Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-26
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

John Henry and Charley Jameson OF
the Washington club are listed as hav-
inE been present at national meet
tng" OF the players fraternity In New
York last night. Some twenty-five or
thirty players. representing every
league having membership in the Or
ranization, were on hand and conferred
for several hours regarding the next
move to be made in the battle with or
ranized base ball. Thus far no OIL
Scial announcement has been MADE oy
prestden. Fultz as to what action was
decided upon by the organization Out
q, Is reported to have voted to sustain
the action of Fultz in calling strike
~ the nlayers next Monday unless their
demands are granted.
President Fultz read kilograms IRON,
Tris Speaker of Cleveland anu
Demaree of Chicago. pledsins the'' sup
port. h,,.;ne, said he
uas greatly amused at Ban Johnson
threat to drive him out of the amer
can League unless ne reslsheu
membership in the fraternity. aen rot
.Iso is said to have declared he was not
~ o,l snre he was anxious to continue
in Johnson's circuit. as he IS no ioHs
depeudent upon base ball Clark It.
nth. however, IS OF tns OPP, op niavine
The Nationals boss says; ,a &c
Henry is high type of player ana -
a conscientious man Fuitz aIways Nv
seemed to be able to influence nm ereasN,
hut I consider John is too levei-heaoeo q
chap to jeopardize his base ball career ny
tagging along with Fultz on tnlS stri he
proposition. 1t is true that henrs Ness
purchased a box factory at Amherst; Mass,
Gis home town. but it is doubtful II tIe
business is giving him such large rseui ~,
on his investment as to warrant .Ie u
do hA *
Henry hasn't been in charge OF the en-
terprise long enough TO get II nrnliy es
tablished. He draws good saiary irol, i
can depend upon getting his envelope
twice a month whether or not the team
Is doing a good business But. even IL
Henry's venture is splendid paying one.
there ia no good reason why he shouldn't
add his salary as a base ball player 10
his bankroll Henry is not WeaitnN
man, and he's not foolish either He VIII
be on that train that carries US 10 kiu
s-usta next spring or I'm badly mis-
taken"
The players at the meeting included
Edward Reulbach. Boston Nationals
William Fischer. Pittsburgh Nationals
J. Carlisle Smith. Boston Nationals; Al
bert Daniels. Louisville American AS
sociation: John Miller, st. Louis Ma
tionals: Otto Miller. BrookiYn; Teorge
Burns. New York Nationals; George H.
Burns, Detroit; James Archer. chicago
Nationals: Edward Burns. Philadelphia
Nationals; Thomas Clarke. CINCINNATI:
Grover Hartley. St LOUIS americans
John Ensemann, Newark Information
ais: John Henry. Washington; Frank
McDermott Richmond Internationals:
Albert Scha cht, Newark: Charles jam
ieson. Washington: Alvin Caristrom'
Buffalo: William Doak, st Louis Ma
tionals: Lawrence Gardner, Boston
Americans: Richard Hoblitzel. Boston
Americans: George Chalmers. Kansas
City American Association: Jack Dai-
ton. Los Angeles; Arthur wilson. chi
cago Nationals: Gus Getz. Brooklyn
Five more players have affixed their
signatures. to contracts with major
league clubs. the latest to get In line
being Pitcher George Cunningham OF
1he Detroit Americans. 1nhelderS Ange.
Aragon and William knapp ana
Catcher benjamin Shaw of the New
York Americans and Memo" Liebold
of the Chicago Americans. Liebold Is
she twenty-second member OF the hlte
fOx to sign. Most of the Tigers have
come to terms with President Navin,
although Bobby Veach and Oscar Wit
IRE demanding more money and nave
been classed as holdouts.
:. Aragon, who is Cuban. has been
On the reserve list of the Yankees for
several years. but was farmed out dur
ing most of the 1915 and 1916 seasons
Nnaupp and Shaw were obtained In
yhe draft last fall. the former from
shreveport anu inc 4dtt'i II oiAi
Neither was a member of the frater-
nifty. The Yankees now have fourteen
players under contract. according TO
Business Manager Sparrow. eleven OF
fhem under hoId-oVer contracts. They
Include Caldwell and Fisher, Baker.
@ccI<irpaugh. Gedeon. Mullen, Magee.
Eilhooley and Nunamaker.
Thus far TO official announcement has
been made as to what action the Amer
tan Federation Of Labor will take on
the application of the Base Ball Play
ars' Fraternity for q charter II is given
ruf. however. that the executive coun-
Ell OF the federation. which has been
81 session here since last week, VIII go
40 New York tomorrow for another
meeting. and IL is believed this move
Jas some connection with the consid-
Grafton of the players application.
Grifith's prospective training camp
squad has been increased to u total OF
thirty-three players by the acquisition
OF Nike Moran, the amateur shortstop
whose work on the local lots attracted
much favorable comment last sum-
mer. Moran yesterday signed a one
year contract with the Washington
club. and viii be given a thorough trial
a. Augusta. Griffith is much impressed
by the glowing reports OF this players
ability.
4: Grover Cleveland Alexander. star
pitcher Of the National League, thinks
dis services are as, valuable to the
Fhilles as Ty Cobb's are TO the Detroit
Club. and has so informed President
BAKER Alexander has demanded an
annual salary of $4,000 and n three
year contract. and declares unless his
demands are granted he will retire from
The professional game and join the
semi pros Alexander says.
This is no strike on my part and
the fraternity row has nothing 70 do
with the affair. ] simply feel that
am not being compensated in proper
fion with my ability and worth 10 the