Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-22

to pass, and the players are happy
and the magnates are happy and
everything is going to be fine and
dandy between the employer and the
employee in the future. 1t is peace for
evermore.
In the event of all things. the
Players Fraternity may well claim
victory. War was the keynote Of
President F'ultz and his men and war
was arrested because the cause was
removed before the time had come.
The magnates may say what they
want and think what they want, but
the players came out on top, despite
the lack of a contest. And in playing
the game the fraternity showed more
good judgment and more fighting
spirit than the magnates, who al
lowed one of dheir number to crawl
at the eleventh hour.
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The outcome of the controversy,
which promised to eliminate in
real live, up to-date war, is all on
the side of the players. Their presi-
dent stuck to his guns like glue. and
the men, from all one can hear,
backed him up to the limit. Some
Of the big league magnates were
ready to fight, but one cold-footed
little fellow scampered off with his
tail between his legs, hoisted the
white flag. cried for mercy and threw
up the sponge Of defeat.
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1t was a most inglorious defeat for
the powers of baseball and is open
evidence that there is not much
strength behind the throne. The way
the magnates backed down is good
tip to the Feds that they will not
have much to fear If 1t comes right
down to a hard battle. Previous to
he action of Mr.. Ebbets, of Brooklyn,
The Feds were not very seriously
but from now on few will
nave any faith in the organized band
If weaklings as against the strong
army of outlaws" Really, the way
showed up his league as a
luitter is enough to give the Federals
an easy victory in the future.
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Newark was very much interested
In the case because Clarence Kraft
one Of the local clubs players, was
the contention. Kraft, backed up by
the fraternity. refused to obey the
mandates of the National Commits
sion, and President Fultz, for the
players, threatened war if settle
ment wasn't reached by today. The
war never came because OF Mr.. Eb-
oets's action, and Kraft joined the
Newark team at Providence this
morning and will play in the game
there this afternoon.
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While organized baseball may say
it was all up to Ebbets, the fact re-
mains that the National Commission
recognized the case and the National
should have disposed of
the case For Ebbets to jump in at
the last moment and straighten out
the tangle, without consulting the
National Commission Is clear evidence
that there is not much head or tail
to what has been known as the SUI
preme Court of Baseball. Say what
they will, the Kraft case was not
within the power of Ebbets to settle,
yet the other moguls allowed the
of the Brooklyn man to pre-
vail. A sick hen would have shown
more fight than they did and it
seems that they even managed to
tame Ban johnson, the one real
fighter in the game today.
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The Players Fraternity has right
to crow over its victory, but Presi-
dent Fultz is very modest in his hour
of triumph. The players will from
now on be boss of the job and they
viii have a lot of good fighting with
those who were inclined believe in
the past that the owners should con-
troll the game. But now it is evil
dent that the Moguls are not equal
to the occasion. The National League
and the American League has
aside and allowed member
to settle difference that was sure
ly up to the Nationel Commission.
These big league men have made
appear small in every
way. They were threatened with
fight and they ran away and al
lowed one Of their number to shoulder
the brnnt of the battle. He. too, adj
mits he r1backed down." but won't
say that his whole league backed
down. That would be too much of
an admission, though everybody
knows 1t is so.
A baseball war was due and 1t
would have been a good thing If #
had come to an issue. As things are
they never can continuea The player
is the master and that can never be.
The man who promotes must con-
troll. The boss must be boss or else
there is bound to be failure. The
baseball situation just now is worse
than ever, and the men OF the or
ganization end Of the game have
made it so.
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The Federal League will laugh with
glee over the result. 1t was Ebbets
who was responsible for the life of
the OUTLAWS" and now he has given
them more reason to thank him. The
Feds, by the way, scored a notable
victory in Buffalo yesterday in the