New Britain herald., 1918-07-10

that player to the Boston club of this league
 ''AS soon as the president of the American league had knowledge of the finding he advised the commission as follows: Under no circumstances or conditions will Perry be turned over to the Boston club Shortly thereafter the Philadelphia club of the AmerIcan league took the case to the courts of Cleveland and asked for and received an order restraining the commission from putting it's decision into ecect and setting the date of July goth for a final hearing of the case.
 Under the terms of the national agreement the ruling in any case brought before it in which it has iur- isdictiOn is final.
 The case above referred to is probably the first instance where a major league club has violated it's agreement in baseball law by appeal ing the decision of the commission to the civil courts.
 Tn any opinion the defiance of our laws by the Philadelphia club of the American league constitutes such a
 breach of the agreement and good faith that this league can no longer with honor continue it's representative on the national commission, | beg leave, therefore, to advise that here after I will give no attention or con- SideratiOn to any cases submitted to
 which the American league is d party. We cannot continue to maintain our honor and self-respect by dealing Irpn CiI ments and baseball law as mere scraps of paper.
 "Baseball finds itself, with regard
 to it's business, in an unfortunate con dition due to war conditions never theless it is most important to keep | our house in order so that when bus mess is adjusted to normal conditions it may he prepared for it's share of prosperity and that with honor. The decision of tho national com mission in the Scott Perry case was 1 announced in Cincinnati on June F, Because a minor league was involved 1 two additional representatives sat in l Judgment upon the case. The person nel of the commission, consisted of 1 Chairman Garry Hermann. president of the Cincinnati National club; Presi- Is "B. Johnson, president of the Amer 1 ican league, J. II. Farrell, secretary of ! the National association and R. IL l Rough, president of the Southern as I sociation. The evidence submitted l and upon which Hermann, Tenel ! and Farrell awarded the services ot ! Perry to the Boston Nationals, while
 Johnson and Rough did not concur 1 showed, according to the commission 1 report:
 That Perry was sold to the Bostor ) Southern association under an op- tonal agreement for $2,000. Perry 1 deserted the Boston club in June
 19l {, after the latter organization haC ! pad $500 of the purchase price. Bos- ] ton was assured it's rights to the ! player would be protected if Perry l ever returned 10 organized baseball
 Early in the present season the pitcher 1 returned to the Atlanta club and wa: | sold to the Philadelphia Americ1n'
 and Is playing with that club. Whel
 the decision Of the national %ommis
 sion was madc public Connie Mack l manager of the Athletics obtained { 1 court injunction at Cleveland on June 17 preventing the Boston Nationals 1 from interfering with the activities O
 Perry until the case should come III ! for court judgment
 ! Atlantic City, N J., July 1o.-~GarrA Hermann, of Cincinnati who Wtf