St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-03
The National League Dele
gates Are Now in Session
at New York,
And Are Having a Lively
Wrangle Over the Dates
as Scheduled.
CLOVIS Backer Failing to Make
a Second Deposit, Killen
Pockets the Money.
A Knockout in Three Sec.
onds--The General Record
of Sporting News.

New YORK, March 2.-The spring
meeting of delegates from the National
Base Ball league is being held at the
Fifth Avenue hotel to-day. The morn
ing session was secret. n. E. Young,
of Detroit, presided, and John t. Bruch
and J. II. Martin, of Indianapolis;
Charles Fl. Smith and George NJ. Vail,
of Detroit: W. II. Hewitt, of Washing
ton: A. H. Soden and w. III. Conant, of
Boston; John d. Day, of New York: A.
G. Spaulding, of Chicago; A. j. Roach
and j. j. Rogers, of Philadelphia, and
j. E. O'Neill, of Pittsburg, were present.
The report of the schedule committee
recommended an amendment to the con-
stitution providing for l40 instead
of 1876 games as. at present,
making the series eighteen instead
Chicago was the only club opposed to the
proposed change. 1t is also proposed to
begin the season two days earlier than
last pear, and to conclude it on the same
date as in 1887, on Oct. s. 1t is not prob
able that either New York OF Boston
will play by the schedule on their home
grounds until May. The delegates of
the American association will meet in
Brooklyn next Monday. The arbitra-
ton committee will met at the Fifth
avenue hotel tomorrow morning. Meet
ings of the joint rules committee of the
players brotherhood and the National
association scorers will be held in con-
junction with the league committee.
During the early part of the afternoon
the schedule was but little discussed.
The session was proceeding very quietly
and harmoniously when one delegate
RAISED A WAR OF WORDS
by suggesting a universal scale of so
cents for admission fees this season. Al
Reach, of the Philadelphias, could not
understand the advisability of charging
so cents when experience had proven
that 25-cent admission charge was much
more profitable. Despite his eXpOstula-
tions the league decided that 80 cents
should be the uniform price OF admlS-
sion during the coming season. The
Pittsburg and Washington clubs were
ordered to stop their practice of selling
three tickets for Land hencetorth they
will not be allowed to make any dis
count on large sales. The delegates
representing these clubs objected,
but their objections were futile.
When this business was clear
ed away committee from
the brotherhood of base ball players,
VI MCSSlo. ldlllOlls
Irwin and Ward, was admitted and a
consultation held as to the best way of
settling the salary question. 1t will be
remembered that the brotherhood has
been insisting that the league should rec
ogniZe the brotherhood contract, which
provides that no player shall receive
less than he did the previous year. Both
the league and association have stipu-
lated that no player shall receive salary
in excess of $4,000. The brotherhood
committee fought for more than two
hours. and at the end of the discussion
the matter stood in statu quo. The
agreement finally reached was to the
effect that no salary in excess of $4,000
was to be paid, but that personal con-
tracts could be made outside. When
the brotherhood committee left the
room the schedule was taken up, but
only for short time, and at $50 re-
cess was taken until O'Clock.
The league managers recOnyened at
8 o'clock and Immediately went into
secret session. At midnight they were
still in session dlsputing over the
schedule. Philadelphia has the best
dates. and Mr.. Day, of the New York
club, together with Mr.. Spalding of the
Chicago club, positively refuse to ac-
cept the schedule as reported by the
committee. AS the schedule must be
signed by each of the club presidents,
some radical changes must be made
before it will be satisfactory to MesSrs.
Day and Spalding.