The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-14
.GILMOREFO
MAGNATES TO AID
INTERNATIONALS
He Has Unconsciously Made
American and National
Come to Assistance.
.SHRIEKED FOR HELP
Big Circuit Moguls We're Having
Troubles Of Their Own-Clubs
on Market.
SHRIEKED FOR HELP

New York. Feb 13.-Jimmy Gilmore
proxy for the Federal League. seems
to have unconsciously forced the lead
ers Of the American and National leagues
70 go~to the assistance Of the Laundering
international League.
The International was dealt an awful
wallop in 1914 by the Feds who invaded
Buffalo and Baltimore territory. Those
two towns formerly were International
stronghoids- The Feds grabbed or prac-
tically all the Baltimore patronage and
the bulk of ii in Buffalo
The terrific losses sustained by
several Of the international League
clubs in 1914 and the gloomy outlook for
lSl5 caused the international League
magnates to shrek for help from the
big fellows who had agreed to help them
whenever help was needed.
But the Internationals shrieked for a
long time in vain. American and Ma
tional League folks were having troubles
Of their own. They didn't care about
having anybody eIse's troubles. much
less getting mixed up in them
Fighting own Battle.
They were too busy fighting their own
battles to give the little fellows a bit
of help.
Very soon rumors began floating
around that the International League
AON Opch III A9l1 was Wills
pered that some of the international
magnates, deserted by their big league
brethren, were reduced to the point
of despair. They had lost in the 1914
battle with the Feds at a time when
the Feds were comparatively weak
With the Feds stronger than ever in
1915 ii looked like a certain losing
proposition for the International
Some of the international League
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clubs on the market, offering them
for sale at bargain prices, But no
one came forth who wanted to buy.
and that made the international mag
mates more panicky than ever.
Let IL sink.
The big league magnares paid bur
scant attention to the International
League plight at first. That was the
International Leagues own business.
II the international League couldn't
swim II could sink The American
and National League magnates had
no oars to lend. They needed all
they had.
Oh. yes. now that you mention II
the big league magnates under the
provisions of the national agreement,
were bound to help the little fellows
in times of trouble. but that agree
ment was made in times OF peace. Its
easy to make such an agreement at
such a time. But keeping that agree
ment in time OF war-oh, that's some
thing else.
Just when the International Leazuers
were enshrouded In deepest gloom. Jimmy
Gilmore burst into the public prints with
a few words that acted like magic for
the Internatfonals. Jimmy said he was
figuring on forming a minor league in
the East Presto! The aid that the In
ternational had begged for 50 long and
so vainly from the American and Ma
tional leagues was forthcoming.
Gilmore Comes East.
Gilmore's announcement, and his trip
East in keeping with the announced
plans, awakened the National and Amer
lean leagues to the new peril If they
didn't give immediate help to the Inter
national League II might go out of bust
ness and leave rich. unfortified field
in which Gilmore could plant q high
class minor league.
The big leagues in organized baseball
realized that II the International League
quit business II would leave six big cities
without baseball representa- ton: Newark,
N. J., Jersey City. N. J., Providence, r.
l. Montreal Quebec, Toronto, Ontario,
and Rochester. n. Y. And 1t would give
the Feds a chance to jump into those
cities with a club and establish q big
minor leagne.
So the big league folks are said to
have gotten together. found out what
sort of assistance the Internationals
wanted and agreed to give II, thus saw
ing the International League from pos
sibIe dissolution and incidentally closing
to the Feds six big cities where they
might have operated a minor league
without opposition.