Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-16
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SPORT CHATS
Organized Baseball Begins Q
Feel Strength u fsGs.
INTERNATIONAL IS NttA.
Class A Circuit Received Terrific Blow
From New Organization - Fede'sIs
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The suave expression indicative Of
supreme confidence and disdain Of RI
Eals assumed by the organized baseball
forces must be maintained now with
Serious difficulty. However short the
Federal league may fall Of major
league pretensions and whatever handi-
caps they face in the way Of money
losses and weak circuit, they still are
hbie 70 sink the forty-twO centtmeter
shell into the vitals Of the octopus
with astonishing frequency and accu-
racy.
Results speak for themselves. The
wounds resulting in the wrecking Of
the international league, the downfall
of the Farrell regime in the New York
Yankees, the Gripping Of the five Som
ters baseball industries and the paralyz-
ing Of all minor league activity were
enough 10 prove the point
Now comes the Brooklyn National
league club and throws itself on the
mercy Of the Brooklyn public by offer
ing 100000 worth Of preferred stock
for sale to anybody in blocks Of 500
eaeh-or larger.
The conditions Of this deal, which
makes the stock redeemable In thres
years, are equivalent to 500, o00.ioan
at 8 per cent per annum. In other
words, the Brooklyn club seems cramp-
ed for the wherewithal to do BUSH
ness g.
The scheme Is the first attempt Of an
established major league club to float
stock in this manner and is taken by
some persons to indicate weakness. /
The failure Of the "war fund" to ap-
pear and the heiplessness Of the o. B.
forces to assist the minor leagues IN
distress, are indications that most Oh
the octopus strength IS 'front."
The Feds have lost heavily, too. But
after all 1t isn't the heaviness Of the
losses that counts. It's the relative
ability Of the sufferers to stand the
losses and survive. .
The winner is hard to pick. Certain
~ organized baseball is no longer over
confident. If the Fed circuit were a
little more reasonably ARRANGED the In
dependents would be given q genuine
chance to force themselves down tha
threats If the opposition.
Marty O'Tcole, who few years aga
gained considerable prominence be.
cause the Pittsburgh club paid st. Paul
Sc, 500 for his release, has drifted back
into ths minors. o'Tcole never, made
good in fast company, principally be-
cause he never managed to get himself
IN. good shape. If he was not ailing
one way or another his arm went bad,
and the result was chat he failed to
make good for either the Pirates or
Giants, with which team he finished
the last season, being loaned to Nc
Graw by Pittsburgh.
O'Toole will pitch for the Columbus
team Of the American Association next
season. It was IN this circuit that he
made the remarkable record which
caused him to be sold for the high
est figure ever paid for q minor
Lacquer. 80
Eddie Collins Is impresGing Che
scribes who are at the Chicago Whits
Sox training camp with the interest he
Is displaying In his work. Collins Is
Of the type that sticks on the JOB every
minute. There is a certain inspiration
always present, and 1t is having e1-
cellent effect on the morale Of the |
squad, says one writer.
For the first time since Comiskey re-
vfved the White Sox in 1900 there is no |
fight on for the second base position. |
Collins has this cinched. He knows |
the fact. But that is not keeping him
from hustling just as II he suspected |
somebody of trying to beat him out.
There Is a shrewd suspicion in the |
camp that Collins was In fair shape |
when he reported. However, he is |
among the few who do not get out Of |
condition. Others Of the sans cate |
CORY are Tommy Leach and Ra05it |
Maranville. They take On vely little |
weight during the OF season.