Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-21
FIGHTING FEDS A MISTAKE
Organised Base Bali Should Have
Made Peace This Year, Says
Sport Writer.
VIEW LEAGUE sURE no SAY

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, ghastly error when 4 elected. after the
close % the 1914 season 10 continue the
warfare on the Feds
The Feds BY going through the 1914
season satisfied practically everyone. but
those organized magnates that were In
the base ball BUSINESS to stay. they con-
WINGED the skeptics that they had un-
limited bankrolls and that they would
use them to get ball players OF the first
grade.
The fact that many OF the Federal
lleageie club owners built concrete stad-
iums and signed men 10 three-year con-
tracts that were absolutely binding upon
them should have acted as Tip Off
or the sticking around purposes Of the
iiFedH, even before the 1914 season opened
But the Organized magnates were blind
Organized Base Ball ives perfectly
Justified n fighting The Feds when they
first showed their teeth last winter. The
Feds threatened to bust up the monopoly
that the American and National leagues
had In the major league base ball world.
To fight 20 protect us interests was the
proper think 10 do. And that's what Or
ganIzed Bare Ball did It's the wise man,
though-and only the wise man-who
knows when to quilt
0rgznlzcd Basc Ball wasn't wise. Il
didn't know when to quit. II had It's
chance At the close Of the 1914 season to
can things quits and save itself from
further lammings hut II refused the
chance-and things have come to a sorry
state Tor Organized Base ball since.
what Miahf Have Been.
To l,anH rI|fth - "a t1t&
close Of the 1874 season would have cost
ORGANISED Base Bail little else than
wailop on lts pride. II would have been
something Of an admission on the part OF
Organized Base Bail that the Feds had
forced recognition. but that would be an
admission only OF n fRet that the public
knows now. The public loves q winner.
but Il also loves game loser
Had Organized Base Ball allied Itself
with the Federal league at the close OF
the 1914 season. how different things
would be now. How much better for all
the maenates ana for All the leagues.
big and little That trust suit never
would have been filed. The international
league and the American association
magnatos wouldn't be ~ a panic Us to the |
1915 outlook and base hail. instead OF be- |
ing Ia q disordored condition would be
bacl, a. normal and fa,.,,,r aeneraI nros- |
perity.
the ornsnlzea. fol,ss wou,an,t hav. had |
10 concede much "a mac mace An me /
reds wanted wna major Iearu. reooe- /
milton. 4here q room Tor : th,sa ~ |
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have been arranged 20 that the Brook |
fe0a and the DODGERS wouldn't clash The |
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! outs ana move an 20 petro,t. c,nc.n- |
nati ~ cleveland ,ehe,e there A. oulv
ope major iear,,e club "a nresent
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Tberc a room n ch,cnao Tor three b,e |
leneue clubs. The city il divided into |
aecfioua And ia each Of The sections where |
the rival o,ubs arr locat.d there 4 a big |
enough population 20 support the club
located n that section.
The Ralfisnore situation could have been
adjusted. a. II haa been adiusted--the
transfer Of the International ieapue
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