El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-24

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M more president Of the Federal
! = league. charges to organized
I baseball politics rumors that have been
! circulated lately intimating great de-
! sire for peace on the part OF the indie
| that this unfounded gossip was fathered
I by the opposition for the effect il
might have in keeping loyal the forces
[ 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 to see the games, and being
| broad enough to recognize the fact that
/ the national sport may be legally
played by other than Federal league
4 teams, were there as fans to see the eN-
hibitiOns-
The object OF raising the peace CRY
and picturing the Federals as Eroggy
at this time is apparent Many players
who were in organized baseball this
season have not signed for 1916. one
Of the really ridiculous fthe many un-
true stories recently put into circula-
ton is that in which the Federal league
is charged with seeking an agreement
with organized baseball regarding a
salary limit Tor 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 TO be needed viii be
sought without regard TO expense
Good ball players who are in a position
TO accept the best offers for their ser
vices VIII be better paid than ever next
season or it viii be their own fault.
Feds Are still Strong.
Players who were bluffed into sign
ing with organized baseball last fall by
the same methods which their employ
ers are now trying TO 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
fail just prior to their annual meeting
and bravely stuck TO the old guard as
believe that the Federal league club
owners are Juggling 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.
IN the closing weeks of the season
il was plain TO an overwhelming major
ity OF the fans Of Chicago. St Louis
and Pittshurg that the Federal league
is better equipped with snappy. agEres-
siye young players OF major league
CALDER than either OF its older rivals.
Despite the organized efforts to offset
the attractiveuess 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 wen
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 in the
Federal league in gaining public favor
can be accounted for by the fact that
winning bah Of major league quality
was played at popular prices" con-
tinued Gilmore The same combina-
ton viii win the fans OF New York
Plans for stands seating $4,000 persons
are now being worked on by architects
here and 7 hope 10 be able to give out
all details regarding the New York
Federals stadium within a few weeks
There viii be 1O-cent bleachers. quarte- (
seats in covered pavilions. and grand
stand seats for half a dollar
WIN PopulariEe Game
I'm the campaign TO check the Fed
erals entrance into New York the most .
interesting bit OF Information I have i
read is that in which the baseball fans I
Of this city are put down as unalter-
ably opposed TO patronizing anything I
that is popular priced With only club !
owners i'm organized baseball 90 gage J
public wishes OF supply the fans it has
been possible to maintain monopoly 1
prices In the past when one Of the firm
stimulated interests by providing a
winner at the Polo grounds. Fans
didn't flock there this year TO con-
tribute high prices for inferior Ease
ball Opposition viii change the or
ganized baseball idea Of the fans being