New Britain herald., 1919-10-25
HOYT AWARDED TO
 BOSTON FOR $2,5OO
National Commission Gives Rul- ing That Saves Frazee S1,5OO


 president of the New Orleans club of the Southern association, probably is tempted 10 take himself out to Canal street and proceed to kick himself around that thriving Louisiana thor oughfarc. lIeinemann's haste in an sWering a telegram sent to him by Harry Frazcc, president of the Red Sox, cost him $1,500, according to the verdict of tho National commission.
 On the other hand, Harry FraHcp is congratulating himself upon his narrow escape from playing Santa Claus to Jules of N Awlins. He re- gards the $1,50O us a clean find or pickup.
 1t ull concerns Waite HOyt the former Brooklyn schoolboy pitching star, and the plot hinges around an undclivcrcd telegram. No baseball fiction writer could ask for m orc ma tcrial than that to begin with. But this isn't fiction to Brother lIcino- mann. That $1,50O wasn't stage money, but real currency of the U. $. A.
 Refused to Play in New Orleans.
 It will be recalled that in Septem- Der the National commission decided that Waite 1IoM was the property of the New Orleans club at the time the Red Sox obtained the youngster from d shipyard team in Baltimore. Waite had pulled some kind of d "Carl Mays" He wouldn't play in New Orleans
 In view of the circumstances, the National commission advised that F'razee be given an opportunity to buy Hoyt from New Orleans for d reason able sum, with the provision that in the event the two clubs could not come to terms within 10 days Hoyt would become the property of tho New Orleans club
 The plot now is thickening. On September 9, the New Orleans club wired the Boston club that it would take $4OOO for Hoyt-$2, 900 immc- diateIy and an additional $2,000 or the player back on April l5, 1920.
 To this telegram Frazee replied: Think Twenty-Five hundred fair price for Hoyt.'
 Then it was on September 13 that Heinemann made what proved to be his terrible bone. He wired Frazec as follows:
 Accept your offer for Hoyt of $2,500. storm here.'
 That storm did tho trick. It held up that telegram for four days ana did not reach Harry Frazec untii September IT,
 Willing to Pay Si,0O0. In tho meantime. the National commission was insisting that Frazec close the matter in accordance with it's findings, and on September 15, two days after Teinemann had accepted Frazeo's $2,50O offer, the Boston owner wired Hcincmann that his $40O0 offer was satisfactory. And then, two days later, up bobbed Heincmanns telegram of Septem Der , to the effect that the Southern club owner accepted $2,500 for HoVt. Frazcc imm diatcly cancelled his acceptance of the $4,000 offer and stood pat on Ueincmaun's acceptance of his 2,000 offCr The New Orleans 1 magnatc then appealed to tho Ma l tional commission for the other l $1,500, but it declined to collect the l sum for him.
 In it's finding, the commission ; throws out l1cinemann'S complaint, l taking the stand that his telegram of 1 acceptance, if it had been delivered { promptly, would have closed the matter, and hat had it not been for | tho unavoidable delay of the telegram, 1 Frazec, of course, would not have agreed to close for S4,000. The National commission however, 1 gives Frazec d slap on the wrist in
 it's finding when it says it can assign no satisfactory excuse or explanation l for the Boston clubs arbitrary action in dealing directly with Hoyt without i tho approval of the New Orleans i club.' It s unlikely that IIcincmann . will get much balm out of this slap 1 at TraZcc,
 Commission Hits Outsiders. In another finding, the National | comm iSSiOn takes strong slam at persons outside of baseball attempting , to $ign players and sell them 10 cluh& In organized baseball. Tho commits sion dismissed a claim of $2O0 which d certain William Leonard. of Boston. hnd lodged against the Chicago Americans claiming this amount for digging up player named Stewart. f The player. who carly developed q : sore arm. failed to make good with ; either Chicago or Louisville, the club the Sox sent him to on d 50 days trial The White SoX then paid Leonard $500 out Of $500 he was 70 get if stewart made good, and can : ccllcd their agreement with him.
 In dismisSing Leonard's claim the l National commission adds "Indcr no conditions will it Nhc National commission) allow claims of any kind by outsiders who seek to tic up young ball players who arc free agents 10 contracts or agreement with the intention of SCllinc thoi,. i services to A club in organized baseball"