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Show ! AMERICAN LEAGUE j BEGINS STRUGGLE Club Trying to Protect Itself From Onslaughts of the Federals. St. Louis, April 10. As a result of Earl Hamilton's desertion to the ; Federal league yesterday and the announcement of (Clem Clemmons that ho would go to Chicago today, f presumably to join the new league, j. L the locnl American league baseball club today began a struggle to protect pro-tect Itself from other onslaughts by the Federal league. The strongest defense uncovered today was the elimination from all 1914 contracts, of the right to drop any player on ten days' notice. I Several St. Louis Americans' play- ), ers last night displayed contracts with the ten-day clause lined out. ; As a second precaution, Manager ttickey of the St. Louis Americans last night hold interviews with each i player said, to have visited Stovall. : . Stovall returned to Kansas City, but C. C. Madls.on, president of the ' Kansas City Federals, remained to continue overtures to major league players. t |