New-York tribune., 1918-12-05
Move to End
PLAYER Raids
By SI'ipyards.
Governing Soccer Body
Committee TO Take
Evidence Here
Bv c. A. l.ovett

Tho United States Football Associa-
,hreatens to Deal harshly with
's;nsards athletic associations which
,.,'o hoen Turing star professional SOC
49, nlsyers from league and cup com
s..;on clubs throughout the country
Nth offers Of easy Jobs at wages" RS
crsst as s2l per day in the case Of a
s,rtsr Brooklyn drydock club.
0rcanized soccer football has had to /
deal this year with condition much
.hs same as that which confronted or
.sp;zed baseball in its late, abbreviated /
season. Then diamond stars in great
numbers were jumping to munitions
plant and shipyards baseball clubs
Soccer has had to contend with this
difficulty since the 1914-'15 season, o.
the first year of the European way, fog.
the kicking game was the first TO be
fostered by the shell-making and ship
building plants. Baseball was taken UP
generally by these industrial establish
ments only last summer. But the prac-
tse Of tampering with signed soccer
players by agents of shipyards and
steel plant teams did not reach alarm
ing proportions until this fall, when
the soccer managers of The plants
seemed TO pattern after the baseball
managers IN their practiSes.
While froNning OH the business OF
approaching signed playegs, footballs
governing officials did not act at once
They inclined to the belief that with
the end OF the war the evil would
abste. They failed to recognize until
recently that shipbuilding would go on
indefinitely on a large scale There
came a sudden awakening when it be-
came known that shipyards soccer
managers we're signing players to two
and three year contracts.
New York I. c. Brings Charges
Possibly encouraged by soccer legis-
lstors, New York Football Club brought
the matter to head by bringing
charges against certain members oil
Robins's Dry Dock and Repair Com
pany Football Club, of Brooklyn, and
Federal Shipbuilding Company, OF
Newark
U. S. f. A. President Peter j. Peel
Of Chicago, promptly appointed spe-
cial committee to take evidence, com
posed Of the following members Of the
National Council: Andrew NJ. Brown
Of Bayonne, n. j., president American
Football Association; Thomas Hadheld
Bagnall, Harrison, \. j.. president
Southern New York State Football As
sociation, and William Patrick, Bay
onne, secretary National Association
Football League. National Secretar,
Thomas W. Cahill and President Pee
are ex-officio members of the commit
zee.
While the charges name but two
clubs, officials of many other shipyards
athletic associations have been served
win summonses, among them the fol
lowing:
Wilfrid Hollywood, secretary. Mors,
Dry Dock +. c.. also secretary New
York and District Shipbuilders' sosce.
League; John Craig, secretary, TietjaI
and Lang Dry Dock f. c., Hokoben
Andrew York secretary, James Graham
manager. and Edward H. Fitzpatricl
and j. McBurney of Federal Ship A. A
+ c.; the manager of Submarine Boa
corporation +. c., Port Newark; an
James Means Robertson, secretar,
Jonn Drysdale. manager, and player
Ernest Garside and James; Stewa1
Hayes Of Robins Dry Dock f. C.
Baseball Men Involved
Fitzpatrick formerly was secon
baseman and utility man of the Bosto
Braves Marty Kavanaugh, ex-Tige
Is player of Tietjan and Lang F. c.
The committee also has ordered Sec
Ietsry Hugh Magee and players Ere
j. Porter and George Perie. cf Ne
~4ork r c., and James Gracey, a playe
OF Babcock & Wilcox F. c., Bayonn
to appear before it.
The committee will meet at tn
Broadway Central Hotel next Saturda
evening, prepared to gather evidenc
and submit recommendations of fine
and SUSPENSIONS to the National Coul
cll, [: 5. +. A. The notices from til
committee also state; "This committe
IS also clother with power to act
accordance with provisions Of Ru
AAAV, I. S. +. A." This rule pr,
Wdes: "The council shall have pows
10 call upon associations, cup con
petluons, clubs or players to produt
any books. letters or documents ar
Guire." '''
me governing soccer body has tn
@dVantage IN the situation: All of II
eiuos charged with enticing players
OBTAIN releases from clubs not able
lay extravagant salaries are mcmbc
O. organizations affiliated to the
- r. A. In baseball's case the tv
steer leagues and various shipyar,
leagues we're so-calcd outlaw organ
cations