The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-01-20
Players Have Every Reason to
Feel Grateful Toward Leader
Of Federal League for Boost
ing Salaries.

Another evidence OF the good done
the players Is in the case OF Pitcher
Dick Rudolph OF the Braves. who
lives in the Bronx. For three or four
wears now Dick has boon shunted
around at a small salary. but man
aged to make good. anyway. Thie
spring the Braves signed him to q
two year contract at q good nGure :
and did 1t IN a hurry. too.
Tho Federal League failed 70 81
Sherwood Magee. which In q source
OF great satisfaction to those who
spend part OF their time every sum.
mer picking out the team Of all
American Bones. Magee. who has
Just signed contract with the Phil
lies, takes this annual kidding good
naturedly and comes right back By
saying: "Well, I've got cinch ON
my Job on the Bone team this year.
since the Giants have let Mccormick
co."
Within a few weeks now the pitchs
Ing stan of the Highlanders will b
at Hot Springs getting boiled out for
an early start. Frank Chance says
he proposes to have them every one
In shape to be at their top form when.
the season starts. The Highlander
manager announces that he ID "o6'
/, those Fourth of July fellows.
Even II Ty Cobb did turn out the
Federal League offer and cause bon
fires to be burned in Detroit President
Gilmore should worry. The Out
law" president il In many doilars
worth Of good advertising, while hts
outlay was IS cents-the price Of Q
telegram to Augusta. Ga.
BY the way, It's all right about
Tillie Shafer. In letter to ono Of his
society pals In New York the tom
peramental Californian says: when
get to New York I will tell you
about the fun we've been having out
here all winter" Evidently the re-
tirement Ii OF. E72'
We know now what MFR. Gilmore
meant when he said: I'VE are going
after the biggest man in baseball"
The very next day the FollOrals made
an offer to JEFF Tesreau. ,,f'il
From this letter 1t would appear
that Mr.. Gilmore and the Federal
League promoters In general are
overlooking a chance to clean up .
little bunch OF coin for spring ox-
penses: 20
Birmingham, Ala.
Dear Sir: Could you tell Us n Z,
the new Federal League has made I
any arrangements about exhibi-
ton games In the spring3 4 think
'on account OF the advertising they
would do we'll down here. don't VI
know whether they would bo
allowed to play with minor league ,
teams on account Of being out
laws, but the people throughout
the country would be glad to even =;
see their first and second teams
play an exhibition game amons Z
themselves. Please send thu to I
some manager that you happou 70 n
know. Your truly. 80 VI \.
G. BLACKNoan (,
Now. there IL an idea for You. AZ
the Same time It has brought to uaind
q fact that appears to have booH
overlooked by scrtbes throughout IN
circuit. The Federals have mado no
arrangements for training. nor hayo.
they even intimated when they -
going to start their season. Susolv
players like Joe Tinker and lgor6occi'
Brown are not going into q eoaaod
without having a chance to - -
kinks out Of their legs and oFnnn. N,
The Mr.. Blackmore who Writ0o -
above letter II not q magnate, but N
trident fan who helped Q crowd a -
organize the old Southern Leaeuo n
1901. His inquiry, nevertholeso, an.
pears to be quite pertinent. N;