Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-08
nprc1I1. rrL1eRAn 70 THE prsrArcH.y

NEW YORK. November THE Baseball
Players League held another sll-day session
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel to-day. The
BOYS do not turn up at the place of meeting
very early in the morning. They came
strolling into the hotel singly and in pairs,
in the most leisurelY and sristocratic man.
ner. In appearance they are fne-looking,
well-dressed body of men. The business of
the day consisted in hearing the report of the
Committee on Players Contracts and the ap-
poinTment of a committee on permanent organ
ization. After this business was disposed of a
committee on rules was to have been selected,
also committee on schedule.
THE PLAYERS SATISFIED.
The Committee on the Contract, after wor k
ing some Il hours, presented their report at 2
O'Clock and it was accepted. The new contract
calls for three years service at an increase of
salary over what the men received in the Ma
tionaI League. In fact. the players say they
got even more than they asked for. After this
the fight for officers began. Al johnson, it is
said, would remain the President for
the time being, while John Morrill, is spoken of
as the Permanent President. The fight for the
Secretaryship took up the whole afternoon
Harry Wright and Frank BruwelI were the
only men mentioned for this position, and, if
anything, the latter had the call.
A NEW AGREEMENT.
new agreement has also been drawn up,
different from anything that has heretofore
been presented to the public. 1t is said to be
model of its kind. 1t was drawn up under the
direction of able lawyers not connected with
the Brotherhood
The old rumOr about large sums of money to
back the Brotherhood is still flying around, but
as yet no money is in sight Still it is time
enough for that 1t is said that a telegram was
sent to Radbourne, Of the Boston club, asking
how much stock he would take. 1t was under
stood that he had expressed a willingness to
take 5000 worth. No answer was received to
the telegram. A telegram containing practi-
cally the same question was also sent to Clark
son. but it elected no reply.
The four days meeting came to an end at $50
o'clock. The election of Secretary was not &C
complished although it was said that the fol-
lowing vote was cast: Chicago. 2; Cleveland, 2;
Buffalo, 2; Pittsburg, 2; New York. / in favor
Of Bruunell. Harry Wright got votes from
Philadelphia, from Boston and from New
York, but as twO-thirds vote was needed to
elect, II was decided to lay over the election of
officers until the next meeting, which will take
place on January
NO LIMIT FOR STOCK.
Judge Brown decided that permanent officers
could not be elected until the organization had
been incorporated. In the meanwhile Al John
son will act as President and John Ward as
Secretary. The latter will receive all bids for
supplies.
In speaking of the new agreement which has
been adopted, John Morrill, said that there
would be equal division of gate receipts be-
tween the home and visiting clubs Each club
will be assessed s., 500 toward prizes. A club is
not bound to the $4,000 limit. as in the first
agreement and il can take all the stock it
wants. There will be assistance by one club
to another, and every club will be compelled to
stand on its own footing The moneys taken in
by each cluD will first go toward expenses
after that the first $4,000 will 90 to the club
managers, the next $4,000 to the players, and
after that the money will be divided equally.
The following were appointed a committee to
draw up constitution and arrange all the
preliminaries of permanent organization:
Colonel McAlpin, John Addison, Henry Love
Al johnson and Ed Hanlon.