The chronicle=news., 1914-01-20

4 nlaun5hle argumeHt-so piaurf
BILE that ~ organizes crowd Is us
ing il Today jnA as IL did 'hiries"
years axo.
Jusl s,out ,hat time came the e.
Fort that Jerry NOIs. ths DFo"kiS"
pitcher had jumped to the iiaiitFnore
American league team. Al first II
vas no; eseAiisd-ss was the ease
shss Joe Tinker sni Miner Gro~'n
jumped 10 the Fsdssris. When the
rsrost ~ps verified ihs 'NAii.nsl
issssess made iiRhl of the fact
wp~s sps,kinx Tor publication.
w. aoa'u care they saii. ''Noiss
Is ss0s,d through as II pitcher. aaY-
way. sad ~. can get along Ssrs Hsii
without him. wha, u few OTTER
fellows jump. THAT wont hurt hs,
We res vasihss IN. siosm. The
American ieas-i- can't snersei. ah1
ila-s niayers who jump 10 ihai
league viii never get another joh Ia
tie Nsttaasi t~aEue-
Thsl sssnnas familiar, loo 'io~zn't
il.
When tho American isaen. first
declared war in 1901. u realized. ~
eo-s lhe Federal league to-day. tha,
IN sA.ss~.i il ssi Su;y Iaust develop
its o~n starr. bas musa secure soa.e
at the bis IRA siaE card Of the rival
cSssni1ssion. AMI. jnss ~ III. red
-rsi. ar doing ssdas. the an.sri.sas
s~si asea,. hiin~r a-a ,hiih~- in at
ismrss lure PLAYERS Ia their r..;.s-
su-s sss aian't in.tnrftai-i. .saaa
their efforts. rn- players ~ss- as
sk.psi-ni al tho Americas league III
1901. ss ,n.s ar ~ 'hs fs-'rfai
i~Asus to-day
The ria,~ss. az enars~. vsr- p~s-
sAssiy ~iiiiaE to jump " thss ~.sr.
sure ,h~y would s~t their salaries
srsuiAris The American i-ssas.
s~tsias aa ~Ssmri~ for ia~ frarrsl
league. guaranteed sh~ salaries al
sa~ first os.s IN Jump and sisnrd
tho pi,y~ss ap on ihr~e-fear AMI
five yras contracts,
Ts~ trapinS art al the first i"H
Eiaysrs sho left the Sssirssi for ihel
Amgsi.aa issEr~ didn't tafinenr~'
other National isssas ris:rfs soi
iamP-aos ssRbi away. After Nos.s
junp~d oac OF suo oshsss follower
hi. -ssms,-. Th~a shcs- ~sa . tut
IN lh~ i.apfs-s bus,ness. Iris rans-
I'd tho Nsstossi i~ssu~ 70 asASss that
sh~ American i.ssas ssa about shot
,ss holt
Hoan1s .ise something ~e'se'
heard saiss r~r-aiis. ao~~s't Ms
You reacahss whAs happ~s.sd
cost yoa: 4 aaoss siAe bssarr SasI
1891 rlssi Ing seasoa opes~r. f.sseI
cr~s, shostssop AZ the isrooklsa
tom. saaoaaesd oac suashin, moss.
iss that he hsa received . mighty
fia~ ottrf from lac Americans aas 4.
had sisa~d = i'aii~<i~iphia American
!sasue eoaissrs.
isai csea this at:n't disturb sac
surface roafidca.e ot the Nask mel
seasu~ss that tue Aarriean league
Wss about shroush-shst u s"r-is !
~as doo:ncd To hsakruptS,.
''TAese Americas league people /,
ere crazy" decisrrd the Saiionsii
league Rosnis si ihat time. They areI
-, lag anhcsr,i-ot salaries In play
crs. They'll Ro broke tho first wear.
Thsy eaat R~s tho puhlss's SUPPORT.
We',c xut Il. and Nc arr xoinf :oi
hold II. without patronage. shcs
unsi fail -aaa they Will. Ever,
sih,- those Am ,rican ieaxicr, take!
y player from us aud nay him NOR.
money that ats 3"ss as smother nail
IN tho American league Coffir.''
- I.tsscls familiar. docsn't III
ONc an,usinR little incident en-
Rased oIr attention while doinx the
jscr,isinx act. We rncountCr~d aa
Interview under thu tsatc ot NHreA
is. 1901. which was crcdiscsi In Nod
iianion. then manager of tho Hroos-
lrn team. iianion. in part. .aia:
How can tho American ieasu..
expect 10 win. II Il had known
mors aoott tho baseball business IL
never would nave entered It. i's
easy enough to figure outp rofiis on
paper. but tho American league soon
will know better
Toe amusing part is tho, the very
same Hanion VINO thought there vas
no chance for a second league now
is one Of the leaders In the third
tho Federal league.
l,,st now cyerN ho,Iy Ia Of thcil