Evening star., 1901-09-23
WoIverton Fined $500 for Signing
With American League.
SENATORS Won BOTH GAMES
Cleveland Defeated Twice in Sat-
urday's Double Header.
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS

Quite a sensation was sprung In Phila-
delphia Saturday afternoon when Harry
Wolverton, who is reported to have signed
a contract with Manager Manning for next
season, was suspended for the rest Of the
season without pay.
Col. Rogers of the Philadelphia club sent
for Wolverton Saturday, and when the lat
ter entered his Office said:
"A certain player has made affidavit that
he has seen an American League contract
with your name signed to it,
To this Wolverton replied: IT defy you to
prove it,
Then Col. Rogers read section 5 Of the
National League contract, and after fin
ishing informed Wolverton that he was
fined the sum of $500, the total amount due
the third baseman for salary to the end of
the present season.
The two men then got into an angry dis
cussion, in which Col. Rogers Is reported
to have said:
''I1l treat every player on the team the
same as I've treated you. Not one of them
will get another dollar on account of sal
ary, but all will be fined the full amounts
due them at the end of the season unless
they come into this office and make afti-
davit that they have signed no contracts
and made no agreements of any kind to
sign with the American League next year.
Under section . of their contracts l have a
right to impose such fines, as no player
has a right to negotiate with another Or
ganization for next year so long as he is
under contract to the Philadelphia club"
WOlverton Sues Rogers.
Wolverton Immediately consulted an at
torney. and brought suit to recover the $500
due him.
To Philadelphia reporter WolvertOn
Saturday night said: II refused to tell
Rogers my private business and defied him
to fine me. The money is due me for SAL
ary and the court will make Rogers pay
me in full. / refused to make an affidavit
or to tell Rogers my private business. and
all the other players on the team will re-
fuse likewise to make such affidavits in
order to obtain the salaries due them
1t Is possible that after the other players,
now out west with the club, hear of VOL
vertons experience from Wolverton's tel
egram to them yesterday they will go on a
strike and refuse to play out the season
unless their salaries are guaranteed or
paid to them in advance. Delahanty and
the others who have signed American
League contracts for next season will GER
tainly demand their salaries at once, and
as certainly refuse to make the affidavits
Rogers will require of them.
The Players Case.
In speaking of the matter Capt Clark
Griffith of the Chicago American team.
who Is in Philadelphia, said last night:
was created to prevent National League
club owners from stealing players from one
another. The court in the La joie case has
shown that there is equity in the con-
tract. But should Rogers hold up the sal
aries and the matter go to the court the
contract would not even be considered.
All that a player need do Is to prove
that his pay is SO much per month and that
he has received payment for a stated num-
Der of months, and if there is a balance
coming he'll get it. The Quakers need not
worry about their money, and Rogers can
not make them answer his question in ref
erence to American League encroa chments.
He welcomed this war In the spring, and
now that he Is hit hard he tries to get
back at the players"
The effect of this latest move on the part
OF Rogers. 1t is claimed, will be to further
incense ball players generally against the
National League, and induce many who
would not otherwise have done so to make
overtures to the American League to play
with that organization next season.
Where They Play Today.
Cleveland at WaShingtou