Evening star., 1916-11-16
NEW OUTLAW MOVE
DENIED BY GILMORE
No Chance of Washington Club
Franchise Being Transferred
to Another City.
YALE WILL MISS CARTER
BY j. ED GRILLo.

BY j. ED GRILLo.
One reason organized base ball is try
ing to form third big league, compris-
ing Buffalo. Newark. Toronto. Baltimore.
Indianapolis, Louisville. Milwaukee and
Toledo. according to current report, is
that several of the former hackers Of
the Federal League are planning to Or
ganize a new outlaw league and start
another war on organized base ball.
Jim Gilmore. former head of the de-
funct league, however, denies that any
such move is contemplated He had
heard rumor to that effect. but in a
conference with Harry Sinclair in New
York yesterday. Sinclair told him there
was nothing in the rumor. and that none
of the former Federal League hackers
had any intention of backing another
outlaw league. Hence the story that
the big leagues are in favor of the third
major league. while true. is not caused
by any fear of an attack from the source
mentioned.
Even a base ball expert of as high
standing as Joe Villa of the New York
Evening Sun goes astray once in a
while.
This. from his pen. is an illustrations
The disposal of the Washington
club, l hear, is live topic among the
big league magnates. While President
johnson of the American League has
announced that Washington will re-
main a member of his circuit. 1t is said
that National League men favor the
transfer of the Washington franchise
to Baltimore. move that would put
an end to the litigation which threatens
to endanger the fundamental principles
of base ball government. But Johnson
and the American League are opposed
to the admission Of Baltimore, on the
ground that the Monumental city was
a total failure back in 1901, when it
controlled franchise in the johnson
organization"
What has the National League to do
with the Washington ball club. Ban
Johnson is not taking advice from the
Tener magnates nor any one else. He
made il emphatic some time ago that
there is not chance for a transfer of
the American League franchise from
this city.
Yale will miss Dutch Carter as chief
base ball adviser. After serving twenty
years in this capacity, Carter has sent
in his resignation. Carter probably
was the best pitcher ever to wear a
Yale uniform.
1t will be remembered by those IA
miliar with college base ball that in a
game at the Polo Grounds in New
York in 1898 or 1894 Carter white
washed the Giants. Carter, more than
six feet tall and weighing nearly 100
pounds, made the Giants. then man
aged by John NJ. Ward, look foolish.
They gathered only a few scattered
hits of the big ale right-hander and
never had chance to win.
Carter knew as much about scien-
tifc pitching as the best of the pro-
fessionals and would have strength
ened any Of the National League teams.
In those days he was invincible against
Harvard and other college teams and
when he left Yale he remained an idol
for many years.
Carter still is a base ball fan. He is
regular patron at the Polo Grounds
and knows the game from A to T. He
is a brother-in-law of Charles Evans
Hughes, and is practicing law in New
FORK, according to Joe Villa
An effort is being made by the st.
Louis Cardinals to arrange series OF
practice games in the south next
spring
The Athletics will train at Jackson
willie. Fla, and the Cardinals nave
with them. The Mackmen have trained
at Jacksonville for the past three
years.
The Cardinals trained at st. Angus
tine, which is only few miles away,
in 1914. but they did not relish the
cold winds which prevailed there.
The last two years the Cardinals
trained at San Antonio. Tex. Now
President Britton and Manager Miller
Huggins have turned again to Florida
for a training place
According to Willie Weart of Phila-
delphia, the Pacific Coast League rec
ords show that Paul Fittery. the left
handler of the Salt Lake City club. was
the Iron man" of the organization.
He pitched in more innings than any
other pitcher in the league and he
struck out larger number of batters
and he gave fewer bases on balls than
any other twirler. Fittery pitched 401
innings. Only eleven pitchers to-
tailed more than 800 innings He
struck out 218 batsmen.
Oakland, Cal. reports that the club
there is after Cutshaw and Jimmy
Johnston of the Dodgers From the
way Cutshaw played in the world Sc
ries. Brooklyn fans will shed no tears
II he leaves the Dodgers.
But Johnston is TOO good a PLAYER
not to be retained, and Brooklyn, II it
had such intention. would not be able
to get waivers on this great out
fielder and hitter.