Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-13

gERRMANN UNDER
FED" ATTACK
.,..ional Commission Head
on Grill in 100000
Lawsuit
wEA FOR BALL PLAYERS
Mem on Field Have Scant Chance
for Justice, Say Prose
cutors
wEA FOR BALL PLAYERS

.ohire light Of inquiry beat upon
Tne Garry Hermann, chairman of the
rnhlnssi commission of Baseball Clubs, In
o.,orning's session OF the Bawlted-Or-
ths Is nV' Baseball tiff in the United states
rni1eu Court The purposes of Garry's
DisuSt have been branded as pre-
oomnl shan,s. subterfuges and disguises
tensiso.|, |,,rosecuton. and Pitcher Janney, OF
BY tnepranins tne curved those questions over
he "a clean in his efforts TO show up
ss' .oornrission as reprehenslole organl-
satlon. 49,. sos,,,o, p,i,ir,oro
inv League team have sued to recover
Tedernsao Troro the National and American
pOVVvO the National Commission and
Leasv., donates connected herewith. The
E.,..oroans Eve,a, allege that when the two big
b.',ns made the peace pact with the Feds
fAsssts and agreed to reimburse the other
IN the Federal League they left out
eS,.ore The Baltimoreans say that or
paaS.ad baseball is. in its operation, violat-
tbs sherman and the Clayton anti
ns, .ut,,, acts II the folks from Maryland can
srove this they will get triple the amount
damages they are requesting, or $780,
oou
HINTS OF SLAVERY
,-rser Janney's shoots the ball player
as pictured as poor harassed creature
q .-dnQinR. tnTOWlHb anu NehNNiiNb iiS i'AN
W. Tor the benefit of others. Janney
{ t,,srr,ed 10 show that, If ball player
Z ssst.sted 10 the reserve clause in his con-
80, and refused to sign his name to that
s.oroent. he would be barred from buying
~ habv shoes and potatoes for the rest of
Z bis life
( An. but II was pretty canvass-that
...,ure of the modern ball player when
E.nndsman Pepper finished Garry was
Nd tp he
r'oSsrn tosser pampered prince among
-.rs-earners Luke McLuke, II appeared
,.om Garry's testimony, started In to run
~ maths in class d early in April and
,h,n gradually rose in fame and salary
yntl he was narrowing away the worlds
series dough by October-provided, of
course that he was good enough. Mr..
pspper wound up by saying. I'VE will show
,hat the ball player Is not in state of
ouasi.peonage, but is mighty well treated.
Carry Hermann testified that, before the
,sreement conditions were bad I'm both
leagues, with players grass-hopping around
and fists twacking Cn "umpireal beaks
,D the day long. He explained at length
he workings of the draft system and said
that without protection it would be inn
possible for minor leagues to exist.
GARRY UNDER HOT CRossFIRE
When 1t came to the afternoon session,
however Garry's loquacity lessened some
what under the crossfire of Flinger Janney,
who must have been praCtiCing in the dug
eat during lunch hour The canny "Cincy-
man" wrggled uneasily in his seat while
being sptted by the prosecution. His ad-
missions tended to show that the national
commission does an interstate business. and
that il controls in the last analysis the
salaries of ma jor and minor league players.
He named S2,4S4,00O as the sum paid by
the major league to the minors from 1911
10 1916 inclusive. He also testified that in
the National League the minimum price for
admission was twenty-five cents Garry's
picture of his organization was indeed that
Of supreme and controlling court
If a player Is drafted from the minor
league by the big ones" asked Mr.. Janney.
"and he is not satisfied with the salary
he is getting in the big leagues, what is
he to do?"
He can come to the National Commits
tion for his redress" answered Garry.
But II the National Commission refuses
him what he thinks he is worth does he
get a chance to ask among other clubs
for bids for his services?" was the next
question.
No admitted Garry, little family,
"Tf he does not abide by our decision, he
cannot play in organized ball"
Mr. Janney sought to prove that the play
rs do not benefit by their sale .and that
their salaries are fixed without giving them
q fair chance to go into the open market
and have magnates bid for their services.