Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-17
BALL PLAYERS WANT
MORE CONCESSIONS
Amendments in Contracts Are
Sought-Fultz Reelected
for Three Years.

NEW YORK, October 17.-When the
national commission holds it's annual
meeting the first week in January the
Base Ball Players Fraternity will
again submit several propositions for
the players welfare. This was decided
upon at the annual meeting of the fra
ternity's board of directors, which was
held Thursday. Last January the fra
ternity submitted a number of sugges-
lions, the majority of which were
granted. There are certain phases of
the players contracts which the play
ers want amended, but President Fultz
would not say yesterday just what
these proposed changes were. The
PLAYERS will not make them known
until they are submitted to the COM
mission.
The board. of directors unanimously
reelected President Fultz for a term
of three years. While FultZ has aroused
the enmity of few of the base ball
leaders, he nevertheless has conducted
the affairs of the organization to the
satisfaction of the players themselves,
and his reelection for a term of years
Is a tribute to him for the manner IN
which he conducted the Kraft case.
which made SO much trouble for the
major leagues last season.
Great influence.
The influence of the fraternity and
the Federal League has practically put
an end to the ten-day clause In play
ers contracts. There is nothing, now
ever, in the agreement drawn up last
wear between the commission and the
fraternity which prohibits this clause,
and this will be one of the amendments
yN1av
agreement.
The PLAYERS Fraternity has gained
firm foothold in base ball, and most OF
the club owners and powers IN the
game admit this. An ehort iast sun.
mer to form rival organization IN the
American League met with no success
The only club in the game which has
not joined the movement IN earnest IS
the Athletics, and Whlle they were
world champions last year they felt
their position so secure that they
would not cooperate with the frater-
nifty, Their position. however. is diff
ferent now, and it is expected. now
that they are dethronea from tnelr
ternity before another season comes
around.
Widened Its Scope.
The fraternity has W1dened Its scope
and the directors have increased the
number of vice presidents and members
of the advisory board. giving the
class AA League a representative and
also class A leagues.
The officers of the fraternity are as
follows: President-David L. Fultz.
Vice presidents and members of the
advisory board-Raymond w. Collins,
Boston: Jacob E. Daubert. Brooklyn;
John p. Henry. Washington: Frank
McDermott, Providence; John B. Miller,
St Louis: Edward Zimmerman, New
ark Secretary-Edward M. Reulbach,
Brooklyn.
The new board of directors is as fol-
lows: Samuel Agnew, St. Louis; Harry
o. Bayless, Venice, Cal; John J. A.
Bliss. Sacramento, Cal: Walter Boles,
Memphis; Henry Betcher, Birmingham;
Max Carey, Pittsburgh; Tyrus r. Cobb,
Detroit; John Collins, Chicago: Ray
mond w. Collins, Boston; Samuel E.
Crawford, Detroit; George w. Cutshaw,
Brooklyn; Otto Deininger. Minneapolis;
Frank Dessau. Lincoln, Neb.; William
Elwert, Montgomery: John j. Evers,
Boston; David l.. Fultz and John p.
Henry. Washington; Richard Hoblitzell,
Boston; Thomas Jones. Milwaukee;
John B. Lobert, Philadelphia; Frank
McDermott, Providence; Lee Magee. st.
Louis; Fred c. Merkle. New York; AL
bert Neihoff, Cincinnati: Wilbert
Schardt, Indianapolis; Fred v. Smith
and Edward Sweeney. New York; Will
liam b. Sweeney, Chicago; James S.
Williams. Minneapolis, and Edward d.
Zimmerman, Newark.