The Sentinel=record., 1917-02-15

New York, Feb l4-There will be
 no strike of baseball players this year
 This ending of long controversy was assured when President Diyid L. Fult2
 of the Baseball Players Fraternity is
 sued here the following statement; Owing to the unfair position in
 which the major league owners have been placed ill the present baseball controversy between owners and play
 CTS the fraternity has submitted to the 1 OA ners the following proposal: ITO release all players from their
 pledges not to sign contracts upon the understanding that the owners will not discriminate against fraternity players nor discipline them for their loyalty to the fraternity in observing their pledges"
 Early in the day Manager McGraw of the New York Nationals and Presi- dent Fultz held a conference at which the fraternity executive said that if he was assured that the members of the Players Fraternity would not be Td!scriminated against financially or otherwise by the major league cluo I~oWners, he would release the men from their pledges.
 McGraw immediately went to see President Tener of the National lea que and after the situation had been explained to him Mir. Tener said
 You can assue Mir. Fultz that give my word of honor as the president of the National league that the National league will nc. discriminate in any
 way. shape or manner against any
 ball player because of his connection With the fraternity"
 Upon receiving this statement from President Tener. McGraw declared to several newspaper representatives.:
 "I feel perfectly justified in announc- ing tha. to all intents and purposes
 the strike is off insofar as it affects
 the National league
 When President Johnson of the American league arrived here later
 in the day to attend the annual schedule meeting of his league tomor- row he was informed of the action by President TeHer and in reply to the question as to whether he would give similar assurance he said:
 80 far as the fraternity is concern ed rye will give no assurance. All of
 our players look alike to us. Fully S5 per cent already have signed. If they come along to the training camps, well and good That is all the assurance the American league will give" President Johnson called attention to clause which he said was con tained in all 1917 major league con tracts, providing that players would not suffer discrimination because they
 belonged to the fraternity:
 Chairman Hermann of the National
 Baseball Commission stated that there was q clause in all the major lea gue outracts for 1917 which proteced the players from discrimination on ac- count (. membership in the fraternity, and both of the major league presl- dauts also called attention 10 this fact
 The American leagues schedule meeting will be held here tomorrow, lat il was announced today that there would be no session of the joint rules committee and the pennant race of ll1l7 therefore Rill be decided under h. rules which governed the struggle last season,
 The National league magnates fin ished their session late today, leaving the playing schedule for 1917 in the , hand of President Tener. who will make it public the last of this week.
 No National leagne club can report at training camp before February
 25 this year Last year March 1 was
 the earliest date allowed for beginning
 trining.
 The National league board of direc-
 tors was increased from five to eight
 members, the president of each club
 being made a director. No player ir
 the league can be released between 1 Aigus, 20 and the close of the cham
 pionship season except through the
 regular formality of the waiver rule. At the meeting there was no men
 tion of the proposed military training
 of players and no change in the player | limit of the clubs was discussed