The Washington times., 1914-07-02
Did Fox Says American League
Is Not Collecting Fund to
Fight FederaIs.
SAME OLD PLAN IN FORCE
Chick GandiI Expects to Resume
Place at First Base Today,
on Orders From Chicago.
By THOMAS KIRBY.

By THOMAS KIRBY.
Absolute denial was today made By
Elark Griffith that there was any form
" assessment in organized baseball
looking to the foundation OF a fund
10 fight the invasion Of the Federal or
any other Independent baseball move
ment
A story started in New York that the
National Commission had received the
'onsent of the major league owners to
place a special tax on all ball games
this season in order to raise what has
been styled a war fund" of half a
million dollars to offset the invasion
hat has cost organized baseball so
iearly.
The manager of the Washington club
declares that the only financial ar
Tsngement that now exists has always
obtained and that, so far as he knows,
there is not the slightest intention of
further taxing the clubowners by any
form OF special assessment.
The story from New York says:
Organized baseball is collecting a
war fund from the sixteen major
leaSue maSnates, according to a re-
port in circulation today. 1t leaked
out from one of the big league officers
ordered an assessment of per cent on
the gross receipts from all games this
year, an dthis fund is being turned
over to the commission to be used in
any way it sees fit.
1T is estimated that about S4o0, 900 to
$4,000 will be collected through the
plan, and the assurance is said to have
Ueen given the commission that If more
money is needed the club owners will
come through to the limit Of their bank
rolls. The commission has already
about 500, 600 in its war fund chest
through the medium of levying a 10
per cent tax on the world series re-
Ceipts.
The financial ARRANGEMENT under
which the American league now works
s that ten percent of all receipts are
'urned over to the league office and
after all necessary expenses are paid
the remainder is turned back, pro rata
70 all of the clubs. In the National
league a different arrangement obtains
each club being charged its eighth part
TO meet the expenses.
In the ordinary course Of events Chick
Gandil will be back at his accustomed
place this afternoon. Three days is the
usual time for a player to Turk, when
notified by the president of the league
that he has been q bit too strenuous In
mis- methods on the diamond and, If this
rule should obtain, Gsndil will be back
AT first today.
Not since the return from that ILL
starred journey through the West have
The Grifmen left the field defeated.
,rover6ially a good road team which
has suffered its greatest setbacks en- the
home grounds, the Nationals have this
"ar made their greatest advances at
Gcorg1a avenue. Today they stand one
ali game better than yesterday on
'ery team IN the league as a result of
3 esteroay's Developments.
While every other club on the loop
died as a result of rain, the Nationals
and New York weathered showers yes
erday long enough 10 give the former
a lift and the latter q further claim
IN the undesirable honor of being the
railer in the parade.
Conditions for baseball yesterday
Nere horrible and IT was only the in
the game. Had there been no contest
Il would have meant that today there
would be a dOubleheader This would
have led the Washington team into six
Two games with Boston tomorrow and
TWO the following day. so the leader
Of the Graffs opined that it would be
better to relieve his clan through fore
though it be necessary to stage the
game in what started out as showers
and at times assumed the proportions
Of a downpour.
For the first time in exactly week
Umpire Chill got through day with
out having a decision seriously disput-
ed Congratulations!
Jim Shaw pitched a rather remarkable
ball game yesterday. When his curve
ball would answer TO his command the
hefty HEAVIER was absolute master OF
the field; at other times he would get
himself into jams and then there was
helltoplay. His wfldness, which was
excusable under the eXecrable conditions
that existed. caused his principal worry.
but once his team put him in the lead
he held the Yankees where he wanted
them until the final session, when a
commanding lead made ii possible for
him to ease up and experiment with bat
Iere.
In the ninth he gave a couple Of bases
on balls. which, coupled with q single,
a passed ball and three stolen bases,
enabled New York to finish with q
fairly respectable score. although had
Shaw toiled to the limit Of his ability
ne could have held them down almost
20 the limit
McHaie. for New York. has as his
principal asset under ordinary condi-
tions his splitter to thank for his sue
cess could not control that part OF
his assortment of supposedly deceptive