Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-13
GIANT NEWSPAPER WRITERS
 MUST PRODUCE CONTRACTS
Before They Receive Share of Worlds
 Series Coin from Commission.

New York, Oct. 12.-When the New York Giants applied to the national l commission today for the losers share i of worlds series receipts, they didn't get the money. They were informed that the commission wished first 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 be- fore September 27.
 Before the start of the series last week the national commission laid down the rule that no baseball player or manager write for the newspapers during any future worlds series. It was decided, however, that players who had contracts dated before Sep tember 27 might go ahead with their writing this year. Half a dozen mem l bers of the Giants wrote newspaper articles on the series during the play of last week. Now the commission wants to inspect their contracts be- fore 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 penafized, but it did not announce the penalty.
 No Penalty Likely.
  likely to be inflicted and the Giants share of approximately $2,162 each in the series money will probably be turned over to them in short order practically intact, as it is believed all the writing men among them can produce properly attested contracts ante-dating the commissions an- nouncement of it's ban upon player authorship. The sum of $1O0 how ever, will be deducted from the New York players share because of the fine of that amount inflicted upon Arthur Fletcher for his excited con- Versation with Umpire Connolly last Thursday at the Polo Grounds. The Giants themselves have vated S1 900 of their money to the widow of John Murphy, the grOundkeeper at the Polo Grounds for many years, who died recently.
 Player Authorship Discussed.
 Their session, if such it may be called, was an executive one Chair man August Hermann, president Thomas J. Lynch of the National League, Ban B. Johnson, president of the American Leauge, the three mem bers of the commission and Secretary John E. Bruce being present. Merkle, who bore @ letter from the players of the club asking that the Giants share If the receipts in the aggregate be turned over to him, was informed as to the commission S ruling regarding the player-authOr contract matter and left without the money but with no serious fear that the sum earned by the players of his team would long be withheld.
 Manager John McGraw of the Giants talked with the commission afterwards on the subject of player authorship. McGraw, who is himself prominent in the ranks of the player writers, expressed himself opposed on general principles to members of baseball teams contributing to the newspapers on baseball topics He had done more or less such work him self. he said, as the practice had be- come quite general but he had come 10 the conclusion that the custom, all 1n all. was a bad one. His chief ob- lection was that public criticism of one player by another affected club C 'scipline adversely