New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-21
One Almost Sure To Be
Launched in New Eng
land Territory.
MAY ALSO INVADE
SOUTH AND WEST
Kansas City Club Likely To Be
Transferred TO Newark if
Plans Carry.
d, HAYWOOD RROTN.

BY a simple problem In math ensttcs
The authorities ~ the Federal League
have figured ONT that. having lost money
with eight CLUBS. 'hcy can make MONEY
with sixteen. Whatever decision IL rem
dered m Chicago 10 - certain thSt Mr.
Gilmore's organization will have one
subsidiary minor league next season,
and possibly two or three.
New England IS the field coveted bv
the Feds. and plans already are well
under vsy for the establishment or
league which shall include the best
cities OF tho Eastern League and OF
the New England League. According 20
present iudlcst3ons, the organization
will be composed or Springfield. Hart
ford. New Haven and Bridgeport. now
Eastern League cities, ana Lowell.
Lynn. Lawrence and Worcester now
New England circuit strongholds
II Judge Lands decides 90 declare
ths National agreement null and vold
rhc FEDS hope 20 take over the exist
:ag clubs IN their newly planned cir
cut On the other -hand. II the Chi
cAgo ease IS decided adversely. the
Veds will 60 ahead with their plans
lust the sane They believe that they
can induce few Of the minor lesgue
owners 70 come over 10 their standard
m any case and such magnates as re
fuse 70 come 20 terms viii have 20 rght
p -vsl team.
Tire loyalty OF Jesse Burkett. o. the
Worcester club. 20 organized baseball Is
doubtful. and - IS believed that the
FEDS are counting on him 20 Join their
ranks On the Other hand. they have
no hope 81 arranging terms with Jim
ORourke. % Bridgeport.
Although their plans have no. prog
reseed so far N regard 20 other terri
tory. there is more than = possibility
that the Feds will endeavor 20 establish
= minor league n the middle West and
another IN the South before the begin
ming II the next campaign. a definite
announcement Of the plans OF Gilmore
and his assoc ates may be expected
carly r Fehrusrv. when the league viii
rree- = Buffalo
The Fed rnecro'es wiz have n'en-v
- do o. This meeting. for. in a1d'tlon
- founding new circuits. % viii be
necessary 20 reo7s' -hctr own. There
e no chance o. Kansas City being kept
in the major civcuit. II y proves pos
sihle n nut q club N Newark the Feds
will save much IN mileage and viii he
~ position 70 make Pittsburgh one Of
-hci- Western cities instead o. hstlnS
- with The East as is done now.
s-atir- chat here is 10 chance for
Fed team in New York this season. but
Wr Gilmore has been known 20 change
his mind. and Il IS understood that
Manhattan or The Bronx IS still under
Iteration.
Ultimately Buffalo. Baltimore and
indianapolis will be dropped. The
deal Of the Feds is continuous base
hall I'm the maior league cities. ana
sooner OF later their forces Will invade
Cincinnati. Cleveland or Detroit.
We started 20 read John 3. Foste-'s
"OFcial Baseball Record for 1915 last
night and found H. so absorbing that
we could not get 20 sleep until We were
way along in the individual batting
averages OF the Northern League
There are a full 5oo pages In the BOOK.
even though +. makes no mention Of
demurrers. subppnss or replevlns. II
is all lust baseball. and includes the
college records for the first time.
NJ. Foster saws that the book IS
more exact and accurate than ever be-
fore. bat Just me same he is sitting
back and waiting for the kicks 70 come
in r ght away We spotted one error
al by ourselves. The book says that
the distance from the pitchers box 70
ne home plate 's So feet inches:
Vow. We have seen hundreds OF ball
games. and always noticed that the ais
lance was exactly So feet E inches.
Don't let j. occur again. Mr.. Foster.
II Joseph J. Kelley can only turn
over 70 the Yankees few players Of
MS own stamp there viii be 10 com
plants concerning the worth % the
new scout. Take Il from John Fosters
guide Kelley made the best record Of
any left fielder in the game in the sea
SON Of 1924. when in 129 games he
felded for .o51 and bstted for .39l.
Keurv's teammates on the mythical
Au-America nine % all time are: a.
g. Spslding. pitcher; Chief Meyers
catcher: Arson, first base; Barnes, sec
ond base: Steinfeldt. third base;
George Wright, shortstop; Kelley, left
field: Duffy. centre field, and Willie
Keeler. right field
The full, revised and hnal schedule
o. the second team Of the Giants for
next spring was announced yesterday
and FMS is u: March 10. IA, 90 and
u. Waco: q and %, Oklahoma City;
% and 90. Tulsa; 81. Muskogee; April
NcAlister: 2, Fort Smith; 8. and
.. Little RocS; and Z, Memphis; =.
Nashville; and 10, Chattanooga; -,
Norfolk; j.. Polo Grounds.
Beinie Zimmerman has never met
George Cockill. the new umpire Of the
National League. but he feels conf
don't that he will be able 70 form q
cordial dislike for him before the sea
son ends.
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