The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06
OF FEDS
F|REBRAND SAID
TO Be IN DOUBT
Looks as though George
StovalI viii Be Lett in
the Cold.

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-George Stovall
'thc flrebrand Of the Feds Is IN New
York for the purpose OF endeavorins
to ret a line on his baseball future.
Under the baseball peace arrange
ments It appears that there Is no long
or much Of demand for tlrebrands.
and Georges friends are afraid that
he may eventually be extinguished
altogether.
1t will be interesting to follow the
career of the redoubtable George, ana
see what, II any, provision Is made Tor
him by his former employers, the Fed
eral league magnates. II any man
connected with the late unlamented
organization is entitled to the consid-
Grafton OF the folks who fostered the
Feds. George is that man. He did more
for the outlaws than any other IN
diyidual with the possible exception
Of Gilmore. ~
Tinker, who is sometimes credited
with having been responsible for the
Feds, has landed q nice Job. but, as n
matter of fact, Joe never did half as
much work toward pushing the case
of the third leaguers MS Stovall. Nat
urally. this is no boost for George with
the forces Of organized baseball, but
It should be remembered by his for
mer employers, at least !.
1t was George who was up and
about day in and day out, grabbing
players away from the other leagues.
1t was George who was lodging
around the minors sharing promising
material ticketed for the American or
National. 1t was Brother George who
was the first field missionary OF the
Feds generally, and for that reason
the sense of gratitude Of the late mag
mates is going to be put TO slight
test when his case comes before them.
1t is not likely that organized base
ball will slap any fatted calves for
Georges benefit. Ever stormy pc
trel Of the game, George was persona
non grata to certain extent before
the war broke out and as q result or
his efforts on behalf Ct. the. Feds ne
now stands about as well asa broken
leg in magnatorial circles.
i Tinker has ostensibly been forgiven.
along with number OF other Feds,
but so far George is still outside look
ling in. Organized baseball may owe
him nothing, but 1t Is clnch that the
Feds are in his debt.
Baseball people in this section OF the
world are inclined to the belief that
Tinker is surely kidding himself II
he expects to get by in the National
league with the lineup he has an
\ nounced. 1t Is said that Josephus
will have Saier-a great ball player
at first, Yerkes at second, Doolan at
short and Zimmerman at third, with
Zwilling, Flack and Mann In the out
\ field.
1 Yerkes was once good enough for a
worlds championship club. but sibse-
ouently he was waived out Of the big
leagues, and, despite his showing In
/ the Federal league, the sharks OF the
pastlme hereabouts do not. believe he
has come back far enough to ut In on
club designed to be a pennant con-
tender. r
Doolan, always a marvellous fielder,
but always q light hitter, is said to-
have displayed signs of slowing up
even with the Feds, and while his
Baltimore company may have been re-
sponsible, Mike has reached a period
lin his career when some retrogression
is not surprising. Mann was mem
bier OF one Of the two outflelds carried
by George Stallings when the Georgian
won the worlds championship with
the Braves, but Flack and Zwilling
are purely experiments.