National Republican., 1880-05-24
THE NATIONAL NINE.
A Prospect of Their Admission to
the League.
Tho Proposed Expulsion OF the Troys and
the Chances of the Nationals to Take
Their Plnce-The League Meet
ing To-morrow-rhe Propo-
sition TO be Made by the
Nationals, Etc, Etc.
Tho NatlonaIs and tho League.

tionals and Baltimores that was prevented on
account of rain last Saturday, will be played
this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Both mines are
strong we'll matched, and good game may be
expected. Tho price of admission will be
twenty-five cents, aud continue the same for
all games on the grounds this season. The
failure Of the Troys to keep their engagement
with the Providence club last Monday has
caused considerable comment, especially so
as the latter under the rules of the league
have demanded their expulsion, and special
meeting of tho league has been called at Nj
aglra Falls tomorrow TO consider the case.
On the 18th instant the Troys were scheduled
to play the PrOvdences at the latter place.
The game was commenced. and interrupted by
rain. No previous engagements interfering
that is of league games-the match should
have been played Off the ensuing Monday, MS
per article 8, section 10 ANY club having
agreed to play championship game with
another club upon day certain, and refusing
or failing to meet its engagement, shall (un-
less the failure be caused by an unavoidable
accident in travelling, or the game be pre-
vented by rain, or postponed with the consent,
in writing, of the other clubs) ut once forfeit
its membership in the league, aud all other
league clubs must and shall, under penalty Of
| tho forfeiture of their membership in the
league, abstain from playing any such club
until it shall have been reinstated or reelected
to membership"
| the Troys having prior engagement TO
play tho Albanys on the following Monday,
| left Providence ON Saturday night TO keep
that agreement. The Albanys were not a
league club, aud therefore the obligation to
meet them was not binding to the dctrment
of the Providence club rs a member of the
league. They could have played in Provi-
deuce and then reached homo by three differ
ent routes in an abundance of time to meet
| their league engagement the next day. On
| hp n1 l,o plu
placed their nine in the field, the umpire was
selected, aud the Troys not appearing, the
game was declared Il forfeit to the former club
| Then President Root, of the Providence
club demanded the enforcement of tho
rule upou the Tloys. What course the
| league will pursue tomorrow it is impossible
to state, but it is difficult to see how under
the pressure of the rule Troy can escape ex
pulson. They may be expelled and then re-
admitted, as is permitted under the operation
of the rule but should they be expelled and
then refused readmisson another club must
be selected to take their place. If this point
is reached the question arises, which club
shall it be? When the National club
made their conditional application for ad-
mission to tine league last winter 1t was pro-
nounced the only reasonable and business
proposition that had ever been submitted, and
would have been accepted had it not been for
tho action and opposition Of two clubs expect
ing to withdraw from the league and unite
with the National association and who wished
to keep the Nationals in that organization.
These clubs subsequently changed their minds
remained in the league and the Nationals
were kept only by their iuconsidcrate action
When their application was returned the Ma
tionals again transmitted 1t to the secretary OF
, the league, asking that it be placed on file and
that they be considered rs standing ready and
willing to take the place of any club that
| iuht uyitl III fbn Iaa tLn
closed. The secretary forwarded the letter tC
President Hubert of the league. He di
rected that it be filed, complmentet
the Nationals for the honorable cours
pursued by them and gave assurances that !
vacancy was created during the season thei
application not only should be considered, bu
the indications were that they would be sc
lectod to fill the position. Subsequently, at
special meeting ofthe league, held in Rochester
n. Y, q resolution was passed to the effect tina
in case any club dropped out the league before
the season closed Messrs. Hubert and Evans
should be constituted committee to designate
club to complete the schedule of games ef
. unfinished by the club withdrawing from th,
league. 1t will therefore be readily perceived
that in case Troy is expelled and denied rein
y statement, the question of what club shall b
substituted remains entirely with those tw
gentlemen, who have absolute control of tn
h matter. AS the National club are applicant
for tho first vacancy, and have been promises
; it, there is no reasonable ground for believin
that it will not DC awarded TO them There
IL no doubt but what they can fill out the schedul
"a dates as existing for the Troy club, and til
- directors of the National club have forwarde
through their representative 10 the leagu
m ample assurances that they will play all th
n games assigned for the Troys. They hay
) carefully studied the schedule as it stand
and they are satisfied that without any undu
, effort upon their part or that of the existin
, clubs in the league the games as arranged CO
be played without the necessity of maxim
any change whatsoever
Their representative to the league meetin
2. left last night for Niagara Falls on the IA
train, and no doubt exists but that it wi
work for the admission of the Nationals to Il
league in case the Troys depart therefrom,
G Looking to the likelihood of this turn
affairs the Baltimore club has beon prompt
take action. They have telographod to II
president of the league that in case Il
Nationals are admitted to membership tht
p will play league clubs in Baltimore on
days, giving them guarantee Of S100 p
game, with the privilege of one-half Of Il
gross receipts.
Probably by Tuesday night it will be know
in baseball circles what the result of {
league meeting will be, and whether or not t
Nationals will take the place of the Troys
GAMES PLAYED ON SATURDAY.
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