- TWELVE'
THE TIMS: THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1920
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O'NEIL WRITES
PLAYERS ASKING
?3?HEM TO RETURN
Deserters Liable to Five
Year;; Suspension Under
Rules; Recently-Adopted.
PMWaotDsKO'Ncil of the Eastern
leauobas written letters to &H aHesed
runaway bell players of -Kb league to
return before Tuesday, June 1, or euf-
Ter the pMBcguenceg, According to
the national association eeement,
any " player who Jumps bis contract
; stands, .disbarred, lor fS3in . an appii
caort 'for;"i'ei3siiitement lor a ..period
iflW ff6aia.' A three-year penalty
' goes -to those who disregard their re-
(erve Halo clauses. A okJb that does
knot reporfc-auy such viofcatiom is-ioeked
'25 for each offense.
Organized ibaU bos not been very
were with, erring nail players of lata,
Irat an order has recently been issued
wlwflng that players must report be
Ifore June 1, or Buffer the penalties
menlBoned.
After June 1 no ipJayw win be taken
neclc. nor can a otab accept such a
player. The matter wiH be up to ths
- national association.
lAtt this concerns players who have
CnM to tine Steel league and to other
independent clabs. h
BOB STONE SETS
LEWIS BACK IN
STATE TOURNEY
EASTERN LEAGUE
At Hartford.
j" R.H.E.
I Hartford ......... ... ...... 9 12 3
I Springfield. ..... 8 12 3
Batteries Sherman, Cox and
' Kelly; Sewall. Jensen and "Wilder.
At Pittsfieki..
Flttefleld T4
Worcester -.... 9 1
Batteries Brazil, - BJeger,- Stub-.
; fag and Hay den; Bennett, B Lisa and
Tyler. ":."'- '.-
At New Haven.
