Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-28
NEN YORK FANS
DISAPPOINTED
IN FED LEAGUE
Gothamites Expected Gilmore 10
Wreck PhilIies and Cubs and
Give McGraw Another Flag.
By Damon Runyon.

BY Damon hllnVOH,
NEW YORK. Jan. est appears
~ that those Federal Leaguers
have been holding out a lot OF
false promises to the baseball fans
Of this n-Federalized island. They
are not going to be the help to the
New York Giants that everybody
hereabout anticipated In fact. II they
are going to persist in their discriru-
inatory methods OF keeping off Ger
tain OF our noble athletes, they VIII
soon be regarded as a hindrance.
A committee was being formed by
local fans 10 steam down the bay to
meet the Mauritania along about
March s, and formally present John
]. McGraw with the National League
pennant for the season OF 1914, per
courtesy OF James Gilmore, Esq, and
The Federal League. These plans VIII
now have to be revised, and John
McGraw may have to fight for the
pennant as usual
When the Feds first broke out they
announced that they had signed
Mowrey, OF the Pirates, and divers
and sundry members OF the Cubs, 10
say nothing Of Otto Knabe and young
Messrs. Brennan and Killifer, or tho
phils, all Of which was good news to
the Giant fans The Giants, Cubs,
Pirates and pills are regarded as the
pernant possibilities next season, and
With the men named in the clutches
Of the Federals and McGraw's cluD
intact. the prophets felt called upon
to open up a line Of prophecy a lttt'e
ahead OF time
GORGE STALLINGS found him
NJ self coming IA for a bit OF pub
Rcity as the only man with a chance
to head off the demon Polo Ground
ers. all OF which was doubtless quite
surprising TO George. Brooklyn was
out of the race, because Brooklyn had
LOST Tinker True, Brooklyn never
had Tinker for more than few MIN
Utes. hut that was long enough Tor
Your Uncle Wilbert Robinson 20 com
menee thinking about a worlds Sc
rles in Flatbush. Now Tinker was
gone
Cincinnati was never conceded
chance. because It is Cincinnati, and
as for the ST, Louis Cardinals-woI,
had they not lost Cozy Dolan? They
had not. Therefore, the Giants would
win in a Chief Meyers walk, which
IL very slow and leisurely move
ment OF the legs.
Now the dream has been dispelled.
II MowreV can win a pennant for the
Pirates. the Giants assuredly deserve
to lose Brennan and Killlfer have
been replevincd by the Pills, and the
Cubs will be lust the same, and Just
as noisy as ever. Otto knabe WIZ
he the only man OF any importance
missing from the Phil lineup and that
statement goes even II the Feus re-
cover Brennan and Killifer In me
courts, so II looks IKE announcer ions'
nard summer for the Giants
NfsCRAw will start the season of
vi 1914 with his old inheld, and
with added strength in the outheld'
He will have the same battery
strength. at least, with perhaps some
additions to his pitching star, ana
all these men, with few exceptions
are men in their baseball prime. Inc
slip backward will undoubtedly come
with some in the very near future, but
meantime the Giant leader should
have a better club than at any time
during the past three years
II is estimated that Mr.. McGraw
and Mr.. Callahan. his accomplice In
the trim around the world are re-
sponsible for the telegraph compa-
nies losing several thousands OF dol.
lars in tolls this season by taking All
those noble athletes with them nj
Larry Doyle and Hans Lohert and
Mjcke noolan and such were in TINS
country the correspondents could
have sent out a lot more Items about
being offered Jobs with the Federal
League.
THE laugh that has gone up over
the suuawk emitted by Ban
Johnson is perhaps the loudest laugh
of the year l9l4 to date, January J,
inclusive, and many fans are hop
ing the Feds will now sign Ty Cobb
or Iris Speaker. or some regular bali
player. Just to hear Ban holler again,
and get another laugh.
Ban is getting old and fattishlike
and no longer yearns for the fray.
Otherwise he would probably be out
hacking at all the exposed parts OF
the Federal League instead OF lust
refusing 10 speak to ball players. Ban
used to be fighter, but now he sits
and pounds his desk with his fist and
makes conversation.
9 o far the Feds have really in
- fiiCted no very damaging blow
on. organized baseball IN the matter
Of securing players. with the pos
slble exception Of Tinker and kuabe
and the Philadelphia management
claims IL told Knahe 10 so ahead and
dicker with the Feds.
The outlaws viii have 70 produce
that list OF 1--WE big leaguors to a
club before the fans will take them
very seriously Il depends some
what on the FIVE big leaguers to a
club. at that II the Feds can really
get that many basebalers away from
the National and American Leagues.
however, Il will be quite a wallop
And the noise from r 3 Johnson
viii probably be nothing short OF