Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-09
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The Federal League is not at all
satisfied with it's raid on the worlds
tourists. and the fact that President
Gilmore was able to secure only two
of the players who circled the globe
was great disappointment, indeed. 1t
was expected on the part of the Feds
] that Iris Speaker and Sam Crawford
would surely flop over to their side,
/ but instead they had to be content
with Mike Doolan and Steve Evans.
] Now, though, President Gilmore has
| made the declaration that the Fed
/ erals are going on the warpath and
will dicker with all players whether
! they are signed or not. This is a
change of front, for Mr.. Gilmore was
! very emphatic In his assertions early
! in the game that he wouldn't bother
with players who had signed a con-
| tract. His latest statement on that
! subject says that his league will go
after everybody and he cts the Kill
! lifer case as a good reason for the
! new step. If President Gilmore sticks
! to his latest declaration it will mean
bitter fight and we are likely to see
players jumping from one league TO
! another and back again all season,
and again the players will get all
ln har Of Nlfih aY 20
will even allow player to jump to
! the enemy, get the money and jump
back again in order to diminish the
treasury,
c.
From all appearances the Feds are
here to stay, and the regulars" will
have to deal without the outlaws
before there is real peace in baseball.
There is plenty of money behind the
Federals, and the men say they will
go the limit. They are making a
pretty noble start, and they will I'M
doubtedly be recognized in year or
so as the third big league. The cir
cult as now made up will be changed,
of course, but it is likely that Balti-
more will stick That would mean
that the International League will
have to hunt for new city. 1t is the
International League that is getting
all the worst of it. and the circuit is
bound to feel the effects of the out
laws Franchises that We're worth
a lot OF money q year ago may go
begging in another year
G.
The dinner at the Biltmore, in New
York, to the worlds tourists Satur-
day night WAS grand affair. Men
notable in business and professional
life were there in abundance. The
big moguls of organized baseball
spoke to gathering of something
like 700 persons and their talks were
enjoyed immensely. Ban Johnson, Of
the American League; Governor
Tener, of the National League;
Garry Hermann, of the National
Commission: John McGraw, of the
Giants; Jimmy Callahan, Of the
White Sox, and others Of more or
less Importance had word or two
to say to the assemblage. 1t was a
big night and no such affair in base
ball had ever been held before. Chi
cago was well represented and men
from the West We'd with men of
the East in speechmaklng. Judge
Mccall was a brilliant POSTMASTER
and his little pictures of the va
rious speakers were we'll drawn
Governor Teners efforts were mas
terful and Ban Johnson's speech on
organized baseball was forceful. He
hit hard the newspapers that have
been referring to organized baseball
as a trust. and he brought the lie
right home to them,
g
McGraw made a short and pleas
ing little talk, in which the treat
ment of himself and his fellow-trav-
elers was the subject He said all
had been royalty treated and had
met royalty and he was delighted
with the conduct of the men
throughout the tour. lie praised the
players highly and said that he
would like to make another trip
around the world. Jimmy Callahan
made a pronounced hit in his re-
marks He sprung something" as
the boys say. After apologizing for
| ignoring the topic assigned to him,
| he brought down the house and made
many new friends by his praise of
John McGraw, the real manager of
the trip. In most of the previous
speeches Charley Comiskey, owner
of the Chicago White SoX, came in
for nearly all of the praise, but it
Graw full credit. Callahan said that
McGraw and ComisSey would not
thank him for telling a few of the
business secrets OF the tour, but he
made it plain that while ComislSey
was the grand old Roman everybody
said he was, McGraw at least,
matched him in lberality.
G
The favors of the banquet were
numerous and dandy, The dinner
committee provided a cast of a ball
player with a bat in his hand and a
bali at his side. This was large in
size and came with the ices. A dark
lantern" with electric power was also