Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-23
Hic jacet Thomas Jones,
A promising uuluire
VIC SAID ID IcurItss tones,
Three strikes" and went IN higher.

The Philadelphia and Athletic clubs will play
fali series OF probably five games, commenc-
ing immediately after the association cham
pionshIp season closes
Manager Watkins of the Kansas CITY base
ball club has challenged Manager Won der Abe
OF the ST. Louis club to play a series of eleven
games for $1,000 after the close of the regular
base ball season.
The Persons of East Washington won their
eleventh victory yesterday by defeating the
heefes by score Of q 70 19 in ten innings
The features of the game were the batting of
hollohan and Ellis for the Persons and the
nelding of Riley and the catching of HAYDEN of
the hestes. The batteries were Torney and
for the keefes
The papers this morning contain lengthy
dispatches from Chicago giving the details of a
great base ball sensation" which were pretty
iuLy covered In The STAB early last week. This
relates, OF course, to the prematurely exposed
scheme of the brotherhood to organize a co.
operative league next year regard ng which
there Is really nothing new A dispatch printed
IN tins mornings Philadelphia inquirer from
81. Louis says: VIII Johnson. the street rail-
way magnate OF this city, whose name has been
connected with the schemes of the base ball
brotherhood, has just returned from New York.
some OF the players have seen fit TO talk
SAID ne, and although was sworn to secrecy
some time ago, guess there is no longer any
EFFORT at concealment. To begin with let me
tell you that every player in the league with
the single exception of Arson, has signed an
agreement to join In the movement Arson,
as said Is the only recalcitrant, and he is an
Oh horse who will be led to the stable next
year, so that his absence will not be felt.
livery one of the others has signed a
pledge to stand by this agreement With
al the details in view / am free to con-
Tess that l believe the league will prove a
success from the start. Besides furnishing the
s ges. oau IN the country, the players will have
,ne sympathy OF the people with them No man
.Nlng mat 1 know o! feels friendly to the
league bosses. This selling and trading of
payers as though they were SO many cattle. in
al wrong, and the time has come when the
players must take the bull by the horns and do
something for themselves"
Apropos Of this is little screed written nv
fToi- Inn Murnane while here to the Boston
tySo0e, as follows: II have known for some time
that the league brotherhood were making
preparations Tor move this winter that vould
be anything but pleasant for the magnates of
that august body. President John NJ. Ward has
WORKED bard since he arrived home this spring,
and has held secret meetings with all the dir
ferent captains. The members Of the brother
hood have been very discreet, and Wards
schemes have not seen the light Of day. can
say for positive fact, however, that several
wealthy men IN Boston are anxious to back the
brotherhood in fight against the league.
These gentlemen have held meetings with
members Of the ball players brotherhood and
have been about selected not far from the New
England depot
The scheme Is to raise S300, 900 to back up
tne brotherhood Most of the Boston men who
hare signiied their willingness to take stock in
tie rev move we're stockholders in the Boston
Ok. in.sl they ve,c froze out.
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