Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-10

From their own lips comes the ad
mission of the International Leagu
moguls that they did nothing bu
talk, talk, talk of their arch enemies
the Federal League. And when thei
meeting was over it was evident tina
those present had done much heav.
thinking and some worrying. Wher
the magnates came out of the session
they put on a cold-blooded air and
some of them declared that the Fed
were not bothering them little bit
let when the doings Of the session
were given out signs of weakness were
apparent OF the leagues affected by
the invasion of the outlaws" the In
ternational has been hit the hardest
and 1t behooves it's members to dc
something to stall the rascals off
They are goin gto do something, too
it seems, and at the meeting in New
York yesterday the magnates did q
lot of deep thinking.
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In more than one way the Inter.
national Leaguers showed weakness
They are willing to break up theii
circuit by shifting the Jersey City
team over to Brooklyn, and it is
understood that the salry limit, adj
hered to so religiously last year, is
to be ignored. The idea of having
Jersey City play in Brooklyn, while
looked upon with favor by most OF
the magnates, is not favored at all
by Thomas Fogarty, the president, 1t
is said. Mr.. Fogarty declares that the
Jersey City fans have stood by HIM
and he is going to stand by them, SO
the league magnates may not be able
to bring about the transfer, no mat
ter how good the plan looks to them.
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Another thing, the Jersey City
fans say they won't stand for being
made a convenience of, and they de-
clare they won't allow the Jersey City
team to play in Jersey City on Sun
day, as planned, If 1t plays in Brook
Ign on week days. as suggested. Such
a scheme has created real storm
over In the Hudson count y town,
and the air is full of declarations
and other things. Some of the good
citizens of the city even go so far
as to say that If their ball team at
tempts to play Sunday ball over there
and not give the town baseball on
week days they will see to it that
Sunday baseball is not allowed. That
is a cruel threat, especially as the
good citizens in Jersey City promise
to go even farther with their re-
venge by insisting on putting up the
bars against Sunday ball in Newark.
Poor little Jersey City is being car
ried away with its own Importance
in this respect. 1t has good right
to be sore over the way It's ball team
is being juggled, but that Is no good
reason why the fans should show
their jealousy of Newark and en-
deavor to rob US of our pleasure.
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The Feds are In three International
League citles-Baltimore, Buffalo and
Toronto-and it is said they are going
through with their propositions.
What they will do in Buffalo and
Toronto 1t is hard to tell, but in Bal
timore, If the league shows any class
at all, they are sure to be a winner.
Baltimore has been opposed to minor
league baseball ever since the ma
iors quit the city, and the citizens
there are sure to rally to the support
of any organization that promises
them the big league article. Jack
Dunn, who owns stock in the Orioles,
and who also manages the team, Is
not smiling over the outlook by any
means. He said after the meeting
Yesterday that he would be willing
to play the Federals game or a Sc
ries of games with the understanding
that the losers quit the town. That
is open evidence that Mr.. Dunn
doesn't believe there is room for two
hall teams in Baltimore and that he
is willing to gamble instead of leav-
ing II to the survival of the fittest.
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The present baseball war is bound
to do somebody some good. 1t may
he the means of bringing about an
other big league and it may be re-
snonsible for changing the complex
ion of the International League cir
emit It will help the International in
any event, for it is said that the draft
clause allowing the American and the
National League clubs to pick out the
hest player on every team in the
league for a certain consideration is
m he abolished. That might have
been done long ago, but it generally
takes a disturbance to bring SUCH
matters about. Then, too, there Is
much talk that the organization base
hall men contemplate the formation
Of a third big league with which to
fight the Feds, and while the pro-
posed league may never become a re-
ality It would seem to be the best
way out of a bad bargain.
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Such a leaGue as suggested would
be sufficiently strong in territory to
vie with the other two big leagues
and as everybody at all familiar in
baseball admits that another big
league must come, why, perhaps it
would be just as well to start now
as any time. With such a circuit as
Chicago, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and