Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08
BALL
HASH 7 So MUCH
ON FED LEAGUE
hats What Menke Says, and
He Cites List of Players to
Prove Statement.
By Frank G.. Menke.


ATEW YORK, April S.--Clutching
it from the remarks being cast
hither and thither by organ
bed baseball the Federal League is
minor league proposition. But or
ganized basebalFs own little rules
give the Federal League major
league status.
These rules show the difference be-
tween a minor and major league. A
league that has to conform to a sal
airy limit and whose players are sub
ject to draft by teams in another
league is a minor league. A league
that has no salary limit and whose
players are not subject to draft is
major league.
Therefore, the Feds stack up as
major league They pay unlimited
subject to draft.
Il T may be recalled that early in jan
uary when the Feds began to loom
largely on the baseball horizon some
of the magnates of the organized
majors thought that a way to combat
the Feds would be to abolish the draft
#rule, as applied to the Glass "A
teams, let these leagues pay unlimit
ed salaries and thus lift them to the
1najor league classification.
For a time it looked as if the plan
mould go through, but some of the
anaenates Of the majors We're so sure
nat the Feds would blow up before
81 aa 1914 season opened that they
u fought the move a foolish one. Yet,
"a the time, the majority of the mag
Sd ties declared that the players of the
IS "A minors We're of such caliber
81 hat they almost ran as majors and
u aat some Of the best clubs in the
q lass A. minors were far better than
some Of the clubs i'm either the Amer
#can or National League.
TT THEREFORE. il seems as if the or
ganized persons who are calling
the Feds a minor league outfit seem
ITO be fooZing a bit. The Feds, for
8the most part, are made up of players
grabbed from either the majors or
the Class AA minors. With 50 major
leaguers in their ranks and with
practically the rest of their players
Recruited from the Glass IA teams,
hts certain that they take even
higher ranking than do the Glass AA
teams-the very same teams that the
organized majors some months back
Figured on giving a major league
Status.
m listed among the "all- star" com
- binations of pitchers is that of
the Detroit Tigers. Their all-stars
consist of Dauss, Dubuc, Hall. Shop
ard, Cavet, Coveleskie, Williams,
Schultz. Mains, Reynolds, Comstock
and Boehler Maybe they are stars,
To
The clouds that hide them.
The Pittsburg Pirates also boast of
their "all-star" pitching staff Here
IL is: McQuillen. O'Toole Adams,
Harmon. Councilman Delhi, Duffey
and Kantlehner The last four seem
butte unfamiliar to us-perhaps be-
cause we didn't follow the bush
league history very closely last year.
MeQuillen was resurrected from the
minors last season, and Harmon
seems to have seen his very best days.
4 Included in the "all-stars" that the
Phtllies are toting around are Lineup,
Mayer, Marshall, Jacobs Gaddy and
Haislip. If the whole bunch were
placed on the market right now It's
doubtful If they would bring enough
money to buy one good, frst-class
#twirler.
The Pirates had on their catching
staff Messrs. Gibson, Coleman, Ka-
fore. Brannigan and Walt The name
Of Gibson seems quite familiar but
we don't recall having seen the names
OF the other gentlemen in the list of
catching stars.
4 A ND so il is with a large number of
"A the organized major league clubs.
Their catching and pitching STATS are
pretty we'll .cluttered up with I'M
knowns. It's quite likely that some
of these Youngsters will develop into
real hnds-will become known in a
few years as among the greatest stars
Of the game But what's true of or
ganized baseball can be true Just as
well with the Feds They have some
Youngsters on their rosters. Some
may prove to be "bloomers," Others
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