Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-06
BY J. ED GRILLo.

David Fultz, head of the Players
Fraternity, seems determined to make
mistakes in regard to the clafises of
the players contracts, with reference
to those Submitted by the Washington
and New York clubs.
Fultz is quoted as giving the follow
ing Interpretation of these contracts
in an interview given Sunday in New
York. Here is his version of the clause
Should the player be disabled or
his ability to perform his duties be i'm
paired at any time during the term herein
prescribed. the club may deduct from the
amount then due, or to become due, under
this contract such proportion thereof as
the period of said disability or impairment
may bear to the term herein prescribed.
and may, at its option, terminate this
contract; but no such deduction or termi-
nation of the contract shall be made by
reason of any accident or injury received
by the player while in performance of his
regular duties under the direction of the
club unless such injury or accident shall
wholly or partly incapacitate the player
for period OF fifteen days, in which
event such deduction may be made for
the period of disability or impairment in
excess of fifteen days. and this contract
may be terminated at the option of the
club. Provided, however. that the player
shall be given written notice thereof by
the club
Manager Grifith emphatically denied
this in the following statement:
II can't understand what Fultz's
motives are in misreprcsenting facts
as to our contracts with our players.
THE contracts we use are identical
with those used by every club in the
American League. There is absolutely
nothing added. and it does not contain
any such clause as FultZ claims.
'Fu1tZ is not adhering to the truth
in these matters, and hereafter | will
absolutely ignore any statement which
may come from the head of the Play
ers' Fraternity"
A couple of clever paragraphs from
the pen of James ISaminger of the
Philadelphia North American are well
worth repeating.
Millions of Americans leave work
or break engagements tomorrow to de-
eide on the name Of the man who will
throw out the first ball in Washington
next April.
benjamin F. Shibe and Cornelius
McIillicuddy have been doing business
here continuously since 1901. In this
time, the Red Sex have been. sold 1877
of 623 games: Griffith has claimed 143
pennants and Barney Dreyfuss has pre-
scented diamond stickpins to the ma
tional commission chairman 0 times"
Boosts for tho new owners of tn.
boston Americans are plentiful Her,
Is one which appeared in a cotemper.
airy:
In the announcements of the sale o.
the Boston Red Sox by Joseph j. Ian
min to Harry Frazee and Hugh Ward
the impression was given that Mr.
Ward was II bally Englishman. H.
represents &. j. Williamson Company
La, or London. one of the bIgges
theatrical producing firms IN the Brit.
ish Isles.
~ almost an American. He Ii "A PhiIa
delphfan, Philadelphians and Chi.
casoans are almost Americans.
Billy Murray. who used to manag.
th7 fhiiiies few years back and VIII,
was with Harry Sinclair in NewarL
last season, is sponsor for Ward,
only know Harry Frazee slightly ,
sdiu Murray, but ! know Hugh Ware
We'll He is a Philadelphia boy, who
wen, Out and made a nice little forum,
IN me theatrical world. He's a reeu
lar fellow, always has been, and Will h,
base ball 70 ait
any talk about there being doubt
- " Wv 1iicIlcdn League SanctiOninp
Lannlns sale to Frazee and Ward i
unIaif TO both men. They are just az
high class fellows as were ever asso.
clated with the game.
Everybody is going to like Ward
| ~ bet Ban johnson won't know hin
naiI an hour before he is calling him
hugh! I'm tickled to death that Ware
IS IN Dase ball with the Boston club
because l think he has bought some.
lung worth while. and will make good
IN the national game, as he has in the.
atricals. N--e
An Engiishman? Hugh Ward.
What bosh. He's Philadelphia bow
and don't you forget it, and, moreover
is regular felleri'
Ted Sullivan, the man who has beer
! Identified with base ball longer thar
any other living man, who gave Char
ley Comiskey his first major league
| contract and has established minor
| leagues the country over, arrived here
this morning from New York.
Sullivan will leave here November ss
for Bue4Qs Aires, and then will tour