The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-29
THE WORLD OF SPORT.
ero,,cc,E BETWEEN THE NEW
Works AND BOSTOnS.

The Teams NOW b''"' ~"
arm. rennant Exciting Great Interest
- r.sc-nalI scheme-rugiiistic
and Racing Matters
NEW YORK. September 2l.-l Special
correspondence. The hard sluSs'e
bstyeen New York and Boston LOT
the remnant and the championship Vi
the league has. during the past "seA'
been made more exciting by the iac'
that on Thursday the BeaneaierS uiew
M and stood on an even foo'lhs WI w"
New York's pet baseball team me
there was rejoicing in the iand Oh IA, ,n9
Back Bay ana Beans. To-day Saule VI"
not change the relative positions Oh 'ne
teams. lne scores are eveni sh "nou
Won take into consideration me i"0'
That the series ends on October ON
next Saturday-ODe can UNDERSTAND
inst how exciting all this week coming
is going 70 be. ,.;r
Bnt with all this there is something
else in the base ball world that Is Great.
ING a great deal more talk, ana great
deaI more excitement among the
~crauks" and lovers Of the game thah
ANYTHING that has hoppened Tor
years. A.,
There las been. a vague rumor hoa'
inc around for week or 80 tual tne
Brotherhood OF Professional ba'e-h"li
PLAYERS. Of which John Montgomery
Ward. IS president. Dan Bfoutners'
Boston's first blsem,rl, vice president
aud New York 5 beautiful and only
Tim Keefe. secretary. have decised 10
brapch ont for themselves and 10 DUST
ness at che oh stand. but on their on n
account TO certain extent Inc
maonates If the League have been tue
sole owners of the players heretofore
and have bought aud sold them ike
SO much merchandise. they nave ts-
tablished a grade Of salaries whlcn
prevents any ore player .rom re
receiving more than the sNpui"leu
amount. even though his manager J
wiling to give hmm the money asked
for. AN this has been ranking no the
breast. of the members OF the Brother.
hool ever since they organic q, aud
they have realized more than once that
they NAV ba sold for large sum Oh
monov-as Kelly was sold 10 Boston ioi
/ so OOO-aud NOT b. benefited either
individually or collectively by the sale.
THE NEW SCHEME.
Now from Chicago comes the outline
of fhs NOW scheme. which. 10 I5 claimed,
has baeu originated by the brotherhood
f,r the overthrow of the magnates.
the transfer of an players will be made
/ hv t.a Br.therhoCd. All the details
have been perfected. ans all that now
remains is ID carry out the plans agreed
nnou between the end of the playing
season and tine opening Of thar of lovV
Fxerv man IN the League of 1881, with
] the execution of half "a dozen. are mem
has of the Brotherhood. and nave
sworn 10 sand by their organization Ia
fms now scheme. The new organ "a
tom Is to be- known as the United Busi-
ness Association. and Is tObe made up
81 eiylt clubs. as follows. Boston. New
York. Buffalo. BROOKLYN. Pniladeipnia.
Prt-burg. Cleveland. ana Chicago. OF
these two-the Buffalo and the Brook
lvn-afo new clubs and will take the
nice ofthe Washington aud indianap-
Oils clubs. which Will 70 ID bun 'lo
Iani Brooklyn. respectively
In each city local capitalists are 10
on.rafe teams placed there by the
R.otserhood. andafe to give a bond for
~2J 600 tO insure their performance oil
the work allotted ID them. y very
GOOD part OF the arrangement - the
sharing of the profits by the players
themselves. The first $40 600 pfGll
Will go into pr'Zes to BE- DIVIDED o'-
|toeon the clubs - COO % the hrst
clnb 20 j0Otothe second : 900 to the
hird and 80 eco 10 the fourth. ihe
first $4,000 goes to the capitalists. ana
the next 20 the players, after winch an
the Profits are equally divided up among
all concerned.
qbe league owners of to-day say they
will fgnl and wn. tut they have no
idea of the scope al the movement ana
when the matter comes Go AN issue tney
,riil Gnd them-elves deserted by all ihe
hest nla,or- in an the clubs. II VIII be
flint and b. will he 81 hand one. out
IL seem. to me that the players cannot
help but win. The people are Win
them first. lat ami an the time. Ger
nin # Is that there will be- better bali
nla,ing. and better ball players.
stlLyAN's FAILURE TO SHOW rr.
Tine failure of Sullivan to show up IN
BROOKLYN ON Monday night. when q
monster entertainment nad oeeh AZ
RANGED by Charley Johnston, is severe
1, condemned by every body mere.
Johnston has always been Sullivan b
best friend. aud after all the arrange
m nts had been made and the crowd
hal gathered to sec The champion, ne
ftiiei to materializa. and Johnston lost
Iap5f of money. lie would not open
|nn and give "a bah show ANA excuse the
bic fellow. Sullivan VAS drunk IN
B,.tDn. when he should have been DO
Rr0okhn attending % business lie
reached New Yorl, on Thursday night
as sober a. q hiiching post. and twice
la. ragged. so far as his voice was con-
cerned.
Tie big fellow excuses himseli ana
his bad break in not showing up by re-
marking that he has made mistake
that an biz men make mistakes az some
p0int ina their lives This. he says. Is
Inc second mistake boz has made since
he began sparrirg IN 1871. The first one
was when he showed up IN Madison
-ouare Garden i'm blissful state OF
hilarious iuf0xicatlCn and M such bad
condition that be could not meet Char
ley Mitchell. who was % spar with him.
Mitchell. remember. made hard kick
and SAIL 40 the time that be- could WHIP
lle champion iu ring fight.
Just how the matter of last Mon
dav hasco was fixed up with Charley
Johnston no one knows. bat tHc cham.
pion was In a better frame Of mind
when he left town than he was when
he got off the train IN the Grand Cen
tral depot Thursday. They do say.
though. that Johnston gave him tht
haroest talking % that be ever got OF
ever expects % get. aud that bis backel
and friend did not miuce matters ~
any way. hut va ked over him rough
snoi and made bis words just as harsh
aud cruel as lac knew how TO. aud
that be completely broke the big fellow
all 20 pieces. Sulliyan's combination
Omen, in Syracuse on Monday.
THE wARBEN-MURPHY FAKE.
The California Athletic Club received
black eye the ether night, wher
Tommy Warren aud Frank Murphy