, 1876-02-04
And an Honest Baseball Ass0cf-
Rtion Born into tho
World,
Which Required that the Philadelphia
and Like Clubs Be Disfel-
lowshiped.
Grand Council OF Delegates from
the Representative Clubs
at New York.
Adopion Of Constitution and Rules for
the Centennial Ycar.
Progress ui tho Female Pedestrians a! tho Sec
ond Regiment AfuloY.

Progress oi tho FeE1a!e FedcsfFtans at the Sec.
ond Regiment Afmory.
BASEBALL.
4 NEW ERA.
Special Nspd&es To Thf Chkdse Tribune,
New YoaK, Fob. 3.-The moat important
meeauso over adopted by The professional baee-
ball clubs Of this country has booa considered
and approved by councii Of representatives. Of
tho sight principal ctuba Of tho county, in 4es-
elon ut ths GRIND Central Hotel.
Tho now schcms, which ta deBtIued to elevate
baseball to the rank Of legitimate Amusemeut.
la tbs formation Of nav association Of profess
sonal clubs on tho dobFis Of tho old National Az
aoctation, and tho cluba which participate arc
tho Uoatona. Of Boston the Harsforda, of Hart
ford tho bfutuAls, OF New York; tho Athletics,
Of philadelphia tho White Stockings, Of Chica-
40 tho CtncinnatiB, Of Cincinnati tho Louis-
yilios. Of Louisville and the St. Louia, OF 81.
Loua.
Tic Iase-nsmed fous clubs wesc represented
hs thlB conference by ". A. Hubert, President
Of tho Chfcagos, and Mr. Fowlo, Of tue Ut. Louia
Club. Tho Esatcrn cnba were all represented
By delegates.
TIE CONFERENCE
met yesterday noon at Tho Grand Central Hotel.
aud organized By the election OF Nick Young II
Secretary, aftor which tho Wcetern delegates
stated tho proposition for now association more
fully thai It had bsen given By latter, and pro-
ceeded to onunornto the advantages to be gained
by tho proposcd union.
Al nearly as I could got at tho rcaaons, they
Wcre these:
FGrssTho feoIine that something must bo dons
to got rid Of The dishonest plnycrs who haro
u, Is zI,,&n
out that tho proaent Assoclation had been proved
poworleas TO properly govern tho game bo-
cauae it had boen run BY un6csupuloa6
men, who had been willing to resort to
samplo Of this tho conduct Of tho Atlanttcs
Tas insttncea, together with tho composition Of
the phlladelphias and thct1 management. It
wns ArEnod that IL tho standard wore made
higher. and tho number Of clubs smaller, there
wou1d ho more fuducemont for players to pro-
1orvo thoEr characters above tcproach; bocauaa
In having memterehip IN tho new association,
aud In Keeping up thn standard Of honesty, thoy
rendered Their own poalsons, moro valuable, and
which assured them lucrative employment az
long aa thoy were honest aud worked hard. but
put them hopalosslv ont Of tho ring whom they
became Of suspicious character. It was tho
idea OF tho promoters Of the plan to mike m
association of sufficient character to mako 1t AL
object to got into 1t and to behave vol in order
TO stay In.
sscond-It aoosncd clear to tho members Of
aionnl and amatcur rlnhn Ind rrown snn,eyT,at
TOO lax and TINT there wero growing up ali over
the country q swarm OF acm,-proyossiouals who
sought to DO ciassed with tho roafty drst-ctass
organizations by tho s'mnlo procoss Of applvinc
for membership in tho National ABBocntlon
thus by tue Simple change Of name helping to
drug down the bettor ctasB to thc!r level, The
opinion wAs anlte Gonots! that ttero neycr wRs
anr excuso for tho admission into the Nnttoual
Association Of suc!a clubs "a tho Waabingtops.
Kooku1s aud Red Stockings Of St. Lous. It
heened therefore that tho host nto1eat Of alt tho
which have backing and responsibility banded
together without the udmi1suro Of the smaIIor
fry who should properly form auothor class, but
who haYo hung on the edges for some limo aud
10 share in It's privileges.
Third-Tho instinct Of ao}t-presryatton iu,-
PEELED the tnomboss OF tho Council to band to-
gcther to better their finsncal condition III any
way possible. Tho Western 1nou charged that
they could por afford to come East uudes heavy
oxpanae to play clubs which never returned
their eamcB, aul yet that vas what tho old AsRo-
ciat!on mndo them do. 1t was shown that tho
Oticagoa lost considerable money Last vear By
playing the New havena and Atlantlcs when the
managers Of those cnbs nover eyon started to
40 Vest The tAmo was tho cAsS with the
WashtnRtons aud CentenniaIs neither OF whom
lived to play their Woatorn eamos. The Eastern
clubs iu turn charged with reason that tho 1T.
Louis He'd Stockings and tho Keokuka never TO-
turned INV Ran,es aud ueyer tried to. Fully np-
preclattug these facts Tho Council wore Of onc
mind about restricting memhorship TO clubs of
acknowleagod stab1litT and aucI, "a had tho
power nnd Willingness TO carry out thair ncsoo~
meuta,
Whtle upou
TIE FINANCIAL QUESTION
It WAS stated that tic oxpeusu8 Of pomo Of t!,e
tirst-claas nhgs for 1A7H would cnyor fnliy
arg coo, counting In sala.,cs. Eronnd.rcpta, tray-
ejinc eTnnnsns md Mi tf,n rnat II waa ent,.
mated that mt tlorn than ion frat .clsaa q 1ap,ea
could bo ulayol by each club no natter hns
| carefully tho toura Yere Arranged. aud That
nyeruuo roco1pts par came lorceF than tho aam
namo0 or they would have balance Gu tic
wronr side Mt iho and ot Tho yenr. It VIVA nIHo
atato1 in lin asn,e corppcti6n lint thnrc ha,l
bcon ncsernI x..a,es played hetwee. Association