James Alexander Gilmore was an American businessman who served as president of baseball's Federal League when it attempted to become a third major league, alongside the American League and National League, in 1914 and 1915.
Gilmore in 1914
Gilmore (left) with Charles Weeghman (right)
The Federal League of Base Ball Clubs, known simply as the Federal League, was an American professional baseball league that played its first season as a minor league in 1913 and operated as a "third major league", in competition with the established National and American Leagues, from 1914 to 1915.
James A. Gilmore of the Federal League c. 1913
William E. Robertson, president of the Buffalo, New York Federal League baseball team the Buffalo Blues.
C. C. Madison in 1915, owner of the Kansas City, Missouri baseball club of the Federal League, the Kansas City Packers.
Washington Park in April 1915