Evening journal., 1922-11-18
FROCK LOSES
With lands
Laurel Team Manager Is
Disallowed Claim for
Part Salary
SHORE PLAYERS
ARE RESERVED

Special 10 The Evening Journal.
SALISBURY. Nd. Nov is.-san
Frock. manager OF Laurel. in tn
Eastern Shore League for a time las
season. was denied his appeal foi
salary which he claimed was due
him. through a decision handed
down by Commissioner lands, e
whom he had appealed. lands
finding follows:
Claimant Frock was discharged
as manager OF the Laurel team Of
the Eastern Shore League on August
10. 1922. From the denial by the
National Association OF his claim fol
salary from that date 20 September
9, 1929, the close OF the season, he
appealed 20 the Commissioner. The
claim IL based upon a special con-
tract stipulating that the clubs sal
airy limit Of $1.750 per month should
be paid Frock. out OF which he was
70 pay all salaries 10 players, the
balance 10 be retained as his COM
pensation.
THE club asserts that Frock Sc
cured low priced players. released
players with higher salaries and
generally was primarily concerned
minimizing the payroll rather than
in securing a winning club, for the
purpose Of increasing his own com
psnsation.
''Frock admits that from June
20 August TO-, received Ss53.O5 for
my salary Although the Eastern
Shore League limited its clubs TO II
players each. the Laurel club has
submitted contracts OF 81 players
employed at different times during
the season. with salaries ranging
from SIS per month up and asserts
that there we're some 80 more play
ers given tryouts without contracts.
II Is quite evident that that club was
justified in discharging Froek. indie
pendent OF other charges It has made
against him.
The National Associations decis-
lon Is affirmed and the claim disal-
lowed.
The mator-minor league rules
(artieis 2. section u provide that
no club shall make a contract diff
ferent from the uniform players
contract The laurel Club is cen
surable for It's use OF this special
agreement. Not only does II ia
an obviously improper basis for the
managers compensation but 1t puts
a premium on the wreoking OF the
team. No such contract will herein
after be made by any club, under
penalty"
Eastern Shore fans will have an op-
portunity again next season, 10 Wit
ness many OF their favorite players
in the various clubs OF the Shore
circuit in action. Almost seventy
five per cent OF the names that ap-
peared on the clubs rosters at the
termination OF the 1922 schedule
have been included on the reserve
lists forwarded TO Secretary Farrell
OF the National Association.
OF the possible 81. allowing the
limit OF IA players to the club. res
ervations have been placed upon 60
Cambridge apparently intends to
open the season with the same ag-
gregation that wound up the past
season in a whirl wind fashion by
tallying 10 consecutive games IN
the win column. Laurel and Girls
field each retained IL players; Sal
isbury. o; Parlosley, s; Pocomoke. 7.
The list OF players reserved by the
various clubs follows:
Parksle y-B Benedict Goetzeel.
Robert Thompson, Butris Hewell.
Clarence Klinedinst, John Janoski.
John Albert, william Klingelhoffer,
Edward Steinfelt.
mbridge-Herbert Armstrong.
Joseph Dougherty. DeArcy Flowers,
John w. Griggs. Melvin HinlSle.
william Johnston, George w. Place,
Leslie Reynolds, Merritt Robinson.
Edward Schroll. o. NJ. Shertzer,
George stansbury, Robert Unglaub,
j. r. Wilson.
Crisfield-Joseph r. Tagg, Carl
Dittmar. George Hammer, Wilbur
L. Davis, Frank Hummer. John
Carson, James F. Riley, William
Nuth. Edwin Murphy. Joseph
Lance. william Knowlton, John f.
Laurel-Jaseph Stinefelt, James
L. Manly. Fern r. Hitchcock, Will
liam A. Doremus, Olan T. Slaughter,
Richard Early, George Nye. Charles
Reese, Phillip Marvel, Carl Link, /
Arthur Fedderson. ]. II. McCarron.
Pocomoke-Edwin c. Decker. r. 4
J. Hornsberger, J. r. Wilson, Chas
F. Mcknight. Calvin Davis. Wilbur
NJ. Phillips. Joe r. Alexander
Salisbury-Robert w. Brown.
Mark L. Adams. Walter ]. Wright,
R. II. Bussey, James f. Roche. FL
ner Hearn. Michael Shepke, G. Will
lam Duffy. Frank J. Schiefer.