The Washington times., 1914-01-17
CAPITAL MAY BE
IN OUTLAW RANKS

4 the Venice cluD IN the Pacific Coast
| League. Now Sulliven's faithfuiness Of
| many years is to be rewarded similarly.
| Sullivan's future became known when
| the Federal Leaguers began tampering
| with him. He had not signed with the
| White SoX, and informed the outlaws
| that he did not intend to. But that cid
| not mean that he was going to jump
! the traces. Then he told what he TrLuld
probably do.
The old bacSeLop was with the Boston
National League team when the ...ler-
! ice.l League came into the field He was
offered & fancy increase by Charlie Co
niiskey. and jumped. He has been with
! the White SOX ever since. In his day he
was, considered one of the best catchers
! in the business.
Ho dOuts are not numerous this sea-
son. Perhaps the blasts from the Fed
,rak Leaguers have something to do
With that. Big league clubs cannot af-
ford to put their feet down hard in the
matter of contracts when the players
nay take It into their fool heads to
jump the traces into the outlaw circuit.
This explains the many raises given out
to big league stars and the general ab-
sence OF cuts.
However. players jumping TO the Fed
erals may discover themselves very
Euch in & hole next year. They auto
m,tlcally' end their days In organized
haSttGh the moment they start a game
Q. outlaw ball. II the outlaws decide TO
cut salaries all around next year, what
redress will the players have? They
Will have to take the cuts or quit play
ing. Organized baseball will have none
os them. This is one angle that the
lumpers have not considered thor
cughly.
Pug CSvet, the southpsw finger
who did sucn good work with the Mobile
Southern League club. last year, has
signed for a trial with the Detroit Tig-
eTs. He was taken South in 1911 but
failed to hang on, needing more expert
ence. He is now said to be ripe for
fast company and Huxley Jennings
will give a once over" before dropping
nj Taback again into the tall grass.
Cavet ie a southpaw and his winning
aveI age last year with Mobile was 100.
George SchIei, who once caught with the
Giants lie expected to be with the Louis
willie Colonels this season, though he is
seeking berth as manager IN some Closs
b circuit. Schlei sported the nickname Of
Admiral in his days in the big show.
Frank Bancroft has started for Havana
&c sign up ArmandO Aarsans for the CinciE-
natl Reds. Buck HsrzOg Is worrying srout
Cuban players and doesn't want 20 take
any chance OF losing his star OF the An
tilIes.
Hurray! They're going to SHIFT those uni
iOrIns Of the Athletics Instead OF those blue
So szsers adorned with white elephants, the
Mackmeu are to sport a OluIsh-gray norfolk
jacket with a polychrornstic band aSout the
hideous carpenters caps, the Athletics may
look like big league team.
sIn the last ten years OF baseball the waea-
,F,,k EaE Nd y
Sss, for a percentage Of AZ. st. Louis has
been beaten the oItenest IN these ten yesrS,
liz victories being recorded over the
Browniea Cleveland lost 1G5 games to tic
been defeated 80 times. Detroit has fsllc:.
81 times, and the white Sox. 50 times. The
Ath!eJics hEye always proved hard tor tie
local team. losing only G5 games Il ten
yee-I.
The Athletics have eSn 81 games in ten
years. losing only go, for an average OF
team l5s times for the largest total Of vic
tories by any one team over another. The
next nearest is Cleveland's total NJ I42
have defeated Washington le9 times in ten
years, one game less han the local teams
record over the Mound City t-ibs.
Joe ConlolIy. who was tried out 10y tie
Climbers last Gpring and then sent to the
Bostcn Brnves. reports his broken leg in
perfect condition again. and says that he
will he On the jo5 the moment George stall
ingB gives the word. Connolly oveTSlid u
base In st. Louis last September. breaking
4 bone in his right leg. He mas rested
Il all winter ct his home IN Woonsoc!Ssi,
r l., and an x--ay treatment Z few days
ago disclosed complete recovery.
Looks like tough year says Joe Biz
milgham. manager Of :le Maps. The White
SOx viii have Ed Walsh on the job ami the
Climbers have picked up fine kid Ia shaw.
Joe Wood VIII llsO be arOuud cutting down
tie batters. and lack CoomDs may be hls
old SELF again. But . little slip may put
any out OF IL. See what BIZ StPc-'E
Injury did to US. We'd have won the pcr-
naut but for that. think the Maps will
be In the running. Were going TO fool
the critics this year. anyway. by iambast-
ing the ClImbers."