Evening journal., 1914-08-13
FEDERALS IN NEW
Fields NEXT YEAR
Present Season Brings Sue
cess to Clubs in Many
Cities
STALLINGS NOW
AMONG LEADERS
BY HAL SHERIDAN.
lWrItten for the United preesl


League is around doing business
again as usual next year--and there
are many who believe that IL will not
be--it is a particularly sure bet that
said business will be carried on in
some new fields. IN other words, the
outlaw circuit is due for a change
in make up. Its completion is going
to be mussed up considerably before
the sounding Of the gong sends the
clubs away in the chase for the 1915
race-if it ever clangs at all.
In some cities the new circuit has
gone over with bang and a hurrah.
In Baltimore it went over with such
smash that 1t put the international
club In that city on the blink for fair
It practically put Jack Dunn's Orioles
clear out Of commission. Against the
Feds, Dunn's gang didn't draw enough
TO pay the gatekeepers. Conditions
around the circuit however. were not
SO roseate. In st. Louis the Feds
started OFF with a big rush, slowed
down quickly and in a month or two
the scribes were counting the atten-
dance from the press box every day.
and they didn't tote adding machines
along with them either
! Psychological onditions-whateve
they are-figured Importantly in the
woe Of the ST. Louis club. II lust
happened" this year the Browns and
Cardinals are going Wild playing
bang-up ball and keeping within
shouting distance of the leaders IA
their respective leagues ID was tho
hrst time in many moons that ST !
Louis fans had been treated 20 the
spectacle Of seeing the Browns and
cards win consistently and they
couldn't pass II up. The Feds ST
Louis club is at the bottom in The per- !
centage column. Tailenders arc no
attraction IN ST. Louis-there have
been too many Of them there
Kansas City IS not particularly
RED stronghold. The Feds there have
never done any better than break even
with the American Association team
on conflicting dates. and when tha
Kansas City attendance is split. nei- /
ther club is going TO get rich. Judg- |
ing from talk the Fed magnates have |
let slip now and then. Kansas CITY Is
due to be dropped sometime during
the next winter. It's a far cry. too.
from Baltimore to Kansas CITY. and
the magnates realize they will have Ia
have a more compact organization 10
succeed.
Persistent rumors are heard that
Cincinnati will have a berth I'm 1918
OUTLAW" circuit. The Feds were rep-
resented there when they first sprang
up last year. The club was in Cow
ington, across the river. however and
the fans wouldn't journey that far to
see the class of bali then being dished
up in the Fed circuit. Il Is declared
that downtown site has been OBJ
tanned and that the Feds will have
team battling the Reds for patronage
on even terms in 1915.
Chicago, Brooklyn and Plttsburg.
while they haven't made oceans 81
coin, are pretty sure to stick. Buffalo
is a dubious location. The Feds have
done little better than break even
there and they had expected to coin
lot of money. Summing it up. Kan
sas City IS almost certain to lose its
franchise, and Buffalo and ST. Louis
are very dubious points. Indian
apolis seems sure Of a berth as the
Hoosier club has done better than
break even most Of the season.
George Stallings must be given
credit for being a real leader. His
work at Boston this year stamps him
as one of the real managers OF the Ma
tional League circuit. He classes with
MoGraw as brainy pilot. Shrewd
judgment of players is his strongest
point and second to that is his ability
to get most out Of them. StalIings
has repeatedly switched his players
around. striving to get them all in
their proper places. He has swapped
and sold and bought until a very !
changed lineup from the one of a year
ago, is seen on the Boston club. But
he is getting the results at present j
and that is somtehing no one has /
been able to do at Boston for a long !
time. t
Joe Birmingham has set out to build
up team of youngsters at Cleveland.
Asserting that there Is a clique on the J
team-something everyone except Joe
has been aware of for q long time
the Nap leader is making efforts to
trade off some Of his veteran stars.
He declares that some of the best s
men on his club are not trying TO win {
as they should, and for that reason
he is out to fill their places with 9
who will give the club all
they have got. Once before Birming-
ham announced he was going TO get
rid of Napoleon Lajoie. Such a yell '
Of protest went up from Cleveland. +,
fans that President Somers stepped in r
and forced Birmingham to change his T
plans. Whether or not he will do it I
again If Birmingham announces that s
Laioie is due for the axe, is causing q
much conjecture