The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-14
O'ROURKE SUSTAINED BY NATIONAL BOARD
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 ter there, providing him with the ap-
 plication for reinstatement and ob-
 taining and accepting his services for
 the Bridgeport club. Then having mo-
 tified Secretary Farrell of what he had done he received from the latter on
 May 31 the following telegram:
 "On your personal recommendation Luyster will be reinstated on payment of $50 fine"
 In the official bulletin, issued by Sec
 retary Farrell July Luyster is ham, the Bridgeport club which ought to be evidence sufficient that O'Rourke had the right to deal with him.
 In June 1909 while the Bridgeport team was playing with Hartford in the latter place, Mgr O'Rourke, MT. Clark in, President Tracy and Supervisor of Empires Kennedy, sat together in the grand stand. The talk turned to Luys- ter and Manager O'Rourke in the pres ence of the group expressed his thanks to Clarkin for releasing Luyster to him adding that were it not for Clarkin, Luyster could not have been reinstat- ed. Complimentary remarks were made by Tracy and Kennedy and Clarkin speaking up said that it was true that he did release Luyster to Jim O'Rourke and that there was not another man in the world for whom he would do that favor.
 It was not until the latter part of July that Manager O'Rourke found that there was something doing that caused him to suspect the good faith If those he had regarded heretofore as honorable and above suspicion, Dan O'Neil, former manager of the Spring fields who was the scout for the Pitts burg in this section approached O'Rourke in Hartford July 29th with cash offer for Luyster which was
 J over and talked with Clarkin. Short ly after their meeting C1arkin went to O'Rourke and asked him what he was going to do about Luyster O'Rourke inquired the meaning of the interroga- ton and Clarkin rejoined that he had received a letter from the player in which the latter was accused of say ing that she would not play with Bridgeport and wanted to return to Hartford O'Rourke doubted the statement and told Clarkin that he had no right to Luyster who was his by the fact that he had been compelled to bear all of the expense incidental to having Luyster reinstated includ- ing his fine of $50 in addition to $10 which C1arkin claimed was due him for an article which the player appro- priated
 While O'Rourke and Clarkin were discussing the case O'Neil came over and offered Jim $500 for the player later increasing the offer to $55O which ORourke declined to entertain, at the time informing Clarkin that the proposition had turned his head.
 Manager O'Rourke from the first maintained a consistent position. He refused to entertain any offer for the sale of Luyster as long as there was a chance of his getting that player to come to him and there is little doubt that Luyster would gladly have come had not some one interfered.
 It should be borne in mind that the statement of O'Rourke concerning the to him of Luyster by Clarkin was corroborated by the testimony of the president of the Connecticut lea que, w. J. Tracy, the supervisor of J. F. Kennedy and John Me Kenna catcher of the Orators
 With the testimony of all the par ties concerned before them the Ma tional board was not long in arriving at the conclusion that Luyster was the property of Bridgeport and not of therefore Clarkin had no right to receive the purchase money $550, and he is ordered to return that sum to the Pittsburg club which club however, is entitled to the services of the player upon paying to the Fayette- vile management $750. The latter club will now be called upon to reim- purse Manager O'Rourke to the extent of several hundred dollars in accord ance with it's agreement.