Show PRESENT ENT BASEBAll WAR IS 1 GOING DOING TO GOST A fORTUNE Federal J. J 1 League Lease Has Not a Chance Chace to Be Financial Success ss This Year American Ass Association Is Most Affected CHICAGO l May 12 Upholders 12 Upholders of organized organized or baseball and promoters of the then n new w Federal Jen league are agreed upon one point po at least and that is that some someo someone someone o one e j ip is going Joing to lose a lot tot of ot mone money in b baseball this season But they thoy uro are not Dot agreed upon uon tho the point of which side is going to lose Jose the greater amount Reports Report of the attendance at ut Kansas City and n Indianapolis seem to bear benr out but the tb advance contentions of President nt Chi Chivington ln ton of or the American assoc association jon that the cities of his circuit not and would not support two teams Th The Tho F Federals der s. s according to tho the best reports and and both the tho new nc lc league and or organized organ organ- an i d baseball are ara receiving reports of rival rhal attendance figures all on over r jho circuit of the new 1 3 uc have outdrawn outdrawn out out- drawn s 's team by oy n ri comfortable IDar margin n in the tho early games tame While will m not admit the greater neater drawing power of tho new league although willing to admit it n about ont a equal teal in Kansas City for the tho pre pres cat ent ho bo o docs does state tate that the total attendance attendance attend attend- ance at both parks narks xin An Kansas City is isi not to th that t of a normal year yN in i Kansas City when the Blues lia had the field to themselves President in Chivington ton asserts that pirn- pirn im conditions prevailed in Milwaukee years ago when tho American association Sears tion on an and Western Jea e were cn engaged a in a baseball ball war Attendance Reports Attendance reports from Indianapolis are aro conflicting Tho The association claims to baye bare the tho bulge e except on the tho day when the Feds opened while the tho Feds claim the the bulge c all the th way Indianapolis Indian Indian- Indianapolis apolis is if isa II a splendid ha baseball city cit hut but it is ia extremely doubtful whether r two to clubs cluba can an live especially with a II partially par partially conflicting schedule without some seine bein being being- dropped Owner McGill and Manager Hendricks are arc fi fighting clean and their carets cares lar carefully realizing thai that till they arc aro newcomers engaged en cn in a s battle against home owners arm and home capital President Chivington Chi also denied tho the thor r report generally circulated that he ho had issued an Rn order to his club owners to refuse admission to their parks park to Federal league players He lie nays gays tS t.'S that tb is isa isa isa a poi point t which tt the club owners owners must decide for themselves With AVith Kansas City an and Indi Indianapolis forced forc d to combat rival attractions part of the tho fea DD t th ero ro is another c city ity l' l which has bas bean beon picked melted as all n a weak sister in in the tho American u association this thi ve year r That is Cleveland Clr where Ne it is fe feared r th the fans will not support both the Naps Nap and an D American Association club chub A major If leaguer 10 o opinion is it entitled entitle I to respect admits it was a mistake for fot forthe I ib the be American lea league to rove r ro o it its i ion don for or the tho entrance of of the major maior- minors and antI a a mi for tho the association to enter the field Of or course COu this advance ad- ad vane vance dope may bo hn upset when d chili hib th opens at borne home Ch Cliv ington takes the view ie that the tho Clove land American m rica association tion tenor team will bea hea he be a success and draw well rell at t home hom With the blare over and th the Federal ed l le league openings a thing of the past tho the war for patronage now tattles do down n to a ural survival ur al of the tho fittest TIe The newcomers are having a orry sorry time In according accordini to to reports rh a atho as the tho Pittsburg Federals are arc down down in own in the tho J race while the fans have gone one daffy over tho showing of the Pirates and t the e chances of Fred Clarke's Clarkes crew to win WID the National lea league a flag Cubs Cuts Not Drawing Dialing Here in Chica Chicano Chicago o. o the Federals have bave not larger crowds crowt's than the Cubs Cubs' on on practically every even con conflicting dato date and the tho aggregate rite attendance including the tho openings probably would woula 1 discount theat the tho National ional at leaguers tOr two to one Of course such a proportion may not be bo I expected to ast The total na d attendance attend ance anco at the four Cincinnati games ames at Cubs' Cubs park according to tho Federal figures was as about which which included a Saturday while the reds Feds drew about to on their opening alone The Cubs are aro handicapped b by the fact that tho Chica Chicago o fan generally believes that Murphy still holds an i interest terest in inthe inthe inthe the club an and that President Thomas is is merely a fi figurehead Such a condition i is worse for patronage patrona o than if Murphy Mur Mur- Murphy ph phy still were head o of the tho club Several o baseball men who always have ha been hostile to Murphy urphy and who ou ought ht to know kno assort assert positively that tho the f former Cub boss is out They assert that th they have hoc positive information To fo that eff effect ct and they tho certainly crt bear Murphy urphy no good will vill which would cause them to cover er co up up JI for his bi benefit But tho the public docs does not believe it and probably never nover will 4 until Taft of Cincinnati disposes of his Cub stock tock The Tho Connery syndicate which at ono one offered for merely tho the francOise players and ROO good goodwill will of the Cubs which includes tho old sta stan nus is ia isnow now chuckling tb that t it withdrew wit its offer when Taft named as his bottom price It would d not give si tho the now no |