Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-13
JUMPERS LIABLE TO
LONG SUSPENSIONS.
Fraternity Agrees With Com
mission on Three Years
Blacklist.
UPBRAIDS FULTZ

Organized baseball declare war on
the Federal League yesterday. Led
by the National Commission and sup
ported by the Baseball Players Fra
ternity, the controlling officials of the
organized branch of the game de-
cided to employ as its most effective
weapon against the so-called outlaw
organization a provision in the ma
tional agreement aimed against con-
tract jumpers and reserve clause vio-
lators.
The provision stipulates as a pen
atty for a player who violates his
contract five years suspension from
organized baseball and for player
who breaks the reserve clause three
years on the Suspended list.
The appearance of the Baseball
Players Fraternity as a party to this
action against the new league came
as surprise to the Federals.
A member of the National Commits
sion intimated that the apparent
change of heart by the fraternity
was the result of the action of the
commission and of league officials in
recognizing so many of the demands
at the Cincinnati conference at which
a players committee led by David
L. Fultz, president of the fraternity,
appeared before the commission. In
other words, 1t Is understood that or
ganized baseball and the fraternity
reached an agreement by which the
players chief demands would be
granted in return for the fraternity's
support to organized baseball.
Granted New Waiver Rule
One of these demands, left in abey-
ance at the Cincinnati conference. was
granted the players yesterday Here
after when u major league team
| drafts player from a league of low
classification and decides to turn him
back. all the intermediary league
teams will have an opportunity to bid
for his services. This gives a player
opportunity for promotion. This So
called promotion waiver rule was
passed by the commission a year ago.
but has never been enforced but will
be henceforth. II is understood that
the Southern Association will fight
this rule.
The application of the National
agreement provision and of the new
fraternity rule will be retroactive.
Hence it affects Joe Tinker. Mordecai
Brown, Otto Knabe and other major
leaguers who have jumped to the
Federals Their only chance to es-
cape Suspension from organized ball
is to report to their clubs before the
seasons play is begun in April.
Tinker expressed indignation when
informed Of the attitude taken by
the Fraternity. He said IL II had not
been for the birth of the new league
the National Commission would not
have listened to the Fraternity's de-
mands or granted them He attrib-
uted the concessions to the players
to the activities of the Federals and
looked upon the action of the F'rater-
nifty in turning against the new
league as rank ingratitude.
The status of Johnny Evers, the
deposed manager of the Chicago
| Club, remained unchanged last night.
"What is Evers going to do?" was
| the question to which was sought
unsuccessfully all day. Evers him
self had not fully made UP his mind,
but he repeated over and over again:
81 have made up my mind on one
thing, and that is, no matter whether
I play with organized baseball or ac-
| cept an offer made me by the Fed
| erals, | am determined that Charley
| Murphy, of the Chicago Club, shall
not reap any benefit through my
| action"
! Evers has .telegraphed to his legal
adviser in Troy, n. Y, to come here
as soon as possible and bring with
him the two contracts which Evers
signed as a manager and player with
| the Chicago Club President James
e. Gaffney. of the Boston Nationals,
has made an appointment to meet
Evers and his counsel today.