Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1920 — MAJOR LEAGUES HAVE FOUR FEDERAL STARS [ARTICLE]

MAJOR LEAGUES HAVE FOUR FEDERAL STARS

Kauff, Rousch, Tobin and Flack Only Players Developed. Of More Than 200 Ball Tossers Thrown on Market When Outlaw Circuit Was Disrupted Less Than Score Remain. What has become of more than 200 Federal league players thrown Upon the market when that organization, which aspired to be a third major league, was put out of business after the season of 1915 by the National League and American league through purchase and consolidation? Many of the Federal league players found berths in the two surviving major leagues. But today, we find less than a score of former Federal league men remaining in the major leagues, and of these but four are really stars. With the Cubs, there only remain Outfielder Flack, Pitcher Hendrix, and Third Baseman Deal. The Giants have Outfielder Kauff, Infielder Jimmy Smith and First Baseman Chase. Cincinnati has Outfielder Rousch and Catcher Wilson, Outfielder Mann, First Baseman Konetchy and Infielder Rawlings ; Philadelphia has Pitcher Packard. In the American league, St. Louis has Outfielder Tobin and Pitcher Davenport, the latter just traded to Washington: Detroit has Pitcher Ehmke; Boston has Outfielder Me<nosky, who was recently secured from Washington in the deal that sent Roth and Shannon to Washington, and New York has Pitcher Jack Quinn. It is worthy of note that the Federal League only developed four real players, and these are all outfielders, namely: Kauff, Rousch, Tobin and Flack, and of these only Tobin was an actual Federal league discovery and he had to go to the minors to be polished up. ’ All of which in effect settles that league’s claims to major league status at any time.