New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-04
Have Acquired Many Good
Players During the
Past Winter.
MAGEE OF TIP TOPS
ONLY NEW MANAGER
Brooklyn Club Has One OF, II
Not the Best, OutfieldS in
the New League.

Kansas City and 81. Louis in Chicago.
the second season of the Federal
League will begin on Saturday.
Since the close Of the 1914 campaign
the Federals have recruited Lee Magee,
Ed Konetchy, Jack Dalton, Marty Berg
hammer, chief" Bender, Leslie Mann
Eddie Plank, Charlie Deal, Frank Allen,
Miles Main, Pat O'Conn)r, Jimmy kel-
lev and others listed for service with
organized baseball, including Howard
Ehmke, a youthful pitching star VINO
was headed for Washington; Ernie
johnson and Babe" BOrton, Coast
League infielders, who were on the way
10 clubs in the older circuits BIZ Up,
nam and Clinton Rogge, international
League twirlers whose 1914 acnleVe-
ments entitled them 90 go up ana
score Of college players and erstwhlIe
minor leaguers who have shown ehoue"
baseball ability in the training camps
20 earn them rating among the future
stars of the RAPIDLY developing Feds
Disnuted PLAYERS whose addresses
NAV be determined by court decisions
are not included in the Strengthening
testimony given yesterday at the East
ern office Of the independent league
Far of the participants in the last
worlds series are with the fedeIa'
League clubs. Leslie Mann and Charlie
Deal. of the Braves, being Chicago ana
St. Louis players, respective y. "Chlei
Render and Eddie Plank, Of the Attn
letics, the leading right and left hand
ers Of the Mackian forces OF past sea
sons. are with the Baltimore ana 81
Louis Federals, respectively.
Some distinct move or moves leaving
no question Of doubt regarding I'M
provement in the playing strength mas
been made by each club manager IN the
independent circuit, excepting 1ne
Champions The transfer or the IN
dianapoIs franchise TO Newark and the
ale of Bennie Kauff to the Brookteds
40 not give Bill Phillips a cocksure
remnant winner for 1915, and pe1ofe
hose deals had been recorded every
other club had been strengthened
Ice Mcgee, of Brooklyn. Is the only
row manager i'm the circuit. ne lot
roer star Of the Cardinals has brought
IDEAS and cnthuSiaSms into the tram
ing at Browns Wells, Miss.
Trades and purchases have 6rouenI
Il splendid backstop to the TIP Tops IN
Mike Simon, last year with lhT o.
Louis Feds. and the champion 9aIsI
man and baserunner OF the feuTI"'
LEAGUE. in Bennie kauf. william Up
IAN, the Iron Man" Of the lnterna-
tional League. with Rochester last sea
son. has given ste9diness and power TO
an ALREADY strong Pitching stall, when
includes Tom SeatOn. Ed LATTE, Joe
Finneran. Jim Blueiacket, byron
Uouck Bill Chappelle, Rude SommerS'
Don Marion, Fiunis Wilson and Bert
The outfeld is one of the best in
nv league Jennie Kauf, Steve Evans
and George Anderson, with CIauue
Cooper. the veteran Danny Murphy ana
others i'm reserve. kauit led the feu-
eral Leayue last season with Dalllhg
average Of $3.50 and also topped base
runners with seventy-five steals. Steve
Evans finished lust behind the cham
pion batsman last season WIN 900
Anderson, a brilliant youngster from
Wilkes-Barre. Of the New York state
League. finished with an average oil
21O in his first season against major
league pitching.
Although the infeld is a bit below
tho standard of the ou,held, the pres
ence of Magee and the spirit which ne
has made a big factor IN the Brook-
feds preliminary training may count
Tor something substantial in the IN
aeld. even without the aid OF players
Low being sought e..
One Of the important new acqulS'-
tions i'm the Buffalo team that will face
the Tin Tops in the opening game at
Washington Park is Jack Dalton, erst-
while OF the Superbas. Dalton was ued
with Wheat for third place among the
National League regulars last season
with an average Of .3l9. Cy Marshall,
last season with the Philhes, is new
ritcher with the Bufeds and among
the minor league finds Howard Ehmke,
last wear with Los Angeles, of the
Coast League, stands out as splendid
pitching prospect. The youngster was
bought by Washington after he had
won nine straight games IN has FIRST
season as n professional.
Hal Chase, Russell Ford, who led Fed
eral League pitchers in effectiveness
last season; Hugh Bedient, pitching
hero in the Red Sox worlds series tri-
umph over the Giants in 1912; Clyde
Engle and other erstwhile stars OF
20 b." are surrounded by energetic
youngsters whom Harry SchlaAy has
seasoned to the proper point Tor star
ring.
Natural rivalry between Newark and
Baltimore assures an imense throng
for the opening game in Baltimore
All reserved seats and most Of the gen
eral admission tickets were disposed OF
before the opening date had been made
public. Two new players have given
the third place Terrapins of last sea
son basis for pennant hopes. "Chiet
Bender rounds out a pitching stan that
includes Jack Quinn, George Suggs
Bill Bailey and wonderful youngSter
I'M "Snipc" Conley, who had his first
bic league test last season. Frank
Owens holsters the backstoppinG de-
partmert. a weak point last season.
Bill Phillips, Of Newark, has "a fine
" drilled team, in which good pitch
inr bv Fred Falkenberg, Earl Moseiey
and other regulars is backed up by a
sterling defence. Phillips insists that
Ia Roush, an Outfelder, who is APP
preaching his twcnty-second birthday
is on a par with the greatest IN the
game. Roush is a left-handed throw
or and hitter, who registered .S33 IN
his first season out last year, and but
for the presence of the brilliant Kauif
would have stood out more prominently
os a star. Eight pitchers who are IN
copdition 20 co the full route have been
reported by "Whoa Bill" Phillips after
taking account Of stock at Naldosta,
Ca, where the Peppers have worked
ont.
Arrangements have been made foT
onening day ceremonies in Chicago
.urnassing in splendor any others IN
the Federal League Charles II. WEIGH
ram president Of the Whales, an
,ouncos u street parade in which more
+ban five hundred automobiles VIII be
decorated as one Of the features.
Threo bands have been engaged, and
charlie Williams, club secretary, eN-
nects crowd of 10000 persons when
- Iouis appears as the opponents on