New Britain herald., 1922-10-12
PLAYERS FORMING
 NEW ASSOCIATION
Plan Is to Get a Representative on
 the Advisory Board

New York, Oct, 12.-Rcports that major league baseball players were organizing an association to present demands to the club owners and to call a strike next spring unless they were met are not taken seriously by Gotham maGnates.
 Wrecked By Cannon.
 None denied the existence of a movement which has been under way about a year under the direction of Raymond J, Cannon, a lawye> of Chi cago and Milwaukee. but all of them professed ignorance cf the movements s present extent, its purpos>- md it's membership.
 There has been little sec---cy about Cannons work. As the attorney for Oscar Happy" Fesch and others of the Chicago Black Soy," who were barred forever from organized base ball following the 1919 world series scandal, Cannon is well known to the magnates. From time to time news papers have published stories detail ing the movements.
 From what can be learned. it ap- pears that the movement is based on the dissatisfaction of some players with the manner in which Commis- sioncr K. M. Landis has handled their affairs. It is said that the specific aims Of the new association include representation on the advisory coun- cil, elimination of the ten-day clause in contracts, and the establishing of a board of arbitration to hear play CTS grievances.
 Include Roush Case
 Specific cases upon which this dis satisfaction is supposed to be based are said to include those of Eddie Roush, the Cincinnati star who held out for a time for salary of s1S,- 0oo; Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel of the Yankees. and Bill Piercy of the Boston Red SoX, who were suspended for transforming after the world series last year.
 The players identified with the movement also are said to nurse belief that some ball players who have incurred the displeasure of their employers, have been shunted out of the big leagues through secret agree ments among the owners, each of whom is alleged to have agreed not to claim the busted man under the waiver rule.
 Will Bar "Black Sox."
 The players, it is also reported, sensing that Attorney Cannon's con- nection with the Black SoX" has re- suited in the report that his main effort is to have the barred players returned to the fold, are insisting that the constitution of the association provided that the former White Sox players remain forever outside of the barrier
 According to those in position to know, the groundwork of the asso- citation was laid in the National league and gained such headway that it was discussed by the magnates at their last joint meeting in Chicago this summer. The clubs of the older league are said to be fairly well organized and players of more than half Of the American clubs are claimed to have been enrolled.
 T never knew of a more inaus- picious time to start a ballplayers union," President John A. Heydler of the National league said to The As sociated Press. Salaries are higher now than ever before and playing conditions are better. The club own CTS have met virtually all the players requests.
 If a player has a grievance he can take it to Commissioner Landis, ore of the fairest men in the world. No, I don't think the players should be represented on the advisory coun- cil. The advisory council is virtually Landis alone. His is the last word, though President Johnson and myself are members. The talk about rail- roading player is silly
 Question Never Discussed.
 Mir. Heydler declared that informa- ton about the organization never has been brought before him officially and that all he knows concerning It lsl what he has read in the papers lhe club owners have never discussed the matter with him, he said.
 T don't think the organization will
  previous one didn't and l don't see how this one will.'
 Vice President Huston and Busi- ness Manager Barrow of the New York American league club pleaded general ignorance concerning the pro- posed association.
 Tt makes no difference to me whether the players organize or not Col. Huston said. T don't know whether any of our players belong or not and I'm not worried"
 Barrow said it was his understand ing that the movement was largely to the National league and | to one club in particular. which he declined to name. He said it was discussed at the Chicago meeting, but would not repeat what was said there {