El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-23

TEW YORK, Oct 25--James A. Gll-
M more president Of the Federal
= league. charges to organized
] baseball politics rumors that have been
/ circulated lately intimating a great de-
I sire for peace on the part Of the indie
pendent magnates- Gilmore declares
I that this unfounded gossip was fathered
might have in keeping loyal the forces
Z Of organized baseball.
The Federal league club owners who
went TO Philadelphia and Boston" Gil
more said, were not chasing any Off
| cial of organized baseball They
wanted 10 see the games. and being
broad enough TO recognize the fact that
the national sport may be legally
Z played by other than Federal league
teams, were there as fans TO see the ex-
Z hibitiOns.
The object Of raising the peace cry
4 and picturing the Federals as groggy
at this time is apparent Many players
who were in organized baseball this
season have not signed for 1916. One
OF the really ridiculous o fthe many un-
true stories recently put into circula-
tiOn is that i'm which the Federal league
is charged with seeking an agreement
with organized baseball regarding a
salary limit for players The Federal
league is not throwing away any Of its
legitimate weapons out Of respect TO
any magnates who have been hit
whatever available players the club
owners decide at the annual meeting Of
the Federal league 70 be needed viii be
sought without regard TO expense
Good ball players who are in a position
10 accept the best offers for their ser
vices viii be better paid than ever next
season or it will be their own fault
Feds Are stiu Strong.
Players who were bIuffed into sign
ing with organized baseball last fall by
the same methods which their employ
ers are now trying 10 make effective
can measure the latest political move
along the proper dimensions. The minor
league club owners who swallowed
a dose OF the peace medicine last
fall just prior TO their annual meeting
and bravely stuckstO the old guard as
a result probably do not now actually
believe that the Federal league club
owners are tuggiug at the coat tails Of
any Of the powers in organized baseball
and begging for mercy. Every club
owner in the major leagues of organized
baseball knows differently.
I'm the closing weeks Of the season
il was plain TO an overwhelming major
ity OF the fans of Chicago. ST. Louis
and Pittsburg that the Federal league
is better equipped with snappy. aEEres-
sive young players Of major league
calioer than either Of its older rivals.
Despite the organized efforts 10 offset
the attractiveness OF the Whales as
drawing cards in Chicago by taking the
best players from teams in cities where
there was no Federal league opposition
and putting them in Chicago. the
Whales eventually win and now hold
first place in Chicago fandOm as well
as in-the Federal league race. In be
half Of manager Joe Tinker the Federal
league claims the worlds baseball
championship for the Whales. their
challenge having been ignored by pen
nant winners in the other major
leagues
Preparing For New York.
"The success OF western teams i'm the
Federal league in gaining public favor
can be accounted for by the fact that
winning ball Of major league quality
was played at popular prices" con-
tinued Gilmore. The same Combina-
tiOn viii win the fans Of New York.
Plans for stands seating $4,000 persons
are now being worked on by architects
here and I hope 10 be able to give out
all details regarding the New York
Federals stadium within n few weeks.
There will be 10-cent bleachers. quarter
seats in covered paVilious, and grand
stand seats for half a dollar.
WIN POPulRrize Game.
I'm the campaign TO check the Fed
erals entrance into New York the most
interesting bit Of Information I have
read is that i'm which the baseball fans /
OF this city are put down as unalter- :
ably opposed TO patronizinE anything Z
that is popular priced. With only club .
owners i'm organized baseball TO gage J
public wishes OF supply the fans 10 has :
been possible to maintain monopoly I
prices I'm the past when one of the firm I
stimulated interests by providing q Z
winner at the Polo grounds Fans
didn't flock there this year to con
tribute high prices for inferior base
ball Opposition viii change the or
Gauized baseball idea of the fans being /