The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-16
THE BASEBALL WAR.
The Associations are Having q
Monkey and Parrot Time.
sTAID ST. LOUIS GETS ON HIS EAR.
That's Because She is Laid out-Some Serious
Charges-Sioux Commission Report
Isreal's Restoration.

New YORK, Nov. 15.-The deadlock in
the choice for the presidency of the Base
ball association continues. For time con-
siderable anxiety was felt as to whether
Kansas City and Baltimore would return
to the meeting to-day and thus compose a
quorum. Both, however, appeared. Kan
sas City withdrew from the American and
ten minutes later was admitted to mem
bership in the Western association. After
the withdrawal of Kansas City, Phelps, of
the Louisville club was elected president of
the association.
After the adjournment of the American
association, Congressman O'Neill, of the
St. Louis club made statement to the
press. He said the association under
Phelps proposed to have honest ball. He
declared that last season the Brooklyn club
resorted to dishonorable methods to secure
the pennant, and had the club remained in
the association charges would have been
preferred against. some of its players. He
said when the Brooklyn club completed its
! series in Cincinnati, A. j. Bushong, one Of
its players, called on Jack Milligan, catcher
of the st. Louis, and made proposition to
give him half of his share of the money to
be gained at the games on the world cham
pionship, provided he gave that same
loLSll IL ~. 1-ONlo III lLS
piouship.
Chris. Won der Abe presented the follow
ing telegram which, he said, he saw acct
dentally one night before it was delivered:
"BRooKLYN, n. Y, Nov. 10.
To Milligan, catcher, ST. Louis Baseball
club:
| Hope you will answer the telegram I sent
| you, which was that l will give you check
! Tor $500 for your share in our agreement.
! H. will he n nprmnnpDf favor n TDp If
will, and besides will be sure thing for
you and give me chance to make a little
Don't lose your chance as you did with
Tucker. Reply instantly at my expense.
(Signed) A. J. BUsuoNG."
| Byrne, of Brooklyn, subsequently said ::
81 have no reply to make to any statement
made by the St. Louis club or its alleged
| legal representative. The press and publ c
WI readily recognize and appreciate the
anlmus which prompts any statement made
! by the eX-champiOn club of the American
association against the Brooklyn club.n
| The league convention adjourned at 3
| p. m, to re-convene January Is. The en-
! tire session was taken up with a discus
sion of the brotherhood question. John
Rogers, referring to the intention of play
ers to violate the reserve rule, offered
| resolution that the league will aid each club
and its members in the enforcement of
| their rights TO the services Of reserved play
ers for the season Of 1890.
| The resolution was unanimously adopted
and committee appointed. consisting of
Rogers, of Philadelphia; Brown, of Brook
| Ign, and Day, of New York, to formulate
and carry out the best method for the en-
| forcement of contract rights
! SpaIding, of Chicago, presented a resolu-
ton that no league club from this date
shall enter into negotiations or contract
| with players not under league regulations
or enter into negotiations with any club
for the transfer Of any OF its players until
February /, 1880; that committee of
| three be appointed, to be known as the ne
gotiatiOnS committee, to which shall be re-
ferred all applications from players desir-
| ing positions on league teams, as well as
applications from clubs, members of the
national agreement, wishing to dispose of
| or release their players. was adopted and
! Nick Young, Al. Reach and G. Z. Byrne
named as such committee.
After the adjournment of the convention
| Spauld.ng, of Chicago, said he was perfectly
satisfied with the legislation and WORK eff
fected. He added that the league by the
establishment OF the sales system and
classification rule and by the payment Of
$500 to Satellite, has given the players
more than they asked for by carrying out
his promise to them that the matters re-
ferred to in the June conference could be
safely entrusted to the league for fair set
tlemeut. In answer to the question as to
what the policy of the league would be to-
ward the revolving players, Spauldirg said
no one could speak definitely, but his idea
was that if they proceeded to carry their
scheme into operation, the league clubs
would make every possible effort to enioin
/ the players from playing in any other or
! ganization. The league has the opinion of
prominent lawyers that such an injunction
will hold On case they are not detainable,
there will be nothing left for the league to
do but expel the players who enter into
the conspiracy, which, Spaulding said, will
practically mean their retirement from
practical baseball, should their scheme
prove failure. Mr. Spaulding very much
doubts that the players will succeed in
effecting an organization and in any event
does not think a majority OF the players
viii go in to it.
The American convention adjourned this
afternoon to meet again tomorrow. Little
was done this afternoon. Applications for
membership were received from the Detroit
and Syracuse clubs.