Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23

legged to supplant the National League. II
is stated that Pittsburg is on the list. The
local ball team returned from Indianapolis,
and Manager Hanlon talked Interestingly.
There were some exciting Sunday ball
games.
CHICAGO, September 22.-Buying and
selling of baseball players "tor revenue
only" happily, it appears, will end with
this season, and the men dealing In that
kind of merchandise" may have to seek
new employment, when the individual
members of each of the eight ball clubs
become stockholders and dcommence to play
ball'' in earnest instead of for an alleged
pennant. A morning paper says:
The transfer work is to be done BY the
Brotherhood of Professional Baseball Play
ers. of which john NJ. Ward, shortstop of
the New York club, is President; Dennis
Brouthers. first baseman of the Boston
team, is Vice President, and Timothy j.
Keefe, the New York clubs great pitcher,
is Secretary Most OF the details have been
arranged, and remain but TO be carried out
after the end of the present playing season
and before The beginning of that OF 1890.
Every man in the League clubs OF 1889,
with the exception of half dozen, among
which Anson, Williamson and Burns are
notable examples, is a member of the
Brotherhood, and sworn to stand by the
new scheme. Its outlines are as follows:
THE NEW ASSOCIATION.
The new organization is to be known as the
United Business Association.
1t to be made up of eight clubs as follows:
Boston, New York, Brooklyn. Philadelphia,
Pittsburg, Cleveland. Buffalo, Chicago. Of
these two are new clubs and not in the present
National League. They are Brooklyn and
Buffalo The present indianapolis team is to
be dropped bodily for Brooklyn, where Asso-
citation ball and Sunday games are said to be
unpopular The present Washington team is
to be transferred to Buffalo and strengthened
by the addition of Rowe, White and Myers,
late of Indianapolis.
In each CITY local capitalists are to operate
the teams formed and placed there by the
Brotherhood. giving bond of $4,000 for the
performance of their part of the work. Albert
l. johnson is the Cleveland capitalist, and his
active participation in the deal as mission
ary caused him to be mistaken for its national
head 1t has no national head at this time out
side of the officers of the Brotherhood. The
associations officials are to be elected this fall
SALARIES GUARANTEED.
The players are guaranteed their salaries at
the 1889 rate for 1890 and share of the profits
All expenses and receipts are to be pooled for
the general benefit and gate receipts divided
equally between the clubs. The first $4,000
profit is to go into prizes to be distributed
among the clubs as playing prizes. 5000 to
first, $3.50 10 second, 81 500 to third 81 600 to
fourth. OF the first $4,000 after this, $4,000
goes to the capitalists, $4,000 to those of each
club. The next $50 600 goes to the players, and
all other profits are pooled half and half Each
player shares equally with the Others.
Each club is to be governed by board made
up of men, capitalists and players, and
the main body by senate of l6, each club
having representatives, l a player and the
other capitalist
EACH CLUBS STOCK.
Each club is stocked for $4,000 half of which
can be held by the players. The $4,000 is in
200 shares of 500 each. No known gamblers
are allowed to hold stock. OF course the classi-
fication and reserve rules go with the present
management, but the 1885, or classification
figures, are taken as the basis for 1890
Score cards and general privileges are to be
considered as profits and pooled as such, The
Association is TO make and sell Its own ball.
Nearly all the work OF rearing the fabric as it
stands to-day has been done at Cleveland this
club and signed by the players. Anson, Burns
and Williamson have not signed the Chicago
agreement. In edC0 ClIy capitalists are at
work over grounds and plans for next season.
Here is a list which shows the magnitude of
the scheme and the class of men in it:
BACKERs OF THE SCHEME.
New York-Hugh Grant, Mayor; c. Van
Cott, Postmaster. Uptown grounds are in
view.
Cleveland-A. L. johnson. Grounds on the
Brooklyn line secured.
Brooklyn-A. Street Railroad Company and
Senator associated with johnson.
Grounds secured.
BuffaIo-Jim White, John Brown and George
Myers with local capitalists. Already Olympic
Park is in the syndicate's hands.
Pittsburg-Local capitalists. Exposition
Park Allegheny, secured.
Decentralization, but work complete.
Philadelphia-Adam FOrepaugh, of circus
fame. and Hamilton Disston, local business
men. Grounds a mile nearer the business
center than Philadelphia park, secured.
Chicago-Board of Trade men, friends of
Pfetfer, as hackers count on securing Black
stocking Park.
SOME OF THE PLAYERS.
Among the players who are already on the
Associations books as stockholders are: Keefe
and Ward, of New York; Brouthers and Clark
son, Boston; thinner and Faatz, Cleveland;
Rowe, White and Myers, Buffalo: Dunlap and
Hanlon, Pittsburg. Cleveland was the first to
complete its list. All the Is men are on the
agreement, and their plan is to engage Tom
be engaged at various ether points.
The men figure that il will be to their in
terest to manage themselves and general sur
veillance will be kept up by the members of
each team on their fellows. A mans interest
IN the Association will be continued asIlong as
he Is a member of it. For bad work he will be
released and his share turned over to his sue
cessor. A structure to last forever is to be
reared by the Brotherhood.
PROFITS AND LOSSES.
a,,d1 lNa;,
pooling of interests and players must follow.
All extra men employed, except at intervals
under the present state of affairs. will be util-
ized under the new plan. and extra :alent put
where it will do the most good. The Associa-
tion as it stands to-day has no head. AS soon
as the season closes, a meeting will be held at
New York, at which laws for the govern ance
OF the new body will be framed, officers elected
and the machinery of the Association set in
motion. The present idea of the leaders in the
movement is to elect A. g. Mills formerly of
Chicago and now of New York, who succeeded
W. A. hubert as President of the League in
1882 Mr. Mills is President of the Association
of American Athletes, and is deeply interested
in the baseball deal.
HOW MATTERS STAND TODAY.
So the great baseball stands to-day The
players are united and present a strong case
They numDer about 120 The League club
owners, practically eight men, say: Let us go
TO fighting at once. We can beat you. If you
put in team here, we will I'LL your places with
new men, cut down the prices and see how
smoothly your craft will sail in rough water"
The League men do not know, however, how |
broad the movement among the players is. |
They expect that only part Of each team will |
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