, 1876-12-24

Line Of pG@iy tR. to be pursued toward
ganizattons in New York and Philadelphia il
former subject the League added a
entirely new article to its constitution
enabling non. League clubs to enjoy the pEncipa
preserving their respective organizations indc
pendent Of the League or OF any other centra
body Of clubs, and subsequently made fai,
statement in the "addrcss to the publien O
Ins aagantages 70 snch clubs OF preserving thel'
so amended its constitution SIS to enable auy
respectable club, without reference to itB or
ganlzatlon as amateur, cooperative, or stock
company, TO join the League from New York OF
ship contests. " ':.-, ::
This action is well calculated to deal the
deGth-blow to Chadwick's efforts TO incite hos
tillty to tue League among the non-League
to the mendacity ho employs to defeat such d
result by contrasting TIE TR1BuNE's report
with his garbled version, in which latter it viii
be specially noted that he carefully omits all
allusIon to tho new non-League club article Of
the Leaeue constitution, par ttcularly rcferrcd
to in TIE TnmuNn's report, from which he was
manufacturing our report OF the proceedings, y
and which would give the direct lie to his state
mcnts: =. : .. 80 . .; ..n.:,. :.
In tho 4eSSs meSsfsniD II ts soaTten s1iela eo,,.
hele provision was made ing membership proyis-
ioF the admission OF new ion Was made for the ad-
clubs at any time before mission OF now clubs at
the commencement OF the any time prior to the
| championship season. To commencement of the
gain admlttance, the club championship season. BY
| must apply to tho Secre this rule clubs desiring
tary, who must take d admission to the Leagne
vote OF the League byEn1ust make application to
| correspondence undetithe. League ,SccrctarJ,-
this section, there is lh- n. E. Young, Treasury
| tie doubt that both New Department. Washing
| York and Philadelphia ton, who will submit It
will bo admitted to rep ITO the League clubs, who
| rescntatfon before the}wil vote on the question
| season opens in March, fby correspondence. Clubs
The only wholly new must must kp9 show themselves to
article is the very proper5c stock company organ
! one which recognizes the zations, having sufi-
existence and merit OF cient capital employed to
| NoN-LEAGUE OR sENI- Insure their carrying out
| PROFESSIONAL CLUBS. the appointed programme
It provides. in c1ect thatof club tours, and pos
| one club muy be admitted sessiug regularly en-
| to the League each year gagedteam strong enough
without vote, but uponto cope with the League
Secretary. and that ench ers would be- thrown out
club shall ba the one by majority vote, with
which has during the aea- tout doubt Practically,
son won the most games therefore, the League IN
In series 50 arranged as this respect simply carry
to Afford fair test OF, out the policy as shown
merit and played In ac lin their circular, wherein
cordance with the rules; they commend the gen
provides that the League clubs TO join an inde-
Board may, upon nppli-| pendent organization.
cation, determining Dis
putes between snch clubs
on the basis provided inf
the constitution.
The new article Of the League constitution
referred to In THB TRIBUNE report, and pur-
posely omitted By Chadwick, Is given in full be-
low, together With the resolution prohibiting
the capture OF non-League players during the
season:
ARTICLE III. Sec. i. AZ token Of good will
and friendship for gil baseball clubs net members
proper rivalry among such clubs, and OF advancing
public interest in the game Of baseball, it is here
conduct are not inconsistent With The objects OF
this League ns expressed in Art II. Of this con-
stitution and which shall have won from other
number Of games played under the rules Of this
League in series so arranged az to afford q fair |
test OF mesi, shal, IT, i othsrwlse - nco,mpabe
membershipin this League at it, ensuing annual |
meeting provided such club shall, not. less than
ten days before the annnal meeting, make sppllea-
ship, accompanying the application with snch doc
umentary evidence rs may enable the Board Of Di-
article have been complied with; and it shall bc
the duty Of the Secretary. on receipt OF such appl
cation and documents, to at once refer to the
Board, who shall examine and report, thereon to
the League ar its annual 1ne1tng-
SEC. z; The Board may, u requested BY other
% N fsi
Gle may be applicable thereto; provided that all |
Communications must be addressed to the Secretary
SEC. 8. The Secretary OF tho League may on ap-
plication furnish information to other clubs on
matters pertaining to club organization, playing !
rules, and engagements Of players by League
SEC. 4. No club that has forfeited its member
ship in the League shall be entitled to the benefits
SEC. 5. No game Of ball shall be played between
League club and any Other club employing or
presenting in Its nine player expelled from the
League ".
The resolution referred tots as follows:
R<sotced, That, on and afte: March is, 1877, no
League 1ub cshall employ or play IN Its nine any |
PLAYER to. whose services any other club OF good
by legal contract.
HARTFORD AND NEW YoRR NOTES.
There is chapter in the history Of the Hart
ford Club which may we'll b. told just now as
illustrating the character of two classes OF
fords have lost some money IN the last two
years, the fact being based on the high salaries
paid. aud the comparatively small city which
was to be drawn from. The salaries OF the
deficit has been made up BY. the moncyed
stockholders, Of which useful class the
organization possesses several specimens At
the close OF the season Of 1876, and when the
ance on the wrong side was, say, $1,000: The
stockholders were unwilling to 60 on, though
they had several men under contract for 1877,
and at last, to get creditably out Of the difficult
ty4. Ferguson, one OF the most nonest ano
straightforward men In the business, said to the
other players in effect: Let us cut down the
salary-list SO that these mon can 60 On without
loss; I'll throw of $500 on my contract for
start" The other men followed the lead, aud
by cutting of $500 from one man and $500 from
another, aud 40 on, they made up q reserve OF
some $1,000 for next year. About the
only man who refused to look at the hardness
Of the times was Cummings, who had not signed;
and now he turns up as the founder Of new
nfuh hafT lynn MaSs. There however. plenty
Of other good men in the country, and many
pitcher as good as Cummings. It Is to be hoped
thut Ferguson will be fortunate enough to get
a strong player for the vacant position. There
Cummings, and zettlein, who Ill came from
there.
A New York paragraph safs that Ferguson is
irving to get u lease OF the Capitoline Grounds,
Brooklyn, for. his next years. team, formed on
The Hartfords. 4 letter from New York shown