St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-16

9 i'd committee au'hor eel to draw upon
the guarantee fund Of the league for "a n
amount as may De necessary 10 carry out The
nlent ana purpose Of this resolution.
The resolu ion was unanimously
adopted, and joan L. i.0gerS, of Phila-
delphia; G. Ii. Byrne. of Brooklyn, and
j. b. Day, of New York. were appointed
a committee to carry out its design. A.
l.. Spalding thea presented the follow
Ing:
Resolved. That no league club shall. from
this date, enter into, negotiale or contract
with players not TN Ter league reservati ton. or
enter into negotia 10 IS with any club for the
transfer Of any Of its players until Feb. l.
1890.
Resolved, That committee of three be ap-
pointed, to be designated as the negotiations
committee, Of which the president OF the
league shall be chairman, TO which shall be
referred all applications from players desir-
ing positions on league teams. as well as ap-
plications from club members OF the na-
tional agreement wishing 10 dispose OF the
release of their players.
Resolved, That the chairman of the COM
mittee shall be the exclusive channel through
which sucn applications and NEGOTIATIONS
can be conducted by the National league. or
any of its clubs. and said Committee shall as
certain the terms upon which any such re-
lease can be procured or such contract exc
cuIed.
Resolved. That all league clubs. in order TO
secure the services of such players, will In
dicate to the chairman the position To be
filled. and the names OF the players wanted,
and upon the unanimous vote of said com
mittee contract may be executed between
club ana any player so approved and promul-
gated in the usual manner.
Resolved, That the committee. by its unani-
nous vote, be authorized to draw from the
guarantee fund Of The league such funds as
may be necessary to carry out the purposes
of the resolution, to be repaid TO said fund
by the clubs benefited thereby.
This was also adopted, and Nick
Young, G. III. Byrne and Al Reach were
named as the negotiations committee.
The convention then adjourned. After
the adjournment A. q. SpaIding, presi-
dent of the Chicago club, was inter-
viewed on the situation. He said he
was perfectly satisfied with the legisla-
ton and work of the league at this
meeting, and with the addition of
Brooklyn and Cincinnati he considered
the league stronger now than IT ever
was i'm its history. The increasing of
the bond to be given by each club 10
S25, GOO, not only, in his opinion. insures.
the financial responsibility of the league,
but is guarantee to the players that
any contract made between a league
club and player can be enforced by
the player.
THE league" said Mr.. Spalding, "by
the abolishment Of the sales system
and classification rule and by the pay
ment of $3.50 to Sutcliffe, although tech
nically there was no legal obligation to
do this. as Sutcliffe did not sign a
brotherhood contract with the Detroit
club in 1887, containing the salary reser-
Walton clause, has given the players
more than they asked for, all of which
carries out my promise that matters re-
ferred to in our June conference could
safely be entrusted to the league for a
fair consideration and settlement at its
annual meeting. The league has up to
the present time given the brotherhood
everything they have asked for. and ii
after this action the players are deter
mined to make an effort to break the
league and join rival organization,
they must prepare themselves to take
the consequences.
In answer to the question as to what
the policy of the league would be to-
wards their revolving players. Mr..
Spalding said that no one could speak
sonal idea was that if the players per-
sist in their conspiracy" and show i'm
some more substantial way than empty
threats that they really intend to carry
their scheme into operation. he had no
doubt that the league clubs would make
every possible effort to epiOin the play
erS from playing in any other Orga EiZa-
ton. Mr.. Spaldlng said that it was the
opinion of some of the most prominent
lawyers in the country that such an in
junction will hold. He has at yet seen
no opinion from any lawyer On the other
side indicating the reverse.
.'In case the injunctions are not ob-
tainable, what will the policy Of the
league be then?''. Mr.. Spalding was
asked.
"In that event there will be nothing
left for the league to do but to exDel all
the players who enter into the eonspir-
acy. which will practically mean their
retirement from professional base ball.
should their rebellious scheme prove a
failure. have too high regard for
the general intelligence of the rank and
file of the league players to believe that
they will be led into such dangerous
experiment by a few hOt-headed an
archists, urged on and abetted by
few enthusiastic long-chance capitalists
whose only possible interest in the mat
ter, according to their own statements,
is the amount of money they hope to
realize out of it."
''Evidently, Mr.. Spalding you do not
have much fear of the brotherhood
movement" ventured the interviewer.
mot the slightest" he replied. "lf
it succeeds IN effecting an organization,
which very much doubt. it is only
question of time and how much money
these enthusiasts will throw INTO it. as
to its ultimate collapse and failure
which, in my opinion, is certain. From
the long personal acquaintance with all
the gentlemen connected with the na-
tionaI league, l feel safe in saying that
in any event the national league will
continue to furnish first-clasS. honest
base ball in the future as it has in the
past, and have no doubt the league
will be in flourishing existence long
after the present brotherhood move
ment and the men connected with it