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Show HOBLITZELL SAYS HE WILL STAND BY FRAT PARKERSBURG. W. Va., Jan. 20. Announcement was made by Richard Hoblitzell, Boston American i irst baseman, base-man, at his home here tonight that he would stand by the ' Baseball Players' fraternity in all its demands, but that he was opposed to an alliance of the fraternity fra-ternity with the American Federation of Labor. HoblitzeU is a director at, large of t lie fraternity. "If our demands are not granted, most of the players will refuse to sign," lie said. "I, for one. will stand pat." Hoblitzell said he was against the proposed pro-posed plan of joining the American Federation Fed-eration of Labor on the ground that the fraternity is not properly a labor organization. |