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Show Isin IS" POWER FOB FEHL LEAGOE Wealthy Oil Magnate Says Young Organization Has Bright Future. Harry F. Simlnir ot Tuleii. Okla., nf- Mw'mtp. nf Johu D. KoekftVil'T ;in.l the noriisoliil.'is iu oil ;iinl t'iuiii:i'.iul in lev-fsts, lev-fsts, i',phuiu'il why lie turiH'il from the threshold of nranicd Imaebnll and diluted with tho Fedora) league as partner part-ner of Patriek T. Powers in venture ven-ture that will give Hie independent league t'Usoha! ropro.vulHtiou in Nevv-( ark. Mr. ini'lair is under forty years of ae and has been a continuous patron of baseball. ' ' .1 was eonsidorin? the purehnse of a ehlli in orynni.ed baieball wheu oppor-lunit.v oppor-lunit.v cairn' t'or uio to study all Ike phasos ol: thr prosenr. busob-ill war." said Mr. i'u-uur re..'ently. ' 1'roni i-arly boyhood .1 hae keen a fan ami as such many of the intriraeios of the political side of the sporl iri'u covered up because be-cause of my intoiisi' interest iu the gaum itself. The tuniin; point came after a close study of men aiid method?1. "The. "Wards of Brooklyu and Messrs. Ball of .Sr. Louis and Veeirhnian and talker of Chicago, were also known by mo aud iu ten minutes dames A. G-ilnjoro was able to make me believe tho Federal leaio would sweued. "The rederal lea:Tuo appealed to mo as tho league of tho't'uture. Kicht now the Federal league is iu a more advantageous ad-vantageous ' and desirable position thau either of tho older circuits. No one in thif league flipped in a few whire chips expecting to pull out a fortune." Since the connection of Mr. Sinclair with the Federal league was established as a fact it has developed that the financial power in the baseball war has been a liberal contributor to clubs iu the west that, have found the minor league uouz too great a financial bur-deu. bur-deu. When questioned on this poiut Mr. Siuclair said that, as a fan he had sometimes "'helped out. a little to keep the sport in good health." Mr. Siuclair announced that all (he details of the new club's control would be iu the hands of Patrick T. Powers. whot it was explaiued. had invested more money in the federals than any other resident of New Jersey ever bad in a similar enterprise. |