The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-10
PLAYERS ANNOUNCE
THEIR MANY WANTS
AND GRIEVANCES
REQUESTS TO HB
MADE AT MEETING OF THE
NATIONAL BODIES.

NEW YORK, Nov, David -
Fultz, president of the Baseball Play
.ers' fraternity, made public for the
first time a list Of seventeen requests
for the adjustment Of alleged wrongs
which he has filed with the National
Commission and the National Board,
the latter being the minor leagues
court Of appeals. Fultz also has faled
list of explanations clearly drawn
together. The first request covers the
unconditional release of major
league player after receiving the usual
ten days notice.
Request No. 2 calls for a ten days
notice of release for players who are
under contract to minor league clubs
instead of the discharge OF a PLAYER
without a moments warning. The
third demand involves the transfer
of player either sold or traded. II
is contended that the original con-
tract signed by him must be assumed
as a whole by his new employer In
view of the clubs perpetual right to
release the player at any time.
The fourth request relates to the
transfer OF a player without inform
ing him as to the terms Of the deal.
1t ia contended that the player has
a right to know In writing whether
he has been sold outright or is com
trolied by an optional agreement.
The fifth resuest ia that a player
must be notified in writing when he
receives his unconditional release or.
when waivers on his services are
] asked.
/ Ninety per cent of the players IN
the major and minor leagues did not
- hi. aN{e Ia~
season, which is the basis for request
No 6. In the seventh demand the
! fraternity insists that all written
| agreements, whether included sin q
| formal contract or not. shall. be bind-
i ing on both club and player.
| All clubs are notified in the eighth
demand that they must pay for play
ers' uniforms, exclusive of shoes.
The fraternitys ninth request
covers the payment of n players
travelling expenses from his winter
home TO the training camp where ne
! usually works for six weeks without
salary The tenth demand calls for
| penalty in the case of club that
! fails to offer regular contract to 4
probationary player before the pre-
stationary period of forty Ave days. II
Is further suggested that player who
does not receive such an offer must be
declared a free agent.
Much Importance is attached to this
eleventh and twelfth demands relat-
4 ing to the perpetual reservation OF
PLAYERS The fraternity asks that a
player who has served ten years In
/ the ma jors or twelve years IN tho
minors shall receive his unconditional
release so that he viii be unharnpered
In his efforts to secure another posi-
ton. c. w. Murphy's treatment Of
Mordecai Brown. the former Cub
! pitcher last year. is a case in point.
/ According to request No. i3 clubs
in future must not be allowed to with
draw requests for waivers. In the
fourteenth the demand is made for =
written notice TO a player who Is fined
or suspended setting forth the
reasons for the penalty. The six
teanth demand makes 1t compulsory
for each club to provide dark green
background in center field In order
to protect batsmen from pitched balls.
The most radical demand. which
winds UP the list. relates to the waiver
rule and probably will cause serious
friction with the club owners 1t Calls
for the asking of waivers by major
league clubs right down through the
various minor leagee classes. instead
of sending n drafted or purchased
player directly back to his original
employer.