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Show ST. LOUIS MAGNATE SEES PEACE AHEAD Pres dent E A Ste n nger of the St Lou s Federal league cl b has al hfitted that the Federal league v, 11 probably be absorbed by organ zed baseball or some arrangement will De made dur ng the off season whereby the warr ng baseball fact ons w 11 bury the hatchet Accord ng to Ste n ner the ques t on of seek ng a co nprom se w th the powers that be n o "an zed baseball has been d scussed nformally by cl b owners n the ndependent league No act on has been taken he ad led but t wouldn t be surpr s ng f the base ball fight wh ch has been waged s nee the nvas on of the Feds hpgan s end ed ere the 1915 season s naugurated No defin te plans have been d ade n the wa of seek n a co oporat on of the two baseball fo ces sa d Pres dent Stein nger We have d scussed the matter nforn ally only among our selves and t seems to be the general op n on of those n the Federal league that sonieth ng should bo done n the way of putt ng an end to the str fe Beca Be he lool ed for some such eompron se dur ng the w nter Ste n nger sa d he was nable to an nounce anv plans so fa as the St Lou s Tederal league clul is con cerned for next season He sa d he had not heard f om Pres dent G Imo e of the Federal league for son e t n e Accord ng to Ste n ner a meet ng of the owners of the e ght Fed eral leag e clubs w 11 1 kely be held n the near fut re when the quest on of effect ng a con prom se w 11 be d s cussed F om outs de sources t s sa d ue got at ons ha e alread been begi n towa 1 effect ng a peace agreement between organ zed baseball and the outlaws That the Feds hould desire peace s probably due to the fact that the n vade s ha e met w th severe setbacks n the wa of procur ng players for the proposed 191o season The secret draft ng meet ng recently held by the b g leag e cl bs proved a bodv blow to the Feds The ndependents had expected tl at thev would have been able to procure ball players bj the wholesale when the b c leame cl bs announced the 1 st of players drafted nowe er the ma o leag e club owners v thhcld he drafts nil he had s gned the pla ers won n the inn a baseball lotte Afte the gradua ng bush leag e p a ers had been s gne 1 t pro ed no s ble for the Fel o negot ate w h the oung talent Plavers alrea ly n the b s leag ha e been loth to s gn w tl the Feds appftrentlv One reason s that a gr a maio ty of capable pla ere now n the B g Tent ha e been s gned to con tracts sans the ten days clause wh ch makes it mposs ble for the Feds to procure a plaver thus s gned In the case of the St I.ou s cl b t s known thai Manage Feller Jones has been lea ing no stone unturned in h s efforts to prnc re a good nfielder After comb ne he maior leagues be has lea ned that Ceorgc Gutsbaw of the Brooklvn Na onals s nho t th on eood pla e who s not t ed p o a b nd n'' cont a t r tshaw a fa rl gool bal paver but not n the same class with Edd e Coll ne Tv Cobb and Toe J&ckfton u said to have agreed to take the hurdle '" i U i mini mmmm to the St Lou s club prov ded he s pa d $6000 a season and g en a con tract for two seasons In h s present 1 ght Jones wo Id welcon e C tshaw even at $6000 But the club owners are loth to 8 gn a player for that s m when t s no assured fact that the plajer wo Id be perm tted to perform as w tness t e case of the Cuban, Armando Marsans, who s dra v n" salary at the rate of $6500 a season and s not even w th the club be ng held out of the game by court act on It s repo ted from another source that George Tebeau owner of the jKan sas C ty (Amer can assoc at on) club, and Patsy Donovan the ex Card nai manager and long t me dent fied w th organ zed baseball have been act ng as scouts for the b g league lubs n nvest cat ng the feel ng n the Tederal league toward a comprom se The r report s sa d to have been that t would be no d fficult matter to come to terms w th the Federals The Ted owners would 1 kely be perm tted to buy nto Amer can and Nat onal league Amer can assoc at on and In ternat onal league clubs or the r n te ests n the Feleral league wo Id be purchased oqtr ght t is sa d The n after of tak n back players who ha e been black lstel for hav ng umped organ zed baseball would be an easy task Those dent fied w th organ zed base ball will 1 kely ssue an early den al that s ch a th ng as a eompron se w th the Feds s being cons dered However there s a hen on and t wouldn t surpr se f organ zed base ball club owners and the feds got the r heads together soon after the world s se cs s placed |