The Sentinel=record., 1917-02-14
Play in Any League.

New York Feb. 13.-The National League and the Baseball Players Fra ternlty came to the parting of the ways here late today while Manager John j. McCiraw of the New York Ma tional League club and President Da- yid L. Fultz of the Players Associa- ton We're in secret conference en. deaYoring to reach a common ground upon which the so-called strike of the players could be compromised
 The senior organization passed un- animously a resolution obrogatlng the agreement made with the fraternity at Cincinnati on January s. 1914. and when AIcGraw left the meeting it first appeared as if his sell-imposed mis- sion had been in vain
 Later when President Tener of the National League read the resolution to the newspaper representative he explained that no discrimination was to be made against any player who might have been or continued t0 be a member or the fraternity but that the ] leggac would no longer recognize the organization and that all dealings in 1 the future would be with the players as individuals
 As IL was the principal request made l by Fultz in hls conference with Me GraW as a guarantee before taking steps looking toward the lifting Q. the strike order. insofar as it effected the major leagues, it appeared that his re. quest had received consideration.
 That the magnates realized the seriousness that faces baseball both from internal and international com. plications was shown by the fact that baseball writers were called into the meeting of the league for one of the very few times in the forty iodc cars of its existence and the following res. ulutiOn was read after which the mag hates stated that they were ready t0 answer any questions which might be asked
 Whereas the Baseball Players Fra ternity has violated the letter and spirit of an agreement made E.oween the National Leagues clubs and play CTS entered into of date January 6, 1914, therefore be it,
 Resolved by the National League of Professional Baseball CmDs that in solar as that league is concerned this agreement be and is hereby abrogated and all regulations between this lea- que and said fraternity are herebs severed and terminated"
 When the resolution was shown to Fuitz he refused to state what action the fraternity would take until he had consulted other officers of the orgauiz- ation, Before he left McGraw, arrange ments were made to meet again when Fult1 hoped to go before the National league, but the action of that organ ization virtually barred the way for such move. McGraw returned to the National League conference quarters and explained what he accomplished to President Hampstead of the New York club. who in turn laid the result ot his managers efforts before the magnates, but what effect, if ans. the report had was not disclosed
 Whether Fultz will decide to call off the strike upon the strength of the National League resolution could not be learned tonight
 President Hermann of the Cincin. nati club, in explaining the adoption of the resolution, claimed that no ma jor league player had any grievance and Ee challenged any person to prove the contrary.
 He insisted that Fultz had drawn up the tentative agreement as to the ma jor leagpe and minor league clubs of classification A and A. paying the expenses Of players to the training camps The clubs of leagues of lower classification, he said, were not obi. gated by this agreement because when il appeared in print President Sexton discover that the part relat-
 ing to league clubs of the lower class
 fication was no. in conformity with the original draft and Hermann pro. duced copy Of a letter from Fultzz to this effect
 This letter, Hermann claimed