Evening star., 1915-12-20


Baltimore Feds. has contract which
will not expire until the end Of next
season He will not lose anything be-
cause of the eliminating of the league,
and may return to the Phillies as the
champions second baseman, for he is
not under the ban as a jumper, as he
was given permission to accept the
Feds offer to manage the Terra pins.
Just what will become of Jim Gilmore
with the advent of peace has not been
decided IT is not likely that the head
OF the Feds viii he taken care of by
organized base ball, though one of the
clubs which the Fed hackers will OBJ
tain may give him some sort OF en-
pioynent The failure Of the Federal
League will prove a hard blow to Gil
more Not that Ire personally has lost
any money. for he did not have d cent
, invested. but the job Of president pdld
well and he got a lot of publicity
/ thereby Gilmore still continues to
hand out misinformation, being quoted
/ So turday 10 the effect that the Federal
+ League would refuse to withdraw the
suit against organized base ball, al
though that had been decided upon
] several days before.
! Peace is going to play havoc with
: Franklin Baker of home run fame.
4 There is hardly a chance of his being
J sold at the figure that Mack has placed
! on him. and there is little Likelihood
| of Baker own salary demands being
I met now that there is no league to
: jump to. Baker. if he reports to Mack
+ next spring. will have to sign a new
/ contract. for he broke the old one,
! which gave him $4,000 for three years,
! when he failed to report last season
] Mack will he in a position to offer him
i whatever salary he may choose II
+ Baker wants to return to him, and II
z, he does not accept he must remain idle,
! or play with some Independent league.
/ With peace prevailing a higher cali
Z ber of base ball will be displayed in
the major and minor leagues next sea
! son. The ball players viii have TO
Z give their entire attention to playing
the game in order to hold their jobs,
/ and they will not be disSruntled by
tempting offers from the Feds.
! The athletes viii have to hustle every
| step of the way during the campaign.
! for ii viii mean lot to them to de-
| liver.
| When all the facts are made public
, there Will be~som surprises regarding
: conditions which obtained in the Fed
eral League at the time the Gilmore
e 'rCuit asked for peace
/ The amount of money which was lost
IN the effort to estabIiS At third ma Jor
/ league was enormous. 1t will be shown
10 be greater than was generally be
t lieNed, and that is why so good Il bu.i-
| ness man Sinclair arranged for
peace, for there was no hope of ever
making success of the new league
under conditions that existed. 1t also
is going to require a great fortune to
bring about the elimination of the
Feds and pave the way for those Fed
eral leaders who want to remain in
base bali to buy their way into the
ma jor leagues. But the chances are
that in due time those who remain in
the game will recoup their losses, for
the game is certain to prosper with
peace prevailing.
\ 81. Louis team made up hy the
com sol idation of the Feds and Browns
with Fielder Jones in charge. would be
"A very likely combination in the Amer
| lean League next season. There are
just enough good ball players on the
two teams to give Jones most for
mida Bile aggregation. He would be as
sured of remarkable pitching staff
and would be able to arrange. line-un
which would be materiallyN stronger