The sun., 1913-10-30
DO MY DUTY!"
SAYSLEADER FULTZ
Fraternity Organizer Not BEL
'igcrcnt and Is Opposed to
n Players strike.
DOESN'T SEEK NOrORIETN
satisfied if National commission
Grants Requests Without
Calling for a Hearing.
DOESN'T SEEK NOTORIETN


io'o. ,ty when he Learned yesterday
'as' August Hermann chairman Of tn"
commission. had pronounced the fra
ptnjt,'s demands reasonably fair bu.
ad stated that the commission could
rot deal with tultz because the latter
isrroued to- hs AN outsider" Fultz said
7 cannot believe that Mr Hermann
,, been quoted correctly regarding my
fr.arlnce before the cummi ssiou As
. matter of tact II would bc PARTICULARS
u'atfyms TO me Il the commission
.u'cd the frat.rnity's requests withou.
I.. 1.ug q hearing necessary. II there IS
= uIud for personal prejudice know
io'niug o( IL
Tn. fiaternity's demands have NOT
u".r filed with the commission yet A
tpugh draft 60: them was prepared some
me agr frr tn. perusdl OF the players
. nd Q copy doubtless fell into the hands
OPP some club owner. | didn't know that
,,ry had been handed to each of the
other club owners. bu, II such is tho
ase | think | can trav. the source. some
- .heSe gentlemen seem to thluN that |
lt,e horns AVID am irving To- cause
.,iouS trouble. But personally ! am
'Ht IN the least h.lligereut aud have ~
81 aeige to 60 before the commission. un-
.,~s I am compelled to take that stand
You see | heard last sumnei there
7as some sort OF opposition to INC ana
' The annual meeting of the Fraternity
'old the players about H. also eN-
r.. essed a Willingness /" step aside II
ru.y thought that | would injur, tn u"
, t'isc. hut they went into secret s,ss."u
I'd without the slightest coercion they
,ve,ted me president by = unanimous
,cte. thereby authorizing me 20 go ahead
,i. view Of this action. IT l. my dut!
"a carry out the wishes Of the fraternity
go the hest of my ability
is I, true that 80 psr cent of tho
j,ayers. now members OF the fraternity
have refused to sign Tor next year ~
asked THE SrN man.
II cannot answer tina. question" was
he reply.
win tn. fraternity order sjrike Il
;Ne demands are not granted "r Z tho
, ,ommisson refuses to recognize touo'
~ don't believe In strike such n
love should not be allowed The inter
s;s are too great 10 permit revolt and
think that there will be no trouble on
That score
What IS the fra,ernitys attitude to-
ward the Federal League"
There is no attitude. That's the best
Sswer | can make"
40 you know Hermann personality?
y never saw the gentleman
NO YOU know Ban Johnson
i've met him once or twice and I've
lad correspondence with him. He always
fas been cordial.
Is it true that YOU had some irlcuoh
With Lynch over the fining Of Pitcher
Brennan of the Phhlies because he as
ssulted McCiraw last summer
Il never had any trouble with MI
! I.vuch 7 called on him last summer ana
we talked over the Brennan matter. but
he did not tel! me- to keep away from Ma
tional League headquarters.
"pld YOU ever talk over the anairs or
the fraternity with Connie Mack
Yes met Mack during the recent
worlds series and he seemed to be very
hroadminded.'
DO you know James +. Gahney OF
t.. Boston Nationals
II never had the pleasure. hut Mr. Gaff-
rey's interview in THE SrS last Week
vas very fair and was agreeao!y sur
prised." Fu!tz then went on to say that
u he could meet some of the big men IN
baseball they might regard the fraternity
18th more favor. He stated that he had
frequently advised the players to side
TACK radical ideas which. II put INTO
,S.ct. would have caused serious trouble.
Herrmann's opposition to Fultz as an
'ou,sid.r'' is believed to be inconsistent.
Tho National League of which hermann
,s a member. recently won us dlsputc
with the owners OF the Giants over inc
- per cent division Of the worids series
receipts through decision py an "u'
.der." Supreme Court Justice Felix Carr
Bernard u York. another outsider, was
he leagues representative on the arbi-
, atom committee which had the case IN
large and selected Judge carr AS ret-
Greg. Thomas J Lynch was an out
,d.r" when the league elected mn
plcsident four years ago.
II Fultz Is turned down ba!lpiaSefs >" ;
xn,n Ia,
undorstood that the commission Woulo
welcome A committee from the fraternity
,nmposed Of Mathewson OF IN" '''ah's
Dauhcrt of the Brooklyns and Ray col
iins of the Red SoN.
Owner Ganney OF the Braves found
inc Yesterday to spike the rumor tha'
N.rouard would be traded by Mc'iraw
- StallinGs for Southpaw Tyler. You
an say that Stallings wouldn't make
such deal for love or money, said ths
Boston msgnste "Tylcr III clean Nv
ing energetic Young man VINO "l'i ot
,ue Of the greatest left handed Ptchert
N the game next year ne mas ,. WorH.u !,
hsrd for Stallings and is needed rlght W
lioe,on don't believe Stallings would
take Marausrd AS a gift
StalI,nzs and the Cleveland Maps have
orkad horns over the poasesfton OF 'n'
,r,lriug grounds At Macon, Ga Woo
r-eeider, Barnard Of tho Maps an
uourced on Monday that he hah closed
deal for the park at Macon and woulo
abe forty men there in March stall
'vgr. however wired Gaffney yesterday
that he too had engaged the Macon
r-punds and also had secured hotel ac'
n or.nlodatiors there. Stallinss has beer
figuring on Macon for several months anc
rrohably has the inside track
Connie Mack now admits that he erred
men he allowed the New Yorks TO TAXI
rYhird Rascman Maisel away from the
Baltimore Club Mack Is quoted az say
,ug that ~ he had nabbed Maisel he "oult
have put him on third base, with Franz
Baker shifted TO the outheld--a move
mat would have made the Athletics in
surlh,e for several years to come. Macl
los, Malsel because he adhered TO his
,olIcy not TO pay big money FOR minol
.cag1ie PLAYERS releases. When m
learned that Farrell and Chance were
oady to pay $4,000 for Maisel he mott
fed Jack Dunn TO sell. Since then tn
t,hletics' manager has stated that Maise
= worth all that the New forks palt
g. him II only as drawing card.
t..e Federal League men are taking
- changing the name TO Union League
80 addition to Baltimore, where new
IN has been organized. the promoter:
rave an option on grounds In Washing
and alsO have a nrOpOSitiOn iron