New-York tribune., 1913-10-13
COMMISSION HOLDS
UP GOLD OF GIANTS
PIayer-Authors Must Show
Contracts Were Made Be-
fore September 27.
NO PENALTY Is LIKELY
McGraw Opposed to Members
of Teams Writing for the
Newspapers-Praise
for the Umpires.

When the Giants applied to the Ma
tional Commission yesterday for the los
ers' share OF the worlds series receipts
they didn't get the money. They were In
formed that the commission first wished
TO see the contracts of the player-authors
who are members of the Giants so that
it might be assured their engagements TO
report the worlds series were entered
into before September 27
Before the start of the series last week
tho National Commission laid down the
rule that no baseball player or manager
might write for the newspapers during
any future worlds series. 1t was decided,
however, that players who had contracts
dated before September q might go ahead
with their writing this year. Half
dozen members of the Giants wrote news
paper articles on the series during the
play Of last week Now the commission
wants to inspect their contracts before
It turns over the series money to the men
of the team.
It was declared last Monday that those
player-authors who could not produce
bona fide contracts. signed before the
date specified, would be penalized, but
Il did not announce the penalty.
AS matter OF fact. no penalty Is likely
to be inflicted, and the Giants share. OF
approximately s2l62 each, probably VIII
be turned over to them in short order
practically intact as ii is believed all OF
the writing men among them can pro-
duce properly attested contracts ante
dating the commissions announcement OF
its ban upon player-authorship. Ihe sum
Of 500. however. will be deducted from
the New York players share because Oh
the fine OF that amount inflicted upon
Arthur Fletcher for his excited conversa-
ton with Connolly. the umpire. last
Thursday at the Polo Grounds.
The Giants themselves have voted N""
OF their money to the widow OF John
Murphy, the groundkeeper at the Poio
Grounds for many years, who died re-
Gently.
Fred Merkle. the Giants first baseman'
presented his fellow players request TO-
day 10 the commission members. who met
Informally at their hotel headquarters
Their session. II such It may be called
was an executive one, August HERMANN
President Thomas J. Lynch of the Ma
tional League. Ban B. Johnson, president
OF the American League. the three mem
bers OF the commission. and Johh h'
Bruce. the secretary, being present
Merkle. who bore letter from the play
ers OF the club asking that the Elan's
share OF the receipts in the aggregate be
turned over TO him. was Informed as 10
the commissions ruling regarding tne
n,ayer-author contract matter ana ieit
without the money. but with no serious
fear that the sum earned by the players
nj his team would be long Withheld.
John J. McGraw, manager or the dlan's'
talked with the commission atterWard OH
the subject OF Extraordinarily NC
craw who is himself prominent IN the
ranks Of the player-writers, eXpresSeu
himself opposed on general pr'hcip'es ~
,ramhers of baseball teams contributing
% rho newspapers on baseball topics. lie
hod done more or less such work hin-
seIf no said. as the practice had become
ouIte general, but had come 10 the QUIZ
clusion that the custom. all IN all was
a had one. His chief objection was 'Aa'
nuhl,c criticism OF one player by another
affected club discipline adversely
No other matters of Importance, so far
oe could be learned, were taken UP by the
commission to-day. on Tuesday II IN
,ends moving over TO Philadelphia TO
clear IN any details lin connection with
the worlds series that may need It's at
tention there.
The work of the umpires in the games
of the series just closed was praised by
Leslie IL. Constans, secretary or the
pittsburgh National League club, VINO
represented the commission In us Dusi-
ness dealings in preparations for the Sc
ries and while the games were on hlem'
Rigler. Connolly and Egan all came in for
commentator by Mr.. Constans. who at
trtbuted the few complaints over the UNI
hiring and the generally high class SER
vice rendered by the quartet TO the un-
troubled conditions under which they
worked.
IL Is tnt unNIlbltl law Va thc N'iN
series" said Mr. Constans. that there
shall be no kicking over decisions of the
umpires. This law was observed com
mendably throughout this years series,
the only breach of II worthy of note be-
ing Arthur Fletcher's, and | understand
that Fletcher deeply regrets that he let
his temper get the better of him in an ex-
citing moment
I'm the absence OF wrangling such as
too often mars the playing OF games in
the regular season the umpres were able
to go about their work in peace and de-
vote their entire energies to the giving Of
correct decisions. The result was high
class umpiring by the competent men as
signed to service in these important
games by the two leagues"