Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-23
Gilmore Says His League Has Made
No Move to Meet Organized Ball.

Organized baseball politics and not
prospects of peace has brought un-
founded reports of the Federal
leagues immediate ambitions before
the fans, according to statement
recently by James A. Gilmore. The
president of the Independent circuit
declared that no move direct or other
wise had been made by the Federal
league or its authorized representa-
tives along peace lines.
The Federal league club owners
who went to Philadelphia and Isos-
ton" explained Mr.. Gilmore. were
not chasing any officials of organized
baseball" We 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 teams we were
there as fans to see the games.
THE object of raising the peace cry
and picturing the Federals as groggy
at this time is apparent. Many play
ers who were in organized baseball
this season have not signed for 1915.
One of the most ridiculous of the
many untrue stories recently put ipto
circulation is that in which the Fed
eral league is charged with seeking
an agreement with organized baseball
regarding a salary limit for PLAYERS
Because the Federal league has
made astonishing Roadway it is not
throwing away any of its legitimate
weapons out of respect to any q. B.
maSnates who have been hit What
ever available players the club own
ers decide at the annual meeting Of
the Federal league to be needed will
be sought without regard to expense.
Good ball players who are in a posi-
ton to accept the best offers for their
services will be better paid than ever
next season or it will be their own
fault
Players who were bluffed into sign
ing with o. B. last fall by the same
methods which their Employers are
now trying to make effective can
measure this latest political move
along its proper dimensions. Tie
minor league club owners who swal-
lowed dose of the peace medicine
last fall just prior to their annual
meeting and bravaly stuck 20 the old
guard as result probably do not now
actually believe that the Federal
league club owners are Juggling at the
coattails of any of the powers in or
ganized baseball and begging for mer-
cy. Every club owner in the major
leagues of organized baseball knows
differently.
In the closing weeks of the sea
son 1t was made plain to fans of Chi
cago. St. Louis and PITTSBURGH that
the Federal league il better e1uipped
with snappy, aggressive young players
OF major league calibre than either OF
its older rivals. Despite the organiz-
/ ed 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 opposition and putting them In
Chicago, the Whales eventually won
and now hold first place in Chicagc
random as well as in the Fedora
league race. In behalf of Manager JOG
| Tinker the Federal league claims the
worlds baseball championship for the
| Whales, their challenge having beer
ignored by pennant winners in the
other major leagues.
In st. Louis, whose two teams in
organized baseball sstaged a seri,
advertised as for the city champion.
ship, majority of the fans reets,er.
ed their disgust with such unsports.
manlfke tactics by staying away from
the games, which were put up in dou.
bic header fashion in an attempt tr
1 arouse interest.
The success of Western teams "
the Federal league in gaining publ,
favor be accounted for by the fac
that winning ball Of major leaRn,
duality was played at popular prices
The same combination win win tn,
fans Of New York. Plans for stands
4 seating $4,000 persons are now beinf
worked on by architects here, and
hope to be able to give out all detail,
regaring the New York Federals
ststadium within a few weeks Their,
| Will be ten cent bleachers, tluarte
seats in covered pavilions and grand
stand seats for half a dollar
with only club owners in ORGANIZED
baseball to gague public wishes O.