Evening journal., 1914-01-13
FED" INVASION
.SCARES MAJORS
PhiIIieS Are Worst Sufferers,
Losing Three Players
in Week
LEADERS THINK THAT
WORST IS OVER

officials Of the two major leagues
feel that thoy have wcathcred tic
worst Of the storm caused by the Fed
oral League managers who haze de-
cided that they have greater need Of
the stellar players in the American
END National League than have those
associations themselves
Starting last season. mere dot on
the baseball map. the Fcdcrals. by the
unlimited uso OF money, always ac-
ceptable to men In all professions, and
the capture of several of the leading
figures on the aforesaid map have al
ready assumed TO blot out rather
large portion OF hat map. and despite
statements issued by various members
Of the major leagues seem TO lie IN a
fair way TO continue ON their way.
Already their threatened invasion
has created havoc with several Of the
teams. the Phillics. as usual, suffering
worst In one short week the phils
lost three OF their star players. fact
which viii greatly handicap them i'm
the National League race next sea
son. Knabe, Brennan and killifer are
eono. but Manager Doom will make
hard fight TO retain the other official
members of his team.
Telegrams have been sent out by
nearly every one OF the sixteen man
ayers to their players asking them
not to Sign with any OUTLAW teams
until they have heard from their own
leaders and many OF the players have
agreed to do as requested.
Alttapuh turrftrI fla InaIrru In
Guiding the harassed Doom, have ex-
pressed the hope that the worst is
past. and that most of the remaining
men in their teams will remain
One National League team which
has prohted by the activities of the
outlaws is champion New York The
action of the Federal League virtu-
! ally assures a fourth straight pen
inant for McGraws men.
3 Not member OF the Giant crew
/ las jumped while Philadelphia has
lbeen greatly weakened by the loss
c Knabe. Brennan and Killer, Pitts
burg and Chicago, other pennant con
tenders arc also destined 20 lose
some of their best men. so the Giants
ought TO start the season with a big
( advantage
r. Otto llnabe's western trip bore
{ its first fruit yesterday. Tho new
/ manager OF the Baltimore Feds has
signed Albert Dolan to a contract.
4 Dolan PLAYED part Of last season
with the Phils and then was traded
10 pittsburg for Bobby Byrne and
Reward Camnitz Dolan was a fail
ure with the Pirates his poor work
ii tho fal series with Cleveland
causing the Black Flags TO lose the
honors.
Dolan frured in The big deal he
tween Pitsbure and ST. Louis last
month. but evidently considers a Fed
oral League berth better than being
committed TO the Mound City. Dolan,
while not long in the major leagues,
is by no means youngster. He is
we'll past the thirty-ycar mark and
his acquisition Is not much OF a boost
for the outlaws.
Now that the Federal League ap-
pears to be advancing in importance,
the organization Is paying some at
tcntion toward getting n staff of com
petent umpires.
Tom Walker The former Cincinnati
pitcher. whose work as arbiter in tho
Tri-State League for the past several
seasons has attracted attention. re-
ceived a telegram from President Gill
more. OF the Feds, asking him TO name
his terms.
According to President Carpenter OF
IA Tri-State League. Walker is of
major league caliber. and both the
American and National Leagues have
been investigating his record.
The Feds realize that Il will be diff
cult for them to find good officials,
and they will probably not let dol
lars stand in the way OF getting an
umpire Of Walkers caliber. Walker,
who is a Philadelphian. will not hesi-
tate to jump to the Feds providing the
financial consideration is satisfactory.