Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-17

\ tive benches; also ssecron of rue 70, which specifies that player ordered rom the neld shan go wilnIn one nm ute from the tilne you ofuer HIS 4Te- movaI from the game.
 l Coachels have Deou 2 disturbing ele- menI to the umpire. Rule 53 proyides iust what thSlr and your unues are. | These rules are mandatory and not d4s- 1 cre1loaaly. If you allow them ID pc i violated you becoWe the chief cuiprit | and do not properly perform the uu- I ties of your position. Bear III mlHu that you are not responsible for the 4 creation of the rules or the penaitles prescribed for them.
 l Two young Brooklyn players, who have gained considerable lame Ill the i minor league clrcults, are eAtdngleu III ! the mesnes of that base ball octopus, ], known as the National Association or 1 Professional Leagues
 This organization, which was eSiao- ! lished when the National league aofo- gated the national agreement, has con trol of all the minor leagues in the country, and, as result of this corner on the base ball market, is pursuing high handed attitude toward it's play CTS.
 Reports of ill-treatment are being heard in all sections of the country. The doings of certain leagues in the cases of Third Baseman Jack Cusick and Pitcher J. D. Magee of this Dor ough seem to take the cake.
 The trouble arises from the agree ment entered into by the National As sociation to the effect that all players ! who finished last season with the clubs { comprising all the leagues affiliated
 with the big organization may be claimed by those clubs.
 Cusick was asked by Manager Jim O'Rourke of the Bridgeport team of .i the Connecticut State league late last season to help him out at critical
 period of the race.
 Cusick agreed on condition that he
 would be permitted to shift for him
 self at the end of the season. This
 O'Rourke acceded to. The reserve
 clause was ignored altogether.
 The Brooklyn boy finished the season
 with Bridgeport and this season signed
 with the Jersey City club of the East
 ern league at far better salary than
 the Connecticut league will pay.
 Now, in the face of this agreement
 with Cusick to ignore the reserve rule
 and taking advantage of the agree
 ment of the National Association O'Rourke has claimed the little third
 baseman, and by order of President
 Pat Powers, Cusick is compelled to
 play at Bridgeport or not at all The
 injustice of this is immediately appar- ent.
 The case of Magee is something : similar He was the star twirler of the
 Rome club of the New York State league last year and signed with that organization this spring at an ill creased salary and a special agree ment whereby he was to receive al advance of $10O.
 The Rome club was sold to syn i dicate, of which George Kuntzscf i is president and Sandy, Griffin mana
 ger This syndicate accepted all O.
 the obligations of the Rome club, it i
 said. According to Magee it is tryin: . to avoid the agreement entered int, 3 with him. s4@
 At any rate, on April II, Magee re
 ceived q contract from Griffin, callin;
 for a greatly reduced Isalary, and ig !. noring the special agreement entirely The Brooklyn boy wrote back an, ? asked if the Syracuse manager wa ! trying to perpetrate an April fool joke
 whereupon Griffin sent back a ney | contract. offering slight increase oye 5 the original offer
 5 This Magee also refused and he i l. now awaiting another bid from Syra
 cuse before appealing to Presiden ;. Powers of the National Association. , | Brooklyn Eagle. c
 : We will never again make the mis
 take of not entering New York whel , we have the chance. We will have Z: team there next year, and if we ca . get in Pittsburg you can bet I'll be i D favor of jumping in there, too" Thu 7, spoke Charlie Comiskey. owner of tn U Chicago White Stockings yesterday
 He further said it was decidedl g. against his advice that the leagu l stayed out of New York this year l "If one wish of mine would come tru q I would simply wish for a team 1ik
 my present White Stockings. with thei }. home grounds in New York instead 0 5 Chicago. New York is a great ba 0 town and nobody could ask bette d support than the Chicago public Ina r. given my team. But you know Ne,
 York. It is all man would want 6 =