The Washington times., 1930-03-26
FINDS
DEFENSE
NEEDED

SALEMS Ns J.1 MdECn EO.-
Goose GOSlin, Washington hold.
out, reiterated today the Wash.
ingtOn ball club didn't pay him
the last bonus it promised him.
Shown a statement from Chat.
tanOOga from President Clark
Griffith that the club had paid
him every bonus he had earned,
GoSlin said: my statement
that Washington didn't pay me
the last bonus 1t promised me
still stands. Therefore I can
not enter into further arrange
nents with it whereby I re-
Ceive my remuneration on a
bonus basis.
II didn't accept Mr.. Griffith's
invitation to go to Washington
to talk things over, because he
already knew my demands and
I didn't want to subject myself
to personal persuasion"
President Clark Griffith, of the
Washington baseball club, today
felt that his controversy with
Goslin has gone to the extent
where he, Mr.. Griffith. felt it
necessary to issue a statement
from Chattanooga, Tenn, in de-
tense of his position in the
matter.
This is the first statement Mr..
Griffith has issued since Satur-
day. March 7, following an inter
view in The Washington Times
in which Goose GoSlin'S side of
the argument was presented TO
the public for the first time.
In the face of Goslin's repeated
allegation that he will not enter
into bonus dealings with the
Washington ball club because he
didn't get the last bonus he was
promised. Clark Griffith declares
for the first time since Goslin's
allegation was made, over two
weeks ago, that Goslin has received
every bonus he ever earned.
Mr.. Griffith also goes into
the history of the correspond
ence in the case, all of which
was revealed to the fans in
this newspaper in the Cos
lin interview of March !. In
Difference to Mr.. Griffith,
space is gladly given herein
to reprint this part of his
version, already given by
GOSlin.
# conclusions can be drawn
from the statements of the two
men, their differences now rest
on the matter of a bonus. Cos
lin says he can't risk another
bonus because the last one he
was promised wasn't forthcoming
Mr.. Griffith's statment indicated
Goslin has nistated the facts,
and it has taken Mr.. Griffith
nearly three weeks to deny Cos,
Inns reflection on the clubs busi-
ness policy.
It also comes to light that Cos.
lin never received more than
$4,000 from the Washington
ball club in any one year. From
Biloxi, Miss, Mr.. Griffith gave
an entirely different set Of fig
ures March Z, and the fact that
three different correspond
sent the same set Of figures
hardly leaves the impression that
three men thought those figures
up independent of Griff. His
statement follows:
I'm order to clarity some mis-
leading reports circulated regard
ing Goose Goslin's salary con-
troversy, I wish to make the fol-
lowing statements:
"Goslin never earned any bonus
with the Washington club he
didn't get. It iss hard for me to
believe Goslin made such state
Inent.
"Goslin's salary has never
exceeded sixteen thousand
dollars (S16,O0O).
Regarding salary this season
the Washington club has only
asked Goslin for service and that
he earn the money he gets; also
that he live up to the rules and
regulations of his contract with
his club. In fact the Washing
ton club has left it up to Goslin
to earn the same amount that he
did last year in the event he
played ball up to the standard
which entitled him to his big
salary.
There is no question of
economy in this matter. All we
want is value received for our
money. We would rather pay
Goslin $4,000 than $4,000, but
he has got to show he can earn
it before he gets it.
ITO show that the Washington
club made every effort to ar
range terms with Goslin, I wish
to call your attention to the fact
that before sending GoSlin any
contract at all I wrote him a
letter telling him I had certain
ideas in my mind regarding his
contract for this season and
would like to talk matters over
personally with him and asked
him to come to Washington at
my expense and do so.
after waiting two or three
weeks without hearing from him,
/ wrote him again that I was
sorry he could not see his way