The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-13
Asserts Positively That Frater-
nifty viii Treat Federals With
Utmost Fairness
ALSO DENIES THAT HE
SAID FEDS WILL FAIL
Exers and GaAner, Of the Boston
Braves Confer-HOpe Johnny
Will Sign Up
BY HAL SHERIDAN.

NEW YORK, Feb. l3.--DurIng a
ager Of the Chicago Federal league
and Dave Fultz, president oil the Base
ball fraternity. mere TO-DAY, FultI de-
MED that he had entered into any
agreement with the national cDmmls.
SION detrimental TO tAe rederaIs, md
assured Tinker that the fraternity
had no thought other than TO remain
absolutely neutral.
Fultz denied absolutely statements
from the national commission tLat an
agreement was TO be signed today
suspending players for jumping TO The
Federal league II thG were held
under the reserve clause and eXpellng
them II they jumped contracts.
AS the Federal league, at present.
has not been taken into the fraternity.
players going to the Federals will be
suspended, Fultz explained but the
action will simply be the same as
that taken In the case OF a player be-
coming a manager or being released
by major league club TO a team in
organized baseball below the class A
leagues.
way favoring organized baseball.
Fultz told Tinker, If II is shown that
Killifer OF Philadelphia, signed with
the Federals and then jumped back
with the Philles. he will be expelled
from the fraternity for jumping his
contract.
The rules of the fraternity have
always provided that any player
Anr fpuv no
PEELED. Saying that a player will be
expelled il the jumps 10 the Federals
applies just as much to player who
jumped a contract for any other rea-
son.
THE Federal league has not asked
for recognition by the fraternity. our
organization Is only beginning to
grow and we are now covering play
ers In leagues only above class r, and
as the Federals are just breaking In
we will have to look on them az out.
side the Jurisdiction of the fraternity
until we can call meeting of the
board OF directors and take some ac-
ton"
Tinker hurried down to Fultz's Of
fee with fire in his eye today after
reading statements of the national
commissions action in the papers.
Fultz was also quoted in a morning
paper here yesterday, saying that he
did not believe the Federal league
could succeed. Tinker called aim 10
task for that. and tultz denied abso-
lutely thar he had ever made such a
statement
That isn't my opinion at all. if you
want TO know IT, said Fultz. Il
40 4
said at the time that | wouldn't be
surprised if the Federals were in or
eanized baseball inside Of rs months"
Friday, the thirteenth. broke on
the magnates still hanging on to
New York for the baseball con-
terences with bang. With
repurt circulated by Hearst pa
pers that Johnny Evers had signed
a Federal league contract bouncing
loose the baseball men bounced pop
eyed only TO find that Johnny was
still IN organized ball and would meet
Jim Ganney, owner of the Boston
club. TO-DAY to talk over the prospects
of appearinc in a Boston uniform this
season.
The Federal league officials all de-
MED that Evers had signed.
II was reported that Joe Tinker had
hauled Johnny INTO the Federal league
port shortly after midnight, but when
Joe was aroused from his bed long
before any baseball man Is supposed
10 appear for the day, he denied that
he had even offered Eyers contract.
81 Just met johnny for few min.
utos and shook hands with him" sald
Tinker. We haven't had cnance 10
talk over matters at all yet. | ex-
pect 10 see him today, but there Is
nothing doing now Johnny will be
sucker n he signs up with Boston,
can tell him that"