The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-25
HOYT AWARDED TO
BOSTON FOR $4,000
,Frazee, Willing to Pay 81, 500
More, Gets Benefit of Com
mission Ruling.
ny FREDERICK G. LiEB.

ny FREDERICK G.. LYEB.
Following decision by the National
Commission filed yesterday, Jules Heine-
mann. president of the New Orleans club
OF the Southern Association. probably ~
tempted to take himself out to Canal
street and proceed TO kick himself around
that thriving Louisiana thoroughfaro.
Heinemann's haste in answering a tele-
gram sent him by Harry Frazee. prcsi-
dent of the Red Sox. cost him $500.
according 70 the verdict of the National
Commission.
On the other hand Harry Frazee Is
ccngratulat,ng himself on his narrow
escape from playing Santa Claus TO
Jules OF N Awiins. He regards thu
si,Soo as clean find or pickup.
II all concerns waite Hoyt. the former
Brooklyn schoolboy pitching star, and
the plot hinges around an undelivered
telegram. No baseball fiction writer
could ask for more material than tnat
TO begin with. But this isn't fction TO
Brother Heinemann. That $1,000 wasn't
stage money. but roal currency Of tho
u. 9. A.
Refused to Play la New Orleans.
II viii be recalled that IN September
Waite Hoyt was the property OF tho
New Orleans club at the time the Red
Sox obtained the youngster from a ship
yard team in Baltimore Waite had
pulled some kind Of carl Maya" He
wouldn't play in New Orleans.
Tn view OF the circumstances the Ma
tional Commission advised that Frazee
be given an opportunity to buy Hcyt
from New Orleans for a reasonable sum,
with tho pr DIVISION that in the event tho
two clubs could not come TO terms within
ten days Hoyi would beco,re the prop
erty of the New Orleans club.
The plot now is th!ckenins. On Sep
TENDER . the New Orleans club wired
the Boston club that they would take
$4,000 for Hoyt, $4,000 Immediately ana
! an additional $4,000 or the player back
on April IL. 1920.
Think twenty-five hundred fair price
for Hoyt."
Then II wa on September Is that
Heinemann made what proved to be his
terrible bone. He wired Frazee as fol-
lows: Accept your offer for Hoyt OF
$4,000. Storm here"
That storm did the trick, IT held up
that telegram for four days and did no.
reach Harry Fragee until September II.
willing TO Pay $4,000.
In the meantime the National Com
mission was insisting that Frazee close
the matter in accordance with It's find
ings and on September Is. two days
after Heinemann had accepted Fra zee's
$4,000 offer, the Boston owner wired
Heinemann that his $4,000 OFFER was
| satisfactory. And then two days later
up bobbed rIeinemann's telegram ot
! September 10. to the effect that the
Southern club owner accepted $500 for
Hoyt.
Frasee Immediately cancelled his sc-
ceptance of the $4,000 OFFER and stood
pat on Heinemann's acceptance OF his
$4,000 offer. The New Orleans rnaRnats
| then appealed TO the National Commits
sion for the other $500, but II decline
| to collect the sum for him.
IN It's finding the commission throws
out Heinemanna complaint. tskinS the
. stand that his Telegram of acceptance,
IL It had been delivered promptly, would
have closed the matter, and that had Il
not been for the unavoidable delay OF
the telegram Frazee of course woull
| not have agreed to close for $4,000.
The National Commission. however.
gives Frazee a slap on the wrist in It's
| finding when II says Il "can assign no
| the Boston clubs arbitrary action IN
dealing directly with Hoyt without the
approval OF the New Orleans club" II
| Is unlikely that Heinemann will Get
much balm out OF this slap at Frazce.
Commission Hits Outsider.
In another finding. the National Com
| mission takes strong slam ut persona
outside OF baseball attempting to sigl
| players and sell them to clubs In or
| ganised baseball. Tho commission dis.
missed claim OF $500, which certain
William Leonard Of Boston had lcdgel
against the Chicago Americans, claim
| Ing this amount for digging UP a player
Named Stewart. The player. who early
| developed a sore arm. failed to make
good with either Chicago or Louisville,
the club the Sox sent him to on thirty
| days trial. The White Sox then paid
| Leonard 5000 out Of $500 he was TO get
IL Stewart made good. and cancelled
their agreement with him.
! In dismissinR Leonard's claim. tho
National Commission adds: Under no
conditions will II (the National Com.
misslon) allow claims OF any kind b.
outsiders who seek TO tie up youns bali
players who are free agents to contracts
or agreement, with the intention Of sell
Ing their services TO a club In orge nisel
baseball"
Packard Loses Claim.
A third claim dismissed by the COM
mission was that Of Pitcher Gene Pac!;-
ard against the Philadelphia Nationals
for $3.50. OF which t2s5.50 Is ba@I
salary and $50 remittance for uni
form.
Packard claimed that On August OF
last season he gave the Philadelphia
club ten days notice of his Intention to
retire from baseball. and that he had not
been paid any salary from August 10
is.
To this the Philadelphia club replied
that regardless OF the fact thai PaGks ri
had reported TO the training camp iu
poor health and had been of no Use -
the club until June I. his salary ANA c.
penses had beesn paid full The ciIp
then charges that on August Packard
abandoned his club. whereupOn lie Was
placed on the Philadelphia CLUBS SIS
pension list and fined $500. The Phlia.
delphia club also declares that after
leaving Philadelphia, Packard played
with the Independent club Of Massilon.
Ohio.
The commission upheld the PhIladel-
phia clubs action. with recommends
ton that II Packard shows any repent
anes for his conduct the fine OF 5000 b.
modified to some extent.