Evening star., 1916-10-24
FU[Tz IS UNABLE
TO PREVENT FINES
Organized Base Ball to Mete
Out Penalties for Violation of
Ban on transforming.
McGRAW MERITS CENSURE
BY ]. ED GR1LLo.


| Dave Fultz, who draws a big salary as
president of the base ball players fra
| ternity, is on another rampage for the
purpose of convincing those who provide
his monthly checks that he is earning
| them.
F'ultz says the fraternity cannot rec.
ognize the edict of the national commits
sion issued September 20 prohibiting ball
! players from indulging in transforming
trips after the end of the season without
the consent of the commission.
Base ball is not helped by having play
ers organize teams which have no class
and merely go through the motions OF
playing the game. That is why the COM
mission put a ban on it. Announcement
of the ruling was made several weeks be-
fore the close of the season so the play
ers would not figure on indulging in these
games. The commission was ignored
however. and although Fultz is doing a
lot of talking, the offending players Will
be-and should be-fned.
There are certain regulations which
must be enforced in base ball in order
to keep the game up to a desired stand
ard and FultZ or no Fultz the commits
sion will continue to protect the sport
When President Tener announced
that he would not make any investi-
8 n
| against his team laying down to Brook.
lyn so that the Dodgers would win the
pennant. he is said to have meant 1t az
slap at Ban Johnson, having in minG
against President Lannin of the Bostor
Red Sox when he accused the American
League umpires of discriminating
against his team. There is no parable
in the two cases, however. McGraw's
statement was an insinuation that the
O. nj
square, and for this reason shoul6
have been investigated and McGraw
reprimanded, so as to kill the doub,
which was created by the report.
Ban Johnson was right in not bring
ing the Lannin matter to the attention
Of the league directors, for some man.
ager or club owner often let's out a
one of the favorite alibis that those in
base ball authority frequently resort to
and is never taken seriously.
1t is not revealing a secret, however
to say that President Johnson was de-
cidedly peeved over Lannin's remark
person with so little control over
his temper does not belong in the game
game.
Time will show that Mr. Lannin has
found good reason for disposing Of his
holdings.
There is nothing in the story that
Bill Carrigan will become the head OF
the Boston club. Carrigan the other
day invested 100000 Of his and his
wife's money in business venture, and
he will be identified with it in the ca
pacity Of director. That will elimi-
nate all possible chance of his invest
ing greater fortune in the Boston
base ball venture
Watch Sam Rice hit that pill next
year. That young man stands a chance
OF leading the league with the stick
and no one knows 1t better than Ty
Cobb, who praised Rice's ability" said
Manager Griffith today.
Sam Rice will prove one of our most
valuable men. He has speed enough to
make himself one of the most COM
petent of sprinters and, with a little
more experience. will gain lot of
stolen bases"
Rice is wintering in Chicago, where
the cold weather will keep him in fine
fettle and with a warm place to train
in the spring he ought to be in his
best form when next season opens.