Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-04
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NEW YORK. The Baseball Players
Fraternity won a victory here July
18th and threatened strike of Nation
al and American league players. mem
bers of the fraternity, was averted
when the case Of Player Clarence o..
Kraft was settled to the satisfaction
of the players organization, and in ac-
cordanee with its demands. The in
cident lis considered closed by both
the Big league niagnates and the play
ers.
Cherries F. Ebbets president of the
Brooklyn National League Club, was
the magnate who stepped into the
breach and brought about peace when
it appeared that organized baseball
was about to be disrupted by the
struggle between club owners and the
players. Ebbets announced the set
Element of the case at the meeting of
the American League representatives
who we're in secret session preparing
to either prevent the strike or retail
late upon the fraternity for its strike
order which was to have gone into
effect tomorrow. s-
The Brooklyn Club executive who
also is a stakeholder of the Newark
International Leag Club of which
his son, Charles H. Ebbets, Jr., is the
president, announced that the Newark
officials had paid the Nashville Club
of the Southern Association $259o
in settlement of the latteris claims on
Kraft and that he would report and
play with Newark at Providence.
The Newark Club agreed to observe
all the stipulations of Kraft's contract
as originally in force before he was
ordered to Nashville by the National
Commission, besides paying him five
weeks back salary for the period he
has been under suspension for not re-
porting to the Nashville Club.
Kraft's contract with Newark calls
for a salary of $3.50 per month, and
both the ten days notice of release
clause and the disability clause were
stricken out before the document was
signed The Nashville Club received
$500 for it's release of claims on
Kraft and $1,000 in addition as a bonus
for accepting the Newark clubs terms.
Under the Newark contract Kraft
receives $3.50 more per month than he
would as National player, which was
the crucial point in the controversy,
the fraternity contending that the
player could not be shunted from a
class IA league to class A organi.
zation with a subsequent reduction
in salary in the manner prescribed
by the National Commission.
Ebbets denied that any pressure had
been brought to bear upon him or, the
officers of the Newark Club in max.
ing the deal which cleared away the
baseball war clouds He said that as |
q steckholder in both the Brooklyn and |
Cube he had taken the initia- |
tive IN the matter without being in
either by the National or the |
American League magnates. The
statement was borne out as. far as the !
American League officials were con-,
cerned, by the fact that the secret
broke up within short time .
after Ebbets made his announcement /
and those present appeared to be ,
eager to learn the details of the set /
Element. ~. j.. .--....... +.
While the National League did not
assemble to discuss the proposed I
strike of the players. as did the |
younger major league. it is understood
that President John X. Tender was in
touch with the situation and other of
ficiaIs and club owners were cognfzant
Of Ebbets plan to end the controversy /
In fact those National League powers j
who could be reached appeared
better pleased with the outcome of
the affair than did the American Leag-
ne officials /
President Ban Johnson said after /
the meeting adjourned: