The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-08
BASE BALLS NEW DEAL.
SESSION OF THE BROTHERHOOD
AT NEW YORK.


A Contract Form Adopted - The Re-
serve Clause Eliminated and the
Term of Service Increased to Three
Years - Each Club to be Run On It's
Own Basis.
NEW YORK, Nov. THE national base
ball players conference was continued at
the Fifth avenue hotel to-day. ALI the
delegates were present. At 2:15 O'Clock
this afternoon the convention took recess, ,
and John Morrill, announced that the con-
tract form had been agreed upon and
players signed for three years, satisfactory
to both capitalists and players.
Ihe contract is virtually the same as the /
old league contract with the exception that
the reserve clause was stricken out as the
one on term OF service provided for from
one to three years. Ii was said in the cor
ridors Of the Fifth Avenue hotel this morn
ing that the players were not meeting with
the hearty cooperation expected.
CLARKsoN AND RADBoURNE SILENT
kilograms were sent to Clarkson and
hadbourne at Boston yesterday, asking
them to take some scock In the pIayerss
national league. Neither made any reply.
AL johnson, who hes been acting as tenn
porarv president, would undoubtedly have
been elected permanently to that position
had he not stated that his business interests
would not permit him TO accept. John
Morrill, Is now spoken of as the most Iikely
person to be elected permanent president.
The players national league Is still In em-
bryo. The meeting of the brotherhood OF
ball players, which has been in session at
the Fifth Avenue hotel since Monday, ad-
journed tonight until Jan. without max
ing permanent organization of the new
league.
DoLED OUT THE NEWS.
John Morrill, had been appointed by the
convention TO give the news Of the proceed
tngs TO the press, but what he dealt out was
Of such vague character that the gather
ing OF the news entailed considerable
difficulty. The first thing done at
the meeting was the adoption
OF the contract form. It was stated thap
the reserve CLAUSE had been eliminated, and
that the term of service had been increased
from one to three years. The contract was
not exhibited and ell who inquired whsrei
it was were informed that sit had gone. to
the printers"
CHANGES IN THE AGREEMENT.
The original agreement, which was signed
by all the players some time ago, under.
went considerable change. 1t was dschzed
that every club should be run ON its own
basis and that club could issue 800. GOO or
100000 worth of stock as it saw fit. No
club should be responsible for the losses
Of another. The most impoYtant
change was that which provided a
division Of 30 per cent Of the gatst
and stand receipts. In the old league VISIT
ing clubs got the small end Of the horn
while under this new arrangement, thsl
, clubs, whether visiting or at home, wifi
share and share alike.
PRIZE MONEY. ;
It was decided that prize money, 800. 900, !
| should be raised by a tax of So, 500 on each
club, and that 81 900 should go to the club
finishing first in the championship race, audi
the rest be divided among the others In pro-
portion.
John Montgomery Ward was elected,
temporary secretary In place Of John Mort
rill, who said he would be unable to attend
to the duties of the office, owing to a trip
that he had to make west. The new secret
tary was authorized to receive proposals for
base ball supplies.
THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT.
Al johnson retains his position as tenn
porary president. The following were
appointed committee to draw up con4
stitutlon and arrange all the preliminaries
OF the permanent organization: Col /,
McAlpin, John Addison, Henry Love. AL
johnson, and Ed Hanlon.
convention, and was kept very secret, wass
a dispute over an attempt TO elect a perma.
nent secretary. There were two candidates.
Harry Wright of Philadelphia and Frank
Brunell Of the Chicago Tribune As near
as could be ascertained the vote was taken
on these candidates with the following re-,
suit: Brunell 9, Wright s. This elected
Brunell, but the convention was probably.
advised by lawyer that an election of.
officers without a constitution was illegal,
as 1t was said that the action was rescinded.
On Monday the board of directors Of thu
national league Of base bail clubs will meetI
at the Fifth Avenue hotel, and on Wednes.
day the annual meeting of the organization.
win be held
The association meeting will also be held
on Wednesday.
IL ID said by some who are well informed
on national league matters that no attsn-i
tion whatever will be paid to the action Of
the brotherhood, and that the business OF
the convention will be transacted as here
tofore