The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-12
Fed Presidents Change Of Front
Points to End of Present
Third Circuit
INAUGURATION is THE
PROPOSED PLAN
international League May Be
Supplanted by Remnants Of
Outlaw Organization
By HARoLD Y. WILOox.

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0ing last night hut come out with a
pointblank statement that IL was prob
Able that Charley Weeghman would
\ buy the Cubs and that the days o, .Ie
present Federal league were number
"a. everybody would have continued
eteadfastly and contentsdly In the be-
nef that that was Just what was g"ing
- happen.
Since weeghman has been after the
Cubs. Il has been popularity believed
that he would buy them. that the
Wards. Of Brooklyn. would follow
suit either In Brooklyn or New York.
End that the outlaw circuit. as now
formed. would be doomed because OF
the desertion Of Its financial strength.
Dut Gflmore's part In the drama that
the baseball powers are acting was
70 shout defiance and yell bloody muir
dor whenever peace was suggested.
Fer the Fed president to calmly pre-
Dict the end OF his beloved rebellion
has upset our equilibrium We are
tempted to look for the Ethiopian In
the coal bin. It sounds terribly like
. doublecroas was somewhere immi-
.nent
IN other words. Jim Gilmore has
branded his o. X. on the peace plan
supposed 70 have been suggested by
orgAnixsd baseball and endorsed by
the American league. which, by the
way, Il the real victor Of the war.
Gilmore said yesterday afternoon. &C
cording to . credited otatement, that
e present plans carry Weeghman
would buy the Cubs, that that team
ana The Chifeds would merge. that
tthN rcd park In the Windy city would
~ rcd BY the amalgamated clubs,
) md that Joe Tinker, beloved by al
81 side fans. would manage the
team. He added that altar that deal
v6nt through. q similar one would be
nut over n St Louis. Brooklyn. and
(ho American association cities
<thoro the outlaws and that league
hnyo been fghting, and that the Fed
5000 n International league terri
tuEy would probably join organised
III ana practically supplant that cir
cuit which u suffering from q very
cor1ous nervous breakdown. These
costorn towns are 20 form the new
:1elerol league, says Gilmore. al
'lhonRh the name may be changed.
lGl1nors says this league ID to have .
MAJOR rating
seriously. there Is no reason toj
6oa1bt that Gilmore n sincere In his
olnternont. and that the swan song OF
~ present Federal league II being
onun. even II the tune II o little lively
for tlirxe. Since his last war
.1oon. Jim has probably been let In
u the deal, and that may explain
49, - 49, (r~ <ho v,aat foW
<oys and his quick change OF 'front.'
q Ana now that the treaty OF peace
y about 20 be signed. II II . good
dine 20 gossip about the brows that
Mould " adorned with victorys lau-
III wreath. There Ii no question but
that tho American league has reason |
g blow Itself to Joy feast II has
oyorything to gain and nothing to
1cso ~ the conflicts end. II win
urobabiy get back the few players II |
I6ot, r6enln the patronage that was
>hfoatoned, and be able to chortle
Win merriment whenever its stars
~ - boost salaries.
Th6 National league wiz not lose q
whale lot. A change In the owner
nhlp e the Cubs ID desirable. A
h1ook of stock from somewhere win
hnvo 70 70 to the Wards. and proba- |
~ gilmore viii have. TO be taken |
orro of. Those contingencies un-t
6Oubtodly cover all the surrendering |
- ola circuit viii have to do, and
q certainly has even much more to
rain than has the American league.
So far a. the Federal league Is
concerned. II Gilmore, Weeghman and
the wards really want TO be baseball
magnates, they have won great vic
tory without question. What the rest
OF the outlaw hackers Will get out OF
it II IN open question. With the posi-
eible exception OF the 81. Louis aggre-
cation. they WIN probably have TO be
satisfied with what little they can get
out OF the minor league game. II
they don't like that, they will proba-
bly, be told 10 go back from whence
they came.
~he players are the boys who will
have q license to wear crepe after
the demise Of the baseball war. The
plan OF the minors to cut salaries 20
per cent Is only forerunner to what
81 going to happen TO the major
leaguers. Not only will salaries be
reduced. but IL Is probable that
squads will be cut down everywhere,
and that semfpro clubs that make a
Speciality OF starring big league play
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