The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-19
BALL AND BALL-PLAYERS.
The New Agreement Betweeat the National
League and the American Association.

1 DaSe Dali ASSOCIATION continued their sessions
to day at the Fifth-avenue Hotel Shortly after
| noon the conference committees announced that
they had completed their work and were ready
to submit their reports to their respective asso-
Citations. Then the members of the National
| League and the American Association held sep
arase meetings, at which the respective commit
| tees announced the result of the conference.
| Tie following is the agreement adopted to-
night by the joint conventions of the National
| League and the American Association:
| This agreement made between the association
| known as the National League of Professional
| Base Bali Clubs on the one part and the Ameri-
can Association as the other part, witnesseth:
| Flrst-That the document shall be entitled
| The National Agreement" and shall superSede
| and be substitute for all other agreements sim
| llary or otherwise designated as heretofore ex-
listing between the parties hereto.
| Second-No contract shall be made for the
services of any player by any club member Of
either party hereto for a longer period than seven
months, beginning April / and terminating Oct.
81, and no such contract for services to be rem
| derea alter the expiration of the current year
| shall be made prior to the Goth day of October
OF such year, nor shall any negotiations be en-
tered into by Or between any club or agent there
OF with any player for services to be rendered in
! an ensuing year prior to said day of October
| Every contract shall be forwarded within ten
association of which the contracting club is a
member. for registering and approval who shall
forthwith notify the secretary of the other party
thereto, and the other club members of his asso-
citation.
The third section, referring to black listed men,
is the same as that in the old agreement
Fourth-lmmediately upon the execution of
this agreement, the secretary of each associated
party hereto shall transmit to the secretary of
the other association party hereto complete
list OF all players then under contract, and all
who were on Aug "a, 1885, under contract with
the several club mem bers, and shall annually,
| on the 10th of October, send similar list of
players then under contract with the several
club members of such associations and such
players, together with all others hereafter be
lawfully contracted with by such club members,
are and shall be ineligible to contract with any
club members of the other association party
hereto, except as hereinafter prescribed pro
vi0ed, that the number of players so rendered
ineligible shall not, at the time of sending sucn
list, exceed twelve for each of said club members.
Fifth-Upon the release of player from con-
tract with any club member of any association
| party hereto, the services of such ball player
shall at once be subject to the acceptance of
the other clubs of such association expressed in
writing to the secretary thereof. for period of
ten days after notice of the said release, and
thereafter, if said services be not accepted,
said player may negotiate and contract with any
other club. The secretary of such association
shall send notice to the secretary of the other
association of such players release under date
thereof, and said acceptance of his services at
before the expiration of the ten days aforesaid.
SIXth-No club not member of either aSso-
citation party hereto on the date of the execution
| OF this agreement shall be entitled to member
ship in either association party hereto from anv
| city OK town in which. on that date, any club
member of such association party hereto was To-
| Gated. provided that nothing herein contained
| shall be construed to prohibit any club member
OF either association party hereto from resigning
| mpInhprShin in nd no
| admitted to membership in the other associa-
ton, with all the rights and privileges conferred
| by this agreement.
The seventh section, relating to the playing of
| a game with a club containing an ineligible
| player is the same as that in the old agreement
Eighth-No club shall pay TO any one of it's
players for one seasons salary in excess of S. :
OOO nor shall any club employing player for
| any portion of the season pay for said players
| service rate in excess of said salary, nor ad
vance payment for such services prior to April
| in any year, except sum of money in the
month of March sufficient to pay for the tranpor-
tation of such player from his domcile to the city
| where such club is located, provided that any
player to whom the provisions of this agreement
applies whose services are required by any club
| mem Der of associations party hereto, shall be in
titled to receive for said services at least 81 000
Nlnth-A board OF arbitration, consisting of
| three duly accredited representatives from each
| of the associations parties hereto. shall. convene
| as practicable after the execution of this
| agreement, in a place to be mutually agreed
| upon, and shall organize by the election of a
chairman, secretary and such other committees
| as shall seem to them meet and proper. They
| may make. and from time to time revoke alter
and repeal all necessary rules and regulations
not inconsistent with this agreement for their pro-
cedure and the general transaction of their bust
| ness. Their membership said board shall be
/ determined at the pleasure OF their resp ectve
| appointing association, upon duly certified no.
| tice thereof. A quorum shall consist of at
and all questions shall be voted upon separately
by the respective delegates, and no such changes
or alterations shall be made unless concurred in
by majority of the delegates of each association.
Tenth-In addition to all matters that may be
especially referred to them bv vote of the asso-
Citations party hereto. the said board shall have
sole, exclusive and final jurisdiction of all dis
putes and complaints arising under any and all
interpretations of this agreement. They shall
also, In the interest OF harmony and peace arbi-
trate upon and decide all differences and disputes
| arising between the associations party hereto,
anu between club member of one and a club
member of the other association parties hereto
providing that nothing in this agreement should
be construed as giving authority to said board to
pass upon, alter, amend modify any section OF.
part of section of the constitution of either as
ISOLATION party hereto.
The document is signed by N. E. Young pres
ident of the League and H D. Mcknight presi-
dent of the American Association.
AS expected, some parts of the new agreement
were severely criticised at the separate meet
ings of the two organizations. Cincinnati. Louis
vile and Baltimore clubs opposed the clause re-
lating to graduated salaries. They held pitchers
and catcners should receive 81, 800; outside men.
ST. 700; inside men, 81. 600 Simmons and Shor.
sig of Philadelphia, said they wanted the men
to get all they could, while Caylor and Won der
Abe were in favor of graduated salaries The
Association worked all the afternoon over the
agreement
The status of the Eastern and Southern League
clubs was referred to the board of arbitration.
The American Association. at a separate meeJ-
ing. decided to reinstate Weaver, Bradley and
Atkinson. The latter players will join the Ath-
| letcs of PHILADELPHIA The disabilities Of james
Mutrie were removed The Association ap-
| pointed lack Phelps, W, E. Minick and G. r.
Byrne as committee of arbitration.
The League, in executive session held this
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