The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-30
'REPRlM|AND AND
 FINE OF sl.OO|lo! |l! IN
 CASE OF M'GRAW

Nsy 5rl,. Aug@ so- 65shn ]: MO .esraw, naanager of the AGiants, has been fined s1.O00 and reprimanded by the Board Of Directors>of the Na- ltiona1E League for auth thorizing, then approving and finally repudiating an -interview that reflected especially upon John K Tener, president, and generally against the league.
 The so-cailed repudiation case was finally settled yesterday at a meeting fof the directors to league headouar-f sters. West Fortieth Street, after several previous meetings had been held in June and July
 Tho league Fin June fined McGraws $500 and suspended him Is days dur : ling which time his salary ceased, for: strfkfng William Byron, an umpire, after a game played blythe Giants and Reds at Cincinnati, on June 8. The fleague lost no time in severely pun isfing McGraw+ for this offense, and whem he received notice of the penal ties Inflicted upon him McGraw, oh June, IS, then at Pittsburgh with the Giauts, authorized Sid Mercer, of the New York Globe. to write and pub lish an finterview that was scathing in < its language toward MT, Tener's ad- q UukUIHETHL1OA sOL4 .1chE dC dllctA D. 4AAOA ~SA showed McGraw the written interview which the manager approved without reading
 8 When McGraw was haled before fie league directors he repudiated the inferyiew in a statement. which ] he signed ,and then joined the Giants Fin Boston, where he told the New AYurk newspaper men travelling with 2 the team that he made the statement { under pressure, and thought it was the, best thing to do.
 .H The National Leagues acceptance sofh McGraw's statement left stigma on. the reporters involved. and the New York Chapter of Baseball ! Wgraters Association requested the ieaazze to- reopen the caseSso that the rspurfers s1ae could be heard. This was dome, and the league held two open hearings in July, at which the i evidence was against McGraw- This I evidence was sent to- all the directors for their perusal and careful consid- eraffon, and yesterdays meeting was Ifor~the purpose of formulating aver dictsthat would fully cover the offense and<vindicate the reporters.N
 Int an official statement the board kives the following warning of the punfBnDe1 LnaLr may pc cAPcStSu AO4 d similar offense in the future:
 "Thas is deemed by the Board of Directors the proper time to warn
 manages and othe employees of the : Ieague that in the future on conviction for an offense of this nature a pen- ia1ty of suspension for the season will be the minimum punishment" Harry N. Hampstead, president ef
 the Giants, last night asserted that he
 had been reqneeted to give out a ! statemrent as to his feelings toward
 the National League in fning and
 cens,rring McGraw, and he dictated the following. which he closed with his verbal signature:
 "I have been asked to give a state- 2 rnent irlr the, case of reported inter-
 views with McGraw. Most certainly the imposition of fine or any such penalty was far and away Beyon6 anything which could have expected, The artton Of McGraw was at best, g
 negative one, and sit were in my
 power to take action against this de
 cision certainly would do SO"