New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-11

RACE-SELLING
A BUSY BASEBALL WEEK EXPECTED.


ENCES AT THE FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL.
The real baseball interests of the country will
centre around the Fifth Avenue Hotel during the
next few days. Last week the players assembled,
told their grievances and departed. This week the
cub-ownerS and managers from all the major and
minor leagues will assemble attend to their yearly
routine affairs. The series of meetings will attract
more baseball men than any other similar convention
ever held The Board of Arbitration, the Board OF
Directors of the League, the Joint Rules Committee
and the regular annual meetings Of the League and
Association will be held before the week IS out
The clubowners Ia think that they will be able
TO finish up their labors by Wednesday night If some
OF the delegates reach their homes by Saturday they
win be fortunate Most of the delegates arrived IN
the city yesterday and the remainder VIII 1oliow 10
day. The attendance OF players in the corridors OF
the hotel will probably not he as large as Is generally
the case. Still contracts will be signed before
the week is out
Two meetings are scheduled to be held to-day,
but 1t Is possible that one will suffice. The Boa"
of Arbitration will meet in Parlor al 10 a. IN
The Board Of Directors of the League may meet
later. The delegates 10 The Board of Arbitration
are " f. Young, John l. Rogers and John i. Day
for tho League. and C. II. Byrne Aaron Stern ana
L. C. Krauthof for the Association The Inter
national Western Atlantic and other minor leagues
will also send delegates to this meeting. D. W.
Shoemaker and A. W. Lang will represent the Atlantic
Association. kilograms from the Texas League
delegate will be sent up from that lively section,
but that the souhepers will agree to anything the
baseball msgnatcs decide upon
The Joint Playing Rules Committee will meet on
Tuesday, but it seems highly improbable that any
important changes in the playing rules will be made
The rules last year worked like charm and need
little revision foul tip when held by a catcher
may be called strike. Some OF the delegates also
have put schemes for the further increase OF batting
bat whether any Of them will be adopted not
mains TO be seem One of the baseball Inconsistencies
Is that the cub.owners try 10 devise means for in
creasing batting every fall, and then hire good
ptchers every spring TO decrease batting Messrs
nav spaldlng and Young represent the League on
this committee, and Philips Barnie and sharsig the
Association
The League has secured Parlor + at the Fifth
Aycnue Hotel for It's annual meeting on Wednesday,
while the American Association VIII convene in
parlor A. the old Republican Headquarters. Much
interest IS felt I'm the outcome of these meetings,
hicb will determine the baseball contracts for next
season. Some Of the cub-OwneIs were badly fright
.neh AZ the Brotherhood scheme a few weeks ago.
Init that fright has apparently given way 10 personal
confidence. That the League and Association VIII
clasp hands and jointly do battle against me az
eressIve players OF the League seems assured Inc
p,otberhood's recent determination not only to III
yade Association cities but 10 lhveige away Assocla
ZION players has made the brotherhood another enemy
equally as formidable as the League
Most of tho delegates spoken 10 last night were OF
tho opinion that the present circuits Of both the League
and the Association would remain Intact next season
sui Others were found who thought that both the
Brooklyn and Cincinnati teams would join the League
taking the places OF Washington and indianapolis
said one delegate whose belief in the Brotberhoods
success is stronger than that of his fellows: Brother
hood or no Brotherhood think that the indianapolis
and Washington clubs should be dropped and the Gin
einnat and Brooklyn teams substituted. Tao other
Association clubs could then form minor Organiza-
Non, With Brooklyn aud Cincinnati~the League would