The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-24
ned HANLON IS
SPLENDID ASSET
His Experience Will Be of Great
Value to the Federal League

New York, Jan. 24.-Without any
idea or intention of knocking" thu
new Federal league or its promoters il
can truthfully be said that there is
one man among the hackers of the or
ganization who has had more base
hall experience than al. of the other
men combined. That man is Edward
HanlUu.
When it comes To actual baseball
experience, first as player. then as
a manager ana aftcrward as a club
owner, Hanlon has Il record of past
achievements that none of the other
Federal generals can measure up To.
Foxy Ned" as he was called in the
old days, knows big league baseball
new organization can be made a win
nor Hanlon looks to be the man to
turn the trick.
In baltimore, where Hanlon is to
place Il Federal league team, he man
aged a National league team for sew
ern league team in the same city.
Hanlons first move after taking ov-
or the Baltimore franchise in the Fed
eral league was to engage Otto Knabe,
the crack second sacker of the Phil
lies as manager of the team. In grab
hing the Philly star IIanlon showed
that the prospect Of a war with the
National league did not bother him.
Leader in Brotherhood War.
\ baseball war would be no new cX-
pcriencc for Foxy Ned" He was with
Pittsburgh when the Brotherhood was
formed i'm 1891 and promptly jumped
To tn" new organization. When the
American league made it's famous raid
ON the Nationals, which resulted in
the capture of moro than one hundred
players of the Older organization. Han
Ion was managing the Brooklyn team.
What the American leagucrs did to
Hanlon's team was a plenty. When the
new league got all the Brooklynitcs
they wanted Hanlon didn't have much
better than a Glass b outfit left To
represent the Dodger city.
Hanlon had won his second pennant
for Brooklyn when the three year war
between the American and National
leagues began. The American leag-
ucrs went right after the champion
Dodgers and succeeded i'm landing
twenty-five of the star players. Among
the number were Lave Cross. Dave
Fultz, Joe McGinnity, Willie kceler,
Harry Howell. Fielder Jones, Joe
Yeager. Joe Kelley, Jim Sheckard, Adj
die Joss, Jim Mcclure, Charley Far
rcll, Frank I<itson and wild Bill
Donovan Some baseball talent that,
for one team to lose.
Manager Of Brooklyn.
Hanlon struggled along with the
remnants of his Brooklyn team until
the close of the 1905 season and then
retired from big league company. He
next turned his attention To the Bal
tmore team of the Eastern league.
For some time previously he had been
in control of the Baltimorcs. During
the next four years he was unsuc
cessful as minor league magnate
Then he disposed of his Baltimore in
terests to Jack Dunn and retired from
the game.
In making his re-entry into the
baseball arena Ned" has bumped i'm
to another war right off the bat. In
the Americans National muss he got
The worst of ii in the matter of losing
players. In the present scrap he has
reversed the situation 10y doing the
kidnapping himself.
Fifty Seven Years Old.
Hanlon is "a native of Norwich,
Conn. and is now i'm his fifty seventh
year. Like the majority of ball play
'rs he gained his first experience on
he back lots in his native. town. He
frs, professional engagement was
With the Providence team. Later he
played with Fall River. Rochester, AL
bany, Cleveland and Detroit. In the or
Ter named. II was while with De-
Ir,it. IN 1885, that he first became an
important factor In the national pas