The Portland daily press., 1889-09-23
WILL PLAY ON THEIR OWN ACCOUNT.
The Ball Tossers' Little Came With
the Old Associations.
Saturdays Races at saco-other
News From Maine Fairs.
Sporting Intelligence from Ball Field,
Race Track and Elsewhere.

CHICAGO, September pa morning paper
says of the new base ball proprietorship:
The transfer work is to be done by the
Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball
Players; John NJ. Ward, president; Dennis
Brouthers, vice president; Timothy J.
Keefe, the New York pitcher, secretary.
Most of the details have been arranged to be
carried out after the end Of present playing
season and before the beginning of 1890. Every
man In the league clubs Of 1889, with the ex-
ception Of half dozen, among which An
son, Williamson and Burns are notable ex-
amples, is member of the Brotherhood and
sworn to stand by the new scheme The
new organization will be known as the
United Business Association, and will be
made up of eight clubs, Boston, New York,
Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Cleye-
land, Buffalo and Chicago. In each city
local capitalists are to operate teams formed
and placed there by the Brotherhood. The
new association has no national head outside
of the officers Of the Brotherhood.
Players are guaranteed salaries at 1889
rates for 1890, and share of the profits. All
expenses and receipts are to be pooled for
the general benefit, and the gate receipts
divided equally between the clubs. Each
player shares equally with the others. Each
cluD Is 10 DC RONtIu6u Dy uOdtu uidu6 up Ol
eight men, four being capitalists. The main
body is to be governed by senate of 16,each
club having two representatives, one player
and one capitalist. Each club is stocked for
$4,000, half of which can be had by the
players in 200 shares of 500. This list
shows the magnitude Of the scheme and the
class Of men in it:
New York--Hugh Grant, Mayor; c. Van Cott,
postmaster; uptown grounds in view.
:, Cleveland-A. L. johnson; grounds on Brooklyn
Brooklyn-Street railroad company and State
senator associated with johnson; grounds Sc
cured
hands.
Pittsburg Local capitalists; Exposition PARK
Boston Unknown; work completed.
Philadelphia-Adam Forepaugh, Hamilton Dus-
&c @ Of fTa4e men, friends of Pfe
fer; counts on securing Black Stocking Park.
Among the players on the books as stock
holders are Keefe and Ward of New York,
Brouthers and Clarkson Of Boston, thinner
and Faatz of Cleveland. Rowe, White and
Myers of Buffalo, Dunlap and Hanlon of
Pittsburg. The men figure 1t will be to their
interest to manage for themselves. A man S
interest in the Association will be continued
as long as he Is a member. For bad work he
will be released and his share turned over TO
his successor. A structure to last forever is
to be reared by the Brotherhood.
BosToN, September 21.-The Globe says in
regard to the cooperative base ball scheme
to be inaugurated by the Brotherhood Of
Base Ball Players, that its success in this city
is an assured fact. John Morrill,, who is the
agent of the projectors scheme, has found
plenty of support, and has gone so far as to
select grounds for the Boston club. Their
exact location is not made public for various
reasons. Not only has John Morrill, been
working up the movement here, but he will
a stockholder. Among others on the list
with him are Geo. w. Wright, General Dix
we'll and John Hart. stockholder in the old
club. George Wright is enthusiastic over
the proposed scheme, and says it has pro-
gressed so far now that knowledge of the
facts cannot injure its success.