Evening star., 1908-01-16
President PuIIiam Wants Ma
tionaI Commission Respected.
HAS STRONG EVIDENCE
Minor League Executive Will Re.
ply to Charges.
PLAYERS WILL BE BENEFITED
Only Two Favorites Win at New
Orleans - Goodman Outpoints
o'Brien-Bowling Battles.

President Pulliam's determined stand
against the minor league officials who
seem to persist in ignoring the national
commissions reinstatement of certain
ball players who have been placed on the
ineligible list Of the National Association
created big sensation. Pulliam has
stirred up a hornets nest. which Is just
what he meant to do and the issue will
be brought to a showdown in a very short
time.
There are two sides to every question,
OF course. Regardless of what any base
ball mans personal opinion of the ''black-
list" may be. it is evident that Pulliam
has hit the mark in some of his charges;
perhaps In all.
Pat Powers. president of the National
Association and the Eastern League
stated that official reply to Mr.. Pulliam
would be made in due time Mr.. Powers
did not care to discuss the case, as he Is
not fully informed of some incidents that
occurred last week at Cincinnati, when
Puliam and Secretary John Farrell OF the
minor league organization had a run in. :"
While Powers Is at the head of the Ma
tional Association. he realizes that the
puddle stirred up by Pulliam is more or
less a personal matter between Pulliam
and Farrell.
AT CINCINNATI Farrell stated tnal tneTc
was no ineligible" list. That stopped all
argument for the time being. Pulliam
has since collected enough evidence to
convince him that Mr.. Farrell Is either
greatly mistaken or that a great injustice
has been done
The chances are that the blacklist"
will be abrogated-publicly denied by the
National Association-and that players
whose cases have not already been passed
on by the national commission will have
an opportunity to be reinstated. The col
lision between the two executive bodies
is not likely to develop into a war. though
individuals in each camp do not mince
words in condemnation of each other.
Some OF the players affected are hoping
that the matter will be thraashed out be-
fore the playing season begins. and 1t
probably will be. Players all over the
country are deeply interested in the out
come of the imbroslio
Take the case OF Lew Wiltse." said
Pulliam. Il have all the facts. It's a
shame the way he was treated. The re-
cital OF his experiences ought to make the
men who framed that blacklist ashamed
of themselves. He is penitent and de-
serving OF assistance. Walter Burnham
a man who is always running to US with
disputes with his players. was the prime
mover in this blacklist thing. l under
stand 1t is fact that Burnham figures
in more cases In our records than any
other major or minor league club owner
Yet he is trying to put Wiitse out OF nusi.
ness. When We reinstated Wiltse ne 8ot
a Job with the Newark club.
AT the close OF the season we asked
Burnham to pay the commission $500 for
Wiltse. who had not cost him anything
but the PLAYERS salary he refuse refused lang ana
gible. understand that he boasted OF 1t
at the meeting by saying, We'll, put
one over on the national commission
They tried to hold me up for $500 TOT
\ II ~ Gv0 0d m
SO that he can't play ball at all unless he
catches on with a Tri-State League club
Mighty small business. say. :.
] Il expect an answer from Mr.. Farrell
in a few days. 1 hope the matter VIII pc
amicably adjusted. but II our authority is
contested we shall not hesitate to bring
the issue to a showdown at once
Ths base ball management of Williams
College has regained the services OF Billy
Lauder. formerly third baseman OF the
New York Giants. as coach for the COM
ing base ball season.
Lauder graduated from Brown Univer-
sity in 1898, after acting as captain OF the
base ball team In his senior year; he tnen
went into professional ball and played two
years with the Philadelphia Nationals be-
fore he went to the New York Nationals
for a like period. :,
He also acted as base ball coach for
Columbia for two seasons before accept
ing that position at Williams last spring.
During the summer of 1907 he played pro-
fessional ball in Ohio. and since the close
of the season he has been engaged in the
work of the Development Company OF
Cuba.
Lauder will go to Williamstown in
March to spend a week In preliminary
coaching and will return early In April for
the remainder of the season.
A dispatch from Carlisle, Pa, says that
Pitcher Hoch, who is the property of the
Philadelphia Nationals. was a strong
candidate for pitcher on Dickinson's base
ball nine next season.
Inasmuch as Hoch is an fncontestable
professional. drawing salary from the
Wilmington Tristate the whole Of last
season, one would infer from the dis
patch that eligibility rules are regarded
lightly at Dickinson.
At any rate, Hoch will have to get
the permission of the Phillies before he
makes his lightning change from pro to
amateur. or his career In organized base
bal will be ended.
Manager Murray of the Phiilies last
wear gave Ed Grant, the third baseman.
"A leave of absence until June in order
that he might finish his law studies at
Harvard but in this instance Grant had
the courtesy to ask permission Of his
employers
III Hoch goes ahead and agrees to stay
with Dickinson and pitch for the college
next season, II is interesting to know
whether opponents of the nine will view