Show NEW ANGELS OF OF OUTLAW W LEAGUE STUBBORN ARE ARE Sinclair and Powers Clash With Gilmore Over Players Payers CRITICISM I that that- had been brous brought t O V against the Federal league promoters ers that ore that U their I a 0 sort eort of ot syndicate syndIcat affair with the Wards of ot Brooklyn In Iri control antI that pla players ers were cro being shifted hither and thither I In tho the Inter Interest l' l of ot the s syndicate ar arrangement aN was m nt was borne out ut In disclosures ar 1 ures urea of of the past week In the Fed Federal settlement of or Its muddle over ocr the Kansa Kan- Kan an- an sa sae City and andI I Indianapolis rr franchises As it Ve had hal b been predicted th the tc Federal pr promoters tailed failed d In th their li- li effort to lift ho tim K I I UI City f franchise and wore were forced arced to It to th that t cSt city but were able t to force th the Indianapolis backers of the club there to give 10 up their ther franchise the Institution of of re receivership rec ro- ro c proceedings s. The Tho Kansas City franchise was returned to its Ita original 1 location n the backers In In the tho Kaw aw to 10 pay back bock t to the tho eague the money that had had been advanced advanced ad ad- to me meet t the Kansas City deficits and to Given Iv m In addition a bond of to tl finish the 1915 se season son President Gilmore and his associates on the Fe led Federal ral executive committee Robertson of at Buffalo lo and nd Ward of ot Brooklyn then turned their attention to 0 Indianapolis and succeeded In makInS makIng mak- mak InS Ing ng a n deal b by which 1 tho the Indianapolis polls people surrendered their franchise franchI in return for tor or tho the league assuming assuming- of tho the debts debts' the champion had bad accumulated In n that 1914 neason This done the stage was set to pro pro- sent lent to Harry Sinclair and Pat Powers the new angels In the league tho the In Indianapolis Indianapolis In- In team In In exchange n o for tor the Kansas City team which had originally been sold to to them Sinclair and Powers Powers Powers Pow Pow- ers ers were pleased to get a champion team Instead of ot the tho weak Kansas City aggregation but their pleasure was wat turned to disappointment and anger when when they they learned that the back backbone bono of the Hoosier team had been een claimed by bp the tho Wards of or Brooklyn f for r debt The Tho Wards It seems not only had kept the Kansas Inns City Feds afloat t last year but tho they also kept tho the Indianapolis Indianapolis Indian Indian- apolis Feds going through advances sa said d to amount amount to In n cash In return rot for these those advances tho they claimed Outfielder Kauff and Pitcher Falkenberg Falken- Falken berg as their property these two boing bo- bo o c ing the pick of ot the tho Indianapolis team teamS s and Powers began to get 1 S IR their eyes oyes opened and proved anything any any- thing but submissive to the syndicate syndi syndi- cato cate system of ot the tho Federal promoters They refused to 10 take tho the team unless It was given en them intact and for fora a time It looked as If It they might drop out of ot tho the Fed game gamo A compromise finally was arranged ed however how how- ever b by which they retained Falkenberg Falken Falken- berg berS' letting go to the Wards arose over the over the disposition disposition dispo dispo- of ol Managers Phillips of Indianapolis Indianapolis Indian n apolis and Stovall of orI Kansas nn City The backers of ot tho the Kansas City people objected objected ob oh- to the return of StovalL al That ThatIs ls they did not did not want him as ns their manager manager man man- ager 10 preserve 1 Itself from c charges carges of of- throwing down the man who had done much to aid the outlaws outlaws' in Drub rab- rab bing binS players etc th the Feds would be compelled to take care of ot Stovall If It was planned to to shift Stovall to the former Indianapolis team team s as manager and let Phillips shift for himself but bul P Phillips had bad fortified himself with anew anew a anew new year one contract to manage the thc team and It was' was not an n easy elsy matter to oust him Tho The result was that tho the Federals Fed Ped- after nIter a two day session trying to straighten out the tho tangle announced announced that Phillips as ag manager of ot tho the transferred Indianapolis team while white all Stovall would be taken care caro oJ of In some somo manner that would be satis factory to all concerned Tho The Thode de deal l for tor the Indianapolis club disclosed some figures the n i L ui UL 4 v J u team team- In the Federal Uj league fa u tT Though f h iC the 0 tg out outlaw law pennant winners were announced as being of at the best one paying teams In tho the Federal league It developed that It cost about more to operate It last ast year than thai Its Its receipts The Tho league In the club assumed of or Its obligations and anel It was as stated that In ad addition to this there had been advanced by the club directors directors tors on their personal persona account to keep the tho team going in tho the clo closing ng weeks of ot the season when the Wards aros and others had tightened the purse strings presumably b because couse tho the Indianapolis Indi anapolis anapolis- people would not surrender Players during the race for tho the pen pen- nant Tho The Indianapolis prom promoters teu had raised In stock among among- subscribing subscribing subscribing sub sub- scribing scribing- stockholders guaranteeing that this stock would pay 6 per cent Interest st This capital was was' used all aU us used d up and the club then began to call for tor help Tho The league made advances to It If tho Wards Wards' contrIbuting and the tho club directors aa ns stated put lt up to keep the team Intact so It could finish the season eason and win In the pennant Tho The Indianapolis club had leased a plot pot of ot ground at a a. rental of a 6 r nr ar and on it had built stands which It Is la alleged post cost This l investment it retains With tho the settlement made mad as to what club they the should have the tho Newark promoters pro pro- went ahead last week and awarded a a. contract for tor building stands on t the site that had been ure for p k in In Harrison N. 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J Work will m v be bo these stands 1 It ft Is 13 Stated and it Is hoped to have them completed early in May In the mean mean- the tho Federal playing schedule has been drawn so that the tho Newark team shall hall play pIny away from homo home until the park I is read ready The Th Federal season will open on April 10 as ns Intended The ii Newark team will open the season seaBon lt at will open at Brooklyn Brook Brook- lyn hn lynSt St St. Louis nt at Chicago and Pittsburgh Pitts Pitts- burgh at Kansas City It Is said tho Federals will compete as ll little l as s po with the teams In organized b ball ll particularly In Inn and Pittsburgh h In Chicago and n St. St Louis LaUIA n necessarily ce the thy they can noth not avoid ld S clashes f- f Vm to h b buck ck tile the lea In But But- tab ralo tolo and n Newark to hold their own In Buffalo and believing the they can drive the Newark Internationals business a as they Chey did the International out of ot team In Baltimore It Jt will win be that It 15 is noted only In minor league cities clUes they c peet to real attention from the public r |