Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-30
NED HANLON IS
CHIEF ASSET Of
FEDERAL LEAGUE
Baltimore Owner Has Had More
Experience Than All Others
Combined in New Organization.
By Frank G. Menke.

IN any idea or intention Of
knocking" the new Federal
League or its promoters, 1t can truth
fully be said that there IS one man
among the hackers OF the organiza-
ton who has had more baseball ex-
perience than all OF the others com
bined. That man is Edward Hanlon
When. 1t comes TO actual baseball
experience, first as player. then a
manager and afterward as Clue
owner. Hanlon has record of
achievements that none OF the other
Federal generals can measure up to
fFoxyRNed.P as he was called In the
old days, knows big league baseball
from turn stie to flag pole, and If the
new organization can be made a win
ner Hanlon looks to be the man to
turn the trick.
In Baltimore, where Hanlon Is to
place Federal League team, he man
aged National League team for sev-
eral years. Later he owned the East
ern League team in the same city.
Hanlon's first move after taking
over the Baltimore franchise in tho
Federal League was to engage Otto
Knabe, the crack second sacker of the
Phillies, as manager of the team. In
grabbing the Philly star Hanlon
showed that the prospects of war
with the National League did not
bother him.
A BASEBALL war would be no new
a experience for Foxy Ned" He
was with Pttsburg when the Broth
erhood was formed in 1891, and
promptly jumped to the new organl-
cation. When the American League
made its famous raid on the Nation
ais which resulted in the capture Of
more than 100 players of the older
organization. Ha Ion was managing
the Brooklyn team. What the Amer
lean Leaguers did 10 Hanlons team
was a-plenty. When the new league
got all the Brooklynites they wanted.
Hanion didn't have much better than
a Glass r outfit left to represent the
Dodger City.
Hanlon had won his second pen
rant for Brooklyn when the three
year war between the American and
National Leagues began. The Amer
lean Leaguers went right after the
champion Dodgers and succeeded IN
landing 90 OF their star players,
Among the number were Lave Cross,
Dave F'ultz Joe McGnnity. Willie
Keller. Harry Howell. Fielder Jones,
Joe Yeager Joe Kelley, Jim Sheclt-
ard, Addie joss, Jim Mcguire, Char
ley Farrell. Frank Kitson and "Wil1
Bill Donovan. Some baseball talent
that. for one team TO lose,
HANLoN struggled along with the
- remnants Of his Brooklyn team
until the close OF the 1905 season, and
rafi fro n laat
pany. He next turned his attention
TO the Baltimore team of the Eastern
League. For some time previously he
had been In control of the Baltimores.
During the next four or Ave years he
was successful as a minor league
magnate. Then he disposed of his
Baltimore interests to Jack Dunn and
retired from the game
IN making his re-entry into the
baseball arena. Ned" has bumped
into another war right of the bat
In the American National muss he
got the worst of il in the matter Of
losing players In the present scrap
he has reversed the situation by do
ing the kidnapping himself
Hanlon is a native Of Norwich.
Conn, and is now In his fifty- seventh
year Like the majority OF ball play
ers, he gained his first experience in
the back lots in his native town. HIS
first professional engagement WIS
with the Providence ieam Later he
PLAYED With Fall River, Rochester,
Albany. Cleveland and Detroit in the
order named. II was while with De-
troit, in 1885, that he first became an
important factor in the national pas
time. In that year he played center
field and acted as captain for the De-
troit team, which won the champion
ship.
NEVER a hitter OF more than ord-
~ nary ability Hanlon made hts
reputation chiefly as fielder and
base runner. From 1889 To 1891 he
played in Plttsburg In 1892 he TOOK
charge of the Baltimore team. Tbs
Orioles finished in the cellar in that
year and the year following. But dur
ing the three years beginning with
1894 they won the pennant, and in
1897 and 1898 they finished in second
place
Hanlon went To Brooklyn as man
ager of the Dodgers in 1899 He re-
manned there seven years and won
two pennants What he viii do this
season With a new team in new
league remains 60 be seen.