Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-08-31 | Page 23 | $5,000,000 Necessary to Expand League

uyoo wsmt TO EM LEAGUE Enlargement of the FeHeral Would Net Be Practicable, Says Jennings. Tho report that tho Federal league would expand for 1014 and take In several sev-eral eastern cities has opened talk from the major loagno managers. 'In order to establish a. cirouit that can live, tho Federal league promoters must, have at least $5,000,000," declares Ilugh Jennings of tho Detroit Tigers. "There Is no demand for this organization, organ-ization, for tho baseball public Is plentifully plenti-fully supplied with amusement by the two major leagues. The costly stadiums In tho various cities afford such accommodations accom-modations that tho publio will not patronize pat-ronize cheaper plants. "Tho playors undor contract to tho National and American leagues are receiving re-ceiving big calories. In order to entice some of thorn to Jump, the FoOoral league would bo compellod to put up Increased salaries in cold cash and guarantee pay for moro than one or two years. "The Federal leaguo this year is run on a cheap bn3la, Tho best playors receive re-ceive $200 a month. That In why tho outlaw promoters haven't been driven to the wall. "When tho American league broke into organized baseball conditions were much different than now. The National loague had abandoned eevoral good cities and the club owners had become unpopular with tho public and the players. "There was room for a second major i league circuit, and Ban Johnson took advantage of it. Johnson and his backers back-ers hod real money, and the rest was easy." .