The Washington times., 1916-01-10
PLAYERS WILL BE AFFECTED.

The players are sure to be affected,
and affected most seriously. CluLs will
find themselves ever their heads with
suuabblcs. with no way - It of the TliG-
dc. Players with gr!cNunccs against
their IT1anasers CT owners viii have
only their OWN league, it ma i,I'
te5Sucr5. az Il Judge. Minor leaSucrs
whl still have their national Board as
II court OF appeal, but throughout the
country there viii - lacking sup:crlc
Guide for the conduct Of players. man-
ayers and ma2natcS. Some action ON
the part Of the players fratcrnity is
expected within Il few weeks, for the
dissolvinR CT the national commssiun
Is going to have serious effect urun all
hlajor league ball players.
That trIutles ere piiIng up fer the
magnsteS and players is seen bv tae
resignation OF Ed larroMs, pres dent
q the international i.caGhc. from the
Eeace committee, Cuml,uHcd Of the ma
1lonal commission, James \. GiimC re.
Two other mcmnerH ct the Feue' ii
league. ard himself
Il have resigned Glon this committed
as there docs rot seem to be am at
tempt made by the federal Lea Sue to
set toGether.' said MI. BarroWs. We
shall go on WITH cur Hans for neAt sea-
son without further mSidcring them
n Bu1alo We shall not use tn" Federal
International I.ca1uc urmnds. In Val
timore We shall m;k' n ltasonablc offer
Tor tho Federal grounds, and if it is not
met We shall h'em tc build new
Sruunds. In Newark VIC are dealing
with the major leagues " no have taken
over Sinclair's stands at Harrison. y. j.
The stronger minor leagues. Wrathy
over losing property interest in many
PLAYERS jumping their circuits for :he,
Federal League. have been registering
strong complaints for several weeks
The international League lost a large
number of players to the ranks Of the
Feds, ana, If they want any of them
hack again, they will have to buy them
The majors. obtaining any Of these play
crs will pay Harry Sinclair and not the
former clubs owning them. Protest. :
have been entered by the International
League, American Association. Vest
crn LcaEur, Ccntrdl League, and Pa
|lhc Coast League. Thus far, no action
has been taken on these protests. Ac-
CordlnG to 70 'put announcement of
the National Commission. these minor
leagues will have 80 redress.
Ther" is no Icsirr on the part Of tn"
major leagues 10 abolish the National
Commission, but the minors have been
making strong ~fDrts to obtain repre-
sentation' upon IT. Added 10 this came
a demand from the Players Fraternity
that it, too, have representative on
the body in charge of the game. Both
these demands were refused. causing
ConSidCra bic dissatisfaction, particularly
on the part of the minor leagues.
-. Tho National Commission has been
,coAtly. though it has been well worth
Its cost IT is supported by a tax ca
the two major leagues and by a levy of
~ pcr cent of the grOSS receipts Of The
worlds series. Until 1914 this worlds
series profit was sufficient to pay all tn"
Expenses Of the commission. but the
fOEr-Game series between the Braves
and the MaCkmcn proved to be not
enough. Again in 1915 the profits we're
smaller than needed. particularly as the
earnings OF the major league clubs vert
smaller than usual.
Ii is said that the members Of thu
commission were ready to dissolve mad
the recent mcCtin" in Cincinnati brought
about ratified peace. The failure OF
this chiNCt has POSTPONED such aCti1
until peace is actually i'm being. Thu
the trio will pass out of existence rs a
q commission and troubles viii begin.
EsConnic Mack Is now expected to play
'Wallie SChang behind the bat. Schang
startled the league by his fine playing
I. IN 1914 as catcher. Last year he held
down third base and the outheld. His
fielding was poor ana his hitting fell
on. The transfer of Jack Lapp TO Chi
-cnGo makes the fans bclieye that
Schang will again be seen behind the
platter.
'Red" Bluhm. Cleveland boy. will
hardly get chance TO show his class in
49, big show. though drafted by SOM