Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-27
FULTZ HASTENS HIS DEFEAT
BY NAMING FANS AS JURY
Plans Mass Meetings of Base Ball Patrons
Through Country to Set Forth
Players Side of Controversy.

their salary demands were met. ~
would appear that President Baker Will
have to yield in some measure. as ne
hardly could afford to do without this
valuable pair.
It seems the Associations for the
Prevention of Salary Cutting are not
uncommon. Rumor has 1t that the
for their homes last fall. organised
themselves as a unit against all pay
reductions. Eleven of the teams
players--Cutshaw, Mowrey. olson'
Getz. Meyers, Miller. Smith. Prefer.
offered 1917 contracts at reduced
figures. Each has refused to sign and
is Is said that until all do not mem
Der of last years team Will report.
The Brooklyn owners refuse to con-
cede an inch, Charles H. Ebbets. jr.,
voicing their attitude with the state
ment: "They can take the reductions or
leave them"
change his mind and return to base
ball finally have been abandoned by
the Giants. Manager McGraw has re-
ceived letter from Shafer in when
he stated he would devote his time to
the management of a cattle ranch
which he owns and that he prefers
riding broncho on the plains OF
southern California to riding auto
mobiles in the east.
A mammoth amphitheaater on Man
haitian Island will be erected in the
near future if the plans of Tex R1c-
kard the promoter, go through. Rfc-
kard has obtained an option on some
propertw on Riverside drive, between
1921 and 1880 streets, and he hopes to
get control under a twenty one-year
lease. with renewal privileges Tor a
similar term. The structure VIII pc
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world, 1t is announced, and will I'LL a
long felt want in the metropolis.
Elimination of the out on the catch
of foul is what is needed to counter
act the ascendency of pitchers over
batters. in the opinion of Fred Mitch
ELL new manager of the Chicago Ma
tionals. Mitchell says:
Don't call man out when his foul
fly is caught Shortening the base
lines, letting a man take his base on
three balls and moving the pitcher
back are all wrong ideas for lettering
base ball. The foul fly play in base
ball has nothing in its favor. It's for
batter hasn't a chance. 1t does not do
him any good to run. because he isn't
entitled to anything If the first base
man. the third baseman, the catcher or
any other player drops the foul fly.
"If you want more batting, without
hurting the defensive side of the game
to any extent, fix this rule. If foul is
batted along the ground the defensive
side can't make retiring play on it.
The principle of the foul fly is the
same. I believe it was originally put
into the rules to weaken the batting
end of the game. Now, If they want to
strengthen batting, let them rule out
the foul fly"
Winter base ball has been arranged
for southern California. according to
reports from Los Angeles, which say
there will be a fourteen club circuit,
composed of the best semi-professional
organizations in the south. In this, the
first attempt made to play regular win
ter league games in five years, many
of the best players of the Pacific Coast
League as we'll as major leaguers will
appear, it is said. Some of the teams
composing the new circuit. in addition
to the Los Angeles White Sox, are:
Santa Barbara, San Diego. Riverside,
Fullerton. San Pedro, Pasadena, San
Diego Fire Department, Universal City,
Anheuser-Busch and Southern Pacific.
1t will be interesting to note how
this venture pans out. if 1t is UNDER
taken There is reasonable assurance
the weather will be propitious enough,
but it remains to be seen whether the
quality of ball offered will attract the
fans in sufficient numbers to make It a
paying proposition.