The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-25
That BLACKLIST" Was
Promulgated by National
Commission in 1906.
MAY RENEW FIGHT
STARTED BY PULLlAM
American League Meeting POST
p0ned Until Wednesday, Same
Day National Meets.

baseball club owners ana patrons VIA
he particularly interested in the meet
ings of the dig organizations which VIII
begin here today and will occupy the
greater part of this week. Today the
national commission. consisting OF
President Hermann, of the Cincinnan
Club, n Presidents johnson and
Pulliam, of the American and National
leagues, respectively, will hold a special
session at which many matters OF Inn
portance are to be discussed. This
meeting will take place in the oinces
of the National League in the 81
James building.
The joint rules committee also VIII
meet here today, while tomorrow and
the two following days viii be devoted
TO the annual schedule meeting at
which playing dates for the coming
season will be announced. 1t is gen
orally understood that the number of
conflicting dates in the schedules Will
be considerably less than in the last
five seasons and that there will be no
lack of harmony between the rival in
terests of the major league clubs.
Tomorrow the National League meet
ing will be convened at the Waldorf
Astoria, and the American League VIII
assemble at the Hotel Breslin 0
three blocks away on
May Repew Controversy.
II is more than likely that the con-
troyersy between Garry Hermann II
President Harry Pulliam. of the Ma
tional League, over the blacklist
resolution passed last fall by the Ma
tional Association, h minor league
organization, will be renewed at thc
meeting of the commission. If not the
matter will surely be extensively dis
cussed at the National League meet
ing. =
Hermann brought to town with him
a large batch of correspondence lthat
passed between Pulllam and Herrriann
in regard to the "black list sinc9t last
| November. Hermann yesterday cx-
pressed himself as decidedly opposed TO
the blackllsting of any player until
| the PLAYER has awaited himself of his
| rights under the national agreement,
article viii, section s, of which reads;
"A player suspended by a club or
league for a term longer than ten days
| shall have the right Of appeal to the
| National Commission, which is given
| authority to order his reinstatement, IL
1t deems the punishment excessive or
not merited. This and other questions
may be determined by a mai vote by
members of the commission"
Hermann said:
'This section of the national agree
n1ent has never been changed and is
/ a r.-a1 ~ AhA n,.aconf Tina TTndcT If
the commission has unquestioned au-
thority to reinstate any national agree
ment player at any time. in case such
a player has been suspended for a
longer term than ten days. if the COM
mission deems the punishment eXces-
sive and not merited. This authority
cannot and hould not be questioned by
any one. At the same time, it should
moi be exercised in an arbitrary man
ner; in other words, nc reinstatement
should be made at any time unless the
facts in connection with each case alb
solutely warrant 1t.
Does Not Understand Pulliam.
"when Mr.. Pulliam says he will re-
sign his position as president of the
National League unless he is sustained
in his stand, 1 don't know what he
means. The records will show that
every ptsEer whose name now appears
on the ineligible list of the National As
ISOLATION, with the exception of one,
appeared in the list of ineligible play
ers promulgated by the National Conn
mission on August IA, 1906, and which
list was agreed to by Mr.. Pulliam, as q
member of the National Commission.
The exception is the case of Pitcher
! William Campbell, who was awarded
TO the Cincinnati Club last fall by the
National Commission.
I'm January, 1907, the Tri-State
League applied for admission under or
gained baseball and was admitted I'M
der certain conditions, one of which
was as follows:
""Third-All players who have here
| tofore violated national agreement con-
tracts not to be permitted to play in
any national agreement league except
the Tri-State League. This to apply
to players whose names do not appear
in list as submitted as well as those
whose names do appear. unless such
players are re~instated by the com
mission
"A few days thereafter" continued
Hermann, ''the National Association,
at q meeting held In New York, app
proved the action of admitting the Tri-
: State League and ratified the condi-
lions pertaining thereto. including the
one above referred to.
1T win be seen that this resolution
lis practically a reiteration of what the
National Commission and all parties to-
the national agreement had previously
} agreed to, so that, in my Judgment,
it follows thai If nothing else had hap
} pened but the passing of this resolu-
) ton no objection thereto would have
/ been taken by any one.
"FoiIowing this the commission took
the matter up with the officers of the
: National Association, Swho denied that
any list Of Ineligible players had been
r offered by them at their October meet
ing, or that they intended to, disrespect
4 the rules OF the National Commission.
, This, in my Judgment, should have
ended the entire controversy, at least
until such time as some one operating
under the national agreement should
have attempted 10 interfere with the
nlandates Of the commission