The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-13

SEY YEOk. Feb. EVERY ball
player who has jumped a signed con-
tract, or the reserve rule therein, to
accept an engagement with the Fed
eral league. will be barred for all time
from organized baseball. If he fails TO
report to the club he played with last
year under the protection of the Ma
tional agreement. OF these players,
members of the fraternity. headed by
David l.. Fultz, will be automatically
suspended. Those who have violated
contracts viii be ineligible TO apply
for reinstatement in the fraternity
until five years have elapsed, while
others who have disregarded the OPP
ton clauses in their contracts will be
out in the cold for three years.
This was the announcement by
August Hermann. chairman of the
National commission, after an I'M
portant conference at the Waldorf
Astoria this afternoon. which was at
tended by Ban johnson. president If
the American league; John y. Heyd
Ter, secretary OF the National league,
who held Governor Teners proxy; J..
II. Farrell. president OF the associa~
ton of minor leagues. embracing forty
organizations In various parts of the
United States and Canada. and Leader
Fultz. of the fraternity.
Will Sign Today.
The final details of the agreement
reached at Cincinnati on January 1th
between the representatives of organ
lied baseball and the Players fra
ternity, were put in legal form. and
tomorrow morning. This combination
was made Ia begin active warfare upon
the Federal league, and when it was
learned that the fraternity had de-
cided to take hand in the conrlct
there was a sensation among the many
baseball men in the corridors.
Chairman Hermann. in explaining
this offensive alliance. pointed out that
the fraternity simply had reSorted 70
its constitution and bylaws for final
action. In the fraternity's constitu-
ton, which was adopted a year ago. Il
is stipulated that players who jump
contracts will forfeit their member
ship. After consultation between
Fultz and his fellow directors. Ed
Reulbach. Jack Daubert and John
Miller. the fraternity decided mat
players who had disregarded the OPP
ton clauses in their contracts would
be classed with those who had de-
serted their employers after signing
agreements to play with them this
year. In other words. Mr. Hermann
showed that orga nlZed base bail mad
been endorsed by the fraternity. the
membership Of which includes prac-
tically all of the players in the Ma
tional and American leagues, the In
ternational league. and the American
association.
Tinker scores Fuitx.
President Fultz. when asked for a
statement that in view of the fact that
the fraternity had received numerous
concessions from the national commits
sion. which has displayed sincerity in
an effort To adjust grievances. it was
only fair for the fraternity. as a body,
to support the commission, and the
leagues controlled by it in the at
tempt to fight opposition blythe So
called outlaw circuit.
When the Federal league men at
the Hotel Knickerbocker heard this
news they did not seem to be discon-
certed, but the attitude of Fultz
prompted some severe comments. Joe
Tinker, of the Chicago Federals, who
arrived here in the morning. scored
Fultz numerically.
This proves to me-" said Tinker.
that Fultz is a gutter. He had u
great opportunity to be man. but
he passed 1t up, As l understand Il.
he organized the fraternity to better
the conditions of the ball players yet
in joining hands with the national
commission in an effort to Danish play