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Show BALI. PLAYERS MAY STRIKE New York, July 20. Drastic action, possibly a strike or walkout of base-hall base-hall players In the American and National Na-tional leagues is contemplated by the Baseball Players' Fraternity, according accord-ing to a statement by President j Fultz, In case the National Commission Commis-sion refused to accede to the terms of an ultimatum sent it by the fra-j ternity in the case of Player Kraft of the Newark Internationals. Ban .lohnson. president of the Am-; erican league, has called a meeting I bere tomorrow of all American J league club owners. Mr. Johnson said this afternoon that if a strike order is obeyed by the players, every American league ball park will close its gates, all players' salaries will be Stopped and the striking players will be punished for their action. Fultz Declines to Talk. Mr, Fultz declined to make public the terms of the ultimatum, but said he would Issue a statement outlining it later in the day. It was reported that the commission commis-sion had been given until July 22 to reply to the playeW demands. In the e'ent of an unfavorable or unsatisfactory un-satisfactory reply, Mr. Fultz said, tbe I Flavors Fraternity would take "drastic "dras-tic action." Mr Fultz was unwilling to say what the nature of this action would be. The difference between the frater-uity frater-uity and the National Commission in the Kraft case arise from a recent ruling by the commission that Kraft helongs to the Nashville club of tho Southern Association. The fraternity claims he belongs to tbe Newark Internationals In-ternationals and that he is entitled to the salary paid him by the Newark club, which is higher than he would receive from Nashville Kraft has refused to report to the Nashville club. Tn taking this stand he acted on the advice of the fra ternity. no |