Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
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Expect To MAKE
MONEY IN 1874
President Gilmore Says FederaIs
Only Hope to Advertise the
League This Year.
Rv James A. Gilmore.
aeesldent Of the Federal LEAGUE.

rE~HE organized baseball people
are figuring that we expect to
make a barrel of money in
Wfi and that We'll go broke if we
DONE That's just where they are
,as-r4ken. We aren't looking for
ward "a 1914 as profitable season.
III t. be more in the nature of an
advertisement this season, one in
y5raa we hope to make the people
r#.#8fnted with our wares. In 1915
aGI be something different. The
<5rs SILL know what we've got-and
vs s0t something that will keep
them coming to our parks.
we aren't figuring on making mon
q ia 1914 If we break anywhere near
even we'll be greatly pleased. But
whether we make or lose money in
1874 doesn't matter SO much; but We
have the reserve funds to carry us
through two or three protitless sea-
sons If necessary.
Already we have signed up about
thirty major leaguers, and We've
grabbed off thirty stars from the
class AA minor league teams. In ad-
G51on To these men we have players
al oar rosters who are real stars,
men who viii compare faVorably in
their special departments with some
If tne best in the National and Amer
teas Leagues.
& ONE people are wondering why
y we have gone after the older
PLAYERS why we haven't gone after
the Younger stars of the big leagues.
There are two reasons for this. One
J. that we are not going after players
who are under contract Just now, but
only after those men whose contracts
have expired and who are bound only
~ the reserve clause. The second
reason Is a deeper one-and one
which the public up to now has not
quite figured out.
We want old, experienced players
q the helms Of our teams so that they
may teach our younger players the
tricks of the game. Where can you
find a better teacher of pitchers than
M0r3peai Brown? Where is there a
better model of infieldrs than Tink-
err The same is true about knabe,
SIova0 and some of the others.
GIVE our youngsters one year I'M
- The tutelage of Tinker, Brown,
Eua5e and others of that kind and
Hr will round into some OF the
greatest players in the game.
Whore did we get our first play
es From different sources Some
os chem are semi pros; others belong
- the small league teams. Some
people are Of the idea that getting
SMALL league players is not a good in
Va mont. Look over the list of the
stairs tn American and National
Leagues to-day and find your an
sWer Many of them We're plucked
from lhe small town teams, or from
college teams, and made good IN a
harry.
COBB. Collins, jackson, Speaker,
Milan McInnes, Baker, Lajoie,
Wagner Mathewson. Strunk, Muir
IA. Meyers and a hundred others
VINO rank as stars to-day jumped
either from the sandlots. small league
teams or from college teams to the
majors and made good with ven
seance They became stars almost
~ heir first year out.
Us there any reason why history
cam be repeated in the case Of some
q. the fellows we have on our ros-
ters2 You'll agree with me that there
.snt and all those who patronize our
pail parks next summer quickly Will
discover that we have in our ranks
some players whose names hereto
fore haven't figured in baseball star
com, who are Just about as good as
some of the best in the American and
National League