Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09
ORGANIZED BALL
HASN' 7 So MUCH.
ON FED LEAGUE
That's What Menke Says, Wnd
He Cites List of Players to
Prove Statement.
By Frank G. Menke.

ATEW YORK, April S.-Clutching
" it from the remarks being cast
hither and thither by organ
lied baseball. the Federal League is
a minor league proposition. But or
ganized baseball's own little rules
give the Federal League a major
league status
These rules show the difference be-
tween minor and major league.
league that has to conform to a sal
airy limit and whose players are sub
ject to draft bv teams in another
league is a minor league. A league
that has no salary limit and whose
players are not subject to draft is
major league.
Therefore, the Feds stack up as a
major league They pay unlimited
salaries and their players are not
subject to draft.
TT may be recalled that early in Jam
L uary when the Feds began to loom
largely on the baseball horizon some
of sthe magnates of the organized
majors thought that way to combat
the Feds would be to abolish the draft
rule. as applied to the Glass "A
teams, let these leagues pay unlimit
ed salaries and thus lift them to the
major league classification.
For time it looked as if the plan
would go through, but some of the
magnates of the majors were so sure
that the Feds would blow up before
the 1914 season opened that they
thought the move a foolish one. Yet,
at the time, the majority of the mag
mates declared that the players of the
class "A minors were of such caliber
hat they almost ran as majors and
that some of the best clubs in the
Glass AA minors were far better than
some of the clubs in either the Amer
lean or National League.
T THEREFORE,, it seems as il the or
ganzed persons who are calling
ne Feds Il minor league outfit seem
to be foozling a bit The Feds. for
the most part are made up of players
grabbed from either the majors or
the Glass "A minors. With SO major
$ leasuers in their ranks and with
practically the rest of their players
recruited from the Glass AA teams
it's certain that they take even
higher ranking than do the Class AA
teams-the very same teams that the
organized majors some months back
figured on giving a major league
status.
7 listed among the all star" COM
l. binations. of pitchers is that of
the Detroit Tigers. Their all-star
consist of Dauss, Dubuc, Hall Shep-
ard Cavet, Coveleskie, Williams,
Schultz, Mains, Reynolds, Comstock
and Boehler. Maybe they are stars,
but somebody ought to push away
the clouds that hide them.
The Plttsburg Pirates also boast of
their "all-star" pitching staff. Here
1t is: McQuillen. O'Toole Adams.
Harmon. Councilman, Delhi Duffey
and Kantlehner. The last four seem
quite unfamiliar to us-perhaps be-
cause we didn't follow the Dusk
league history very closely last year.
McQuillen was resurrected from the
minors last season, and Harmon
seems to have seen his very best days.
Included in the "all-stars' that the
Phillies are toting around are lineup,
Mayer. Marshall, Jacobs, Gaddy and
Haislip If the whole bunch were
placed on the market right now it's
doubtful If they would bring enough
money to buy one good, first class
twirler.
The Pirates had on their catching
staff Messrs. Gibson. Coleman, Ka-
fore, Brannigan and Walt. The name
of Gibson seems quite familiar, but
we don't recall having seen the names
OF the other gentlemen in the list Of
catching stars.
A ND so il is with a large number Of
n the organized major league clubs.
Their catching and pitching STATS are
pretty well cluttered up with un-
knowns It's quite likely that some
Of these youngsters will develop into
zeal ffnds-will become known in a
few years as among the greatest stars
of the game. But what's true Of or
ganized baseball car be true just as
well with the Feds They have some
youngsters on their rosters. Some
may prove to be "bloomers." Others
may rise to stardom.