Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-26
CARS Of BASE BALL
MAKE RULINGS CLEAR
National Commission Clarifies Diff
ference Between Selling and
Releasing Players.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 26.-The
national base ball commission has pro-
mulgated two findings and a notice to all
national agreement clubs. The claim of
the Lexington, KY. club of the Ohio
State League for the services of Player
Fillman was refused, the commission up
holding ruling of the national board
that the player was the property Of the
Paris club of the Texas-Oklahoma
League.
The commission also upheld the national
board in the latter's ruling that Player
Manager George r. Ort of the st. Thomas
club of the Canadian League was not en-
titled to Is per cent of the money OBJ
tanned through the drafting of players.
Ort had a contract calling for 10 per
cent Of all money realized by the St.
Thomas club through the sale Of players,
but both the national board and the COM
mission held that there was a wide diff
ference between the sale of a player and
the releasing of the player by draft.
The notice follows:
Notice of the Commission.
Section Is of the agreement with the
Base Ball Players Fraternity reads as
follows: Before a major league player
shall be released outright or under an
optional agreement to class A or lower
classification his services shall first be
rendered to all class IA clubs at a price
not to exceed 1000, and then to all class
A clubs at a price not to exceed $3.50. II
he be a drafted player the club from
which he is drafted shall have prior claim
to all other clubs in its classification
When a major league club makes ap-
plication for interieague waivers 1t should
at the same time notify the president OF
the league of which it is. member
whether the player will be released I'M
conditionally, outright or under an OPP
tional agreement if waivers are obtained.
An outright re.ease is construed to
mean the players transfer from one club
to another. either with or without a
consideration, and without the reten-
ton of the right to recall him. In such
cases the player must first be rendered
to class AA and A clubs at price not
to exceed those stipulated in section Is.
Minimum Option Price.
IF it is the intention of the major
league club to release the player under
an optional agreement. then the amount
of the option price shall not be less
than $500, as stipulated in rule 13 of
the commission, and not more than the
respective amounts prescribed in Sec
ton Is Of the fraternity agreement.
"If the major league club and the
claiming minor league club cannot agree
on the optional price the presidents OF
the leagues of the respective clubs shall
determine the consideration. provided.
however. it shall not exceed the
amounts fixed in section 1s. above
quoted.
Section 10 does not change the sys-
tenn of returning drafted players. as
prescribed in section 8. article VI. of
the national agreement and regulated
by rule No. 80 of the commission, in
any respect
"A drafted player who has not been
claimed before February I, following his
selection. becomes subject to section IS
when released by a major league to a
minor league club.
(Signed)
AUGUST HERMANN,
'B. B. JOHNSON,
JOHN X. 'TENER,
National Commission"