The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-20

not be placed on their own RESPONSE
bility. Many of the stars of both the
major and Federal. leagues proved con-
clus.vely last season that a player pro-
tected by an ironclad contract loses all
interest in the primitive instincts self
preservation"
The president OF the defunct outlaw
organization has kept q diary ~ his ex-
pcriences from the time he first 1850
clated himself with the Federal League.
That diary should he a hest seller" If
T. ever went to press. Every page has
"A laugh or two.
How I fell / cannot figure yet. said
GilmoiV. Blu, I wouldn't trade the en-
ier.ence for a fortune. That surely was
the life.
why. the first year ! travelled 5000
miles. ! had to break into several for
tunes with n conversational Jimmy.
~, am shou, in August. 1918. I
was on my way to the Chicago Golf club
FOR a t.lt with Eugene d. Pike. now
Comptroller there. In Wis company was
II. Z. Racey. then treasurer of the Chi
cage club OF the Federal League. The
circuit was composed o. tovington.
Cleveland. Indianapolis. Chicago. -.
Louis and Pittsburg. They had just
about decided +" switch the C%ovington
frauchis. 10 Kansas city.
-NbN 1T lilr l4NP NY piS'ltiI rN-
rerieuce was limited in the extreme [
was a fan % Whit" Soy convictions. l.ik
most fans ! considered myself wis. in
The game That day FOR the first time |
learned %! th" Federal League
"N.arey was full OF &; simply huhbiIng
over. The Cn'Cago team played its
games on Du rdul Academy campus. a
it'll" cigar box Of g place. The right
field fence was only l65 feet back ~ frs;
base, That Chicago management, had
fallen on lean and hungry days. The
players hadn't been paid for weeks. The
league was staring into the face ~
bankruptcy. for I, depended upon Chicago
for whatever little publicity i, did get.
The fittsburg team was in Chicago.
w. e. Mccullough Of the visitors with
T.. Il. Til coilarcd mo three days later
az the Chicago \. &. and just simply
talked ne blind IN" upshot wa that I
assured them 7 would take "a fi'r. with
out his knowledge or consent I declared
Charli. Williams in with me. W as
sumsd liabilities with Pix" and \. Moran.
Their" Were twenty-five gaines remaining
on our schedule" said Gilmore with a
grin. "They cost Williams and myself
just $4,000.
7 81 vel into that Federal League with
the assuranc" that ] was Ia take charge,
John 7. Powers. the president. was not
proSressiv" enough to suit my notions.
He seemed 10 avoid rather thar TO seek
publicity. But II took. me fourteen hours
at a meeting in s.. Louis TO convince
the stockholders Of the various clubs Of
the wisdom of making q chang.
From the start I had nursed the idea
Of . tHlrd major league. Just recollec:
the diniy lttle circuit 10 when | fell
heir and you vii realize ~yAguely the
task that confronted me. \ major
league meant first of all n MAJOR terri
tory. the best cities Of the East and
middle West. 'caljz.d that We could
not AZ once expand into the well forth
fled major cities, 50 planned u schcm"
for gradual development. TIL" various
: moves "" made are known TO every
follower of thc game.
"Werghmau and Walker were the irst
new prospects | sounded. They io,ucd
heartily IN tie project. though they asked
me not to use their names until had
! gone further IN the development OF thu
scheme. ! wished them 10 feel out the
public pulse before they plunged by
utilizing Com.skey's old park, which
could nave been rented for $1,000 a
year. They finally decided 10 have a
modern plant of their own on tn. North
side. Instead of a first year COS, Of
siU.000 TO $1,000 ther were I'm for
$il..o00 before they knew Il. Charlie
hermann, head of ChaQin a Gore,
VINO IL associated with me In the whole
! sale stationery business in this city. is
a great friend Of Ban Johnson. ric
cane 20 me when he heard 7 Was mixed
mp IN outlaw baseball
"Jim,' he said, you're a M, For
til" love OF Mike pull out You hnvcn't
= cndnc" N A million
"Four months later when the Chicago
rAu "a .vnN,aI iiE ynpt taaE 10 Hl,.1
M ON the back.
Jim, old hoy said he. I'll have tc
hand il To $ou don't know how YOU
did u, Iut you did
Tho major league idcs embraced al
eight clue circuit. OF course. Kansas
cit had succeeded c%oyington already
But Cleveland dropped. That meant, tn,
task of interesting three other cities
az course ! desired that these be situated
IN tn" East 10 provide an intersections
flavor. va IIaul"n helped me line NJ
the Baltimore people, Dies Carol In,
tcrcetel friends in ~liuffaio
"Abnu; this time" continued Gil
more. 'uu,t" by cisncn | met l;nh,r'
H. Ward. 7 was IN Toronto about e
close Tor a site on King street on whiri
held an option. This was IN tine first
wees of February, l"li The Toronto
people had pledged sl2j.oH0, NJ the
Klng Edward Ho'o' IN Toronto ! met q
t",.uago friend. Harry l~irrriudcn
"'NiX ON Toronto. SAID We Whom II,
had learned the purpose Of nv visit
IN put YOU up lgajus' . ljv" one II,
introduced m" to Robert u Wari ~
:Lucnln's RirthdaH Mr.. Warl had east II
MS lot Win NJ.
~ avs not satisfied with %iirnncil II con
di,ions in rlttshurg and minated ~
much TO Mr., Ward. I'm fix that quiet