Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-22
MAcNATES MAY Be RUINED !
FEDERAL LEAGUE is DEAD.
BUT RUMPUS STILL COSTS
Major Clubs Have brought Enormous
frircs-Pia.rr> Coming High
and End Not In Sight.

~ som" 90 the baseball maGnatcS
don't curb themselves they will run
! 'nto bankruptcy proceedings. The mag
mates. having suuclchod the Federal
League. seem TO have ?u idea that the
national game j. due for such a great
boom. ANA il is safe to spend record :
breaking sums for oVcrratcd players.
i'urin" TIA" late rum.GS with the
Federal i.y&%uo tnc maSnatcs on both
SIDES ~ tn, fence We're forced TO pay
'Noflithnt salaries TO many of their
layers. Fall clubs. which once were
considered sold mines. finished with
Such IarS" deficits that their ncrs
either sold oul uU VIII hc ready 10 quit
IN the coming season again proves dis
aStrouS for hcm. Yet. in spite Of The
p-hcivy salary lists ana the financial
ohliSati"nS which have been incurred,
The maSnatcs are doing nothing to re-
uuce the exaggerated values - players
ana franchises.
Since tho warriug leagues made peace
IN Deccmh"r 'hrc" major league clubs
nave changed ownership. Tn" Cubs
sold by James y iiar; for $io5. 900 TO
Charles i. Taft nud g. W. Murphy "A
dozen years aGo. hav" brc,. turned Over
I" charles W"eGhmam and his friends
chased by James t.. CARNEY four wears
az" for $lSS."ou. recently wcr. sold to
Leroy tiauchton ANA oth"rs for $50. 200
$s"o.oo0 for The 81. louis i:rSwsnr '''
Gun That was organized by Robert Lee
i."ns"s nearly iitt"cn years ago with Il
f"".hNh bankroil.
Although tho late Andrew Freedman
h"nsht - per cent of the Giants stock
ia lS.' for S4:.""o u. \. IIemps,ead
the stock t1 the Gaffncy- Davis Sinclair
combination for Si.0o 900 colonel
mmnnert and Captain Huston who Sc
St"";"on. named $?oo.roe as tn. price
OF their holdings when Sinclair asked
'"I me figures last month.
IN TACT. conservative baseball mon
"a fpr Ia. ,',,l,.
fraNcs and Browns We're ridiculomsIv
n M1Gm' r nnH IN, the nav owners Will
# .!chn McGraw iT' aI been asked to
tr FRED Nn%"pso nor ,n k@rh Enrden and
"",Nist"d in 1912 he would hay" ridicnlcd
y " P mn'r Eaoo GS5 'h% Giants that
Giants finishing in last place in 1eij
McGraw found himself in a ;i.bt fiy
M I,n he looked around for new talent.
re S,flplN had To pay Siuclair'S price
lor thcS" three men or 20 to Marlin
Win SIM chances for = pcnnant win
lInE team. SO the Giants put up S35-
90" for l\aufr. who may not bc nbfc 10
MI 900 against National League pitch-
srS this ycar: Slo.ooo for Raridcn. a
catcher VIII" was allowed to jump the
graves bccauS" Stallings would not
G Era ,n = demand Of SlG". and s1o.ooo
must he regarded as an experiment
YANKEES TAKE DESPERATE
RISK IN nuYING FEDS
co ThSm t n", s Ian d%% iumped in ana
PRAISED, but who. like Kamff. may Tdmi
me ptching IL. the American League
ness OF III" Fed hurlers last season
Mage" played good ball before he de-
Si"",lc1 nc cRrLinais at the end OF the
III season. hrt i, wasn't the kind of
bail that would warrant the payment
OF $4,000 for his, services
Sl2,3Ou for CullOp. :: oft-h,ndor ~
i3th"r doubtful ability. it cannot he
1 ,,iii IN, coionc! ,Ruppert ana Cap
Two years ago Cullop. unable to stick
WITH the Clcvclands was about 10 he
ma waived Sinclair. on the other
maud is running no risks and is prob
ably wondering how he has been able
10 get away with such Il bundle OF
a. ~ ,hGi nI frsnay 70 buy alleged stars
magnatcs evidently forgot that ONLY
iWo clubs can YIN major league pen
manls ncX, fail. together with tho
rEhl 10 take part in the juicy worlds
series Fourteen clubs mus; be dis
arpointed, and "ieh, of them cannot
win pcnnants often drop to The rear
nccnnse OF accidents or trouble in the
ranks; Take th. cubs for example
Wceghman. Of Chicago. has just do
,,Ncrcd SJVu.uoo iron men to Taft and
M,nrEnN. W""Ghmam feels sure that
bosom friend, will win the NniionnI
I;eaguc Championship. But outside OF
y, w cfShinan'S set IN Chicago this belief
~ !Authcd At Tho mcrrim"nt viii
continue. too. as long as Tinker re-
mains hXcd in his determination TO
play Icrk"S on second base and puo-
Ian ~ sh"rtst"p at tn" same time do
pchdinS on Miner Brown and Rculbach
I" pitch III old-timc form Ycrkcs
i,o"i:,il; Brown and E"ulbach were
through ia tn" major leagues two
Years ago tho 'uhs therefore do
dictcd, will find mat being - u;, Tor
League magmatc isn't such "a soft thing
after all. "H
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