Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-09-16
NOT DEAD ONES YET
New League Shows No Sign of Being in Need of Un-
 dertaker, Says Gilmore.
(By Frank C. Menke.)

"TAose people who have been ycarning for the Job as u1dertakers for the Federal league are d4e for a keen disappointment" dclaress James A. Gilmore, president of the Feds. "The Federal league. as may be noticed, still lives and will continue to live. It will be the livelit<t pro position in the century in ;o
 "We are laying our plans for 1915 now. Some few things hay happen during the winter, to the advantage of the Feds, that will be i4g sur- prise ot the baseball public am not ia any position at this tine 70 intimate what they are.
 Il have noticed that some of tic powers in Organized basball h1ve stated that they will not mako peace with us-that they will not take Us in with them. Who has asNeu 1hem to? We don't expect it an,i aren't keen about it. We can get along very nicely acting inde;endent.y of Organized baseball. If we ever enter Organized baseball you may oe as sured we will do so at our own terms.
 When we started the season there were many Who predicted tha' We would blow up by Way 1. The,i .Eey shifted our finish date to June [. a1d when We failed to explode at that time they named July I. Lately that ele- ment mas ceased predicting, proaab.y through disgust because of thell CT ronooas early predictions.
 We broke into baseball during cne of the worst years in it's history. 1t was year in which even the o.d established baseball ina. nate. ue- came discouraged We've Eyed through it very nicely.
 At the present time we Lave under contract about a 1'zeA of .ne top- notch players in the American eand National leagues. Those pla":rs will remain with their Ol gari,ed cluos un- til the season ends aad their contracts expire. Next year they will be With us.
 "In the meantime we are develop ing some young stars in Our Cwn league, and when .he 1915 season opens you will see the Feds with enough of the Amer lcan and National league stars and enough of it's own stars to put up a class Of baseDall that is the equal 10 tho best in tie other two big leagues.
 From time to time some writer's who are antogonistic toward Cur league publish 'rep)"ts' that sol..e of our magnates are going :, jump 70 Organized baseball Such reports a louuI, I,o h1o T'1cvo ;c no foundation for any nf mem, and the writers print them merely with the home of trying to create puc.ic belief that the club owners ill cur organization are not satisfied
 From time to time ..-ou bear tLat Charlie Weeghman, owner of the Chi cago Feds, is on the potlt of quitting up and taking g franchise in either the American or NAtiorol .easne, or the American association. WecsEma:l Il Is one of the most or .,ils iaStc Fedur- al league club owners. He wou .dn't take as gift franchise Ill OrSaniz- ed baseball if the accop;lnce ot tLe gift forced him to relint u:Sn his Fed eral league awnings. 1t is the same way with the Wards. with Otto Stifiel and every other Fedora. league owner They are Federal lea.,u men fi:st, .as. and all th time and nay arc with us to stay.
 Some of our clubs made money n 1914. Some haven't. .A]. of us went into the proposition figuring we would lose money the first year, and the fact that Baltimore, Chicago aid Buffalo will finish lhA season ahead of the game is a mighty agreeable surprise.
 1915 will be big year fer us, and we then will demonstrate .eyonl any question of doubt that here Is loon for the third big leaGrc, Independent of Organized baseball.