Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-16

the Players Fraternity, however, 1
is different proposition. and instead
of proving menace, as not a few
believed, 1t is sure to make organiza
ton baseball the stRngest thing ii
the world
Right off the reel, as the boy!
around the corners say, President
is showing a disposition to be botf
fair and fearless. According to this
constitution of his organization eact
and every member is required to pay
his dues. There isn't any alibi and
there isn't any excuse, so when Eddie
Collins, the star second baseman OF
the Athletics, and Frank Baker, the
star third baseman of the same team,
why, President Fultz, as big men as
they are in baseball, expelled these
great players without the sign of an
apology To those who are up on
President Fultz will appeal very
strongly, for it shows great strength
and fearlessness and that favorites
are not to be tolerated. It may not
mean particularly that 1.-The bigger
they are the harder they fall" but
1t surely means that the big and the
small are to be treated alike, and that
alone is the greatest asset in the
world for that particular organiza-
ton.
While on the subject of ,organiza-
ton, the question of principle is
almost certain to be brought out, If
the baseball trouble reaches danger
Gus proportions. AS between the
warning factions. it isn't likely that
sides would be taken in any event,
but now that the players have per-
fected an organization, why, that Is
a. different matter entirely. The
Players Fraternity will claim, no
doubt, recognition as an organiza-
mand. quite certain, that it receive
the respect of other union men. Tt
will say to its own members, very
likely, to live up to the strict union
principles of the day, and it will ask
in return, we imagine, that or
ganized baseball receive the I'M
divided support of all union men.
That's what this whole matter of or
ganization and "outlawry" is coming
to- The magnates are going to fight
for the power of control, and now
that the players have created a new
situation by organizing, they, too,
will have a fight on their hands.
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The whole thing may mean little
and amount to nothing, but it can be
truly said, looking at the situation
from this angle, that the organiza-
ton of the Players Fraternity is the
best thing that could possibly happen
means that while the players have
banded together for their own mutual
advantage. 1t may really mean, If the
war goes on, that the players will
find themselves battling to the last
ditch for the bosses.
G.,
If it comes right down to cases, the
players will be called upon TO get out
and hustle to meet and defeat every
Issue presented by the OUTLAWS" They
would. of course, being thorough
ly organized, appeal to the various
unions of the country for. sympathy
and support, and that in itself would
practically insure victory. So, what
at the start to Ban johnson. Garry
Hermann and other baseball moguls
looked to be an attempt on the part
of the PLAYERS to harm the great ma
tional game will very likely turn
out to be the best thing that has ever
happened to baseball. Admitting the
great strength of the moguls. it is the
players who will win their fight
if the outlaws" are capable of CIV
ilS tAlNlll q bdlll6.
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That the Federals are making a big
bid for recognition there isn't doubt
in the world. They are attracting SO
much attention that business men are
beginning to look them over and sec
on what kind of rock they are
standing. Any number of capitalists
would like to get on the inside in
| baseball. some for the sport of it and
others for what there is in il. and
| they would put up their money in d
minute if they thought they had a
| Gibraltar to back them up. Whether
| there is real sound foundation tc
the outlaws" is a difficult question
to answer. but they are receiving 81
much publicity and making so many
raids on the organization fold thai
there appears to be something bach
of them. Every day a few more play
ers are weaned away from the "regu
lars" and to the credit and to the
judgment of the Feds. it must b.