Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-15
A GAME OF GOBBLE.
The Ball Players Brotherhood Proposes
to Relieve the Present Club Owners.
Ease Ball to be Conducted Next Season on the
Cooperative PIan-The Teemer-Gaud-
auer scull Declared a Draw.
TO BE SHUT OUT.

The New Scheme Under Which Base Ball
VIII be Run Next Year.
CHICAGO, Ill, Sept l4-Hints of va
Tious kinds touching an important move
to be made by the Brotherhood of base
ball players have been published recent
ly, but none of them have covered the
grounds. The Journal this afternoon pub
fishes the following:
The report that the Brotherhood OF
balI-playeTs intend TO take the game
out of the hands of the, present owners
of league clubs seems TO have some
fOundation. They are preparing to COB
bic the whole business, players, audi
ences and all, and what is more they do
not propose to lose any time in doing it
The probabilities are that by the
close OF the present @eague season
the plans of the brotherhood will
be well enough matured to warrant a
public acknowledgment of their inter-.
tons. just at present they are not CIV
ing away any more Of the particulars
than they can help. Mr.. Spaulding,
however, got a quiet tip of what was go
ing on the other day, and it came in a
way calculated TO confirm the rumors of
opposition. s.
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present grounds, at the corner of Con-
gTess and LOOMS streets, expires
this year, and some time ago Spaulding
bought a site Tor a new park. He was
given to understand by the contractors
that they would have the new
grounds ready for use at the opening
games next season, and relying on
their promises he notified the owners of
the old park that he would not renew the
lease. A few days yagoN ,Spaulding in
spected his new grounds, and instead of
finding the carpenters and Landscape
gardeners at work, as he expected, saw
only . few lazy teamsters dumping
ashes and garbage in a seemingly
bottOmless hole. 'SpauIding was mad
lie recognized the fact that it would be
impossible to put the grounds in shape
for opening games, and thought he
would release the old park. When he
called on the owners, however, with that,
object heSwas given to'Updersta2d that's
he Was too late; an YOption had
been taken by responsible CHicagoaRS
they refused to let him have it. Not
only this, but gentleman had said he
wanted the ground to play ball on, and
ne does. That gentleman is the agent
here of the brotherhood, and he worked
win not only be without grounds next
season, but without players as well.
That is good one.
The plan Of the brotherhood is 10 run
games, SO far as league cities are con-
ceTned, on a sort of cooperative basis.
If It succeeds, then other assoc Citations :.
will be similarly TeOrganized. 1t is pro-
posed TO place the management
of the whole affair in th1 hands
of central committee
of eight, consisting of one representative
from each Ieagde club. These clubs WIZ
probably be formed iu-,New York, Bos-
ton, Chicago, Philadelphia, Brooklyn,
Cincinnati, Washington and Cleveland
or s. Louis. Each club win have
a capital stock of $50, 00O some
OF which will be- taken by players and
the rest by men who are to act as officers
and financial hackers. In TINS city there
are already five applicants for every dol
lars worth of stock, and the scheme has
been only contidentially preached to a
bakers dozen of men. One of the IargeF
investors here Is Fred Pfeiffer, VINO
has accumulated about forty thousan6
dollars and is in shape to take'somesi
chances. He, It may %be adde's will
probably be mapaEsr Of tie Chica G0selub
under theSnew regime. TIE playersfare
to receive a small, bat fair salary, and a
percentage of the net profits. The receipts,
after all expenses, including players,
salaries and percentages are paid, are 70
be put into pool and divided into eight
equal parts, one share going TO each
club 1t is hoped by this to bring cities ]
all on the same financial footing |
and 90 away with. The .felaim
that streug cities are making money
at sthe expense of the weak.
From each club s share of the net profits
a stated amount will be paid into q sink
ing fund and the rest paid out in divi-
dends on stock.
Another new TEXTURE win be the hang
ing up of big money prizes for
the first and second, Sand PERHAPS
third, clubs in the championship
race. The amounx has not.yet been de- !
terminea but it has ,been suggested that
each club put $4,000 in. a pool at the open