Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1917 — FIND JOKERS IN “BUSH” RULE [ARTICLE]

FIND JOKERS IN “BUSH” RULE

Manager Wolverton Finds Loophole to Carry Pitchers Oldham and Erickson, Former Tigers. The clubs in the Coast league are already having a merry time, finding jokers in the “four-bush6r” rule, writes a San Francisco critic. Harry Wolverton, for example, has it doped out that he can qualify several of his oldtimers even under the rule. The rule provides that there §hall be 14 players on each club, and that in addition thereto the club shall be privileged to carry four men who have not had one full season’s experience in Class AA or major leagues. >’ow it seems there is a joker in this, too. When the managers met with the directors in San Francisco the question was asked as to whether half a season In Class AA and the other half in a major league would disqualify a "’man. , Then and there it was settled that the rule meant one full paying year, either in Class AA or majors. So there you are. And it makes Erickson and Oldham of Wolverton’s Seals both eligible, for they were with Detroit last season, until they Came to the Seals, and havent’ a full year in either league to their credit - / ■. '