The Detroit times., 1912-11-01
FRATERNITY OF
| BASEBALL men
FACE PROBLEMS
Undisturbed, Magnates Simply
Sit Back and
Wait
KNOCKERS RECALL THE
ASSOCIATION OF 1900
Affair FiZzled After Vain At
tempts at the Mag
mates

National and American League mas
mates do not appear to be in the least
disturbed by the formal arganizatioH
OF the Baseball Players Fraternity
which has recently been accomplished
Those vino have expressed themselves
on the subject are apparently entire
ly Indifferent as TO what the fraternity
wiz ask of the club owners,
President Navin OF the Tigers talks
freely about the association to this
extent II don't know anything about
the fraternity and | won't worry aboui
IT,"
One official OF the Pittsburgh club
recently passed the subject mp with
the remark: Il suppose Dave Fultz
nee'ls some money TO help out his law
Practice" Dave Fultz retired bail
player is the president of the organ
Eation.
Another magnate recalled the his
tory and finish OF the Players Protec
tive association organized in the sum.
mer OF 1900. when three delegates
from each National league team met
and formed an organization and
passed various resolutions.
At the National leagu meeting in
December, 1900, Clark Griffith. Char.
lie thinner Jimmy Callahan, joe
Kelly and others handed petition
10 President A. II, Soden OF the Bos-
ton club 10 be presented to the league
Nothing was heard OF the petition uli-
I'll, after the league had adjourned,
Sou1en found the document in his
pocket and claimed he had forgotten
ali about IT,
= iii June, 1901. the association re.
elected Charley thinner. presidcn,
President Ban Johnson had ordered
the American league players mhe-AasA
that year become affiliated with the
association. To withdraw II thinner vas
elected. To obyiate that step thinner
resigned and Tom Daily. OF the Brook
lys club, was elected president.
me association held or attempted
to hold, several meetings during tho
next two years, at which there was
much squabbling Finally on July 90,
1908, meeting was called TO reorgaa-
lie the association II was SHINY az.
tended ana resulted in izzle.
Circuit Judge Harry Taylor. OF
Buffalo. who played on the Louisville
and Baltimore teams and was then
practicing law. was the first attorney
for the association. Several players
tried to charge Taylor with the mix
mp that caused their first failure.
= Nobody will deny that the ruling
powers OF baseball are just as as.
tute in these days, If not more SO
than they were in 1900. When Presi-
dent F'ultz appears and states his case.
II he is allowed TO do so. he will con
front some very willy gentlemen. who
understand baseball law as well as
The law OF the land. and are fully
abe to protect themselves and their
interests. IL the magnates should balh
at what the fraternity will ask o.
them and the players get stubborn.
followers OF the game may have an
opportunity to see how strong the
new protected association really is.
Here is a proposition that will set
some of the diplomats Of the b. +
F. TO do some heavy thinking Ii II
In regard TO the division OF the money
In the worlds series games. The ball.
players. who, under the rules share
only I'm the proceeds of the first four
games, which this year included the
eleven-nning tie score game, think
since tie-score contests do not count