The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-12
NATIONAL LEAGUES
ASSUMES CH|CAGO'S
CONTRACT WITH EVERS
DIRECTORS HEAR OF CoNTRoyER-
sly MAKE AMENDMENTS AND
PLAN JOINT MEETING ON RULES.

| NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE harrassed
National league baseball magnates
grappled with the Evers- Murphy sit
uation during most OF their meeting
| today, and when not engaged in wrest-
! ling with this naomentous affair found
/ time to attend TO some matters of
routine.
There was a meeting OF the board
of directors, and of the league proper.
Murphy and Evers both had their say
before the magnates regarding the hap
penings and causes leading up TO the
busting of Evers as manager OF the
Cubs. and the verdict OF the board
OF directors was that the National
! Leaf ue guaranteed that Evers' contract
with the Chicago club would be car
ried out. that Ii, the league would see
TO 1T that he would receive the full
amount of salary called for by his con-
tract with the Chicago club. whether
he played with the Cubs or elsewhere
in the National league.
Evers' contract as manager and as
player with the Cubs. Rad four more
years TO run. and calls for $4,000 a
year as player, and $4,000 year as
manag er-sl0. 600 in all. AS Evers had
declared that he would not remain
" It'll the Cubs under any circumstances,
and as Murphy was willing to listen
tn offers, provided they were players
and NOT cash. the next important de-
velopment was a bid from James Gaff-
ney, Of Boston. for the second base
man.
Evers Pulls Hitch.
Tho Boston offer was Pitcher Hub
Perdue and Second Baseman Bill
Sweeney, for Evers. Murphy agreed
without much hesitation. and apparent
~ the magnates, having heard Evers
talk, and Murphy talk, and. having
la. KID the Boston-Chicag deal.
thought everything lovely, but the
trouble had not Vet been smoothed out.
There came hitch. and Evers applied
IT, The Boston club was to pay John
ny $1,000 a year. the amount he got
in Chicago last year and John assured
GaNncy that he would be glad TO play
for him. hut what he did balk on,
and strongly. was being the medium
of any profit for Murphy.
If Murphy is to get anything from
Boston for me l won't go to Boston,"
the Trojan declared and there the mat
Ter rests Gamney expects to talk
with Evers further tomorrow. and has
hopes Of bringing him around but to-
night the player was obdurate.
Assumes Contract.
The whole league then took up the
Evers-Murphy matter. and by a unan-
imous yote--Murphy himself voting
that way-decided TO assume the Chi
cago clubs contract with Evers.
The Boston offer, with its assuming
of the Chicago contracts, was the best
bid. and SO far as the league was con-
cerned the affair was closed.
A couple of amendments to the
league constitution were adopted. One
was that when the president OF the
league has fixed a price on player
under the waiver rule Il has to be
final. There was q resolution carried
over from the last meeting that it was
the sense of the National league that
there be no joint occupancy of major
league grounds by major league clubs,
except in cases OF extreme emergency,
and then only with the consent and
approval of the clubs interested. as
we'll as It ma ority of the clubs of both
the National and American league.
The so-called ways and means COM
mittee. appointed on Tuesday to see
what the National association and
American league intended doing re-
garding the Federals. was short lived.
Today this committee was discharged.
The National Commission will have
power to attend to that detail with
full power except so far as 1t may be
in conflict with the constitution.
Players Agreement.
AL the commission meeting toMoT-
row. Dave Fuitz. president of the
Players association, will appear. and
the subject of the new players agree
ment be. wound up.
The claim of Umpire Rig1er against
the former owners of the Phillies the
same being money consideration for
landing Pitcher Rixey for that club.
was brought up and compromise eff
fected. Rigler's original claim was
for $4,000, and the compromise eff
fected on $1,000 basis.
The National Commission proceed
ings took in a vote against the pro-
posal to exempt class "A players from
draft. This idea was pronounced too
drastic, and not to be considered
Hereafter. too. purchased players must
report on August 18th. and will not
be allowed to remain away from the
purchasing club until the end OF the
season of the club from which they
come.
Another Step was made in the mat
ter of the twenty-fiee per cent OF the
New York clubs share of the worlds
series games. The secretary was di-
rected to ask the National commission.
which has been holding the 1919
per cent In escrow. to turn
the money over The amount involved
Ii about $40. 1000.
The National league and American
league rules committee hope 10 get to-
Gcther this week for joint meeting.