El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-01

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"A joke" declares the Standard dictiOn-
arv ''is something said OF done for the
purpose of creating a laugh. often at the
expense of some certain person or thing
Not that we are declaring that the Fed
eraI IeagtEs was created simply for the pur-
pose OF providing the public with huge
giggle at the expense of organized Dasen ,
there we're some serious money LlahlHs
motives behind it. But just the same the
Federal league has OccasiOned the public
few hearty ha-ha's at the general direction
The funniest part Of the joke is that
for a long time the organized people
my. how they did laugh All day they guf-
fawed, and then they'd wake up during the
night to let loose a crowd Of giggles
How the Joke Reacts.
But theirs was a case very much like that
Of the whale that swallowed Jonah. The
whale thought it would be a good joke on
Jonah to engulf him. And he did. For
short period after Jonah first found lodg-
ment In his tumTny, the whale laughed IN
glee. 1t was such q joke But aIteT a
time the joke reacted Jonah began Kicking
and scuffling around in the whales interior,
and the first thing the whale knew was
that he had a terrible case of dyspepsia
and indigestion. The longer Jonah remained,
the worse became the ailmenL And 50,
the only means Of getting relief, the
whale ridded himself Of Jonah
The organized people at Ilrsu Ihoughl
the existence Of the Federal league was a
joke. They laughed But after while
they didn't laugh quite so much-Or 50
gIeefulIy. Something seemed amiss. The
joke wasn't turning out as funny as some
Jokes ought to- And the first thing organ
lied baseball knew was that the constant
heckIing Of the Feds had given it a rather
sicl1ish feeling amidships-
Would Like to Laugh, But Can't.
The Federal league no longer is a joke
as far the organized people are con-
cerned. They'd still like to laugh-but they
can't. The joke has gone too far Who
can laugh, when it is discovered that the
Joke. instead Of being on the other fellow.
is really on yourself? It makes a fellow
feel rather foolish quite embarrassed and
not one bit like laughing
Some months baCk-NOvember to be
eXact-it was declared that If the Federals
had a big enough bankrou back Of them,
and got the right kind of leader. they would
make organized baseball sit up and take
q large amount OF notice. At that time the
fdea was generally pOOh-poOhed- quite
ridiculous and silly" declared many But
it wasn't, as present day events show
And so, encouraged. and despite the fact
that this happens to he April FOOLS day.
we venture another prediction And that is
that before this time in 1915. the Federal
league will be part and parcel Of organized
baseball. And they'll join. not because
they asked to get in. but because organ
lied baseball sent them an urgent invita-
Baseball Warfare Not Healthy.
As previously explained. baseball warfare
isn't very healthy for the magnate's peck
etboOk- Warfare aids no one but the player.
It fatJens his bank account quite consider
ably. but drains that of the magnate. And
the drain idea isn't exactly pleasing 20 the
maenate
Right now we believe there are at least
eight of the 16 organized baseball magnates
who would vote to take the FederaIs with
out being CoaXed too hard. But the other
what the Feds will do this season. They
believe the Feds viii fail. II the Feds don't
fail. and show up rather strong at the end
of the season. the anu-peace crowd most
likely will join the others And the olive
branch will be extended.
The Feds cannot be expected to make