The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-12-25
Fraternity Plan Hits Strong and
Men Realize Great Benefits
Of Organization

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Success is going to crown the efforts
Of tho men who are scoking 70 organize
q Baseball Players Fraternity in Homo
hh and canvas Of the ball players
hereabout brought out ths Information
that ninety per cent Of the men we're
ready and willing tosf6fm an associa-
tion along the lines as laid down bv
Dave Fultz, president Of the Baseball
layers Fraternity ovcr on the main
land.
Mhilc the men behind the movement
are active in getting the views OF the
playcrs on the subject, the real work of
the committee viii begin after the holi.
days. Circulars will be sent out 70
every ball player in Honolulu to attend
a monster mass meetinn the first week
in January. Here addresses win be
made TO the players and the plans under
which the Baseball Players Fraternity
operates on the mainland will be en-
planned to the players.
That Dave Fultz has made a success
of his venture on the coast Is plainly
seen by the continual Increase Of mem
bers. First, but n few Of the PLAYERS
dared enter the organization but al the
true benefits Of the same were spread
major and minor leaguers iocked 70 the
order and now thousands Of ball players
are members Of the Baseball Players
Fraternity.
The organizers Of the fraternity do
not ask man to Join the association
until he has thoroughly Investigated ita
true meaning and they are most anxious
TO have the men thoroughly understand
that a Baseball Players fraternity Is
not an organization TO declare war on
managers, players, park owners OF any
one else, M
A Baseball Players fraternity aims
to protect the player and IL makes II
possible for each player to have some
say In the running Of baseball affairs,
something in which he is most vitality
interested. 1t further means that the
ball player viii have a voice in the ar
rangement Of schedules, payments Of
billa, renting Of ball parks and other
important details regarding the game.
q II means that the man or men who
uac the hall players for the purpose Of
exhibiting them for gain win have to-
hear their just complaints and It means
that they win have a say in what shall
be paid In rentalfor ball parks salaries
Of nmpires, regulation OF operating ex-
penscs aud the like.
Today, the Baseball Players Frater-
nifty on the mainland y one Of the
strongest organizations ia the country
and the baseball player, particularly the
minor Lacquer islgiven tthe. protection
he asks. Cases after cases In which ball
players were involved, have been taken
up by Dave FUltz, the president OF the
fraternity, and Justice has been done
by the players, something they found
hard to get until they organized
II Is a well known fact that Homo
lulu ball players have not been given
the. chance TO advance that is due them.
Players who deserved recognition have
been kept in the back ground for years
and small salaries, otSDo salaries at all
have kept these men from showing their
real worth 10 the public.
With a voice In baseball affairs, the
players will be in position to show
why they should be considered in all
things and for the best interests Of the
game and the public who support the
game, II is the hope Of the organizers
Of the fraternity that success crowns
their effortE, all Of which seems posi-
BILE from the keen interest being shown
by the players In the idea.