El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-17

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x tain persons closely connected
N with Federal league affairs be
Heve Jim Gilmore and his associates
are running a strong bluff when they
declare they will conduct the league
as an independent organization for
another season and are not making
Overtures for peace
These persons believe the Federals
are doing everything in their power
TO bring about a settlement and that
by the middle Of the winter certain
National league clubs will be sold TO
the rich men Of the Independent orga-
niZatiOn and there viii be no third
circuit for the 1916 campaign
When the Kansas City franchise
was declared forfeited. local men in
terested paid little attention to the
action OF the magnates. Gilmore said
the club would be placed in New York
and a park purchased there This
caused no comment Local men be
lieve peace in baseball is very near
and that the Federals viii not be in
existence another year They know
that the league has three franchises
TO take care Of. Theother two are
Buffalo and Baltimore II the rich
men of the organization can be. taken
care Of in the National. il viii not be
necessary to nave a third league ana
a continuation Of the baseball strife
In fact, it would be fOolhardy 10 con-
tinue losing money as they have been
for the past two years
Naturally, If the veteran majors be
lieved the Federals would not start,
anyway. they would have no reason
for selling to the wealthy men Of the
organization. So Gilmore is trying TO
make O. b. believe that the Federals
Will so on with the fight in order TO
force sales Possibly they viii, but
it doesn't look that way right now
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rangements for peace can be made
II Gilmore does have any trouble
making O. B. believe he can promote
because Of the same old mistake he has
always made-that Of allowing the
opposition to become acquainted with
his plans before he can execute them
Weeks ago O. =. men knew that the
Kansas City and Buffalo franchises
would be thrown back on the league.
They knew that the Federals had had
bad year financially Had Gilmore
kept quiet about forfeiture Of the
franchises until his wealthy associates
could have made purchases it might
have been better for them Owners
of National league clubs might have
thought that the Federal was intact
and willing 10 go on for another sea
son as 1t was
The Fed" magnates are holding
daily confabs with club owners OF the
National league Deals for the trans
fer OF teams can be expected most any
time and again they may hold off half
of the winter and allow Gilmore in
the meantime 70 do lot Of loud talk
ing about what he intends 10 do for
1916 He makes a good press agent
and his associates let him talk as
much as he likes.
It appears that no one magnate Of
the new league will buy a National
league club unless his three or four
associates also can make deals so that
there viii be no one left 10 pay the
freight for the Federals. surely the
Fed" moguls do not want to 90 into
the National If they are going to have
the same opposition they have given
the others No one can make money
under such conditions and it doesn't
pay.
Gilmore never did care anything
about Kansas City. A year ago he
attempted to forfeit the franchise. He
said the team would go TO Newark.
But about that time Conrad Mann, u.
J. Haff and a few other local profess
siOnal and business men became in
terested. They decided to keep the
team and before they were through
with Fighting Jim" he was trimmed
good and he was very glad to allow
the Kansas City franchise TO remain
righ here where IL belonged He man
aged TO satisfy his new angel" Mr..
Harry T. Sinclair, by giving him the