Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-10-21
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FROM ALL QUARTERS.
A Base BALL SCHEME.
League Magnates Will
Back The Brotherhood.
THE MEXICAN BOND ROBBERY.
A Statement By Ex-Com-
missioner Tanner.
RUDOLPH ST0FFEL C0NFESSES.
The Coming Session Of The
Fifty-First Congress.
! THE MEXICAN BOND ROBBERY
RUDOLPH STOFFEL CONFESSES
HAND In HAN ID.

The Magnates of the National League
arc the Ones That Will Back the
brotherhood - A Deep scheme But
One That Will be Mutually Advan-
>tageous-The Public to be Deluded
by thc Appearance of q Fight - The
League and the brotherhood Each to
Run -Four Teams.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 20.-The Brotherhood
of Base Ball Players is in reality backed by
the magnates of the National league, and
Spaulding, Conant, Billings and Soden are
prepared to advance the money necessary to
float the young association for the
season of 1890. The advantages to
be derived from such welding of interests
are mutual. The brotherhood managers
were disappointed in not receiving the finan-
cial backing which they expected for long
time the leaders in the bolt were fearful that
the move would have to be abandoned.
Ward, Brouthers and Keefe kept their mis-
givings carefully from the rank and file of
the ball players, who followed their
beck and call. At last the triumvir-
ate decided upon a conference with Al.
Spaulding, and the last time the Giants
played in Chicago John M. Ward waited up.
on the Chicago base bali magnate and un-
folded plan which had been coneocted by
him and Brouthers and Keefe. Ward pro-
posed that the capitalists in the league adj
vance the necessary money for running broth
erhood clubs at Chicago, New York. Boston,
Philadelphia, in return for whioh favor the
brotherhood, through Its mouthpiece, agreed
to float clubs at Cleveland, Pittsburg, In
dianapolis and Warrington, with the hope
that the successful clubs would tide over the
possible financial disaster which was almost
the brotherhood could break even on
it's first season. Spalding, after COM
municating with his fellow magnates,
agree as the head of . syndicate to advance
from $15, 900 to $25, 900 in cash, which would
be given into the brotherhood's hands next
spring with interest payable at ten per cent.
This proposition was accepted by the trium-
virate, but nothing was said to the other
members of the organization about the deal
and each of the arch. eonspirators was pledged
to secrecy, while the league magnates agreed
to keep their own counsel.
It is the intention of the promoters of the
scheme that the public will labor under tht
delusion that the brotherhood is independent
and that the appearance of fight will bt
maintained. Both New York and Chicago
teams have been incorporated already under
two separate names and the other CLUBS vii
follow their example, but not for the as.
signed reason-that of protecting theil
names from theft by the brotherhood.
The league finds 1t impossible to place
good talent in the field in their respective
cities by using nucleus of the players
| which will remain with them. The Ameri
| can and Western teams will be drawn upor
to take the place of league teams in all tn
| circuit cities. They will play1aA thu
name of the regular title and the league fran.
chise.
The American association has all the out.
| ward appearances Of not being drawn int,
the fight, but in reality that organization IL
| ready to help the league in its struggle
| against the brotherhood. Cincinnati4 il
ready to 60 into the league, aud a team vii
! be placed in Detroit to take the place Of
Cleveland and Indianapolis.
| If this move should be successful, sh,
death nell of the American associations .nt
st. Louis by the deft manipulation OF Vol
der Abe is ready to step In Washington
vacant place In the east.
| By means of picked players from tn
| American and Western associations tn
league will be in a position to fight tn
brotherhood to finish and at the same tim
receive generous return for the money in
| vested in the new organization.