Evening journal., 1914-11-09
TO ROCK BASEBALL
BOAT This WINTER
Fact That Magnates Are
Silent 0minOuS, Fans
Say
MANY CLUBS
LOST MONEY

rocked during the coming winter, ac-
cording to the dope being handed out
by the sharps who are following the
Developments since the close OF the
season In the big leagues. The mag
mates have very little TO say and this
is in itself ominous, for when a mag
nate Is silent there is sure to be
something brewing Of Importance.
Just what is going to happen Is
hard to forecast One thing Is GER
tain, however. and that is that when
the gong rings In the spring OF 1916
for the gateway I'm the baseball world
the field will have a vastly different
appearance to the once It presented
during the past season. The war
ring powers in Europe won't mas
sage the face of that country any
more than the kings Of baseball Will
muss up the looks of organized base
ball this winter.
The reason for this change is very
plain-baseball clubs throughout the
country lost more money during the
past season than ever before in their
history. And there are few who
don't believe that the cause lies In
the Federal league and they also
think that II baseball is to continue
as a profitable business that peace
will have 10 be made with the Fed
erals.
II isn't that the Federal league
made the two major league clubs lose
so much money. They didn't do that.
But the clubs they did hurt and hurt
badly. are the Class A teams, making
up the American association, the
international league and the Pacific
Coast league. The Western and
Southern leagues, Glass A organlza-
tions, were handed terrific wallops
too, in the shape Of greatly reduced
] profits.
The great race in the National
/ league enabled that venerable body
to toddle through the season with i
better profit on a whole than II ha!
had in some time. Boston's grea
squirt from the bottom to the top af
ter July /. lent an interest TO tina
organization that resulted In packe
parks and big gate receipts. Tn
American league didn't fare so wei
as the Athletics early got away
the lead and stayed there. Al tn
American league clubs didn't los
enough to scare them away.
But the heads of the American an
National leagues realize that the
have got to do something TO appeas
the powers i'm the Glass A leagues
The international league is clearly oi
a rock. The Federals walloped tina
organization numerically. And thl
/ International league is a great asse
of the major league.
In fact the entire structure OF
baseball depends on the minol
leagues. The major leagues have e
have them to develop young players
and to take care of the surplus tai
ent They could no more do withou
them thFn an aeroplane could n,
without an engine. And the minor
are demanding. In no uncertain
terms, that the major leagues maxi
peace with the Federals. They don
care just how peace is brought bu
peace they want and peace they sa.
they must have.
The Federal league hasn't made
mint Of money. But late reports in
d'cated that enough of the clubs fin
ished the season with the balance oI
the right side Of the sheet to max
It certain that they'll stick in tn
fight for some time to come. Jus
how the Federal league is going Il
fare In this coming peace parley 4
hard 10 determine. II the club own
ers around the circuit put their figh
entirely I'm the hands of Jim" GIL
more. their scrapping president,
is certain that they will come OF
pretty we'll in the negotiations.
There is considerable talk, how
ever, to the effect that some Of tn
club owners are weakening and tina
II word reaches them from organizes
baseball that they will be taken car
Of that they are liable TO sell out. !
a couple OF even one OF the Fedora
league club owners make any nego
tiations of his own with the enemy
Gilmore won't be able to fight nea
as effectively and the chances of tn
"Feds" getting much ont of the set
tlement will be very slim.
Gilmore stoutly asserts, however
that his club owners are all loyal 4
man. and that they'll see hin
through 70 a finish.