Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-26
PAIR Of PITCHERS
ADDED TO ROSTER
OF NEWFED TEAM
Main and Reulbach Obtained
by Mr.. Powers for Local
Nine.
MAGNATE SINCLAIR NOT
AT THE LEAGUE MEETING
Newark Owner Is Detained in
Kansas City on
Business.
BY j. p. N.

FEDERAL League OF PROFESSIONAL Base
ball Clubs is in session here today at
the Concourse Hotel. Two days of
activities are planned. The most i'm
portant business before the league is
the drafting of the playing schedule.
Two schedules have been arranged
and a choice will be made at its reg
ular session some time this after
noon. The magnates went into execus
tive session at noon, and for an hour
or so previously the club managers
and the umplres discussed various
changes in the rules. Indications are
on April 10 and that the first game in
Newark will be with Brooklyn on
April 20. Every club in the league is
represented by at least two mem
bers, except Newark, whose interests
are being looked after by P. T. Pow
ers. Harry F. Sinclair, Mr.. PowerSs
partner and hacker, will not attend
the meeting. He has been detained in
Kansas City on business.
c.
Mr.. Powers went to bat right on
the reel here today with an import
ant announcement that started the
ball a-rolllng in the gossip league.
The Newark Feds have been award
ed two crack pitchers. Miles Main,
the former Jersey City and Buffalo
International League star. who hur-
died to the Feds from Detroit, will
be one Of George Stovall's twirlers.
Edwin Marvin Ruelbach, formerly
of the Chicago and Brooklyn Ma
tionals, is the other pitcher signed.
Main is well known to Newark fans.
He started out on his march to fans
in Jersey City, and one OF
cialties was beating Newark. Jer-
seg City tr6ds4 aim 20 Buffa,o two
years ago for McCabe and Perry,
outfielders, and q cash bonus Of $500.
The Skeeters priced their twirler
highly, but were in sore straits for
outf1elders at the time and had to
let loose on the big fellow, who was
sought by half dozen clubs.
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With the Buffalo Internationals
Main went along like a wizard and
Detroit grabbed him In 1913. The big
fellow cast his lot with the Inde-
pendent League at the same time that
Roxie Roach, who was his pal at
Jersey City and Buffalo, jumped to
the Independents.
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Big Ed Ruelbach, crack pitcher of
the Chicago Cubs, in the Halcyon
days, when Frank Chances crew
swept everything before them in the
National League and then made a
speciality of trimming Detroit. has
also been awarded to the Newark
Federal League Club. Ruelbach was
signed by the Independent organiza-
ton some time ago. but it was not
until today that Powers gave out the
Official news that big Ed" would
heaye them over for the Newfeds.
Ruelbach is right-rander and q
twirler Of the heady type.
O.
Manager George Stovall, who arrived
here this morning, declared that he
would make an excellent running
mate for Gene Packard, the star
southpaw of the Newfeds. Mr.. Pow
ers has several other important an
nouncements to make, and the fans
of Newark will be in for a series of
treats when P. T. gives out the news
O.
The nagnates were on hand short
ly before noon, and the first step
taken by President Gilmore was the
assembling of his umpires for q
conference. James Johnstone, the Irv-
ington man who is now a member Of
Feds umpire staff, was among those
present
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The Federal League schedule will
be acted upon today, and it is quite
likely that 1t will be adopted without
much ado. The drafts to be present.
ed call for the opening games on Sat
urday, April 10, four days before the
American and National Leagues get
under way.
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Newark is the baby member of the
Federal League and she Is being re-
ceived on all sides with open arms.
Even the magnates who were inclined
to be against the admission Of the
New Jersey metropolis when the sug-
gestion was first made are our warm
est friends.
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President James A. Gilmore is
among the most enthusiastic support
ers of Newark, yet a year or so ago
Mr.. Gilmore couldn't see us with q
spy glass. William f. Robertson, the
Buffalo club owner, Is one of the orig
inal boosters for Newark, and he said
this morning that he felt certain
Newark would prove to ibe among the
best cities In the league. r. B. Ward,
of Brooklyn, who was the first Fed
eral League magnate TO talk over the
acquisition of Newark with Mr.. Pow
ers, is booming our town to a fare
thee-well. The other magnates, who