The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-10-07

that prohibits either club participant
ing in the worlds series from giving
to any of it's players a bonus or prize
and any player released by eithe1
of the clubs to any other club in the
league is prohibited from sharing in
the receipts either as a present or
reward from his former teammates,
the releasing club or any of its Of
ficials
In order to prevent changes OF
players from one team to another,
to prepare for the worlds series in
the way of Strengthening team,
player in order to lake part ia the
championship games must be bona
fide member of the qualifying team
and under a promulgated paying
contract on or before August 81.
And the jurisdiction of the National
Commission over the world series
players does not terminate with the
final game of the championship
series, but continues throughout the
year in which the championship is
decided.
Teams Must pisband
1t is provided in the regulations
that the teams participating in the
worlds series shall disband after the
| close of the series and as teams or
individuals they are prohibited from
playing exhibition games during the
remainder of the year. In order to
insure the observance of this rule
the National Commission retains
from the share of each player in the
championship series $500, which is
withheld until December 1. Then II
the players have not violated the rule
the money is returned to the players
with interest at six per cent from the
time that it is so retained.
Arranging the schedule is one OF
the important details that deyolYes
upon the National Commission. In
most seasons this is not difficult
task as the commission can sc
ahead with its schedule making as
soon as the pennant races have been
decided. However, this season IS
one that has complications because
of the closeness of the league races
and the uncertainty of the winners
almost to the end of the schedule.
Under such conditions the National
| Commission IS required when the
pennant winners are not decided
within ten days of the close OF tie
season. TO meet and arrange tenta-
tive schedules for every club having
chance.
IL for any reason a game is post
poned or terminated before ii be-
comes a regulation game or termin-
ates in a tie score it shall be played
off in the city where originally
scheduled before the succeeding
scheduled games in the other cities
are played.
Contracts Extended
In the event of the world's scties
extending beyond the players CON
tract season, the players are obliged
to continue at tne.r contract rate to
tie end of the series.
TIE question often has been asked
as 10 what becomes of the money re
ce1ed by the Rational Commission;
fro.,, the worlds series. In the first
place it goes into the regular funds
of the commission to defray the nee
cessary expenses during the year and
from this fund also comes several
items Of expenditure during the r!dy-
Jag Of tie championship games The
commission bears the cost OF tn
worlds champion pennant, presented
TO the winning club in the series and
also purchases a suitable memento
for each member of the winning
team. The commission also pays
from its funds the salaries of the
umpires who officiate at the world 3
series games. The president OF each
league selects two umpires, but dur
ing the series they are subject to
| tho ordars of fine National Commits