Show PLAYERS LOSE BECAUSE OF RAIDS BY THE THETo I FEDERALS To Lee Magee Ed Koney Joe Tinker Otto Knabe Mordecal Brown M Mickey Doolan George Stovall and a score acore of other athletes the Federal league scheme hoc hac been profitable They have doubled and In many In Instances tripled their salaries with the leap to the tho outlaws They are reaping the harvest har her vest from Ward Stud Ball flail t cL Co They have the I should fret exp expression re as I on boce because u se contracts without the tho ten day clause Insure the tho Jobs Job for this year the next and maybe maybethe the following That's to tho the credit of Lee Ed Tink and others other But Hut these fellows are aro living living liv liv- In ing a life lito of luxury they luxury they really have reached the top of their career the career the theother other fellow the one ono who Is Just jU t start start- Jug ing out on his baseball Journey and the theone theone one cab who Is ls waiting ailing for tor the tho opportunity t lc advance to tho the major class is feeling reeling the pinch of econom economy A prominent fan an expressed d the tho following flail Ball players say the tho Federal league has helped d baseball It Jt And the ball hall player is the one who will suffer suf suf- fer for Those who are arc fe feasting on the bl big salary t today 1 ay the result of the bidding between organized baseball and the tho I Federals will tell you the Feds should be 10 reco recognized d an as the ml mighty pow power r In Inthe Inthe the thc national game They The should stick to leaders lenders because Gil and his mates c re a-re responsible for these thee panicky baseball days In baseball though the ma magnate nate cannot cannot cannot can can- not 81 sit t inside his lIs office and I his club to run Its Ihl 6 course That's be because because hc- hc cause tho he life lite of ot the star Is not forever You may have ha- haa a 00 swatter this summer sum sum- mer iner and tho the next hell he'll shrink to a R. I swinger r And nd batters do not win pennants So the magnate must look loek lookout lookout out the window ho he must send semi his thoughts to the tho minor league fields ho he hires scouts to tour the country countr and make notes of tho the lads he lie believes willbe will willbe willbo be bo ripe for lor picking In n another summer r or two This is III the fellow who today is beIng beIng being be- be ing injured b the tho baseball war With Witha a single sweep the tho big minor league magnates nates have sliced lIce 1 their salary list Our informant waa very cr well posted on baseball affairs He Ho disclaimed ownIng ownIng own- own Ing lug a single share ue of stock In an any ball club but he quoted the following f figures fig ures ns as the tue salary limit around the mi minor minor ml- ml nor league ue circuit American association to International le league sue to Pacific Coast lc league u to 7 Southern Western league logue Class B Ju s. s HiO to 10 Class P f l leagues Class D leagues leagueR Before BeCore the Federal arrived many stars from the majors who were employment in the tho three slipping found big minor l leagues the leagues the International American a association anti and Pacific Coast And man many of ot thorn thom drew down us is high highS as S per month A per month salary was WL common In these three cir cir cir- cu cults t But In 1914 these three leagues discovered dis covered thc they could not pa pay the high salaried and ring up tip with a profitable balance at nt the end of ot the season Bellson Tho The knife has been the closest friend to tho minor league magnate since last st October He not only has hu sliced the salaries s. s but hut he ho hl has fired tired many of ot those majors ox-majors who found employment with them after slipping |