The Washington times., 1914-07-17
Only TWO GR|FFM MEN
HAVE THAT CLAUSE
Will Give Players Square Deal
and Let Them lump to Out
laws, If They Wish.
By THOMAS KIRBY.

/ Clark Griffith declared today that the
Ie-ision Of the Illinois court, declaring
F. h. ten days clause in the players
| ortract null and void, would have no
fleet whatever on the Washington
/ Tub.
/ Early in the spring we chopped the
&lause out of contracts and OF all the
.r,r We have on the rolls at present,
+ here are but two who have the re-
ca, clause included N their papers.
tuoLh the manager.
/ have always felt that when a
klayer wants to flop. he should be al
owed to. I intend to pay my men
sur to the limit Of what think is
be- sonable. Then if they want 10
ko1 away. let them hop. We have tried
to rreat all the Nationals right and
In satisfied that all are satisfied"
efore going TO the park this after
hon Griffith said Walter johnson
5rcGld pitch for the Nationals.
= othing more has Dcen heard Of the
To- dition Of Doug Neff and the man
precumes that the player is recoy-
|er-g from the threatened attack OF
~ hold.
The Nationals are today better sit
Sa:ed in the pennant hunt, as result
b: the Athletics sluggins their way to
d ,ictory over Chicago, then they would
h e been had the result at Philadel-
bhla been different By beating Bos-
he Detroit drew away from the Griffs
IL the struggle for second position, but
the downfall of the White Sox left third
blace undisturbed. and averted what
b C1ld have been tie for the lowest
6toD in the first division.
Once more Connie Mack's pitchers went
h. 10 pieces but then were rescued bytheir
|tcrarades who whaled the ball all over
HE lot for seventeen hits. Incidentally,
rhan Faber. who has been largely re-
B. oasible for the present rating of the
& tcaRoans in the race. got his for the
h. I'd time in his last three appearances.
He was clouted for ten hits in five In
nings.
Federal League followers are today
5Ubilant over the most valuable victory
the outlaws have scored since they
invaded the territorial claims OF or
Esnized baseball.
IN the case of George johnson, who
tie appellate court Of Illinois held that
tire ten-day clause in a players con-
tract 10 be null and>void. This clause
|Es We the owners a privilege to release
|s player after ten days notice. but de-
b ve6 the player OF the same right
y 9 court held that such a document
IL Eed mutually. and, therefore, Was
r. binding. johnson gave Cincinnati
Il, days notice that he was going to
IL Z the club. The court maintained
T. Il he was justified in doing this as
II club reserved the same right In
c ajing with the player.
The effect of this ruling is that any
II aver who is signed in organized base
IL i Under a contract containing the
l. DAYS clause may terminated his
nnecuon at any time after the eX-
I alton of a notice Of ten days.
AIRY Hermann has maintained all
8 ing that the ten-day clause was
~ .erly essential TO the proper con-
{ I Of baseball II the chairman OF
National Commission is 10 be re.
I upon then the Same is in the most
&c straits of It's existence. But Il
set this declaration of the supposed
highest authority in baseball is said
u have men on his own Cincinnati
b under contracts from which the
{ aUse, yesterday declared void, has
cen stricken.
When you don't hit the ball you're
l going 20 win ball games. This
/, re truism applied to yesterdays gam.
ere in a superlative degree. Cleve
nd got the hits and the runs while
T-e Nationals got the ciphers.
once more there could be no serious
-, mplsint against the Washington
, !. tchers, but again the Griffithian lat
s failed TO give them the proper sup.
~-t Rip HAgerman, one OF the young
- generation of Maps, had the Ma
onsIs handcuffed and a hit in eacf
two innings was the extent Of tbs
u. mage they did TO what was served
z gteward BY the Clevelander. The
r1ntrol of Hsgerman was not orthodo,
- d bases on balls where almost wholly
- sponsible for the survival of two Ma
mails as far as second. Not a mar
.ached third, so the Grihmen nevej
ID an even chance Of even scoring.
HaEerman had the Nationals neareI
,-hsoiutely stopped than any cthe
,,cher who has performed here thir
car. The nearest approach was wheI
=, Scott, of Chicago, threatened
hit game, but finally fell before DR.
Vera
lin Shaw was Griffith's mound nomI
z ion. but he was of 20 misersbl
- The serond ball delivered Jacl