New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-25
GUS GETz JOINS
HOLDOUT ARMY
OVER SALARY CUT
Five Dodgers Now Re.
fuse to Accept Pay OF.
fered by c. H. Ebbets
BY W. J. MACBETH


Gus Gctz, utility infelder OF "a.
champion Dodgers, has Joined the arm,
Of hold-outs against the scrambled %,
policies of economy TO be practissd 4,
the Squire Of Flstbush. In Jersey y,,.
terdsy Gctz announced himself a. di..
metrically opposed to Ebbets's psr,,.
mony. The Fraternity issue does ma,
enter into his calculations.
Getz makes the fifth OF the sor-v
behaving worlds series entrants % i,
out a wild squawk of rage at sslar,
trimming. The others still screamir,
arc the Wheats Zach and Mack CHI:
Meyers and Casey Stengel. Ebbets an.
nounced that he had abbreviated u,
pay Of only half dozen Of his title.
holders. II is generally understood
that George Cutshaw is the sixth vic.
tim.
Issue Largely Personal
While all of these Brooklyn player
who under false pretences took IA,
losers end of the rich worlds seris
spoils, have loudly announced then.
selves as aligned with the Frsten.ty
phalanx, they admit the issue is Largely
personal. Getz, whose salary tern.
were cut only $500, stated yesterdsy
that he would be delighted to sign q
the 1916 salary. Which seems 10 bear
out the contention of the major lesgu.
magnates that the Fraternity fght i
one planned only with the view TO re-
tain inflated wartime pay.
No new angle developed yesterday i,
the threatened strike. The Announce.
ment from Washington that Ful.z's or
ganization had been denied charter
in the American Federation Of labor
seems TO have been somewhat prera.
ture. It was said in the Capital Cts
yesterday that the executive COMMITTEES
was considering the application and
that a definite answer was not likely
to be returned until Friday Afternoon
at the earliest.
Representative of organized base
ball seemed absolutely disinterestsd IN
the Fraternity procedure for reeogni-
ton from the union brotherhood. Sev.
eral expressed the opinion that union
recognition, apparently distasteful to-
majority of the stars of the America,
and National leagues, might prove
boomerang in the end by alternating Y,
members Of fast company.
In the meantime Secretary John
Farrell, of the National Associatioi
has issued lengthy statement relative
TO a recently published interview Wit
Fultz in which the integrity OF TIE
minor league board was questioned
Fultz cited the case Of player nans
Crystal to make his point.
Sentence Suspended
Crystal was playing Of u
Toronto club in a class { league. h'
got into trouble with player, who pro
tested he had been released wltnoui
trial and without notice or pay. Iu
national board first ordered Crystal .
make good the five days salary out Of
his own pocket. But when, upon per
sonal investigation, it was found hs'
player i'm question was a notorious con
tract jumper who played under an s'
sumed name, Crystals sentence vu
Immediately suspended and he was d.
clared eligible.
Farrell declared that President FEltI
Of the fraternity, was familiar VIII
these facts, when, subsequent 10 the re-
mission of the fine and reinstatement
of Crystal, he (Fultz) instituted SUIT
against the national board for the re-
covery of the amount that mad ALREADY
been refunded. Farrell characteriEe.
Fultz's action SIS wilful breach o.
faith and an attempt at self-sggrsne'
izement. He further points out that th'
fraternity had absolutely no JuEisdN'
ton in that class c leagues had +"
connection with the players union:
Sammy Lichtenhein, president OF IN
Montreal club, announces that Al w
coming international League seneau'
meeting ne will advocate a resolu'iS
to bar fraternity members from wv
Barrow circuit.
Damage Suit Postponed
By mutual agreement Of counsel @'
suit for 100000 damages brought y
the Baltimore Federal League Cia'
against organized baseball has pee
laid over until the April term Of w
United States District Court IN fhl.
delphia. This suit, instituted sN
March, was on the calendar Sc, y.
February 10, the appointed time Of sn'
annual schedule meeting Oh the !"
tional League in this city. :.
The plan for territorial revision y
the Three-I and Central leagues fslle'
TO materialize yesterday because Of ~
absence Of Central club owners ~
ether meeting is planned at the SAW !
city within the next ten days. -.
Fred Mitchell, manager OF the oss
advocates elimination OF the RUE va
declares the batter out on causht ~,
hv He should get the votes or Ons'