Evening journal., 1889-12-17
BROTHERHOOD MEN MEET
Officers Chosen for the Ensuing
Year of Sport.
THE PLAYERS VINO NAVE SIGNED.

THE PLAYERS VINO HAVE SIGNED.
4. A. pEcAipin was elected President Of
OF the Players League business Like
Preparations for the right with tho
szagnates.
NEW YoRK, Dec. 1.-THE first annual
Invention OF the National Players league
sgan at the Fifth Avenue hotel yesterday
Sch Of the eight club members were re-
9esented BY q player and a capitalist and
se work at organization was at once begun.
ahe delegation was distributed rs follows:
New York, Z. B. Talcott and William Ew-
ing; Brooklyn, E. f. Linton and Edward
Andrews, Boston, Julian 3. Hart and Daniel
Brouthers; Philadelphia, Judge Wander
alice and George Wood; Buffalo, NJ Shire
and John c. Rowe; Cleveland, AL. John
son and John Stricken; Pittsburg, A. Beemer
and Ed Hanlon; Chicago, John Addison
and Fred PfeTer
Drooklyn's Directors.
The stockholders Of the Brooklyn club of
the players league met at the Fifth Avenue
hotel They elected five directors and ad-
journed. The directors are: Wendell Good
win, f r. Linton, J. J. Wallace, g. NJ.
Chauncey and John NJ. Ward. These gentle
men then elected the club officers for the
coming year as follows President, Wendell
Goodwin vice president, H f. Linton.
secretary, J. J. Wallace; treasurer, q. M
Ghauncey; delegates to the league, 4. r.
Linton and John NJ Ward
The Constitution and bylaws.
On convening the delegates presenredtheir
rredentiels and then the prepared constitu-
fion and bylaws were adopted and referred
to Judge Bacon for any technical changes or
corrections that may DO found necessary.
These documents provide that the affairs Of
the league shall be under the direction Of
central board composed OF one stockholder,
who shall not be player, and one player,
who may be a stoekhelder, Of each club, to be
elected by the board Of directors Of each
club.
The Associations objects.
The paragraph defining the objects Of the
association is as follows: To encourage, fos-
ter and elevate the game OF baseball; 10 en-
force proper rules for the exhibition and con-
duct Of the game; 20 protect the mutual
Interests OF professional baseball players and
Baseball clubs, and to establish thebaseball
championship of the world. It.is also pro-
vided that any club member may be ex-
pelled by two-thirds vote Of the board be-
~ween playing seasons for business reasons.
regarding the transfer Of players, the con-
htution provides that only by the written
Dnsentef a player may such action be CON
minated
A Ten Years Agreement.
Ihe clubs all were called upon to sign a
en year co-partnership agreement. The
clubs agree 70 stick together for ten years,
paying annual dues OF 81 800 each for con
nngent expenses, not including umpires' sal
aries. The following resolution was unani-
mosly adopted;
Resolved, That each member Of this lengue
shall guarantee, and positively agree TO
pay, to each player employed by it the sal
airy fixed by his contract upon his request,
and that there be raiseda fund of SAC, 900. to
be contributed by the members Of this league
share and share alike, TO be deposited with
the treasurer Of the League as a guarantee
nor the performance by each member OF this
league Of its contracts T. pay salaries.
The OfHcers Elected.
AT the evening session officers were elected.
% follows: President, T.. a. McAlpin, of
Dew York; vice president, John Addison of
chicago; secretary treasurer, +. Ii. Brunell,
y Chicago
Acting Secretary Ward gave out an OH
--.al bulletin OF the players signed by the diff
ferent clubs. They included ninety-seven
names. OF these six Clements, Dele
hanty, Miller, BeckIey, Mexican and Null
vey--have since signed with the National
League. or the ninety-one players sixteen
are American Association men and four
come from minor leagues This leaves
seventy-one as the number Of National
League players now with the Players
League. The list Of signers follows:
The List Of signers.
New York~-Ewing, Keefe, Crane, ODay.
Brown, Connor Richardson, Whitney,
O'Rourke, Slattery, Gore
Boston-Radbourn Kilroy, Daley, SWEET.
Brouthers Quinn, Nash, H. Richardson,
Stovey, Kelly
Chicago Darling, Farrell, =. Boyle, Tener,
Baldwin, Dwyer, Bartson, Pfefer, William
son, Latham, Bastiaus Van Haltren, Ryan,
Duffy.
Philadelphia Milligan, Gross. Mailman
Buflinton, Sanders, Foreman, Cunningham.
H@aed, Farrar, Myers, shindle, Muiyey'
Wood, Thompson, Clements, Delehanty.
Cleveland-Faatz. Stricken, Zimmer, SUIT
cliffe, Snyder. O'Brien, Buckley, Gruber.
Twitchell, MeAleer, Radford, Larkin, Nc
Kean
Brooklyn-Ward, O'Connor, Cook. weyh-
ing, Murphy, Tucker, Bierbauer, Bassett.
6eery, Andrews, McGeachy.
Buifalo-Mack, Clark, Person, Krock. O.
keefe, Carney, Wise, J. Irwin, Rowe, White,
BOY, Beecher
Pittsburg Fields, Miller, staley. Calvin.
Yaul, Morris, Beckley, Dunlap, Kuehne,
@anlon.
The $40, 600 Gnarantee Fund.
1t was decided that the s40,0O0 guarantee
sund must be paid by April 1, 1890. The
delegates present viii constitute the central
boerd of directors. b. F. E.ii, Julian Hart
William Ewing, John Ward and Fred Pfef-
fer were appointed committee on plaving
rules, and the Brooklyn, Chicago, Cleveland
and Buffalc clubs were drawn In the sched-
ule COMMITTEES. A legal committee was an
pointed to act in defending the players.
No application for membership was re-
ceived from the St Louis club, as Mr.. Won
der Abe, as a result Of conference with
the brotherhood leaders, came to the con-
clusion that an application would be un-
availing.
Three New York Suicides.
New York, Dec IA man about IS
years old, who registered at the Kingston
house under the name of Lomer, shot him
self dead in his room during the night
Walter Ellis "a iaboror aho4f * rvaa,-e ia