Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-01-31 | Page 31 | Home-Town Club May Prove Money Getter

HOME-TOWN CLUB MAY PROVE MONEY GETTER The Federal league overlooked a great, chance to revolutionize baseball when it wa-s formed two .years ago. It has over been a dream of old students of the game that the personnel of the clubs would be representative of the respective communities. The Pittsburc Federals for instance, recruited playerB from a dozen different differ-ent states. A team quite a3 good could have been recruited from amontf tho hill?, vales and: environs of Daddy Pitt 's domain. How would the following: squad appear ap-pear at Exposition Park: Ray Miller. Bill MrK'ecbnio, Lute Boone, Enos Rirkpatrick, Gus Ge.tz, Martv Bergham-mer, Bergham-mer, Chuck Deal, Larrv Spahr, .Tim Shaw, Bill Doak, Hans Lohert, Xisf Smiih, Joe Scbnltz, Bill Louden, Otto Knabo, Bill Steen. Jake Pitler and others. If permitted to reach just outside of Father Pitt's boundary we fancy such great pick-ups as Hans MTa:rner of Oar-necie. Oar-necie. Howard Shanks of Monaea, Bert Humphries of Monongahela City. Caay Haeman of Beaver, "Wilbur Good antl a lot of ethers close enougrh to identify themselves as Pittsbnrpers. There is :nch an excess of inficlders in Pittsburg Pitts-burg that outfielders and backstop? would have, to be secured from adjacent towns. Serious'.' . hownvr, th'-1 Feri-. li a 1 a 'ha nee to" dn :) real r-tnn1" aii.-nfr tbi line. Bill Phillips tried to make it a co with h.s Indianapolis club, but struck obstacles. Maybe the next baseball base-ball war ten or twelve years hence "will be built on this community representation representa-tion idea.