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Show H The Baseball Players' Organization IgUCCESS for the newly organized Players' Baseball association de- " pends upon the policy adopted by the r mngantcs, and. In turn, the policy adopted by the Players' Baseball asso- elation depends largoly upon tho men ; tho players see nt to place at the head ot tho organization, if tho right kind , or men are placed In charge of the association as-sociation It will surely be an aid to v making the game cleaner and more enjoyable, en-joyable, while if the wrong kind are allowed al-lowed to rule the organization will be In continued trouble with not only the 1 magnates and managers, but will get I Itself In bad with the fans. And after I1 ' a-H. this latter is the, Important poInU I The club owners may not like the ball I 1 players' union and try to strangle It, LIfc but as long as It has the good will and HB hacking of the public the organization TfL will continuo to flourish that Is, of VjM course. If the players do not ruin It ,. II E themselves. IB' - There arc grievances the ball play- " ors have against tho clubs which the IB' new association has a right to ask to FIB be corrected, but there are also griev- lUS anccs against ball placers that tho lK club9 nro Justified In demanding be MM rectified. The present playing contract IK Is inequitable for the player, and it can IB be modified without too much lnterfer- IlK Ins with the hold clubs must have on .'IB; their men. and the association Is Justl- CB tied in demanding that such modlfica- jB tions bo made On the other hand, Tf thoro is a class of players who dc- II fl mand everything and give as little as IB possible in return In fact, they de-IE de-IE mand that club" pay them high sala-IV sala-IV ' rics when they are in such physical lB condition through their own fault as 1o SJS be unable to do their wbrk If they are K suspended or otherwise punished they malinger and cause trouble In the club r' It Is up to tho new association tp sec S that the clubs are protected In such V cases It is also up to the new asso- B elation to see that not only the clubs ijfl, live up to their contracts, but that tho V players do likewise ?, According to the reports given out as Bff to tho plans of the association, the or- flr ganlzatlon Intends to suppress rowdy gfljf conduct on the plaving field and this B is well and good If bv this Is meant the K suppression of offences by the players F as well as others Unfortunately the TAB preliminary sketch ot plans for the or- fl gamzation goes on to mention that BK "ball players aie temperamental under tK the stress of plaving " If this means K that the association Is golnc to defend H the player who usos vile and Indecent E language on the field to officials and 2S within hearing of and to persons in eBB the stand and give as nn excuse that K the player should be given latitude in S 6uch matters It will find hostility es- flj peclallj among the better class of fans Bf The habit of using profane and lnde- jBK cent language by plavers as soon as jK thev gel beond earshot of the umpire tBf but within hearing or the stands. Is all -BM too frequent. There is also too much BE talking back to spectators when a B player happens to b in a bad humor fljg ana thinks he can get awav with it On the rovorso side of tho case, tho association as-sociation has every right to demand that the ball clubs protect them from abuse at the hands ot the spectators, also from the umpires, somo of tho latter getting away with not a little abuse toward ball players. Another thing the playors have n right to ask is that thoy be given representation rep-resentation on the national commission. commis-sion. In fact, tho latter organization should bo mado up of five Instead of three members. This would give both the players and minor leagues representation repre-sentation and make the body truly representative. Even under such an arrangement the major leagues would still have a majority on the board, as and fairer consideration ot the many matters that cdmo before tho commission commis-sion for discussion. One final danger the players' association associa-tion has to face Is what wrecked the previous one. This organization did not dio because of opposition by the big league, but becauso of internal dissension. dis-sension. Tho playors themselves fought over the objects of tho association associa-tion and how they were to be obtained right at the start. This resulted In a clique getting control. The latter used the body for Its own benefit, and some of Its members tried to use tho organization organi-zation as a club to obtain personal benefits One of tho members finally gambled away a good part of the mon- Photo by American Press Association. Princeton Varsity Ready to Try Trick Formation Against Scrubs they should have The commission is at present madi up of the presidents of the twu big leagues aud a chairman, at this time Garry Herrmann a major league magnate The chairman should continue to be n major league man. and this would make the vote three to two In ravor of the big leagues but it would insure a more comprehensive cj In the treasury, and tho remainder was never satlsfactortlj accounted for Toward the close members ot tho association asso-ciation on the Inside were charging eaeh other with using the "double cross" So the members of the present organization cannot be too careful In chooRl'ig broad minded men or known Integrity as leaders |