New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-02
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Acting and Baseball Writing by
Players May Be Barred.
PLAN ATHLETIC REFORMS
Blow Aimed at proselytizing and
Preying of Larger Clubs
on the Smaller.

OH the Smaller.
II August Hermann, chairman OF the
National Baseball Commission. has his way
PLAYERS will be cut off from picking up
much easy money" I'm years to come He
is strenuously opposed to the stars OF the
diamond going into vaudeville during the
closed season or writing" newspaper
stories OF the worlds series games.
Mr. Hermann has prepared a resolution
on this subject which will be offered at
the next meeting Of the supreme court or
baseball. Indications now point to favor
able action, as both 3. g. Johnson and
Thomas j. Lynch. the other members. are
likely to support the owner OF the Gin
cinnati Reds. particularly on the score of
newspaper writing.
Hal Chase, manager OF the Yankees. did
not make any friends and lost some sup
porters hy his vitriolic criticism OF Fred
SnOdgrass on the now almost forgotten
| spiking incident. Matty. Meyers and 9TH
ers took chances of causing some friction
| by their outspcken criticisms of plays and
players. Mr. Herman believes that crit
icism of fellow players is likely to arouse
| i'll feeling and have a bad effect on the
! sport.
| As to vaudeville there is less reason for
objection, and well-known baseball law
yer said last evening that he questioned
! the right Of the National Commission to
dictate to the players during the off
season.
James +. Sullivan, secretary of the AM
| ateur Athletic Union, has issued call for
the annual meeting of the organization on
| November 20 at the WaldorfAstoria. II
will be most important one. too. IL the
report Of the legislative committee, OF
which Barlow s, Weeks is chairman, is
adopted in full.
This report recommends a number of
amendments TO the constitution and by
laws, the mcst important OF which aims 10
prevent proselytizing and the constant prey
| ing OF the larger clubs on the smaller
ones. Another will put an end TO the
| richer clubs drawing on the colleges 10
strengthen their teams during the vacation
period.
The proposed amendments to cover these
points follow:
Amend Article Y, section l, paragraph 2,
| TO read as follows:
I In all open competitions student attend
/ Ing university, college. school or other
educational institution must represent his
educational institution. and Unless he has
graduated, he shall not be allowed to rep.
resent a club or other organization until
/ he files with the registration committee a
certificate that his period OF scholarship in
! the educational institution has finally ter
minated.
Amend Article X. section . TO read as fol-
! lows:
No one shall be eligible TO compete in
J ~ Latte IN.
ment given or sanctioned by this union un-
/ less he shall be a duly registered athlete
and a member of the organization from
which he enters, nor shall any member OF
any club In this Union, or any club In any
| district In this union, be allowed TO COM
pete as a representative OF such club In
case he has within two years competed as
| member of any other club then In thi;
union. Unless such other club shall have
! disbanded practically ceased to exist
or unless he has taken bona flde resi-
dence In another district Of this union.
! In order that these amendments, II adopt
! ed shi ! not work hardship the follow
/ ing paragraph to Article y is added
/ No person shall be eligible TO enter o
! compete in any district championship meet
ing Unless he shall have been a bona fid'
resident of such district. aud shall have
filed q certificate OF his residence with thu
! registration committee OF such district, a
such championship meeting; provided. how
I ever, that undergraduates OF an education
al institution shall not be limited by thi
restriction. but shall be. eligible for III
/ championship meeting of the district VI
which the educational institution is 10
Gated: provided, also. that a registered ath
lete who has resigned from club that Il
a member Of the Amateur Athletic Unioi
shall for two years after such resignation
no entitled 10 compete In the championship
/ meetings OF the district in which he ha
I been a bona fide resident for at least si'
months prior 10 the holding OF such cham
pionshp meetings.
This means that college men can run II
championship meetings without being mem
Lcrs OF club. and that athletes who have
resigned from their clubs can take par
as unattached during the two-year period.
$. c. Hildreth who. as told In yesterday:
/ Tribune, sold Fitz Herbert. Novelty and
most OF his other horses 10 Charles Kohiei
for a price said to be over $4,000 on Tues
day. sailed yesterday for England on the
Mauretania He was accompanied by Mrs
( Hildreth and Carroll SIZZLING. the jockey
Before sailing he expressed the hope tina,
racing would be revived in this state. ani
added that in. such case he would return
and gather together another strong stable
He said further that his plans were indeti-
mite. but that for the present he would
I handle the horses now owned by Mr.. Koh-
Ter and which will be shipped abroad on
J November II.
Word came from Chicago last night that
Charles w. Murpy. owner OF the Chicago
Cubs had started for Cincinnati. This. q
course. led to the rumor that II involved
the transfer OF either Tinker or Evers 10
| tho Pods az manager.
Roy Shafey. an indelder, has been re-
leased by the Yankees TO the Jersey CITY
club of the Eastern League. He vas bonsht
by New York from the Troy team. OF the
state League, where he played last season.
Harry Pollock Is the mouthpiece for
new wrestling, wonder. In letter to the
sporting editor of The Tribune he says:
I see that Jack Herman wants 10 match
his Polish champion, Zbyszko, against
| Go.ch for the worlds championship under
| a guarantee OF $4,000. and that ne mas
nosted a forfeit of $1,000 TO cover such a
match. In view OF the fact that Gotten mas
| already beaten Zbyszko, Herman might DO
| we'll 10 first turn his attention 10 Foreign
| champion who is more entitled 10 match
with Gotch than the Pole ms m p Is
hom or Of Europe, who will sail for this
cnnntrv within few days. Raicevich,
who Is an Italian, gave Gotch better
| hattie three wears ago, when he was Wo-
Sv,lv handicapped by his ignorance OF
iiaattcyh-as-catch-ean wrestling, than did
/ Zbyszko. and since that time the Italian
J has become an adept at this style OF wrest-
| iiaS and i'm n tour of the world won every
Ne tournament In which he entered. in
Gliding those at Buenos Ayres. city OF
| Mexico. Rome, Turin, London ana faris
'UDatcavich who makes his home In Pisa,
&c - s7o-pound giant, standing 6 feet
aches and splendidly proportional. For
the last three years he has ende ,sh IN
j IfscienscGmidt or Zbyszko. but the news
thai he had become an adept at the catch