Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-09
STRONG TEAMS
NOT WORRIED
BY F.EDERA[S
New League Will Have Hard Time
Getting Players From Pen
nant Contenders.
Bv Bill Bailey.

~HICAGO, Jan. 9.-Again it is the
little fellow who gets the kick
Apropos, of course, to the
warfare declared by the Federals and
the fact that we have three major
leagues in the field.
You don't hear of any of the New
York Giants or the Philadelphia Ath-
lerjcs signing contracts with the third
league. Nor will you. And you don't
hear where the Federals are threat
ening to riddle the ranks of the top
notchers in the National or the Ameri
can League. Nor will you. It's the
little fellowship tailends in the two
major OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES will have
their ranks riddled. That is, if the
Federals go through with their war
plans.
It's like this:
The Athletics have a grand chance
of grabbing the bunting in the Ameri-
can League next year. If you step
ped out and asked 100 fans who
would win in the junior organiza-
ton, IS of them would tell you that
they favored the gang bossed by Con-
ME Mack.
Series Brings Added Coin.
Incidentally the players on the
Philadelphia team are of the same
opinion The F'ederals might offer
them more money. But it wouldn't
charm. Why? The answer is easy.
Because the F'ederals wouldn't Of
fer them the same amount of money
plus what may be earned in a worlds
series. And that is what the Phila-
delphia players figure on.
It's 50 with the Giants. They have
70
an even chance of grabbing the bunt
ing in the National League. Which
means that they will share. in the
worlds series, regardless of whether
they grab the highest honors or not
So, any time that you try to grab
d Giant player you not only must give
him more salary than he is getting at
the present moment, but you must
add to that what may be his share
in the worlds series.
What goes for the Giants and the
Athletics stand for some of the other
fellows
Take the Pirates in the National
League and the Senators in the
American. Clarke has had his men
believing that they have the organ
lZation to NOW down the opposition
In the National and grab the bunting
As long as they believe that they
will stick. Because there is a lot Of
coin coming to the fellows who en-
gage in the big post series
That whether the fellow who INDUCES
Is with the winner or the loser.
Sees Senators on Top.
Clark Griffith likewise has his crew
believing that this is the year that
he will put the Senators on top of
the American, League heap. With a
belief like that prevailing you natural
ly have more difficulty in signing a
man than if he was certain that his
yearly stipend was all that he was to
receive for his seasons work.
Then the post-season series money
enters into the argument, too. Take
the Cubs and the SoX, for instance.
When you go to sign a South Side
player you can't tempt him with an
increase over his present salary. He
figures that by remaining in the or
gdnized ranks that he is certain to
receive his salary plus some $500 or
$500. This money to come from the
post series between his gang and
the Cubs. What goes for the Sox
applies likewise to the West Siders.
So it's the fellow on a club that
has no chance at the pennant and
VINO knows that he isn't going to
realize on post-season series who is
tempted by the promise of more
money.
Little Fellows Suffer.
Look at the fellows who have
signed Tinker of the Reds, for ex-
ample. Or Brooklyn, either, for that
matter. Joe is quite certain that he
would be in no worlds series split
Then Brown of Cincinnati. Mordecai
might have been the most loyal fell
low in the world and yet never have
entertained the opinion that the Reds
would be pitted against an American
League club in the worlds series
Likewise Sheckard and King.
Then there is John Miller. Miller
as Pirate might and probably would
nave been more difficult to sign
IMAM Miller, a Cardinal. Because it
requires quite stretch of the imagi-
nation for any one to mentally pic
'dre the Cards in worlds series
NO. you can wager that when the
roster of jumpers is announced that
IL VIII contain more players from the
second division clubs than from the