Show IS REGULAR BASEBALL CONTRACT VALID 0 o oil 41 artie aeils hofman and jim former chicago cub outfielders outfielder the regular professional baseball contract the link which welds together the great chain of at organized baseball la Is to he be tested in the courts at chicago arthur F artle artie hotman 11 former outfielder and utility man ot of the chicago national league baseball Ia team has filed suit against the club for aj which he claims is due him as back pay through failure of the club management to notify him of the termination mi nation of his bis contract Ilof mans suit is an attack on the validity of the regular baseball contract in that ho he charges a system ot of practical peonage by which the player to Is handled as a chattel through this system according to Ilof mans suit baseball players may be blacklisted and kept from earning a living at their profession unless in perfect accord with the club owners the system hotman alleges holds its strength through the ironclad agreement existing between each and every club owner in the national american and other league ope operating under the national agreement hofman was waa traded to pittsburgh by the chicago team but played w with iab the pirates but a short abort time this season he be was waa released to nashville of the southern league jimmy another old time cub favorite wasTe was released leased early this season to st loula louis and from there he went to cincinnati to join joe tinker miner drown brown and johnny kling all of whom helped materially to make the cubs cuba famous A rumor anent the getting rid of jimmy Is that huggins feared the former cub outfielder was after his job as manager of the st st louis cardinals accordingly the st louis leader let go 90 to the reds red tor for the waiver price |