Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-15
JOINED THE LEAGUE
Cincinnati and Brooklyn Clubs
 Leave the Association.
BASEBALL CIRCLES EXCITED.
New Haven and Datroi5 May Take the De-
 serters' Places.

Classification Abolished by the League
 and Sales Systems Mo.litcd-six Empires
 in Futrre-Presidont Young Re- Elected Many Concessions Made to the Players
 Ten Clubs Now in :he League.
 NEW YORK, Nov. 15-The Nationa; Baseball League admitted the Brooklyn and Cincinnati clubs to mem bership and will do business during the season of 1890 with ten clubs.
 The League did ether business of al most as great importance. They adopted new basis of dividing the gate receipts, which gives the visiting club 40 per cent. They wiped out of ex istance the obnoxious classification scheme, and they modified the equally obnoxious sale system, so as to take from it many of it's obiectional features.
 Thus it will be seen that the League has done very nearly all that it would have been asked to do by the Brotherhood had that organization made the demands tSat it originally in tended to make.
 The admission of Brooklyn and Cin- cinnati has been expected for a long time by those on the inside, but only it been thought possible that there would be a ten-club League, and this was only decided upon when it became evident that Washington and Indlanapo- lis would not withdraw except under ,.I GrciOn.
 The Association Surprised.
 The action of the League completely upset thc American Association people. inc Brotherhood mon claimed that it was an expression of weakness on the part of the League, but this view was not very extensive. The majority of the base ball men considered it a great in Iure the Brotherhood, even though done at the risk of disrupting the Amer iCan Association by taking from it two of it's most valuable members
 The probable outcome is that tho As scciatioIl will elect Detroit and New Haven to the vacancies, and go on just as if nothing had happened. Secretary Icadly, oi Detroit, was informed off cially of ;h2 vacancies, and telegraphed to Dctrui; CT instructions.
 .:anEes tn League Rules.
 --,.- Il ; was amended so that now 10 player without the consent of "a club with wh &h he is in contract or
 .-eryation can negotiate with any ser cluN cor his services. but if said .. IS>n is given said player may nego- ,.t,H with any club for his services and receive money coIsideration therefor which may p, accepted by tho releasing tub III SC tion ..4, which states that ioHr 1npl;2a must be selected, the num- Der Was increased to five.
 he subject of contention was prop osition to increase the visiting clubs r" vipts from 25 to 50 per cent The Cl ycla"tt, Indianapolis. Pittsburg and NaShin tuG clubs favored this increase ,yhilo tAc wealthy clubs. New York, ~ l.. opposed to it. For two hours there was q deadlock on the question. Finally the opposition compromised on 40 per cent. This change is made in section 64 of the constitution.
 Section 53 was so amended that post poned games can be played at any time atterward, but it was provided that two games should be played in one day without the prior consent of two-thirds of all the League clubs.
 After theso alterations the conven ticn received the applications of the Brooklyn and Cincinnati clubs for mem- bersliip. They were wade out in the form required by the League constitu- tion an were referred to tho Board of Directors who reported favorably upon them. The clubs were then elected to | mt bership by exclamation. Preside mt Young was authorized to designate and fix 0 distinctive color for each club uniform.
 Then the convention proceeded to the election of officers. Mv. Young was re- elected president. F. de H. Robinson, of Cleveland; w. A. Nimick. of Pitts burg: ". r. Hewett of Washington, and Charles Byrne of Brooklyn, were elected directors.
 The following were the new commit | tees elected
 Schedule Commitee-A. H. Soden, of Bos | ton; \. G. SpHlding, of Chicago, ard w. A. Niinick, of :Ittsburg.
 | Board of Arbitration-Nick Young, John l. | Rogers, Of Philadelphia, and John B. Day, of New York.
 Playing Rules Committee-A. G. Spalding, 1 John B. Day and John I. Rogers. | The contract of prin ting was awarded | to John B. Sage, of Buffalo. | It was resolved to hold the next an nual meeting in New York, and the spring schedule meeting in Cleveland early in March.
 | A committee of threc-Spalding Rog- CTS and Day-were appointed to prepare an address to the public on the admis- sion Of Brooklyn and Cincinnati to 1 [ ,f-, ,l,;