The day book. [volume], January 27, 1914, NOON EDITION, Image 27

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roid Throi'gh trades, purchases and
drafts, the P. L, began to bring order
out of chaos, and at the close of the
season "he had bright prospects for
the coming campaign.
Now see what the Feds have done
to Chance's dream of conquest.
They have already relieved him of
Cole, Zeider and Ford and are dick
ering with Sweeney, Hartzell and
Peckinpaugh. If.they get these men
Chance will have to begin rebuilding
again.
Turn once more to the National.
Red Dooin's Phillies caused some
uneasiness in Giant ranks during a
portion of the 1913 flag race, and
there was promise that they would
furnish the tight little fight for the
New Yorkers again this year, with
fair prospects of nosing under the
wire as contenders for the post-season
pool.
What happened to the Phillies, and
what is happening, is daily history.
First Otto Knahe, the gingery second
baseman, who kept the infield keyed
up to fighting pitch, was snagged by
Baltimore. Then Killifer and Bren
dan were annexed by Chicago. Killi
fer has jumped back, but the case will
be fought in the courts. ,
The loss of Knabe will be irrepar
able to the Phils, and the scrapping
over Killifer is. liable to effect the
morale of the team. Brennan's ab
sence will also be felt.
In nearly every instance the Feds
have drawn their men from the
weaker teams, or have so shot their
dynamite that one team in each
league' would stand out above its.
.rival. The results will be plain when
the season advances and these star
aggregations begin to pull out ahead
of the field.
Pitcher Kahler of Cleveland has
signed with the Pittsburg Feds.
. Cy Falkenberg and Fred Blanding,
star right-handers of the Nap pitch
ing corps, came to Chicago to confer
with Federal promoters, but it is iin-'
derstood that Ban Johnson got hold
of them. The results of Ban's per-,
suafive talk have not leaked out, but
the two have not,yqt,jumped. f
President Murphy of -the Cubs is
out with a threat to sue Ward Miller,
outfielder, for $25,000 damages be
cause the Dixon,' 111., citizen signed
with the Federals.
Mention of this amount of money
probably caused Miller great surprise,,
as he did not know his fprmer em
ployer regarded him as such a valua
ble piece of human flesh. Murphy,
after talking about the $25,000, says
he could sell Miller for $6,000.
If Miller is worth $25,000, Tom
Needham must be worth, as much as
$2.25.
Johnnie Evers looked over the
training camp at Tampa yesterday,
and was in a happy frame of mind.
John had just finished hooking Tom
my Leach, George Pierce and Artie
Phelan to agreements for the coming
season, and had a right to be joyful.
The men did not actually sign con
tracts, but all said that they had come
to an understanding.
Al Bridwell will probably be num
bered among the missing on the West
Side when the opening gun is fired in
April. He was offered a contract at
the same salary he received last sea
son, and turned it down. Murphy
says he will not raise the ante, and
Bridwell is contemplating a hop to
Mordecai Brown's St.. Louis Federal
team.
Billy Purtell, former White Sox,
last year manager of Jersey City in
the International League, has signed
a contract to play third base for De
troit. He "hit .306 last season and
led the third basemen in fielding.
Clymer, Altizer, Williams and Killi
fer have signed their 1914 contracts
with Minneapolis. All were threat
ening to jump the reservation for the
Federal camp.
Freddie Welsh, English lightweight,
won easily from Earl Fisher in a ten
round bout at Cincinnati. The Britdn'
was too clever for the Dayton man,
and could have given him a worse
battering.
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