New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-17
PEACE ISLAST
THING FEDERAL
LEAGUE SEEKS
Gilmore Says Indepen-
dents Are Well Able to
Meet Opposition.

The Federal League is not seeking
peace. according 20 a statement made
Yesterday by James A. Gilmore. presi-
dent Of the independents. Mr. Gilmore
asserts that the Western clubs IN his
circuit, all of which were up in the
pennant race, were well supported by
the fans in Pittsburgh, Chicago, 81.
Louis and Kansas City, and that the
league still = ready 20 pay high sa!a-
ries 20 high class players
The New York Federals will play IN
a stadium that will seat $1,000 persons,
according 20 Mr. Gilmore, and the
prices viii range from 10 cents In the
bleachers 70 80 cents in the grand
stand.
The Federal League club owners
who went 20 Philadelphia and Boston,
explained Mr.. Gilmore, were not chas-
ing any officials of organized baseball.
We wanted 70 see the games, and,
being broad enough 10 recognize the
fact that the national sport may be
legally played by other than Federal
League teams. we were there as fans
20 see the exhibitions.
THE object of raising the peace cry
and picturing the Federals as groggy
at this time ia apparent. Many play
era who were in organized baseball this
season have not signed for 1915. One
OF the many untrue stories recently
put into circulation by organized base
ball or It's agents is that in which tho
Federal League is charged with seek
ing an agreement with organized base
ball regarding a salary limit for play
ers. IL is not based even on the fimsi-
est suggestion OF fact.
Because the Federal League has
made astonishing Roadway it Is not
throwing away any Of its legitimate
weapons out OF respect 70 any o. Is.
magnates who have been hit. Whatever
available players the club owners de-
eide at the meeting OF the Federal
League to be needed will be sought
without regard 10 expense. Good ball
players who are in a position 20 accept
the best offers for their services will
be better paid than ever next season,
or IL will be their own fault.
"Players who were b,uffed into sign
ing with o. b. last fall by the same
methods which their employers are now
trying 20 make effective can measure
this latest political move in its proper
dimensions. The minor league club
owners who swallowed dose OF the
peace medicine last fall just prior 20
their annual meeting. and bravely
stuck TO the old guard as a result,
probably do not now actually 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.
an the closing weeks Of the season
II was made plain 20 an overwhelming
majority OF the fans in Chicago. 81.
Louis and Pittsburgh that the Feders
League is better equipped with snappy.
aggressive young players OF major
league calibre than either Of its older
rivals. Despite the organized efforts
to 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 won
and now hold first place with Chicago
fandom. In behalf of Manager Joe
| Tinker, the Federal League claims .he
worlds baseball championship for the
Whales. their challenge having been
/ ignored by the pcnnant winners in the
other major leagues.
an St. Louis. whose two teams in
organized baseball staged series adj
vertised as for the city championship.
a majority of the fans registered their
disgust with such unsportsmanlike
tactics BY remaining away from the
games. which were put up in double
header fashion. in a desperate attempt
to arouse interest. Editorially. the
idea of two teams. inferior in playing
strength TO Fielder Jones's combina-
ton. trying to foist on the public a
city championship series was ridI-
culed in st. Louis.
, "Tne success Of Western teams in
the Federal League in gaining public
favor can be accounted for by the fac,
that winning ball Of major league quail
ity was played at popular prices. The
same combination will win the Fans Of
New York. Plans for stands seating
$4,000 persons are now being worked
on by architects here. and hope 20 be
able TO give out details regarding the
New York Federals' stadium within a
few weeks. There will be 10-cent
bleachers. quarter seats in covered pa
vilions and grandstand seats for half a
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