El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-22
The Federa1s Still Need Players
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Want More Big League Caliber
CBY JOHN E. wRAY.N

y T. LOUIS, No, Jan. 22.-If the Fed
eraI league is to fulfill its slogan
- of big league or bust in any
thing save its admission prices, it viii
have to whip up considerably. or forget
its policy of not attacking the league
through players already signed.
With the American having a big per-
centage Of its players in line and many
of the National leasuers COT those still
the situation looks dark for major
league baseball around the Federal dia-
mOnds.
Spirit willing, TnIent Scarce.
In fact Ed Honey may have swung
the hammer right on the nail when ne
limited than the Feds would have team
of big league managers and bush
league players. Not that the Feds are
not willing. but that the talent is not
there to be signed.
Furthermore, men like Cobb viii not
want to play with an organization Of
doubtful caliber, even though it costs
them a few thousand to stay away.
They want to be with the tOpnOtchers.
1t Works Both Ways, Bob.
President Hedges, of the Browns,
cautions those reckless Feds about
rushing headlOng into a baseball war.
It's so dangerous and costly, you know.
Bob says he's had experience with
these baseball scrambles-they cost like
Heck, he Opines, and points to his own
bitter experiences here, back in 1902
Even after he had gained his jumpers
at big prices, Hedges declares, they'd
come around and hold him up for
spending money, in advance of their
salaries
It must have been dreadful. In fact
it was SO awful that it prevented the
club from making more than half q
million dollars in y years on an $50 GOO
capital and increased Hedges's private
fortune by a mere trifle, from $4,000 to
100000 or thereabouts.
Better lay off the baseball row, boys;
you'U be starving millionaires before
you know it, if you don't watch out
Sprained Imagination.
Champion Willie Richie is having
the time of his life acting like a will
ing title holder When he isn't too busy
with the stage to fight, he's spraining
something like that.
Just now it's the achilles tendon, in
the heel (Which was the weak spor of
old Achilles himself, by the Way) that
has gone back on Richie. We mad
been led to suspect that there was
no weakness in Richie, at this point
in fact, he was supposed to be well
heeled.
Ought to Make a Stir.
The American league is all a-buzz
over the announcement that the St
Paul club has signed pitcher G. Whir.
Big League CaIiber.
President Ed SlelnInSef. OF the local
Federal league club, is acquiring all the
earmarl5s of a major league boss AL
ready he has the not for publication"
habit when being interviewed.
30 Year Old Kid.
Major league club owners have their
troubles of a sort that fans don't often
realize. Miner Brown. manager of the
st. Louis Feds. is responsible for this
little instance of putting one over on a
club owner.
from tbe hall field, after a game at Gin
cinnati last year" relates Brown, when
I met husky guy who stared me out
of countenance. 1 gave him the once
over. but although there was some
ching familiar in his appearance, 7
couldn't place him.
You don't remember me- do your
he piped up. I didn't and said so.
Well. I'll refresh your memory. My
name is Belts. You relieved me IN