New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-29
ORGANIZED BASEBALL
AGAINST DAVE FU[Tz
August Hermann Comes Out
FIat-Footed on Demands
of Players.
SAYS THEY ARE EQUITABLE
Insists, However, That the Men
Must Send a Delegation OF
Their Own Number to
Talk Business.

Their own NumDeI W
Talk Business.
August Hermann, chairman. of the Ma
tionaI Baseball Commission, came out nat
footed Yesterday against dealing win
David 7, Fultz. president of the BaseoaH
PLAYERS Fraternity, so far as the oein"''1'
which have been drafted by the prayers
for presentation TO organized oaseDah are
concerned
Al the same time he expressed the Opln-
ION that the demands on the whole were
equitable and that the troubles complalheu
of by the players could be easily az
justed. ,.
Nv Hermann issued the following
statement:
"Or looking through the demands MADE
nv the PLAYERS l find few things inequita-
HE or unreasonable, and very few Things
that cannot be settled quickly, with faH-
ress and the best Of good will on ootn
sides There should be amicable relations
and good understanding between emPio!e'
and employee in every profession anu r,l'
rresent baseball troubles can easNS DC
snoothed over. Most of the requests 20 iu
really be adjusted without need OF speC'a'
statutes simply by few hours taiA oe
tween the parties involved
"OA1cially. we have not yet received
cony Of the players' demands. but we WI"
no doubt receive them in due seasoii'
only. one hitch is likely-the commission
will not talk with Mr.. Fult2. ii the play
ere wish 10 send a delegation OF theii
ovn number with an active player ~
spokesman. we will receive them III ING
most amicable fashion. but we cannot see
uhoro any outsider has any business III
,b;s affair any more than If we shohlu
osL the plavers TO stand for dictaton
from, the ATTORNEY without a snare o.
s,ocl mr. the slightest interest In any pall
club" Ali.
According to one Of the players act'.e-
~ interested in the fraternity, TINS qulppie
nm the point of the National COMMISSION
or it's spokesman will not carry any
weight.
U-hetber citizens Of Newark are going 10
purchase controlling interest III '.v
Newark International League baseoa''
C,uh will be decided tomorrow his"t
when a meeting of business men oil tha'
ci,,, will be held to receive the terms
which Charles II. Ebbets and his associ-
ates in the Brooklyn National League
club which at present own the Newark
stock. ask for their holdings.
4 call for the meeting was issued yes
terdav afternoon upon the return to the
CITY of Moe" Reichman, one OF the Ne"
ark Tax commissioners. who was on
visit to Buffalo with the Newark laA
BOARD. and who is interested IN the
scbeme 10 buy the club. The session wiz
no held in the Kruger AUDITORIUM anu
Reichman. Thomas A. Blaney and Phlip
Krirpke. the committee. when held
conference with Mr.. Ebbets last WeeH'
will make their report
There is no assurance that the NeWarH
men will purchase the club yet Ihoinas
4 Blaney said yesterday that the pros
poets appeared bright for the sale Inc
price which Mr.. Ebbets asks. ana whlch
will not be divulged until the meeting
Blanev asserts is a reasonable one In MS
estimation. but there is said to be some
difficulty in getting men to subscribe 10
the purchase Of the stock. Something IN
the neighborhood of 100000 is said to be
the figure.
The men who are negotiating the pur-
chase say they want only about hall
dozen in the scheme outside of the three
already named County Clerk Joseph Nc
Donough and Sheriff John MOnohan are
interested.
Even should the movement fall through
IL is said that some of the stock VIII DE
,akep over nv Newark men.
The present apportionment of the New
ark club stock is az follows:
Charles II. Ebbets. Brooklyn lOl shares
Stephen and Edward McKeever, Brook
lyn lOl shares. George l.. Solomon, New
York 10 shares; Henry Mcdicus. Brook
lyn. 70 shares; J. Wiedenmayer Estate,
Newark, 80 shares: Abraham Fest, New
ark 8 shares; John McLaren, Newark, Z
shares, and c. +. Schmidt, Newark.
shares.
The National Baseball Commission re-
versed in part yesterday a decision OF
the National Board when ii reduced from
$1,000 TO $792 A the amount h. j. Ander-
son. manager of the Wheeling, w. Va,
club. was directed TO pay Il. f. Perkins
as his share OF note made out to the
credit Of Anderson and +. V. Robinson
owners of the Wheeling club.
The ruling was based on the evidence
showing that President Carson of the
Central League had retained 1913 II from
the Wheeling club, pending an ADJUST