The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-05-04
PALMY DAYSFOR
BIGLEAUGERS
Advent of Federal League
Brings Them Concessions
from Organized Ball.
PLAYERS ARE PENALIZED
New Leagues Bank Roll Now bangles
PLAYERS ARE PENALIZED
New Leagues Bank Roll Now bangles
Before Eyes of Dissatisfied Ones.
Stars Still Writing.

Special to The Washington Herald
New York, May alt looks just now
as though the presidents of the American
and National Leagues and the members
Of the national commission will have
mighty task ahead of them this season
enforcing the rules and regulations as
they apply to ball players. They'll have
% treat those players in the codding sort
# way that is accorded prima donnas. or
is likely that the players will hurdle TO
he waiting Feds
In other years when ball players sassed
umpires, sprayed tobacco juice on their
nice new coats. or dubbed an Jump on the
brow with a mace, those players were
severely dealt with either by the league
president or the national commission, IN
the event of the case being appealed. Also
+ a player fractured the club rules and
sat up" with sick friend until the
'arly hours of the morning. or tried TO
get exercise by ''rassling" with John
BarIeycorn, that player drew a fine of
rom $50 to $500 and usually was suspend
I'd indefinitely without pay.
In the days of old about the only thing
he player could do was to submit TO
whatever penalty the powers above
sought to dole out to him. He had no
alternative. II he was disgruntled. or
thought he had been dealt with unjustly
BY his club. it made no difference. II was
1 case of serving the sentence whether or
lot the conviction was just, and being as
cheerful as possible about it, or quitting
he team. which would have left him
without a job.
But things are bit different just now.
There's the Federal League. with its
generous bank-roll. looming in the Offing.
waiting to snare any players who aren't
satisfied with their organized births And
10 one knows this any better than do the
organized baseball maEnates. Therefore.
is pretty much Of a cinch that during
his year of 1914 the players won't hav"
q submit to many of the raw deals that
characterized the past working of or
ganized baseball but will have things
gerry much their own way
Ruling Disobcyed.
The national commission. it may be
-emembered. ruled last October that ball
PLAYERS would not be allowed TO write
signed articles for newspapers during the
81 season, nor would the players be
permitted TO sell the use of their names
o articles.
Any player who does this will be
iealt with in a severe way" announced
Ban johnson.
Have the players obeved the rule? They
lave not, They have assumed an atti-
We're writing articles now and we'll
continue to write them as long as the
newspapers want them. is the attitude
II the author players As for the
rational commissions ruling - blOoie-
)lOOie That's the way we feel about
II. II the cornish doesn't like the idea
IF our writing and wants to fire US out
# the league because Of il. why. | guess
Ne can get jobs with the Feds. So We
aren't Worrying
And they aren't. It's the cornish that
doing the worrying The idea of mere
oalI players calmly dcfyinG its ironclad
-ule not only has pqucd the cornish.
put also has caused them to wonder just
low far tho defiance Of the players will
20. The owners Of the different clubs in
he orga nized jCrs are thinking tho T.
anne way. They arc wondering Just what /
viii happen if they fine and suspend a
nan for infraCtiOn Of tho rules.
In other words the players seem to {
rave the club owners. the league presi- B
.onts and the national commission by
he sneezing apparatus. and hereafter will
10 the leading instead Of being led. And
looks as if they're going to do some
considerable leading.
Of course. its a cinCh that il some
players have a 'run-in'' with their or
.anized owners and should jump to the
@cds. that o. e. persons at once will
rand these PLAYERS as "riff-raT' ''trou-'
plc-makers" and as mon who ought to
~ serving sentences in the pcnitentiary.
And the O p. persons and their suhsi
lid friends At once would attempt to
assure tho baseball public that the Fed
raj League is composed OF a lot of sec
,nd-stoTy men. bank robbers fire bugs.
ov--doUn prize fighters and the like.
But there wouldn't be anything new.
tartlinC or hclicVablc IN that Their
net hods are tn" ONES tho organized per-
Uns have bccl using ever since their
tlayers hogan doing the leap frog stunt
n the general direction of the Federal
'all wards. While he was in organized
rssc bali. Joe Tinker was regarded as ono
4 tho bTainiest and most wonderful play
rs that ever cavorted on a green. But
Is soon as he jumped he was labeled as
1 misfit. a has-bcen and a horrible ex-
lmple fOl all Young men to look upon
{ was so with others and it will be
70 with any that jump.