Federal League : Sports league web site provided and hosted free of charge by LeagueLineup.com - The Youth and Amateur Sports Portal! By the second season, most of the teams had "official" nicknames, although many writers still called many of the teams "-Feds". It is true that, in order to attain for these exhibitions the great popularity that they have achieved, competitions must be arranged between clubs from different cities and states. Future members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame who participated in the Federal League during 1914 included Mordecai Brown, Bill McKechnie, Edd Roush, Joe Tinker and John Montgomery Ward. The Hollywood Stars and Margate Sentries had their workouts rained out. It alleges that the defendants destroyed the Federal League by buying up some of the constituent clubs and in one way or another inducing all those clubs except the plaintiff to leave their League, and that the three persons connected with the Federal League and named as defendants, one of them being the President of the League, took part in the conspiracy. Great damage to the plaintiff is alleged. The decision of the Court of Appeals went to the root of the case, and, if correct, makes it unnecessary to consider other serious difficulties in the way of the plaintiff's recovery. The end of the elaborate organizations and sub-organizations that are described in the pleadings and evidence is that these clubs shall play against one another in public exhibitions for money, one or the other club crossing a state line in order to make the meeting possible. This is a suit for threefold damages brought by the plaintiff in error under the Anti-Trust Acts of July 2, 1890, c. 647, § 7, 26 Stat. The preeminent amateur wood bat baseball league in Northern Virginia, the Federal Baseball League was founded on the core principles of honoring the game and respecting the opponent. The clubs composing the Leagues are in different cities and for the most part in different states. A summary statement of the nature of the business involved will be enough to present the point. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. It alleges that the defendants destroyed the Federal League by buying up some of the constituent clubs and in one way or another inducing all those clubs except the plaintiff to leave their League, and that the three persons connected with the Federal League and named as defendants, one of them being the President of the League, took part in the conspiracy. 209, 210, and of October 15, 1914, c. 323, § 4, 38 Stat. Organized Baseball claimed victory by virtue of the fact that the Federal League petition had been denied. The Federal League consists of schools from Stark and Summit Counties including Canton City, Green Local, Jackson Local, Lake Local, North Canton City, Perry Local, and Plain Local. The business is giving exhibitions of baseball, which are purely state affairs. The decision of the Court of Appeals went to the root of the case, and, if correct, makes it unnecessary to consider other serious difficulties in the way of the plaintiff's recovery. National League of Professional Baseball Clubs v. Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore, 50 App.D.C. Federal League clubs lured away stars from the established leagues. The plaintiff obtained a verdict for $80,000 in the Supreme Court, and a judgment for treble the amount was entered, but the Court of Appeals, after an elaborate discussion, held that the defendants were not within the Sherman Act. We present them here for purely educational purposes. ... and this afternoon Major League Baseball officially postponed this weekend’s upcoming series with the Nationals in Marlins Park. This resulted in the famous All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Minor league Total Zone (Rctch&Rtz, 2005-2009) data provided by Baseballprojection.com and Minorleaguesplits.com. This data comes from two sources. Instagram & Twitter: @thefedball www.fedball.com Welcome to the official Facebook page of the Federal Baseball League The plaintiff is a baseball club incorporated in Maryland, and, with seven other corporations, was a member of the Federal League of Professional Base Ball Players, a corporation under the laws of Indiana, that attempted to compete with the combined defendants.