El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-21
GILMORE IS OUT Of BASEBALL
BUT STILL LOVES THE OLD CAME
Former President of FEEDER Tells of Losses of League
Which No One Seemed To Care Much About; Says
Feds Closed Out Because Some Magnates Were
Feeling Strain and Because of Good Terms
By FRANK G. MENI<E.

will he able TO make up two or three
years as Brownie owner Inc BaI-
tImore club actually made $4,000 during
the 1914 season 1t lost S50.uVV CURING
1915 That made a net loss OF Silsou0-
Baltimore had prOba bly, Si3.o0o ued up
in stands. etc. but It got back part u
that. So Baltimore's dead loss PROP tde
ably wasn't much more than Si9'VY1'
according to my reckoning
buffalo and Kansas City Lost.
Buffalo and Kansas city lost dur
ing both years. but neither nad mucH
involved in the way OF STANDS, equIp
wasn't great When peace came they
didn't lose much by the scrapping OF
their ball parks Harry Sinclair MADE
money as Federal Lacquer. through
the sale of players after peace came
Why Feds Quit
why did the Feds submit to peace
and 20 out of business
Because the chance to quit came
AT a time when some Of our magnates
were in mood for it, and also because
the terms offered US by ORGANIZED
baseball were very fine. indeed Gil
more replied The death or ROBERT
p Ward was a terrific blow to u.s.
, He was = fighter and A Federal league
enthusiast he would have gone 20 the
limit Of the bankroll TO win out IN
our fight
Ward died Just at time when some
Of our magnates were a bit discour-
aged by the review IF the 1915 season
| Immediately following his eeath came
overtures. unofficial at first, from or
canized baseball Later they were put
/ into concrete shape
Terms Better Than Expected
I'VE found that the terms of settle
ment offered US by organized base
( ball were far better than we had ex-
pected- The matter was put up to our
/ ma gnates- Weeghman and Bell
I favored their acceptance; because the
I terms permitted them TO buy Federal
| lea que franchises The Ward family
was tired of baseball and voted for
/ peace. Sinclair wanted TO 60 ahead
I majority faction The Buffalo and
/ Kansas City clubs were defunct- Bal
! timore. early in the negotiations, de-
/ clared that the terms were acceptable
\ 10 it,
so peace resulted
] And" We cut in. you're through
! with baseball. eh?'
I Gilmore Says Never Again"
J Yep. as far as running a league Is
! concerned-through for all time
= Since 1 Quit basebaIfing in an active
( way I have found that much money
/ can be made with less effort Joe
\ CoyIe and I started this business 4
/ year ago We have applied 10 il the
| same sort Of hustiag- principles that
| I used in baseball. And within that
/ year the business has. grown to such
} a point that 7 believe we rank among
[ the biggest concerns Of our kind in -
SO why should I tackle baseball
again when I can make much more
money with less effort in the mer-
camille game But. 1 still love base
ball and I slip away every afternoon
( that ! can to see the Yanks or Gisht1
/ repelling the invasion Of foreign toes
on the Polo grounds
( Baseball is a grand and glorious
game-When you are fan But when
I you are presidenting a league that no
! one seemed 10 care much about-Wels
! that's something else again"