New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-13
Organized Baseball Wins a
Point in It's War with
FederaIS.
PLAYERS WHO JUMP
FACE LONG SENTENCE
Three Years for Violation OF the
Reserve Clause and Five Years
for Breaking Contract.

Nf I'.iN |I 1T NtINHI gov
lake paubcrt and Edward Rculoach. Of
tre BROOKLYN supcrhas. and John Miller
or ST. Louis. met with the Rational Com
mission
lust before the session Mr. tuiz DO
cisr,d that his organization would take "a
rortrai stand 200 the base hal' war h'
-orrdiatc,. an interview 800 which nc NNS
o,o,ad AS saving that tho Feds had no
.nsncc Of success. Nevertheless, II was
announced bv Mr. Fultz Immediately io'-
lowing tho conference with the baseball
,ove~s that any PLAYER who left organ
i.ed baseball would automaucally suspend
himself from the fraternity and later he
expelled.
.ronn IT Farrell. president of the Ma
,,oysl Association OF Minor League Base
han clubs. Edward G.. Barrow ana
Thomas Chivnrton. heads. respectively
M tho international League and me
American Association, also went mo
ioint session with the commission II 'he
baseball mowers have their way, the lot
~ players who have jumped 70 the out
laws will be drcary
According 10 tho decision OF the com
mission and tho National Association, any
rlayer who fails 10 report AZ the begin
ring ~ tho season viii he expelled from
orrs nlzed baseball II he has broken the
-ese-ve clause I'm order 90 jump he may
not amply for reinstatement for three
wears II he has broken contract he
NAV not 10 reinstatcd cor five years.
As Mr. Fultz by his own admission
.ai6 that the fraternity recognized only
those PLAYERS in the major and Glasses
AAsrd A 81 orCanized baseball IL would
ssern 70 follow that the PLAYER Who jumps
p contract or the reserve clause cannot
s.o. hack into the fraternity until rom
stated hv the National Commission. This
would seem 20 amount 10 recognition
~ the reserve clause on the part ~ the
fraternity.
Indeed. when August Hermann. chair
man or the National Commission, was
asked whether tho owners had not won
marked concession from the players. he
save no answer. hut wnked good hu-
lnorcdlv. as il perfectly satisfied with
what had taken place
one discounted major lca suer in the lob
hv of the Waldorf remarked: We'll.
hauplayer NAV be an right on the dia-
mond, but pet him i'm q room with
maguatc. and he's lost
Joe Tinker and Otto Knabe, of the
Federal League. who arrived in town
carly Yesterday morning, were loud IN
their pronunciation or Fultz.
Dave Tu'tz has betrayed the PLAYERS
10 tho owners said Joe Tinker The
Federal League has done more for the
iacn rsn tho fraternity could possibly do.
I'VE are responsible for the increased SAL
aries n il were not for us Fultz would
never have cot a hearing from the com
mission. Both Garry Hermann and San
johnson said they would never treat with
I.ultz until VIC came along. when they
took back nm they said. This marks the
end Of the fraternity. BallplsyeTs viii
realize that its bunk
otto Knabe WAS equally vehement Il
kicked in with my SIS last season to help
pay Tultz's salary" he said. and I'd like
g. know where he gets off TO take sides
with orga uized ball. don't think the
players VIII uphold him. Either the
owners got 20 him or he was bluifed.
The National Association OF Minor
League baseball Clubs represented by
John u Farrell includes forty-three
leagues and 20 cities. The payroll Of
the clubs included in it amounts each
month 10 approximately %Stooo.
The National League, with John Heyd-
ler. the secretary. sitting I'm the chair IN
Nlsce OF Governor Tener who had been
called back 10 Harrisburg, held short
meeting I'm the morning and finished its
business. No announcement was made Of
the nature Of its deliberations.
A Joint session Of the National and
American leaEue rules committees will DC
held to-day al the Hotel Biltmore. John
Ifeydlor Miller Huggns and John y.
r oster Will represent tho National League.
Fan Johnson will do all the work OF the
American League
Eva Taueuay the vaudeville actress,
was among tho many who feared that
Johnny Etcrs might uced 10 work for "A
living this GUNNER She wired 10 him
yesterday. Offering the player a contract
off S5oo week to Join her show and tell
the tvo-a-day audiences what ne thought
Of Charlie Murphy. The offer was r.
irscd. SO there will hc no play from Eva
20 Eyers 20 Murphy.
kIdIN- ffN M'lldlc. lllcNorN. OF ire
Yankeee. win start for Hot Springs Ark.
to-day They viii no joined ina ST Louis
90 morrow by cole. Crisis Rose. Caldwell
and Schultz. pitchers. and Reynolds, "a
catcher Tom DaN. who was 60 have
hccu n charge of the squad. was pre-
vented from making Che trip 10y the ill-
ness OF Dis SON.
clyde Euglo OF the Boston Red Sox,
who made Suod-rass famous by giving
him q chance 60 drop his fly m 1912. has
found That fame is nccune. The Boston
club and CLYDE have found themselves
80 variance over what his salary should
nc. ari tho player has jumped TO the
rcde. takins bis rubber shirt with him.
john 81 Ward and Joe Kelly met lon The
lobby OF thc Waldorf Yesterday and dis
GUESSED thc SW.ocp which the Foderals were
reported to have offered johnny E,ers.
"Gor and did some jumping our
selves" remarked Kelly. but We were
horn about t,u>ears TOO soon o. make IL
pay-noro', tbe pitv'
John 81 Foster said yesterday that tic
Chants had received word from Arthur
Wilson the catcher more than a week
ago. that De would accept terms with tie
club Wilson D. again reported To- have