Evening star., 1915-02-21
FEDS TO BAR USE
OF EMERY BALL
Deceptive Delivery Will Be
Eliminated From Game
by Independents.
WILL PROVE THE UNDOlNG
OF SOME EFFECTIVE MEN
Gilmore Says It Has Not Been De-
cided Where Kansas City Fran
chise Will Be Placed.
Spellsl Dispatch 10 The star.


CHICAGO. February eo.-No
pitcher for any ma jor league team
will be permitted TO use the
efnery ball next season. 1t was
barred last year i'll the American
and National leagues. and TO-DAY
President Gilmore OF the Federals
announced that the deceptive
shoot must be abandoned in hi,
organization.
Gilmore returned in the morn
ing from an eastern trip and an
hounced that the schedule meet
ing Of the independent league
would be held next Friday in
Buffalo. AS soon as the schedule
has been disposed of the mag
mates will legislate the emery ball
out OF the league. Besides the
club owners all the magnates and
unlpires are ordered to attend the
Buffalo session.
i don't know just how We will
get rid OF the emery ball." said
Gilmore, ''but we will have to fix
up some rule that will bar it and
make it possible ior the umpires
to enforce the order.
1T isn't 4 fair way to pitch and
doesn't belong to the national game. L
realize that it will be hard to detect
when pitcher is using it, but We will
DO the best we can with it,
Delivery Has Helped Pitchers.
BY the use OF the emery ball q lot Of
pitchers, especially in the Federal
League were able TO go through last
season with splendid records 1t WAS
said that Russell Ford. now of the But
faio Feds, was using it for the last
season or two that he was with the
New York Yankees, and that he is the
originator of the method of delivery
He had Il small piece OF emery paper
sewed to the palm of his glove, and
simply rubbed the ball on one spot
With the emery bali ruled out, il Is
likely many pitchers win try to find
some way to use 1t secretly. 1t would
be possible for an infielder to do the
rubbing, then pass the ball to the
pitcher. There is bound TO be a lot of
kicking by the team at bat, because
any time ball is fouled off against
the concrete stand it will have spot
on it that looks as if il might have
been rubbed with emery paper.
IN, Xnrtr far I'm
with Pat Powers, the new Federal
magnate, but the location for the
former Kansas City club has-not 5ct
been selected Powers is expected TO
name the place next week. we have
several sites in view down there, but
the one in Newark looks like a dandy
said Gilmore. we had no meeting
whatever with Frank Farrell and Hill
Devery. and wouldn't take that site oi
theirs on upper Manhattan Island If it
were offered to us. It's too far out.
There is nothing to these reports
from Kansas City that the fellows down
there will keep the club. They for
feited their franchise long ago. They
were supposed to make good with the
financial end of 1t in December. They
were given i lot more time, and finally
February L notified them that II WAS
to be transferred.
League in Good Shape.
feOeCdl ut III uilS
for the coming season. OF course, We
have TO build one new ball park, buc
that doesn't compare to what we had
to do year ago. The season VIII open
in Chicago and indianapolis in the west
and in Baltimore and Brooklyn in the
east if there is no objection to the
schedule drawn up. IL will not be
necessary to play at the new park III
New York or Newark until the Latter
part of April, and it viii be ready
then
Final arrangements for the departure
of the Cubs next Friday night for the
Tam,a training camp were completed
TODAY when Bob Carmichael, the rail
road expert and President Thomas
closed the deal for the transportation
OF the athletes. \ party Of twenty and
possibly more will leave Chicago, iu-
Guiding ten or dozen players. Presi-
dent Thomas and wife, Trainer Hart,
Secretary Cook, the war scribes and 4
few friends.
They will have special cars on the
Seminole Limited, leaving at SID This
viii enable the party to reach Tampa
Sunday evening. and ~ training VIII
begin Monday morning The play
ers who do not report here Will go d.
rect from their homes to the camp.
Those booked for passage from Chi
caeo are Manager Bresnahan, Vic Safer.
"CS... Williams, Bubbles Hargrave,
pete Allison, Earl Tyree, W. E. Schooi.
Russell Robbins, Red" Corriden and
Alex Kluth.