Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-22
If HISTORY REPEATS
FEDS DUE FOR BIOW-UP

$4,000 to the late John T, Brush for
Glasscock. Tenny, Rusie. Buckley. Ras-
sett. Doyle and Scanlon, OF the, In.
dianapOlis team, began to fly signals
of distress His games at the Polo
grounds. which he had built on the
plot at One Hundred and Fifty-fifth
street and Eighth avenue, had attract.
ed an average of 200 paid admissions,
so that his losses footed up close to
$1,000 each day.
Other National League club owners
came to Days assistance with $780,.
zoe to enable his team TO play out the
schedule, but they also took away his
stock At the end of this disastrous
year the brotherhood hackers. who
! had discovered that the public did not
care for war, threw up their hands and
were glad to consider a plan for con-
solidating the rival clubs in the var.
i0us cities. But John 5. Day. frozen
out of the club he organized, was left
without a dollar.
Feds Due For BIowup.
"Fhe present Federal League move
ment reminds me of the old days"
said Day. The players who have de-
serted organized baseball have no
grievances. Neither are they grateful
| for the fair treatment they have re.
ceived II is a case of money, not
sentiment. and the hackers Of the Fed.
eral League will soon follow the ex.
ample of the men who blindly financ'
! ago. They will quit in disgust, ready
ago. They will quit in disgust, ready
| to sue for peace with the National and
American leagues.
The Players League failed because
the public did not take stock in tho
| players alleged grievances. Then,
again, the conflicting dates, the wrang'
| ling in the newspapers and the con.
tract jumping by stars killed interest
! in the game. New York fans know
that the Giants had been well paid
by me and that they had been un.
| grateful.
When learned that all but three
of my players had deserted me l
was shocked. l couldn't believe that
men whom had befriended in many
ways were willing to turn their backs
on me without first talking 1t over.
But / stuck to the National League as
a matter of principle, and when they
asked me to join their movement Il
was an insult pure and simple.
Glad He Made Fight.
Its an old story, but shall never
forget it, II cut me to the quick to
see my old friends, Buck Ewing, John
Ward. Tim Keefe, Roger Connor and
others playing for a rival club. But
| fought the Brotherhood as far as
was able to go and do not regret
| II.
'"The Giants were great players In
those days They were real cham.
pions, but do not believe that they
could have beaten some OF the teams
that John McGraw has managed IN
recent years. think that baseball
has become much faster There. 10
more inside stuff than in my days as
magnate never say. MattyB equal
as a pitcher, and I've not forgotten
Keefe, Clarkson, Mccormick, Welsh.
Calvin, Burlington. Ferguson, Bald
win, King, Rusie, Carruthers, Rad.
bourne and Sweeney.
81 think that Buck Ewing, however,
was the greatest catcher that ever
lived. He could play any position and
he pitched several games for US. He
was in the 300 class each year as
hitter and nobody could beat his run
ming the bases. His throwing was
simply wonderful Ewing was star
| in every respect. His personality
made him card, for he was popular
with the fans in all OF the National
League cities have seen practical
ly all of the games played at the Polo
grounds since i got out OF baseball
and no catcher, in my opinion, has
equaled Ewing in skill.