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

any idea or intention OF
knocking" the new Federal
League or its promoters. II 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
hined. That man is Edward Hanlon.
When II comes TO actual baseball
experience first as player, then AS a
manager and afterward as Clue
owner, Hanlon has a record Of
achievements that none OF the other
Federal generals can measure up to.
Foxy Ned" as he was called in tho
old days. knows big leaghe baseball
from turn-stile to flag pole. and II 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 a National League team for sew
eral years. Later he owned the East
ern League team in the same city.
Hanlons first move after taking
over the Baltimore franchise in the
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 a war
with the National League did not
bother him.
A BASEBALL war would be no new
- experience for Foxy Ned" He
was with Pittsburg when the Broth
erhood was formed in 1891. and
promptly jumped TO the new organ
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 to Hanlons team
was a plenty. When the new league
got all the Brooklynites they wanted,
Hsnlon didn't have much better than
a Glass = outfit left 10 represent the
Dodger City.
Hanlon had won his second pen
nant 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 % of their star players.
Among the number were Lave Cross,
Dave Fultz. Joe McGinnity, Wili.c
Keller. Harry Howell. Fielder Jones.
Joe Yeager, Joe Kelley. Jim Sheck-
ard. Adde joss, Jim Mcclure. Char
ley Farrell Frank Kitson and "Wili
Bill" Donovan. Some baseball talent
that, for one team TO lose.
HANLON struggled along with the
a remnants OF his Brooklyn team
until the close of the 1905 season. and
then retired from big league com
pany. He next turned his attention
10 the Baltimore team of the Eastern
LeaEde. For some time previously he
had been in control of the Bsltimores.
During the next four or Ave years he
was successful as a minor league
msgnate. 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 off 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 native OF Norwich,
Conn, and is now in his nifty seventh
year. Like the majority OF ball play
ers he gained his first experience in
the back lots in his native town. His
frst professional engagement was
with the Providence team Later he
played with Fall River, Rochester.
Albany, Cleveland and Detroit. in the
order named. II was while with De-
trolt, in 1885 that he first became an
important factor In the na tional pas
time In that year he played center
field and acted as captain for the De-
troit team. which won the champion
ship.
NEVER hitter Of more than ord .
nary ability. Hanlon made his
reputation chiefly as fielder ana
base runner From 1889 To 1891 he
played IN PittshurS In 1892 he tooA
charge of the Baltimore team The
orioles finished in tn, 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
Hsnlon went To BROOKLYN as man
ger of the Dodgers in 1893 He re-
wained there seven years and Won
wo pennants What he will do nj :
season with a new team in "A dew
eague remains to be seen