The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-20
Baseball Publicity Is
 Plentiful This Winter
Federas Chief OffenderBaseba Year Around Topc-Sta lings Signs Contract-Bulletin Boards to Go-Players
 to Suffer By War
By RICHARD F. LussrER

Clarence, but the sudden move of Conais- key set all the sport writers to deIving in the who's who and the Encyclopedia Brit anica for MT. Rowland S antecedents. IIe had none-he was bush leaguer.
 The past week has seen the American league getting the greater part of the copy. However, toward the last of tne week the National league managed to get httie. George Stalings signed con tract to manage the Braves for the next nVe years His photograph was snapped and moving pictures were made as the
 miracie Man affixed his signature to | the contract The story of the episode was flashed all over the world. If sup plemented the news of the tempera ture or the Kaiser. Think of the changes in ene ti,iies Oid Tom Jefferson wrote and sisned the Declaration of Independence ana there was not a single staff photog- rapher on the job. And the newsNpf the event was from word of mouth
 
 But It is the Federal league that is l.. neai ,' snooky ookums' when it comes to 1lmmyfng its way into print Those ont laws not only have the money. but thev nave something up their sleeve all the tune. Whoever is acting as the press agent Of the Feds is the orinigal .candy on the stick" for that organization has gar nered more publicity since it's inception than the present fracas in Elrone The Feds are good for a column story any old day and on Saturday night they un load the whole works and take a page. It might be we'll to state that the whole game of the Feds is to make successful bid for publicity. Without it they cannot exist even if they have ted States mint.
 The whole game of baseball is in process of transition. At the present time reading about the game the science of the game and the antics of the players far outshades in public in terest the actual play. This has been proved by the attempts of the Phila-- delphia Americans to prevent a Phil aoelphia newspaper from reproducinsr on specially arranged bulletin boards the happenings at Shibe park. Connie Mack insisted and won his point through the courts that.such wide pub llcity of the game kept thousands of fans away from the box office. His point is well taken. There Is really very little use of going to a dusty ball park If you can stand before bulle- tin board and see the whole game re- produced on chart gratis. The use of the bulletin boards has cost the magnates of baseball thou sands of dollars. If has also cost the newspapers large amount to main tain the bulletin board service. This was just that much money given away
 
 quite probable that newspapers in the future will cooperate with the mag mates and not hul1etinize the game as in the past. If baseball is to continue the people must go to the games. And baseball must go on or the sport scribes will have to go to work.
 But to return to the Federal league That organization is either going to bust the two older major leagues or else will be busted, this winter 1t is a battle royal between millionaires and the players are the pawns the same as the poor fellows In the trenches or northern France There can be but one ending to the whole affair and that Is general depression from the effects of the war" throughout the world Of baseball.
 The Federal, National and American league. because of the keen competi- tion, are paying record breaking sal aries to athletes. The minor leagues also are paying salaries beyond their earnings and 1t does not take an ex- pert to see the writing on the wall. The magnates who own the clubs are business men. They will get together like all sensible business men and then the ball player will get a jar right in the pay envelope. And that before the coming season Is over with.
 In the meanwhile the publicity fac tories are churning out the winter copy. One day it is Rabbit N1aran- vile jumping or threatening to jump. The next Lee Magee signing as man ager of the Brookfeds Then our own Arthur Johnson writes a letter to a friend that he is going to the Feds. However, that is the grist of the winter league, So, why worry #
 Clever Deduction
 From the Louisville Courier J Journal.
 Does Wombat own or rent his house?