Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-12
CAUSED A SURPRISE
Palmer O'Neill Says Three Old
Players Have Signed.
THE NEW CLUB ORGANIZED
Mayor McCallin President Of the
Local Organization.
JOHN WARDS INTERESTING TALK

1t was a great local baseball day yester-
day. The annual meeting of the old club
was held and Mr.. 0'Neill caused surprise.
The new Brotherhood club was organized
with Mayor McCallin as chairman. John
N. Ward spoke plainly about Clarkson.
There was any amount Of baseball talk
and baseball blsiness in the city yesterday.
The annual meeting of the old club was
held and the Brotherhood club was organ
lied. Messrs. Ward, P.effer and Hanlon
were in the city, together with j. P. o'Neill.
The sensation of the day, however, was made
by statement of Nh. O'Nein at the close of
the old club meeting. After stating what
business the meeting had transacted, Mr..
O'Neill remarked:
"We have to-day secured two or three of
the best players that played in our team last
season. / will give their names tomorrow
evening; but let me tell you they are corkers."
The speaker was pressed to give the names,
but emphatically refused. He stated, how
ever that he did not at all refer to Sowders
and Sunday. When reminded that Beckley
and Others had signed Brotherhood contracts,
Mr.. O'Neill replied:
A FASHIONABLE STYLE.
SIT is fashionable nowadays to sign two con-
tracts or all contracts that are presented.
However, my statement will be verified to-
morrow"
As already stated, Secretary Scandrett went
West to confer with Beckley few days ago,
and Carroll has been communicated with by
wire Mr. Scandrett will return home this
morning, and the remark made by Mr.. O'Neill
was prompted by dispatch received from Mr..
Seandrett last evening However. Messrs.
Ward and Hanlon are confident that the
players referred TO by Mr.. O'Nein are not Car
roll. Beckley or Staley. Hanlon has a letter
from Carroll stating that the latter not only
has signed a Brotherhood contract, but
wants 81, 900 worth of stock in the new
Pittsburg club Beckleys Brotherhood con-
tract signed by him has also been received by
Hanlon- The curious people, therefore, must
wait until Mr.. O'Neil makes his definite state
ment The latter, however, repeated his sur
prising remark several times, and very emphat-
icaIly stated that he had all the necessary au-
thority for talking as he did.
President Nimick and Messrs O'Neill and
Brown were the only directors present, Mr.
Converse being detained in New York and Mr.
Scandrett being absent on his trip.
OLD OFFICERS REFLECTED.
The trio of directors, however, soon got
through their business. al least that part of it
which they proposed to do. W. A. Nimick
was reelected President; ]. Palmer 0'Neill was
reelected Vice President; A. K Scandrett Sec
retary and Treasurer Messrs E. c. Converse
and d Brown were also reelected directors.
Nothing definite was done regarding the
,Fo
applications. viz: one from ". W. Burnham
and one from II. 7. Smith. There was also an
indirect application from Manager Leadley. of
the Detroit club. Mr.. O'Neill, however stated
there was feeling favorable to the election of
q player to the ofhce, and as certain player
whom the directors want has not yet signed,
the matter was deferred for few days. When
questioned on this point Mr. O'Neill refused to
say who the player desired is.
THE NEW CLUB ORGANIZED.
The local Brotherhood magnates were also
busy, an got their new club into something
like definite shape. A meeting was held at the
Hotel Anderson. 1t commenced at $50 in the
evening and lasted until abou: o'clock. Those
present were: Mayor McCallin, h. B. Rae, W.
P. Potter. W. W. Kerr Ed Hanlon, John
NJ Ward and Fred Pfeffer. When the
meeting adjourned, it was announced that the
following officers had been elected: President,
Mavor McCallin; Secretary. W. P. Potter;
Treasurer, W. W. Kerr, and Manager, Ed
Hanlon An application for charter will be
fled this week. Mayor McCallin refused to
give the names of the stockholders, but he said
that all the stock had been taken by Pittsburg
capitalists. The Mayor voluntarily said to the
representative of this paper;
Il owe THE DISPATCH an apology. 1t was
the first paper to find out and publish that
was connected with this movement and
denied the announcement had reasons for
denying what was a true statement and 1
therefore, tender my apology. l can now say,
however, that the new club will be go. We
will have excellent grounds and frst-class
players and that will certainly attract the
publicm