Of Gibson seems quite familiar but
we don't recall having seen the names
Of the other gentlemen in the list of
catching stars.
A ND so il is with a large number of
n the organized major league clubs.
Their catching and pitching stats are
pretty well cluttered up with un-
knowns. It's quite likely that some
Of these Youngsters will develop into
real fnds-will become known in a
few years as among the greatest stars
Of the game But what's true Of or
ganlzed baseball can be true just as
well with the Feds. They have some
Youngsters on their rosters. Some
may prove to be "bloomers. Others
may rise TO stardom.