The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-28
HERzOC At MIAMI
TO SEE HAUcHT0N
Says He Is in Perfect Accord
With StaIIingS,
WANTS $4,000 BONUS
He Is Not Suing Pennsylvania
Railroad,

MIAMI. F1a., March 2S-Charley Hnr-
Lpg, eN-Captaln NJ the Giants whose flO
0nO contract was turned over to the
Braves. but with no such result as an
agreement IN his part TO play ball for
the Stnlllng company, surprised tho
Braves camp today by walking In on II.
He came In this morning and was
greeted by StalllnrS. While llcrzOg Is
here his status M player unwilling 10
join In and do his part n a full-nedged
member Of the club Ia still unchanged.
As he says. ho Is merely here In order
10 have conference with President
Percy D. Haughton. who Ia due 20 ar
rive here from the north tomorrow morn
Ing
HerIou Explains
Unloss that conference Is satisfactory
In outcome and In addition tho New
York Club comes across with lnfielder
Jimmy Smith. ps StRlllngs insists thdy
must, there h nothing 10 the possibility
that HcTZOg VIII he seen IN the spHnpl's
az a Brave the season ahead,
Herzog had plenty to say about his
case In the first place. he makes II
known there IL considerable lack Of gem
uine knowledge regarding hs point OF
view with respect 10 his demands
81 read lot about what ! was de-
manding aud realized there was n screw
loose somewhere but ! refrnincd from
airing my side Of tho matter through the
newspapers. Anyway, my contract with
the Giants, which they released to the
Braves, called for n salary Of 100000 =
year, just that and nothing more, as
straight salary Ryt with that Ms n
prequislte for acting as captain, was a
bonus OF $500.
Wants 5000 Bonus.
Il never demanded bonus Of $500 10
agree to play with the Braves. What |
ual hR1
orbltant was bonus OF $1,000, Here Is
the reason for asking for that The rea-
Eon Is an excellent one George Stnlllngs,
with whom ! am In absolute accord In
the matter, believes am not going be-
yond the limits Of reason IN asking for
it IL is this. As captain Of the Giants
J am sure of getting the $500 bonus,
NEaln tho Giants are a worry strong club
without stretching the point any. ! can
say they are quite certain to win tho
pennant again this season coming
Now, In tho worlds series Of last
fall the share Of the Giants was trlfe
over i24O0 for each player ! am sacrl-
ncIng an assured. practically an assured
amount that comes TO $4,000 Naturally,
under tho circumstances, | nm protect
Ing myself and believe am Justified.
Not suing Railroad.
There was no such thing r. = 81 ono
contract. with tho understanding tho
extra 81 0OO was In the nature Of a re.
tainer know there ls n difference in
tho future sharing OF worlds series re
ceipts, but at the same time am nEur-
| ing along Lines that concern me alone
| As for tho report | am about 10 sue
| tho Pennsylvania railroad for injuries
sustained last fail, can say | am doing
nothing about the matter, nor do | in
| tend to DO anything for a while NJ least
| There Ia plenty ~ time for that
Il came down TO Florida early In JAnu-
ary In order 90 do what could to re-
! cover from any possible evil effects NJ
| the accident | came down earlier than
| have been accustomed TO do. Risht
| now I am feeling very IT, For the past
! two weeks | have been working out with
! the Phillies al g. Petersburg and am
In condition right now 70 get In and
play. ~.
the Braves tomorrow. My business VIII
be In getting together with Mr Hough-
| ton whom j have never met In fact,
] haven't received any communication
from him this past winter. received
word no was coming down 10 Miami 70
the training camp and made II point
TO hustle down here 10 meet him, as
believe we can get together and straight
en- out the matter So far as George
stnlngs and ! are concerned there "A
no obstacle TO my playing with the
Braves lie wants me to play ~ captain
and I'm every why we are In accord W
For his part, Stalllngs states prec-
tlcaly the same things M HerzOg H'
oplnes that Herzy is more or less cor
rect IN his attitude. but that thero are
some rough edges to he em0o'hed out
That with the matter OF getting In
fielder Jimmy Smith from Tho Giants af
Nthe third man to complete the deal tha'