New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
STNCLAIR SAID
70 BE BACK OF
new YORK FEDS
r,ct Not as Yet Admitted,
hit Neither Has There
Been a Denial
RIIFFALO FRANCHISE
LIKELY TO Go WEST
1horpe's IncursiOn Into Western
Football Not to Liking of
John McGraw.

Harry G. Sinclair, owner Of the New
81 Federal League team. is fairly
Ill Established as the hacker Of the
Ian. which vii represent the Gil
aoys association in this city. As yet
-. FEDS vii mot admit tho fact, but
.ssv have not denied IL. either. ST.
,,,ce. perhaps. gives assent in this
-. ,s In many others. Advices have
80, received from the Middle West
',bich make the definite statement that
s;,risir will manage the team. and that
!. is already formulating plans, and
s,,,ing about for a manager who will
~ able to build up winning combina-
ton.
=, hack. the task Of rounding up an
,.b,r hacker confronts Gilmore. Dame
prnor. busy 20 tho point Of dis
,rsetion already. has it that the master
org,uizer has already secured his man,
.BS that he will make the announce
ment shortly.
The name Of Finley J. Shepard has
b.,n mentioned, but Gilmore was vehe-
rsnt IN his denials. Hi Brewer could
oser no suggestion. He pleaded that
h was quite as much in the dark on
,Ss matter as any OF his former asso-
.;stes the baseball writers. Patrick
White. the oil man from Oklahoma. has
also been named. and a mysterious cat
Is king. as yet unnamed. is being
whispered about. But leave II to
James A. Gilmore, he'll get some one
Il IL Is possible.
ddeiO ,anmttkaf
There is another problem 10 be solved
BIZ Gilmore. The advent Of the New
York team leaves the eastern circuit
OF the Federal League terribly lop-
JSed New York and the immediate
vicinity will be the hotbed of outlaw
h,ll. II no changes are made teams
sill be located in New York, Brooklyn,
Newark and Baltimore.
I. is assured. practically, that buf-
ialo will be abandoned. II may be, TOO
that the franchise Of the Baltimore
club will be transferred to some other
city. although Carl Rasin Is firm IN
his statements that the Monument City
is a real major league town. and that
more than commendable. The fran
ehise of the Buffalo team will doubtless
he transferred 10 some western city 70
replace Kansas City.
The good ship Oscar ii carried q DIS
body OF men TO reestsolish
Beace on earth. All professions are
men from every walk OF
re were called, and what could be
nore fitting than that Hennery Ford
.bould turn to the baseball diamond Tor
he most distinguished opponents OF
nsaec. harmony and good viii?
"a order that the mission OF peace
nivbt be erownsd with success, the
-HSsst hero of the Middle West In
yitsd four bali players, famed for the
evenness Of their dispositions. They
are Johnny Evers, Of the Boston
Braves; Heinie Zimmerman, OF the
chicago Cubs; Kid Elberfeld, ONCE
with the Yankees, and George Stovall,
the famous eherub Of the Federal
League. All these boys will have
pesee. even IL they have to fight for IL,
and how we'll and often they fight are
attes,ed BY the fact that few are the
months when the salary checks are
unmarried by fines.
The New York Giants are not ex-
tetly tiekled 70 death over Jim Thorpe
rlsying professional football in the
Middle West this fall. McGraw still
holds out hope that the former Olym-
pie champion will develop into a real,
high class ball player. Thorpe's con-
tract with the Giants does not expire
until next fall.