Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-10
COLLINS SAYS OUTLAWS
SHOULD BE SUCCESSFUL
BECAUSE OF GENEROSITY
Best Thing That Has Happened
in a Long Time for
Players.
HAS SOLID FOUNDATION
Cant Tell Me That Regulars
Are Not Worried" Says
Second-Sacker.
BY EDDIE COLLINS

'. tNAA-AAApApA 6OCunQ nAoemAn OF tine
a American League)
\ What do you think Of the Fed
feral Lacquer" is a question I have
hired at me almost continuously now
adays, to which I usually reply,
well, 1t has everybody talking about
1t, anyway" Just what kind of ex-
citement and how much Of 1t pre-
vailed a dozen or more years ago Ell
the time of the American League
invasion I do not remember, for ]
was not engaged In professional base
ball at that time, or familiar enough
fwith the movement to have It leave
much OF an impression on my men,
ory, but 1t is a cinoh that of the
numerous attempts which have since
been made to break down the bar
rier of organized baseball, this agita,-
ton which the Federal League has
kicked up listens the most like the
real goods.
Quite the contrary of the proposed
Fletcher" League, a project con-
templated by some Cincinnati CAPT.
taiists a year or two ago, the Fed
eral League hackers have produced
the coin when called upon to do SO,
and In several instances have given
bonuses outright to players for jump
ing from the National League. A deal
or this kind carries much more
weight than one which promises a
large salary for an extended length
of time, but no guarantee that IL will
be fulfilled In other words, If a
player Is figuring on jumping organ
Lao ONO ~ he - o ,tsa S Tue III, ruoe sa
nand . lar9a 49," e. at,, ~
ta[a q oorss.nnna;r c,,e ta aian CIV
) rather thon ,5ca ,,a,.sa 10y b.na,,sa :,
case tho Loo ,a sho,IS ~ Isl, =
90 10 - 90 a. $500 ~ ,r .sas's
ass,,rad ~ . r+at, $500. ,tno e
he would bava ,ot oS tro mI 20. -
ra+ei, ~, a+bo go, os,a 20 a. -
n,,t ~ tbs ban,r e.. h,,, - 49, ~
laws orc A., srac,,,a,,t nn.oo ase.s,s..,
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pansu,, ,s ,,,.
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yvhato ~ 'Io o plasf ~ ~ 'ne ions IulL
,,th,s 1ppeus sne piayer mas
losa Thasa Iyhe have airaa5,, LIS -
With +ha Todara1s Iii, - ,ys,S SnSu
~. i,io ou1 h - wh 70 unooupleu.
tha' me soo et ~ oacn ny .ne regulars y
t,aey sI - - 49, GO pu mas rt asuy
cesa r,itl 4I.a ps;1i,aa D o. .er
&C., ns A. IL Ioo 80 10 " S9ui, IS
seil 30 ,.a,,rs.t tS 20 LII p1ay
IN oroar inaa h ene .uspeouave LUZ
+al,as 11aoa tlsA y
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+ho. ns, VI oi,,s ne Po~oi IN nieher up
e Die'sN'''eu ~. 'i.e.
Regulars Are Worried.
In spite of their denial. Won cam
not make me believe that the man
ayers and club owners or ORGANIZED
baseball clubs have not been wor-
ried. 1t is not to be wondered al
that their attitude should be one ot
apparent disdain and Indifference
but in more cases than a few, Their
actions have been quite the contrary
If they were not afraid of inroads
h-being made on their club rosters. why
were they SO particular to see that
emtssaries from their own clubs. OF
they themselves saw their PLAYERS In
person and had them affix their sig
natures to 1914 contracts, rather thar
entrust the same to the mails?
Where this Federal League has
got a whole lot of newspaper space
il lin cities like Baltimore, Buffalo
and Kansas City, where class IA
team holds forth, and the natives see
a vision of major league ball looming
large. But these same natives are
most assuredly going to be awfulIy
disappointed in the quality of ball ii
they are anticipating baseball on q
par with that played by the Ameri-
can and National leagues, when the
best the reports have shown to date
is three or four major leaguers to a
Federal team, with the rest, of each
team composed of minor league mall
Contents.
The most glaring handicap, to my
mind, which the newcomers are ur
against is the arrangement of their
circuit. How much more desirable
city like Cincinnati would be than
Kansas City, with a heavy mileage
from the other towns. Then again
with a club in Brooklyn and New
I York instead of Toronto, the circuit
4 would be much more compact, the
N league would save tremendous travel
N ing and other expense in a season
and the cities ment toned for substi-
tuition have been clamoring for ad-