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,
Bv Frank &. Menke.


Y any idea or intention of
knocking" the new Federal
League or it's promoters. IL 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 il comes 10 actual baseball
experience, first as player, then as a
manager and afterward as Clue
owner, Hanlon has record Of
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
from turn-stile TO flag pole. and IL the
new organization can be made a win
neT Hanlon looks TO be the man 90
turn the trick.
In Baltimore, where Hanlon is to
place a Federal League team. he man
aged National League team for sew
srsl years, Later he owned the East
hrn League team in the same city.
Hanlon's first move after taking
over the Baltimore franchise in the
Federal League was TO engage Otto
Knabe, the crack second sacker of the
Philhes. 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
a experience for Foxy Ned" He
was with Pittshurg when the Broth
aYk L.. u..I
promptly jumped to the new sorgani-
zation. 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 Hanlon's team
was a. plenty, When the new league
got all the Brooklynites they wanted,
Hsnlon didn't have much better than
a Glass y outfit left to 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 LeaRuers went right after the
champion Dodgers and succeeded In
landing % Of their star players.
Among the number were Lave Cross,
Dave Fultz. Joe McGinnity. Willie
Keller. Harry Howell. Fielder Jones,
Joe Yeager Joe Kelley. Jim Sheck-
ard, Addie joss, Jim Mcguire. Char
ley Farrell, Frank kitson and wild
BIZ Donovan. Some baseball talent
that, for one team 10 lose.
HANLON struggled along with the
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
20 the Baltimore team OF the Eastern
League For some time previously he
had been in control OF the Baltimores.
During the next four or FIVE 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 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 a native Of Norwich,
Conn. and is now In his fitty seventh
year Like ine majority OF ndli play
ers, he gained his first experience in
the back lots in his native town. His
first professional engagement was
with the Providence team Later he
played with FAN 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
held and acted ~ captain FOR the De.
troit team which won the champion
ship.
NEVER a hitter OF more than ord e.
nary ability, Hanlon made his
reputation chiefly as fielder ana
base runner From 1859 10 1891 he
played IN Pittshurs In 1892 he TOOK
'harge Of the Baltimore team The
orioles finished IN IN, cellar in that
year and the year following But dur
ne the ihree years beginning with
1894 they won the pennant, and in
ss1 and 1925 they finished in second
place
Haniun went to Brooklyn as man
yer of the Dodgers in 1899 He re-
NAMED there seven years and wor
NO pennants What he will do this
ieason with a new team In a new
eague remains 10 be seen
IT, III