New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-23
PEPPER ALARK
FOLLOWERS a
ORGANIZED RAJ
Local Representative,
Old Leagues Differ VIZ
Counsel's Plea.
QUESTION HIS STAN
ON RESERVE CLATs
Edward Hanlon, Of Tsr,,.
Mentor of Every Maua,..
Now in New York.
BY HAYWOOD Rpo,,,

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BY HAYWOOD BRouy.
Local representatives Of oru.
baseball are alarmed At n.
ton put upon the rev ,tvl.
clause By George Wharton -
counsel for the allied interest,
are defending the suit brougb, !.
Feds. The argumen, prsssn,.s !,
Pepper is b. no means pl,a.i,g
number % his clients. "a
The reserve clause Is "a L.
effect said Mr. Pepper. In ,nI
as nov drawn there is s,;,-,..
that - per cent Of the MONEY Z, :.
pad As a salary and that * 49,.
Of the annual stipend is in tho o.
an option for future contra,
instance, q man signs for 1913 n
the end Of the year the PLAYER al
team owner cannot come 70 tsr-'
1916 the 1915 contract remains In q.
for 1915. At the end Of that i'm. 81.
IS no contract. II expires. ara
player becomes free agents..
sign whore he pleases.
In the case Of long term ,o,..
there Is a Ike stipulation TIA, 49,
end OF the contract the old ,n,...
remains m force II there is no A..
ment for a new contract, but rs-,'
in force for A year only. A. the ~ u
N . year the player becomes a =,
agent"
Such contention makes Il a,
possible for any star PLAYER 70 b.,,,.
free agent. II would permit Ty 81
10 serve his time with the Tiger !,
then % proclaim that he was ore, :,
the best offers from any club IN IA.
ball. Owners Of clubs in org,,,,
baseball have always conteaded. y.
4 certain degree Of insincerity. q,
the reserve clause was necesssr- !.
baseball, since 10 enabled the sn,rr
cities 20 keep their stars in ist, y
the greater financial resources o. q,
teams In the larger cities.
Mr. Peppers argument practia
does away with this protection q
course. 10 is not 20 be supposed 5r
the counsel for Ban Johnson. Car
Hermann 81 al took the ground \,
without consultation with his el;es
l. is evident. therefore. that the Fss
win or lose have gained a poir. )
their suit in Chicago. The old ayl
perpetual reserve clause has been %,
strued out OF existence.
This "et al" STUFF o. the lalTs-
seems 70 have no connection Wit IL
you know me- person.
The distance from ". a given ri,
20 infnity is shorter by a paruz,
than the memory Of a fan. Some l,i
time ago we wrote: "Heinie Zimmsrus
has never met George Cockill. the D,
umpire OF the National League, but
feels confident that he will be ali,
form a cordial dislike for him bs.s'
/ the season ends
We never though much Of il, but
seemed TO us {. be safe, al least.
Then came the mail OF yestsnc
with a message from Jesse Cohen,
Brooklyn.
Mr.. Cohen wrote: You're vrc'
old top. George Cockill led the 4
basemen in the New York State Le6g
in 1907. playing with the Albany TEA
pennant winners. HeInie Zimmeru
PLAYED with the Wilkes Barre ,s'
that year. incidentally. there neI
was a better fielding first baseman ?
a more gentlemanly ball player NJ
I Cockill. ! believe he first played ea'
ball in Bucknell College, about
time 'Christy' Mathewson was ne
Bill Klein will have to look 70
lsurels now"
II Mr.. Cockill was a first bssen
it's a cinch that a hitter Ike Her
Zimmerman must have met him ma
times during the course Of a seas
but as 70 Bill hlem's looking %
laurels we must maintain that
lam looks a. nothing but the plate
. the corners thereof.
That part of organized bssss
which plays its home games IN gr'a'
New York owes something 70 one
the leading members OF The teet
League. Edward Hanlon. Of the ss.
more Terrapins, was the mento,I:
every manager now in New 10
"Wild" Bill Donovan was under n
lon in Brooklyn and McGraw ana y
inson learned the game from hin
Baltimore. Just for good measure
might be mentioned that Joe hel
the scout of the Yankees, IS ah'-
former Hsnlonlte.
Bill Donovan has taught MS y
dog. Jerry, TO howl dismslly Sheh''
/ Walter Johnson steps into the DOL
One element in the baseball ms'I
pot will be missing next season d,
l Tim, the Chinese Shorts,op rom ~ r
olulu, has decided not 70 JOIN me =
csgo White Sox Lai said tns' ..
not think he would be happy On
team which numbered not one o.
countrymen.
/ Il is said that baseball players
p greedy lot. yet there Is case ~
points in the other direction. roy
b. Ward announced last season y
/ the men on the Tip Top team w
share in the profits Of the eiOo'
/ the end Of the season not = 'u'
PLAYER asked what his share
10 be.
John R. Foster knows row 'h ,,s,
srdor OF the football fan IS s,
than that OF the baseball roo'ei.
Foster has received one or wv :,
quests already for tickets Tor 'a 80 -
ing baseball season, but inc app :.
for tickets for the Army-Nasy :
next fall is already well Up INV
hundreds.
Before the cruel war IS o,s, 49,.
club or other in the very u' W.,
things should sign that o'aeF '""
star. En- Sue.
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