The Washington times., 1917-02-06
Takes in His Horns as He eX-
plains What Fraternity Is
Trying to Do.
PROTECTS COAST LEAGUE
Manager Griffith Is Booming
Baseball in Virginia by
Attending Social.
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

BY LOUIS A. DOUGHER-
Dave Fultz has begun to back down
in his wholesale demands.
After allowing it to be understood
for months that the fraternity want
ed minor league clubs to provide
transportation for their players from
their homes to the training camps,
The head of the union now comes out
with denial that this is the object
of the threatened strike.
Il don't understand how this idea
was ever formed says FuItz. 'All
we ever intended was for Glass AA
and Glass A clubs to pay transporta-
tion expenses, and then. only for mem
bers of the fraternity
Which is considerably different.
FuItE's Statement.
at never was our intention" says
Fultz, ito include anything but the
Glass AA and A leagues in any of the
reforms we desired. In those leagues
we asked such concessions only for
fraternity members. If the clubs want
ed to give the same concessions to
non n-frateFnity members that would
hardly would be expected to put up
a fight for players who had failed to
come in with us.
Il have seen frequent statements by
baseball men intimating that our re-
quests referred to all minor leagues
and the hardships 1t would place the
small fellows under, but I always
thought they were made only to cloud
the issue.
Furthermore, as to Glass IA and A
men, we do not refer to any free
agents, simply to player on reserve.
Naturally a free agent cannot expect
to have his expenses paid.
No Times For Strife.
81 realize these are no times for
strife, and in such times as we are
now going through all minor issues
must be quickly settled. Especially
should this be so in the event of a
declaration of war, when I believe it
is customary to settle all differences.
In times like these both sides may
find it expedient to swallow quite a
bit
Captain Huston, OF the Yankees
says that Fultz is looking for hole
into which he may crawl
He wishes to save his face says
Huston. He knows, as / know, and
every one connected with the game,
that the strike is dead. He knows
that it has been dead for weeks His
BLUM has been called. He is looking
for a way out. some opening that will
permit him to retire with a vestige
of grace"
Won't Call Strike.
FuItz says that no members of the
fraternity who are ordered to leave
Vancouver for Honolulu with the
squad of the Portland Pacific Coast
League will be called out on strike.
so far as the strike is concerned"
says the fraternity leader, I'VE have
nothing at all to say to the Pacific
Coast League. There are a few fra
ternity members on the Portland
team, but they will not be called out"
Exhmpting the Coast League,
class AA organization, FultZ will
hardly receive any sympathetic sup
port in his effort to cripple the major
leagues and the international League
and AmeEican Association.
a Griffith Is Popular.
%Judging by the reception accorded
him in Clarendon. Va, last night,
Manager Griffith is most popular in
Northern Virginia The Old Fox
owned FolIansbce's Hall while he was
in il.
Griff is doing much for the upbuild-
ing of baseball in this vicinity by his
Willingness to appear at various So
cial functions Of young men Interested
in baseball He is a magnet-drawing
every available youth from far ana
near TO see and hear him.
President r. Q Prosise, Vice Presi-
dent Rufus Sones and their co-work-
ers on the board of directors are maxi
ing the Alexandria County A A
feeder for professional teams every
where. No sport is more healthful for
Young men than baseball, and AleXan-
dria county is fortunate in having
such men in il.
Banquets Tomorrow Night.
Tomorrow night Manager Griffith will
hold court at the Hotel Rammel. Alex
andria. Va, where he will receive all
the members and invited guests Of the
Cardinal 4. G Then all will sit down
TO 4 bounteous spread always in keep
ing with the history Of AleXandria,s hos
pitality.
The Cardinals are this year staging
thcir fifth annual banquet in honor Of
Clark Griffith. and il is expected TO sur
pass all that have gone ahead. As usual.
Mayor Tom Fisher will act rs toastmas-
ter. getting the most out Of every
speaker.
CONSIDER DICKSON