Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-11
BLACK EYE GIVEN BASE BALI.
,xc>- BY THE GRASPING PLAYERS
Boston and Chicago Teams Threaten to
:. Stop World Series Unless More
Money Is Handed Out.

| diamond heroes, might live in peace
and security and draw several thou
| sands of dollars q year for their labor
waited patiently to learn their pleas
! ure.
| Promised fat bonuses of $4,000 to the
| winners and $1,4OO to the losers. pro-
yided the series made this division
! possible. the gallant performers. upon
learning that the money taken in at
| the first games justified the payment
to them of only $3.50 and s592. re-
spectively, refused to play and sought
! to hold up the national commission
/ TOR the difference. The governing
body of base ball called their bluff
and stood pat on the scale of re-
] Enumeration settled upon. 1t had no
alternative. as the agreement pro-
| Vidlng for it was reached at a meet
! ing OF the representatives of the two
! leagues long before the series started
and not until yesterday was any OBJ
lection thereto raised.
| NO more effective time could have
| Ieen picked by the disgruntled play
f, ers Tor the stand they took. The
! huge seating capacity of Fenway
! Iark was nearly filled by supporters
/ whom base ball could not exist and
| without which a great majority of
us hlgh-pr1ced stars would be follow
| ing piows or shoveling dirt. the only
locations for which they are mentally
/ equipped.
They, the players, evidently figured
81. .sat rather than refund the more than
| ?SI'ooo taken in at the box office from
/ me z4,00O-odd disappointed specta-
, uUls LOT a game in the receipts of
when the athletes did not partici-
pate the club owners, the national
commission. or both. wwould be STAN
pea INTO guaranteeing them the differ
ance' amounting to $1,11O to each
player of the victorious team and
SSGs TO every member of the van
| went awry. The club owners and
members of the commission were ada
hant. and informed the pampered
performers that they could either
| c TAKE what was offered or have re-
course to the circuit courts to col
iect anything at all. Then, and then
only, did the noble athletes conde-
scend to exhibit their athletic prowess
Enlisting the kindly offices of for
ton. now candidate for Congress
from the twelfth Massachusetts dis
trlct. they had it announced to the
stands that rather than disappoint
the assemblage they would play,
under protest. But what really actu-
ated them in reaching this decision
was the fact that their bluff was
called and that the course assured
them against losing or waiting a long
Tune for the money, which is so dear
70 tnelr hearts AS it was, they kept
the huge gathering waiting for more
than an hour, and when they finally
did appear on the field were both gen
erously cheered and very properly
booed.
And the end is not yet. The players
are determined that omething shall
De DONE" and have announced that
unless compromise" is reached at
meeting this morning between the
national commission, Presidents Fra
zee and WeeShman and Harry Hoop
er and Leslie Mann, walking dele
gates of the Il won't work or fight"
organization. there won't be any ball
game this afternoon. Speaking for
his fellow players of both teams
Left Fielder Mann of the Chica so
club last night said the public should
withhold judgment until it learned
the facts of the case in dispute Ac-
cording to Mann, the players of the
contesting teams have not contended
that the other six first division teams
of the two leagues should receive
rather that their shares be reduced
so that the men actually competing
receive relatively larger amounts
Mann also declared the players of
both the Sox and Cubs had unani-
mously offered to contribute all of
games to war funds provided the club
owners and national commission
would agree to do the same.
Ninety per cent of the players of
the two clubs were opposed to going
on the field to play today" Mann
treatment we received from the com
mission. 1t was only out of consid-
Grafton for the thousands of fans,
including scores of wounded soldiers,
who were on hand and expected a
game that they could be induced to
play. Tomorrow. the public will be
protected. We have a conference ar
ranged with the national commission
and club owners for 1890 in the
morning and by II o'clock it will be
known definitely whether or not there
is to be a. game. Unless our just de-
ands are compiled with you may
safely say there will be no more
world series base ball.
AS for the game itself. it was one
of the best of what has thus far
proved one of the most remarkable
of clashes for the base ball title of
the universe.
BY winning. 3 to o. the chica go
C1uO again got 1nIO the running for
the title and made it possible, with
another National League triumph to-
day. to even The series with the Red
SoX.
Backed against the wall and facing
the prospect of either winning the
game or of losing all chance for the
vctor's slice of the spnils. the Cubs
fought with fury and landed well
merited victory. For once the breaks
of the game favored them. Had Dame
Fortune smiled upon them in two of
the other contests as she did yester-
day the count in games won and lost
now would be ; and in their favor
instead of the reverse.
Vaughn's support paralleled his
superb pitching. Three double plays
were executed to aid him in his en-
beavers while Flack, HolIocher and
Mann all contributed sparkling indi-
vidual plays. Flack's consisted of a
catch of a foul ball off Whiteman's
bat in the opening round. the dimin-
utive gardener crashing into the
navilion fence after making it. but
hanging on to the sphere. Holly's
bid to live up to the highly compli-
mentary things said of his playing
was a spectacular catch of fly lifted
70 short left field by Hooper in the