Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-07
NAGNATES GRANT
| PLAYER REQUESTS
Fraternity's Demands on Own
ers Conceded, With Few
Exceptions.
DAILY TO COACH YANKEES

Commission remained In Cincinnati
to witness what was expected to be
the final meeting of the commission
Tor the present.
Only routine matters were to be
passed upon today, and the commits
sion was in no hurry to meet to con-
slider them. General congratulations
we're exchanged today. on the out
come of the prolonged meeting yes
terday.
The extra liberality with which the
committee dealt with the Players
Fraternity was said to be a wise
move by prominent baseball men.
inasmuch as they believe that It will
TEND to conciliate the players and
Keep them from jumping to the Fed
oral League
n With the exception OF possibly two
minor considerations, the COMMITTEES
from the Baseball Players Fraternity
won every point that 1t requested of
the seventeen demands asked for from
tne national Commission and COM
mittee from the National Association
OF Professional Baseball Clubs.
During session yesterday after
noon. eleven of the seventeen requests
nad been tentatively granted and at
night session that lasted almost until
midnight, the players. the minor
league representatives and the Ma
<ftional Commission debated the points
81 which were contested. In fifteen of
Their requests the players were prac-
ideally successful. A slight COM
promise was effected in four requests,
While the fraternity players waived
q TWO requests entirely. President
& fultz, of the Baseball Players Fra
ternity, said, after the meeting:
OF course, we would like to have
& left the room with the commission
and the minor leagues conceding all
of our requests. which we considered
Just. But we are perfectly satisfied
~ We got as much as we expected and
possibly little more. We have no
s complaints and we were treated roy
3ally."
p Request No 1, which during the aft
& ernoon session the commission offered
z to compromise on by inserting the
s word negotiate" instead of the word
s sign was finally conceded by the
commission to read: when a player
#received ten days notice of uncondi-
tional release, he shall be free to sign
with any team Immediately, the con-
tract to run from the expiration of
( the ten-day period"
Number request, which asked that
& Irrational Association players shall
Receive ten days notice before trey
can be released unconditionally," was
modified to include a five-day notice
of release to class AA and class A
Z players, but took no notice whatever
8 of leagues In lower classification.
Request number was conceded by
the Players Fraternity with an an
announcement that they would leave it
10 the commission to do what the lat
& ter considered equitable. 1t reads:
9.When a player is transferred he
shall be transferred subject to all the
terms of his contract"
"A Must Notify Player.
In request number the matter
concerning waivers was eliminated
and the rule will now read: when
o player is given his unconditional re-
lease he shall be notified in writing
to that effect"
Request number 7. which dealt with
side agreements, was amended so
that no side agreements are permis-
1 bible and that a club making a side
agreement be fined $500 by the Ma
tional Commission.
Rule number IL, which read: "If q
player has been in the major or class
IA leagues for any portion of the
playing season for twelve different
years and II at any time after the
beginning of the twelfth year no team
In such leagues desire his services, he
shall receive his unconditional re-
lease. etc." was modified to read fif-
teen years, instead of twelve.
After considering the list of re-
quests made by the Players Frater-
nifty, the baseball nlagnates and
others to the number of one hundred
were the guests of August Hermann
at a dinner in the hotel in which the
meeting of the National Commission
is being held At this dinner the
members of the National Commission
were present as were the commit
tees representing the minor leagues
and that of Players Fraternity with
the exception of David sFultE, who
was unable to be on hand.
During the dinner there were many
extemporaneous speeches In which It
was brought out that there are few,
il any, vital differences between the
players and the club owners. Ban
johnson, president of the American
League, and a number Of the Nation
al Commission, said that any disputes
could have been easily and readily
adjusted had 1t not been for the law.
yer-president Of tho fraternity, David
Fultz."
Pass Eleven of II Requests.
During the day session the commits
sion laid over six and passed eleven
ternity. The first one not agreed
upon was concerning the uncondition-
al release of players who have re-
ceived the ten days notice. The
players insisted that they should be
free to sign with any team immed-
lately upon receipt of the notice. The
commission was not in favor Of this
and attempted to effect comprom-
1 Use by substituting the word "negot-
Late" which would have made the
Hrule read that the players could ne
Agotiate with any club, but would not
Abe a free agent.
4 The second request not accepted
pertained only to National Associa-
Hon players. This provided that
Biayers of that association should be
fiven ten days notice before they
&ould be released Internationally.
The members of the National Com
mission did not enter into the dis
0lssion of this matter, but Michael
3exton, of the committee of minor
hague owners and Secretary
4 II. Farrell, of the national board,
Aere heard at length. Sexton said
The class AA and the class A leagues
Gould concede this recommendation.
hut that leagues below that standard
6puld not give up ten days extra pay
q released men and exist.
oppose Unconditional Release.
The third request held for further
consideration dealt with the transfer
of players Mr.. Fultz argued that
when a player is transferred the con-
+ tract should follow the player. This
request was opposed by the National
Commission, which, while declaring
It had no objection to 1t. thought IL