Show Happy Fines Pirates 2000 Fires Cue Bue Scout in Bonus Row I II I CINCINNATI Ohio Sept 2 UP Baseball Commissioner A. A B B. B Chandler Thursday fined the Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pitts PiUs burgh Pirates of the National league 2000 and Ray L L. Kennedy the clubs club's farm system director for violating the bonus rule At the same time he declared M M. Dan Lynch Jr of Dallas Texas to b be a free agent and declared void a contract between the Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pitts Pitts- burgh club and M. M Dan Lynch Sr as a scout The Pirates and affiliated af- af affiliated af af- clubs were precluded from signing young Lynch for three years Chandlers Chandler's decision said On June 3 1948 M M. Dan Lynch Jr Dallas was signed by Kennedy to a 1948 Pittsburgh contract callin calling calling call call- in ing for a salary of On the same date the players player's father M. M Dan Lynch Sr was signed to a contract as a scout for the Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pitts Pitts- burgh bursh organization at a salary of 1200 a year Both contracts were promulgated in accordance to the rules Lynch Sr while he had played I minor league baseball a number o of years had no experience experience-as a scout scoot Investigation shows that at the time of signing Lynch Sr was paid half of his years year's salary As Ai of Aug 27 21 Lynch had made no report to the Pittsburgh club am and there was no indication of any activity on his part that would benefit his employers He had visited Waco Vaco where Lynch Jr had been optionally assigned whenever his son played ball there There is no escaping the conclusion con con- elusion that the signing of Lynch Sr was designed to encourage thebo the bo boy to sign a Pittsburgh contract M. M Dan Lynch Jr signed for the maximum a am amount m o 0 u n t permissible without becoming a bonus player The commissioner considers the amount paid M. M Dan Lynch Sr asa as asa asa a scout as actually a bonus to the boy |