Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-26
0UTtAWSDON' I
EXPECT To MAKE
MONEY IN 1874
President Gilmore Says FederaIs
Only Hope to Advertise the
League This Year.
Bv James A. Gilmore.
President Of the Federal League.

THE organized baseball people
are figuring that we expect to
make a barrel of money in
,sI4. and that we'll go broke II we
done. That's just where they are
mistaken. We aren't looking for
ward 10 1914 as a profitable season.
t,'s to be more in the nature of an
advertisement this season, one In
which we hope to make the people
acnuainted with our wares. In 1915
Il will be something different. The
fans will know what we've got-and
we've got something that will keep
them coming to our parks.
We aren't figuring on making mon
~ in 1914 If we break anywhere near
even we'll be greatly pleased. But
whether we make or lose money In
1914 doesn't matter so much; but we
have the reserve funds to carry us
through two or three profitless sea-
sons if necessary.
Already we have signed up about
thirty major leaguers, and we've
grabbed off thirty stars from the
class AA minor league teams. In ad-
dition to these men we have players
our rosters WIN dIt Itdi Slcll
men who will compare favorably in
their special departments with some
Of the best in the National and Amer
lean Leagues.
9 ONE people are wondering why
y we have gone after the older
plavers-why we haven't gone after
the Younger stars Of the big leagues.
There are two reasons for this. One
is that we are not going after players
who are under contract Just now, but
only after those men whose contracts
have expired and who are bound only
nv the reserve clause. The second
reason Is deeper one-and one
which the public up to now has not
quite figured out
We want old experienced players
at the helms of our teams so that they
may teach our younger players the
tricks Of the game. Where can you
find better teacher of pitchers than
Mordecai Brown? Where is there a
better model of infieldrs than Ttnk-
er? The same is true about Knabe,
Stovall and some of the others.
GIVE our youngsters one year I'M
- the tutelage of Tinker Brown,
Knabe and others of that kind and
they will round into some of the
greatest players in the game.
Where did we get our first play
srs2 From different sources. Some
Of them are semi pros others belong
TO the small league teams. Some
people are of the idea that getting
small league players is not good In
vestment. Look over the list Of the
stars in American and National
Leagues to-day and find your an
swer. Many of them were plucked
from the small town teams, or from
college teams, and made good in a
hurry.
Obj, Collins, Jackson. Speaker
Milan McInnes, Baker, La1oie,
Wagner, Mathewson, Strunk, Muir
ray Meyers and a hundred others
Who rank as stars to-day jumped
either from the sandlots, small league
teams or from college teams to the
majors and made good with ven
geance. They became stars almost
IN their first year out.
is there any reason why history
1an be repeated in the case of some
81 the fellows we have on our ros-
lers? You'll agree with me that there
.sn t, and all those who patronize our
pan parks next summer quickly will
discover that we have in our ranks
some players whose names hereto
lore haven't figured in baseball star
Hom, who are just about as good as
some of the best in the American and
. National League