St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-22
LET THE PUBLIC JUDGE.
Brotherhood stars Put a Crimp in
the League Magnates.

the League Magnates.
CHICAGO. Nov. 21.-1mmediately upon
receipt of the telegraphed address to
the public of the league base ball man.
ayers tonight the Associated Press Sc
cured an interview with a number of
the old reliable league Dall players who
are now brotherhood men. They all
spoke in about the same vein. Fred Pfef-
fer, for example, after smlllngly read
ing the address" said: well, must
say these seh-glOrified magnates throw
bouquets at themselves in great sty e.
But they tell too much. They say they
have rescued the game from an awful
slough and in the same breath acknowl-
edge they have done it with the very
men who are now starting in for them
selves. The only question, continued
Mr.. Pfeffer, is one tnat can only be
answered by the public, and that is
whether the brotherhood men are not as
capable as ever of continuing III the
good work these people acknowledge
they have done to elevate the game.
What do | think about the financial
question? lust this. If the poor league
managers are making such puny profits.
why are the gentlemen making such
desperate efforts To continue at the
game? TO the ordinary business mind
it would seem they would be glad to
ABANDON SUCH AN ENTERPRISE.
Are we to believe that they are erect
ing this beautiful edifice' for the pub
lie benefit and their health? Boshi 1t
is a wel-known fact that the club, of
which the chairman of the committee
signing this address is president, had
paid in the last five years. 100 per cent
in diYidends-20 per cent year for i've
years on the capital invested. In addi-
ton the club now has sinking fund of
over S105.000 safely invested. Yes,
see they call the new departure pot
Well, we are prepared to prove that the
brotherhood never made any arrange
ment of any kind after the refusal of
MI. Spalding to call a conference. The
PLAYERS took no action, and, to
be plain, had no idea looking
to their present plans until
after Mr.. Spalding's refusal. The
existing status of affairs is the out
growth of that refusal, and that the
players were justified in asking for the
conference is more than proven by the
fact that the league has now ellmln-
ated from their contract the obnoxious
classification rule and has has moder-
ated the sale system. Right here l
want to say, there is no such thing in
our contract as the clause alleged in
this address by the league magnateS to
defend their ruthless regulations COM
polling the transfer of players from one
club to another. Their assertion on
this point is either a mistake or
A WILFUL MEASUREMENT
and therefore the terms bondage
Slavery and sold like sheep have all
the full force as applied to the league
that can be expressed by those words.
They say the rumOrS as to the players
plans were repeatedly denied. l wish
TO say that is true. and to add that the
man who did it is the very man whom
the league managers are now using as
a tool to rebuild their grand moral
editice. 1t would be just as
well for the gentlemen signing
that address to say nothing about
moral effects, etc. None of the brother
hood players that ] know of have ever
been connected with a freight bureau
scheme The league committee seem
also to have entirely forgotten that after
the glorious start of 1885, just two
years later. Mr.. SDalding himself de-
serted the Boston club, in which he was
a player. to come to Chicago, and for no
other reason than to better himself. You
can Just say as windup that the gen.
tlemen under whose auspices really the
progress onward and upward of the ma
fionaI game has taken place will con-
tinue the ascension in 1890"