St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-08
The Baseball Brotherhood Ad-
journ Till January Without
Having Organized.
After Eleeting Frank BPun.sll
Permanent Secretary the
Action Is ReSeinded.
Jack Ashton Knocked Out by
George Godfrey, the Bos-
ton Coon.
PlungerS Get Nipped at Nash
vile and Make Money at
Elizabeth.

NEW York, Nov. THE Players
National league is still in embryo. The
meeting of the Brotherhood of Ball
PLAYERS which has been in session at
the Fifth avenue hotel since Monday
adjourned tonight until Jan. without
making permanent organization of the
new league. The convention, after the
short recess at D. M, was called to
order with the purpose of starting right
out TO establish the league and choose
its figureheads. That the proceedings
would not come to an end at nightfali
was not dreamed of, and when the dele
gates appeared and announcement that
an adjournment had been taken until
january thaSe people in the hotel cor
ridorS interested in the matter were, to
say the least, surprised. John Nor
Till had been appointed by the con
vention to give the news OF the
proceedings to the press, but what
he dealt out was of such vague cilarac-
ter that the gathering of the news en-
tailed considerable difficulty. The first
thing done at the meeting was the adop-
ton of the contract form. 1t W IS stated
that the reserve clause had been elm
mated, and that the term of service had
been increased from one to three years.
The
CONTRACT WAS NOT EXHIBITED,
and all who inquired where it was were
informed that lit had gone to the print
erS." The original agreement. which
was signed by the players some time
ago. underwent considerable change. 1t
was decided that every club should run
on its own basis, and that club could
issue $50 600 or 500, 200 worth Of stock.
as if saw fit. No club should be reSpOn-
sible for the losses of another a most
important change was that which pro
yided a division of 80 per cent OF the gate
and stand receipts. In the old
league the visiting club always
got the small end of the horn,
while under this new arrangement
the clubs whether visiting or at home
will share and share alike. 1t was de-
cided that the prize money, say $4,000.
should be raised by tax of $500 on
each club. and that 81, 600 should go to
the club finishing first in the champion
ship race, and the rest divided among
the others i'll proportion. John Ward
was elected temporary secretary in
place of John Morrill,, who said he
would be unable to attend to the duties
OF the Office owing TO trip that he had
TO make to the West. The new secre-
tary was authorized to receive proposals
for base ball supplies. Al johnson re-
tains the position of temporary preSi-
dent. The following were appointed
committee TO draw up a constitution
and arrange all the prelimInaries of
permanent organization: Cal McAlpin,
John Addison, Henry Love, Al johnson
and Ed. Hanlon. One of the things that
occurred in the convention and was
kept very secret was dispute over an
attempt to elect permanent secretary.
THERE WERE TWO CANDIDATES,
Harry Wright, of Philadelphia, and
Frank BrunelI, of the Chicago Tribune.
As near as could be ascertained vote
was taken on these candidates with the
following result: For Branell, Chicago,
3; Cleveland, 2; PittSburg, 2; Buffalo, 2;
New York, l: total, 9. For Wright,
Philadelphia, 3; Boston, 2: New York,
l: total, ). This elected Mr.. Brunell,
but the convention was probably ad-
Yised by lawyer that the election of
officers without constitution was lille
gal. as it was said that the action was
rescinded. On Monday the board of
directors of the National League of Base
Bail clubs will meet at the Fifth Ave
nue. hotel, and on Wednesday next the
annual meeting of that organization
will be held. The association meeting
will also he held on Wednesday. 1t is
said by some who are well informed on
national league matters that no atten-
ton whatever will be paid to the action
of the brotherhood, and that business of
the convention will be transacted as be-
fore.