Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-30
PLAYER FOR COMMISSION
DAVE FULTZ APPROVES
SCHEME OF BAN JOHNSON
nut DIsRpprovcs of Tcncr'r Suggestion
10 Necp Fraternity Mnn or Ma
tIOnRi baseball Judiciary.


NEW YORK, January 23.--rrcsidcnt
David L. Fultz. Of the Baseball Play
"rS Fraternity, has expressed his APP
r"',ihti"n OF the proposition to include
j'laH'r among the mcmbcrS-Of tho
Na'i"a'l Commission when tina, body
- icorganizcd early in 1917. Both
President ben Johnson of the Amcri-
can League, aud President Tencr, OF
In" National League. have expressed
me opinion that q representative of
NE players in this baseball court of
i"*' resort woLld perhaps max" 70"
more harmonious relations between
baseball employers and employees.
icn"t. however. qualified his statement
~ gazing that h" did not think that
Inc players rcprcsenta,iN" should lie
% member of the fraternity.
On this point President i'ui'z dis
aerc.7 with the former governor OF
pennsylvania ana present leader Of the
senior league. FultZ rises TO ask how
riaNor. VINO did not represent any
'hirr except players In the abstract.
could hope 10 cope with tn" "thei
members Of the commission. all OF
whom would represent established or
yaniHait"iia with both money aud pies-
,ilc ~ their back 1t looks as though
fultzs legal training had enabled him
to uncover blow hole in tn" plan.
II the Ilaycrs representative" on tn"
commission Was I" accept instructions
from the Individual players ne would
have several thousand opinions ON
every question that arose
With The prestige when comes rom
viiiuil,. INTERCOLLEGIATE chanpIonSrl p-
on m.nG and water. cornell is ha"in=
riI!o difficulty in recruiting bic SGia"i
fer the various sport teams no" ~
training. Coach M"aklcy state" ''
,crily mat he expected 10 hay" $50
ncu cot fo' tn" track team this a
In, la, ,,f 40
for work q year ago.
The coutcs, board % TIA. American
AutoInubii" Association announces rs
prcliminary racing sch"du'" Tor 'he
coming season With twenty events
either officially sanctioned "i dates
,.ntatiycly awarded. The program -
drawn up at present op"us with races
at tho Los Angeles Speedway ON Feb
ruary %. and closes with similar
events at the indianapolis Speedway
on October -. y number OF addluotai
meets are expected Ia he added I" IA"
schedule as the season progresses rh"
list as arranged to date il as follows:
February -. spced"ay. Los Angeles
MAY $ spcrdwuy. sioux City. MAJ ~
yprcdvay. Nrw York. MAY 30. speed
way Indianapolis. Juno i" sp""dwny.
chicago. Jun. -. sr""""ay. ip"s
Muiucs: July I, speedway. Miun-"p"liS.
iuly I, track. C"u"r II Alcue. Idaho.
.hI!s l. speedway. Sioux CITY. July -.
yrccdvn'. Omaha. Angus, :. sp-"dwa!.
Tacoma. August i.-l'. tlgin. Road
ruc~s. September t. sp"cdwsS. Indiana.
polls September sp""d"ay i'"s
Muinc- September ~. speedway. iroNi-
dcncc. Scrtcu.bc' ." rack. Trenton.
y. j.. september "a. speedway. New
October 8 sre"dwa chicago; 'ct"-
al ,,.
81 the present time i, appcars a.
though thc "ui.r "t several ~ the
loading Eastern golfers IN til" third
annual Tournament, for ~" champions
ship Of Cuba Vii H." The nearest ap-
pr"ach 10 AN international sports con-
test on tn" calcudar Tor lri6 I'll.
pisy. which xiii begin "u the course.
Of Tho Iiavaua Country club on Wash
inEton'. Birthday. should result ~
some h'rh-class golf. There arc nam
h"r ~ American aud English residents
~ cuba "ho play an excellent game.
and being thorcughiy ct home on tho
country club course. which &c Gar from
ht,nc an easy eighteen h"li circuit.
they should to nhic 10 glvc invaders
from the states = harL hattl" for titular
houors.
Athletic activity aud competition ha.
been entirely abandoned at WashjnG
ton and Jefferson rolleu" ~ TN" 70
suit Of an outbreaks - scarlet f"ycr.
some az tho football teams that tho
Washington and jefferson eleven
crushed last Scasui, ar" Of the opinion
that tho epidcmi" arrived several
months "a" lat"
Two Western athletes appeared in
Sew York This week ana lived NJ t"
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