Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-17
THE GRAND SCOOP.
What the Players Have Given
the Old League.
NINETY THREE EXPERTS GOBBLED.

The brotherhood List and Weo Are on
REORGANIZATION of the New League
About Completed and Officers Elected
Some of the Provisions of s/Consti-
tution-A $4,000 Guarantee Fund
Arranged for-The Backsliders.
NEW YORK, Dec 1.-THE meeting of the
delegates of the Players National league be-
gan in this city yesterday. All the delegates
were present ON time, including temporary
chairman John l.. johnson. The delegates
are:
New York-Edwaru b. Talcott and William
Ewing. Brooklyn-E. +. Linton and 10 hn NJ
Ward. Boston-Julian b. Hart and Daniel
Brouthers. Philadelphia Judge Van Der
Slice and George Ward. Buffalo-M. Shire
and John c. Rowe. CleVeland-A. l.. johnson
and John Stricken. Pittsburgh. Benor and
Ed Hanlon. Chicago-John Addison and Fred
Pfeffer.
Adopting the Constitution.
The meeting was called together at noon
in parlor F, Fifth Avenue hotel, with John
son in the chair, and business was at once be-
gun, and the delegates kept at work until
past o'clocn, when recess was taken, and
then Secretary John Montgomery Ward told
about what had been done After the Gre
dentials were presented and the minutes read
and adopted, the adoption of the consti-
tuition was taken up, Col. McAlpin, chair
man of the committee ON constitution and
bylaws, read the report 1t was discussed
and adopted, section by section, with only
few minor corrections The name agreed
upon was The Players National League of
Base Ball Clubs"
What the Instrument Provides.
There are quite a number of changes com
pared with the constitution of the National
league. The secretary's salary is to be 81, 200,
with bond of S25,OOo. He must he an out
slider. New members must receive three
quarter vote and applications for member
ship must be filed sixty days before meet
ing. Clubs may be expelled for failure to
sign the constitution or to pay yearly dues,
$500; to pay salaries or visiting, clubs
shares of the receipts; for deliberately fail
ing 10 play a championship game; for sell
ing beer or liquor; pool selling: open bet
ting; playing with disqualified cluls; throw
ing games; playing ON Sunday; for disband
ing the organization, and failure to comply
with obligations and contracts as a member
of the league There are no pecuniary punish
ment or forfets for not complying with the
rules
Transfers of PIayers-Guaran tee Fund.
Any member can be dismissed between one
playing season and another, but no player
can be transferred from one club to another
without a written consent from him. The
league Is to I've managed by a central board
| of directors, which shall consist of stock
holders who are not players and players who
are or are not stockholders. Two members
of each club will form the committee The
agreement between clubs lasts for ten years,
and was amended by the following resolu-
luton offered by Mr.. Addison:
Resolved, That each member Of this league
| shall guarantee and positively agree to pay
| 20 each player employed by il the salary fixed
by his contract upon his request, and that there
| be raised fund of $4,000 TO be contributed by
| the members of the league equally, share and
share alike, To be deposited with the treasurer
| OF the league as guarantee for the perform
ance 10y each member Of this league Of its con-
tracts 10 pay salaries. and when any club is
| expelled or withdraws that club shall lose its
share of the guarantee.
Ohicers Elected.
AT the night meeting the officers were
elected a. follows: President Col. f. A.
McAlpn, of New York; vice president, John
| Addison of Chicago; secretary treasurer, +.
II. Brunnell, of Chicago. Executive, SEIZED
ule, and other committees We're also Sc
lected
Signed the Players Contract.
Following is a complete list OF the PLAYERS
| who have signed with the PLAYERS National
| league: Ewing, Radbourne Darling, Brown.
kilroy, Farrell, Tim keefe, Daley, BOYLE,
| Ed Crane, SWEET. Fenner. O'pay, Brouthers,
| Mark Baldwin, Connors, Quinn DwYer Dan
| Richardson, Nash, Whitney, Hardis Rich
ardson, Bastisn, Pfefrer, Jim O'Rourke, Bar
ton, Stovey, Williamson, Gore, Kelly, Arlie
| Latham, Slattery, Milligan. Cross, Mailman,
Buffintou, Sanders Foreman, Cunningham,
Hustled, Farrar, Al Myers, Shiudle. Mulvey.
Wood, Thompson, Clements Delehanty,
Faatz, Stricken, thinner, Sutcliffc, Snyder,
Darby O'Brien cleveland, Bakeley, Cru
Der, Twitchell, McAleer, Radford, Larkin.
Mexican, Van Hatren, Ryan, Duffy. Ward,
O'ConnOr. Cook, weighing, Pat Murphy
| New York, Tucker. Bierhauer, Bassett,
Seery, Andrews, McGeachey, Mack, Clark
| Washington, Person, Krock, George Keefe.
Carney, Wise, J. Irwin. White, HOY.
Beecher, Fields, Miller, Staley, Calvin, Maui,
| Morris, Beckley, Dunlap, Kuehne and Han
| Ion. The following are reported 10 have
signed two individual contracts: Clements,
Delehanty. Miller, Beckley and Mexican
Nnty-eight names have been signed with
| the five alleged doubles, leaves ninety-three.
Fellows Who Flunked.
The following who have signed an indivi-
| dual contract with the Players League are
now reported to have sigued with the Ma
tional league: Clements, Delehanty, Miller,
Beckley, Mexican and Mulvey. Following
are those who signed the original contract
with the Players and then jumped: Glass
| cock, Denny, Boyle, Buckley, Rusie, Clark
son, Smith, Schriver and Gleason.