The Washington herald., 1913-11-12
GRIFFITH FIRST
TO GRAB FlJLTz
Old Fox Signed Players Fra
ternity Pilot for Yankees
Back IN 1903 Season.
OTHER SPORT COMMENT
Football Gossip Of Passing Interest.
Bob Maxwell One of Best
Big Men in Game.
By WILLIAM PEET.

BY WILLIAM PEET.
Among the requests the Baseball Play
ers' Fraternity has asked OF the National
Commission is the following:
IF a player has been in the major
leagues for any portion of the playing
season Of ten different years. and II at
any time after the beginning of the tenth
year no team in such leagues desires his
services, he shall receive his uncondiA
tional release, subject. however, to reser-
walton by the club which signs him." In
regard to this statement 1t is probably
not known that Dave Fultz. who Is now
president of the Players Fraternity was
one Of the first men in the American
League who signed q contract without
the reserve clause, and profited thereby.
Fultz Joined the Philadelphia Athletics
In 1901. signing a two-year contract with
the reserve clause omitted. The season
of 1902 was Fultz's best as a major
Lacquer. He was then drawing 5000 a
year for his services.
According to the terms of his contract
Fultz was free to sign with whichever
club he pleased when the time limit ex-
pired. and was offered a berth by Clark
Grifith who had been elected to manage
the team which was placed in New York
In 1903 at contract said to call for 5000
3 year.
Fultz- went to Manager Mack and Pres
ident B. F. Shibe, of the Athletics, and
notified them of Griffith's offer. Both
advised Fultz to accept the New York
proposition. At that time the Athletics
were not in a position to pay salary
of 5000 to any player. Mr.. Shibe said
to Fultz:
Dave. you the in baseball for your
living. You have a mother and a sister
to support. We cannot afford to pay you
$500. You had better take the New
York offer, and good luck to you"
Fultz signed with New York, and he
is the only player that can be recalled
who profited by the nonreserve rule
which the American League put into
effect when it made the raid on the Ma
tionaI League players and which rule
was promptly inserted in American
League contracts when the war with the
National was declared on.
One day last summer. when the Cubs
were playing in Philadelphia, Heinie
Zimmerman, of the Chicago Cubs,
walked over to Charley Doom, the
Quaker boss. and said:
Charley, il you had me on your team
the PhiIlies would win the pennant"
That's probably true" replied Doo-
in, but 1 wouldn't have you on my
team"
Zimmerman looked surprised. why,
what's the matter?' he inquired.
Your name" replied Doom. IF
you played with the Philres I'd have |
to give you an Irish name"
What would you call me?" asked |
Zimmerman.
"oh, Dorgan." replied Doom. That |
would fit in well with the Dooin-Doo-
combination.
Harry Mccormick, manager of the
team, needs a third base
man, and has hopes of getting Eddie
Grant. McGraw picked Grant up last /
season when he was shy on inflelders,
but is likely to dispose Of him this
winter. II waivers can be secured
Grant may be sold South.
Robert W. Maxwell, Of swathmore, was
the biggest good man who ever
played football, and DR.. Carl s. Williams,
Of Penn, SAYS that Tiny" was as great a
lineman as ever tied on cleated shoes
Coble, of Swarthmore, was a huge fel-
low; he weighed 255; Carter, who played
guard at Michigan. was a mammoth,
go; Germany" Schultz was
wizard, for a giant, and he tipped the
beam at $50; but '"'Tiny" climbed on the
,reaking scales and watched the little
1isk spin around to 272 and offtimes lit
lie more Maxwell was Nst-so fast that
{ was nothing extraordinary for him to
pull down quarter backs in full fight. He
could buckle his girth into the line and
had to give way, and it rarely
vas Maxwell. There have been fat men
Who weighed a few pounds more, but
hey were not the finely built gladiator
hat the Garnet star was every second
le was in the fray. Maxwell still holds
he professional weigh toss record, and
Ie is just about as good physically today,
Iar a little shortness Of wind, as he ever
vas in the past. When he stalks around
he campus at Swarthmore freshmen
Usually ask, "Who is that fellow?' and
he wise upper classmen say, "Oh, that's
Maxwell. our quarter back"
1t was recently published broadcast that
Iallaudets score of l03 against Balti-
more Colleges o was the largest score ]
sver made in a college football game.
parke H. Davis has a list of games in
which the scores were above the 100 points
'or the winning team, and the losing
,leven failed to make a point The list {
ollows:
Princeton, 14o; Lafayette, o: 1850.
Yale, 100; Wesleyan, o; 1886.
Princeton. 115; Virginia, 0; 1890.
Yale, 115; Dartmouth, o; 1884.
Chicago, los; Minnesota, o: 190a {
Michigan. 107; Iowa, o; 1902.
Yale, 106; Wesleyan, o: 1887.
Harvard, 102: Amhurst. o; 1883
Minnesota, 102; GrinnelI, o; 1909.
Gallaudet, 1o3; Baltimore College, o;
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