Evening star., 1916-01-02
BROWNS MAY GET
MANY FED STARS
Benny Kauff, Hal Chase,
"Toots" Schulz and Bill Nc
/, Kechnie to Be Sought.
SINCLAIR SAID TO BE BACK
OF MERGED ST. LOUIS CLUB
Fielder Jones Will Talk After Seeing
Oklahoma Millionaire About
Available Players.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
ST.LOUIS, January benny
Kauff. Hal Chase, "Toots" Schulz
and Bill McKechnie are among
the players who may be signed
by the St. Louis American
League team for next season.
Harry Sinclair is the man who
holds the strings on these four
stars at present, and it has been
hinted on several occasions that
Sinclair is the real big man be-
hind the rejuvenated St. Louis
team. although he will not be
known to the public as the prin-
cipal stockholder. Sinclair IS due
here Monday, when he will hold
consultation with Fielder Jones
and Phil Ball, and some time dur
ing the coming week Jones will
make announcement of the men
who will compose the squad OF
thirty he will take on the spring
training trip.
Jones has been here several
days, but has refused to give any
intimation of what players of the
St. Louis Federals and the St.
Louis Americans will make up
the new Brown team. He IS
merely waiting to see Sinclair
and find out what players from
other Fed clubs he will be able to
get.
But Jones is strong for Kauff and the
other three Fed stars mentioned. and
Ball and Stifel have announced that
the manager can have any player he
fancies il the player is available.
Will See Sinclair Monday.
BY wednesday it is expected that the
formal transfer of the Browns club to
the new owners will have taken place.
and as Jones win have seen Sinclair by
that time. he will Immediately begin
picking his team and disposing of the
surplus material There have been
many wild guesses az to the lineup of
the new team, but Jones himself says
he does not yet know what 1t VIII be.
assured Of places on the team. while
from the Federal team Plank. Daven-.
port, Hartley. Crandail. Tobin, Borton,
Deal. johnson and Miller are certain
ties.
But outside of these nothing will be
certain until the middle or the latter
part of next week.
There have been a number of out
consolidation of the Federal Brown
teams and there have been many pre-
dictions that the consolidated teams
would have clear field toward the
Championship. but Jones is astute
enough in base ball affairs to look at
the matter in a different light. and he
Is unable to see a pennant under pres
ent conditions. 1t remains to be seen
how Davenport. Plank. Borton. Tobin
and Johnson will perform in fast COM
pany this year. Only the most ardent
supporters of the local Federal League
team last season would claim that IL
compared favorably with the best. of
the American and National League
teams With the stars of the Browns
and Terriers a team could not be
formed with near the strength of the
Red Sox or the White Sox, and Jones
probably realizes this and the necessity
of grabbing all the Federal stars he
can.
The entire matter of selecting his
team rests with Jones. and the men
back Of him have the money for any
thing he wants. He win not take more
than thirty men to the training camp;
when the season opens he will not
have more than twenty-five on his ros-
ter. and he will not carry more than
twenty-five after the first month of the
season. Jones has had several consul
tations with Ball and Stifel this week,
but no announcements of any kind
have been issued. except that Jones
has signed contract