The daily Gate City., 1914-02-08
LEAGUE
IN GOOD SHAPE
No Change in the Circuit Will be
Made is the Announcement
Made After the
Meeting.
CLEVELAND WANTED IN
Teams viii Start South First Week
In March--Wilil
Hold On To
Cole.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
CHICAGO, Feb. AFFAIRS of the
new Federal league are in flourish
seasons are highly encouraging and
there will be no changes in the cir
cult as far as Toronto or any other
club in the league is concerned.
This was the statement issued to-
night by President Gilmore Of the
Eederals following the meeting of
the leagues executive committee
here this afternoon. Gilmore said
the proposition of the Cleveland f.
nanciers to purchase the Toronto
franchise was turned down because
prospects favor a highly successful
season in the Canadian city.
B. NJ. Bramley, the Cleveland con-
tractor who brought to Chicago the
proposition OF Cleveland business
men to purchase Federal franchise.
returned to Cleveland tonight salts
/ fed that there is no chance of OBJ
! tanning Federal bali for the Ohio
metropolis. He said Gilmore con-
/ sluCSu Hill llictI lIC SiuDS ehiC Ia
shape to fight again and that none of
| them are in the market. Players, park
and park equipment were discussed
/. today The magnates of every club
reported that preliminary arrange
ments for ball lots have been COM
i pleted and that the actual purchase
Z OF grounds can probably be reported
at the next committee meeting to be
/ called by President Gilmore. March
I! 1 will be moving day in the league it
4 was decided. February %, forty
members of the Chicago Federals,
4 piloted by Manager Joe Tinker, will
leave for the south to take up head
quarters to be selected by Secre-
tary Williams. The other managers
are expected to gather their squads
and start southwark within week
after that date. No Federal con-
tracts will be considered broken. Gil
more asserted, until March /. If a
player fails to respond to his man
ayers call on that date the league
will take action he said. Gilmore add
ed this applied to king Cole, as vel
as to any other. Gilmore said there
was no discussion among the mag
mates OF the rumor that Tinker ano
: Otto Knabe. manager of the Balti
more club had decided to return II
organized baseball Gilmore said III
+ had Tinker's personal denial of tn'
! rumor and that he did not believe
e Knabe would return to the Phillies.
/ Charles Weeghman of the Cnicag'
a club tonight repudiated publishes
a stories that he advocated the DUSTIN
s OF the Toronto club and said he wa
! much pleased with the outcome o
a this afternoons meeting. He ais
!. shed some light on his plans for tn
Chicago aggregation.
/, Tinker will start for Miners
Springs, February 2s," said Weegi
r. man. He will take forty men wit
!. him. OF these forty we expect to r.
tain twenty-five" Weeghman denie
! Secretary Williams was looking fe
= new training quarters through tn
:, south. He said Williams was mer
:. ny arranging for hotel accommodate
along the F'ederals' training itinerar
: The following magnates attende
= this afternoons meeting: Presider
. Gilmore, Chas. Weeghman, Chicago
- Walter Mullen, Buffalo; Ned Hanlo
ie and Harry Goldman, Baltimore: Ott
. Mullen, Buffalomere IN ddndi nv
% Steifel and Edward Steininger,
10 Louis; c. G. Madison, Kansas CIT,
ls Edward Gates, special counsel, j
u dianapolis and VIM Kerr, Pittsburg
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