Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-01-14 | Page 50 | Players Want Only Justice, Says Fultz

PLAYERS WANT ONLY JUSIIOIS FULTZ Frat Willing1 to Leave Demands De-mands With National Commission Com-mission for Decision. NEW YORK, Jan. 13. Reports that Players Grover C. Alexander, J. C. Smith and Harold Janvrin have refused to sign-contracts sign-contracts "should be significant," declared de-clared David L. Fultz, president of the Players' fraternity, in a statement issued tonight. Fultz added that, there will be many more refusals in the next few weeks. "Attempts have been made to inject the salary question into this controversy," said the statement. "The salary question is in no way involved. Only one of our requests, the one regarding traveling ex- ; penses, has anything to do with money, : and the amounts of these expenses are I entirely in the discretion of the clubs. ; That is the reason we think they should pay them." President Fultz declared the players are ; ready to have their grievances heard by an impartial tribunal. "The fraternity Is not hungry for power." pow-er." asserted the statement. "It wants only enough to get a square deal, and is now, and always will be, willing to have any of its grievances decided by an impartial im-partial tribunal. If the national board thinks its position is right, let it agree to give the national commission jurisdiction. jurisdic-tion. We should be very glad strongly to recommend to the fraternity that it agree to abide by any decision of the commission. commis-sion. We use "the word "recommend' because, be-cause, in spite of the report to the contrary, con-trary, the players run their own organization organiza-tion and are right In behind it. Now let us hear what the hoard has to say and let the public decide whose position is fair."