Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-10
Backers of New League Rush
ing to New York to Confer
With Regulars"
MEN IN N. Y.
Independents Tell Some Inter
esting Features of Their
Campaign.

That come startling oevelopn....
may be the outcome Of the merit fsvr
Gays IN the baseball meetines i,
ne" YORK Is a foregone conclusion.
ne nasnes from Chicago that Presi-
cent James A. Gilmore, Of the FEEDER
al League, and President Charles
Weegham, Of the Chicago club. were
on their way to New York is couuls6
with the fact that other Federal
League megnates are already on n.
scene OF action adds strength tn -.
stories that eonciIiatory measures ~
tween the outlaws and organ,zea
baseball viii be taken shortly
Messfs Hanlon, Goldman ana
hnaee, Of the Baltimore Fedora
league Club, were on deck YESTERDAY
tnousn they were registered pr1vsfai1
at prominent New York froteI Tstes,
requested that their Identities be k.rf
secret. When interviewed one NJ tie
oInoials told a Star REPRESENTATIVE
many things OF interest concerning
| me new league. He refused, how
ever, to discuss the all important s,,b.
Ject OF a joint meeting between The
national commission and the Federal
League heads.
1t was explained that the Federa1.
IN baltimore do not intend to frHf
JACK Dunn 80 far as having confiirf
ing dates with the Orioles are con-
cerned, but they do intend to fsrinf
such men as Charles Murphy, OF Chi
Gago, ana Robert Hedges, OF ST
Louis An effort to draw patronaxe
away from the Cubs and browns
viii be made in every possible way
when the Federal League schedule il
adopted.
why Is It," one Of the oficiais was
asked, that one never hears Of two
Federal League clubs being after the
same player?"
That is very simple" he said with
smile. When we decided on our
campaign to sign up players We
agreed that each club manaxer
should make out list Of men he
wanted. No club owner would dfcIer
with man who is on our Baitfmers
list. Harry Swacina tried to do bus
mess with the Pittsburgh club, but
they turned him down. We had
Swacina on our original Hist and NE
have some other names, too, that
would surprise you. Then again there
are some players whose names would
shock organized baseball and the
reading public II it were known thar
they had written TO us saying that
they were ready to talk terms. Some
OF these men come with the simple
purpose of trying to hold up their
clubs in organized baseball and we
seldom have anything to do with
them"
That the magnafes in orrnnized
baseball have had enough OF the war
and realize that the time has come
to declare an arrnistfce IL an opinion
held by many of the men on the In
side Of the situation. The minor
league rnagnates are really the ones
who will suffer the most. Many OF
these fellows in the bushes who back
their teams through good sportsman
ship have a chance to pick up httlo
coin that will give them an even break
on the seasons financial standing by
selling their star players. II the
outlaws come along and steal their
best men their chance is gone and
they are up in arms.
Scout Larry Sutton, OF the Newark
club, said today that every class ,
Lacquer he saw wore a long face
They all say they have signed up
only one or two men," said Larry.
President Weegham, of the Chicago
club, is praised on every side by the
Federal League magnates. He Is only
twenty-nine years old, but has made
a fortune for himself and has long
been an ardent fan. Several years
ago he tried TO buy the St. Louis
Now the organized baseball forces
are almost willing TO do anything to
get him in the fold Weeghman has
stood by the other Federal League
magnates nobly in spite Of an the ef-
forts made to coax him away and the
regulars now seem to realize that fhe
only way to settle it viii be to take
the Federal League into the fold. In
that event the Feds will doubtless de-
signed or made agreements with must
be retained by them and that they
will make no more attacks on play
ers under reserve.
Intentional Pass Scored 1t Meeting
Several changes and revisions Of
the playing rules, none OF them rad
ical, were recommended by the rules
lcommittee of the National LcaEus
which held lengthy session yester-
day These win be considered by the
American League Rules COMMITTEES
some time during the week. Among
them the most prominent was one
dealing with the Intentional pass :
Yerkss signs with Red Sex.
steve Yerkes, the second bassman
of the Boston Americans, sent Ia his
signed contract yesterday. The cleb
has vet to hear from Speaker, Ray
Collins and Engle.
aHsme-Runs Bakers Twins Dead
News of the death Of the twin girls
of J. Franklin Baker, third baaernan
! of the Philadelphia American League
baseball team, was received In Phfi-
adelphia Yesterday.
Hans Wagner 20 Get Pension.
Honus wagner's years of service
in baseball viii bring its reward
The grand old man" of the diamond
will not spend his last days with the
minors. Barney Dreyfues, owner OF
J the Pirates, said that Wagner was
! active service. and after that he
] would still continue to draw salary
J from the Pittsburgh club as long a.
he lived. He will never be released
! to 90 to any minor club" said Orgy
, fuss. He will remain on the pay
roll of my team, and when his ac-
tive days are over will use him an
scout or as a coach for the young
| er players on the team"
Yankees Sign Inhelder.
John SuilVdns d ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
second baeeman, who was recon-
mended by Fritz Maisel, was signed
yesterday by the Yankees. Sullivan
PLAYED in the Buffalo City League last
year and ran up the tidy batting aver
age of 400. He weighs I'D pounds.
, but Is ranked as a sprinter.
New Training Camp for Pirates.
John H. Daley, business manager
of the Pittsburgh Pirates, announcsd
yesterday that the club would leave