St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-12
GOOD ENOUGH FOR ALL
Big and Little Base Ball Mag
mates IndcPse the Nation
al Agreement.
Players Reserved by the De-
funet st. Joe Club Given
Their Liberty.
Nike Kelly Said to Be Ready
to Sign a League Con-
tract.
Senator Stanford Sells His
Senator Stanford Sells His
Phenomenal TrotteP to
Robert Bonner.

Howe. of the Cleveland club; j. Palmer
O'NeiH. ". A. Nimck and c. ScOndrett,
Of the PittSburgS; a. J. Reach and j. L.
Rogers. of the PhIladelphias; Walter +.
Hewett, of the Washingtons; A. G.
Spalding and A. c. Arson, of the Chi
Cages; W. Brush, of the indianapolis;
John D. Day, of the New YOrkS, and
Billings. Conant and Seeley, of the BOS-
tons. OF the International ASSOCIATION,
President Dickinson. OF Syracuse; r.
7. Powers, of the ROchesterS; Manae er
Leadlev, of the DeuoitS; President
Dixon. of the Hamilton. Ont, club, and
W. FesSenden. of the London. For the
Atlantic association, J. j. Schumacher.
OF the NewarkS; a. W. Lang. OF the
HartfOrdS. and j. Nj. Braden, the preSi-
dent of the organization. For the West
ern league, President }. Mccormick
and Samuel q. Morton, of the Minneap-
oils. There was also a large number of
association men on hand. The business
of the week opened at 10 o'clock with a
meeting of
THE BOARD OF ARBITRATION.
After the board had transacted its
routine business. the delegates from the
minor leagues were invited to the meet
ing for a conference. The board of ar
duration took a recess at O'Clock. The
morning session was spent in confer
ence with the representatives of the
minor leagues upon the questions of
their rights. The delegates expressed
entire satisfaction with their past treat
ment, and the conference passed OF
smoothly. The board did not take an
other recess until 6 O'Clock. 1t had
been in session six hours, and during
that time had transacted considerable
business. The conference with refer
ence with the representatives OF the
minor leagues was for the purpose OF
aScertaining how well they liked the
National agreement of 1889, and if they
had any changes to suggest. The dele
gates expressed themselves as entirely
satisfied with the agreement, and did
not think it necessary TO make
small matters that were suggested.
One OF the minor league men
thought that $500 and $1,000 assess
ment for the right of reservation was a
trifle eXtravagant. but President Hach,
of the Minneapolis club, said that no
protest should be raised on this point,
as it was a great benefit to the Western
clubs. The next suggestion was that
the miner leagues be given the priyi-
lege OF
SUSPENDING A PLAYER
indefinitely, instead of for only season.
The league has occasion to have this
right. and the small clubs claim that
it is only lair that they should have it
also. After the conference ended Pres
ident Young and Secretary Byrne were
reelected for the ensuing year by
KTauthuff casting ballot for the board.
The first matter TO follow was the dis
pute of the Chicago and Omaha clubs of
the Western association for the services
of Nagle and COOney-Of the latter club.
Before the case was finally submitted
Spalding and Mccormick, the represent
atives of the clubs, held a conference
and agreed to settle the matter without
referring to the board. The board then
entertained complaints from several re-
served players Of the 81. Joe club. West
ern association. They asked to be re-
lieYed from the mandates nf the reserve
clause because the club had failed to
pay them their salaries. Secretary
Roche, of the association, said that it
was true that the club had
FAILED TO PAY ITS MEN
and that it had been dropped from the
membership roll of the association. A
resolution was then adopted releasing
all the reserved players of the club.
Col. Rogers moved to amend paragraph
a of article of tile national agree
ment so as 10 permit the making of con-
tracts for twelve months or term of
years, instead of seven months. After
discussion the board concluded that the
reservation clauses of the national
agreement and contracts made there
under i'm effect provided legal contract
fs,r n fGrO nf nndnr which fhn
rights of reServing club to the services
OF its reserved players were impregna-
bic and enfOreible in law and equity.
Col. Rogers then Withdrew his motion
and the board took recess to $50 p. m.
1t was near midnight when the board
of arbitration completed its lab0rS. At
the close of the session Secretary Byrne
announced that no material change had
been made in the national agreement.
There were several changes in the ar
ticleS Of qualified admission. The word
''blackIist'' has been eliminated and
''ineligible" substituted 1t was de-
cided to give the minor leagues the
power to
CONTROL AND RESERVE PLAYERS
the same as the National league and the
association; that is, when a player re-
fuses to sign contract the club can re-
serve him from year to year. He cam
not. however, be indefinitely sus-
pended. A rule was adopted prohibit
ing any minor league from playing a
game with any club in which are incl
igible PLAYERS. The annual dues for
the right of reservation will be the
same next year as last. During
the evening, while the board of arb-
tration was conduct ng its busi-
ness behind closed doors. Mike Kelly
came into the hotel. He was greeted by
Director SodeIl, of the Boston club, and
the two held an earnest consultation
for some fifteen minutes. That there
was something in the wind was evident,
and it was rum0red that Mike was ready
to sign league contract. but no one
could be found who would state posi-
lively that such was the fact. A. G.
Spalding spoke quite freely on the
brotherhood question tonight. He told
the whole story Of the difficulty. He
said that Ward came 10 his store
i'm Chicago in June and said that
the brotherhood wanted an imme-
diiate conference. liz answer to SDal-
ding's query, Ward said that first he
players demands modification of the
sale system; second the classification
rule abolished, and third that the league
the Cleveland catcher who was trans
ferred from the Detroits at a reduced
salary. Mr.. Spalding states that he
conferred with the other league direct
Ors, and as it was then in the middle of
the championship season, it was decided
that the requests of the brotherhood
were so trivial that the
MATTER COULD STAND OVER
until the regular fall meeting, The
brotherhood could not wait, said Mr..
Spaulding. and it struck. Mr. SpaIding
held that as the league had always
treated the players fairly, the action of
the brotherhood was entirely uncalled
for. The league had never held a Spe-
cial meeting in the middle of the cham
pfonship season. and it was deemed I'M
wise to do so then. Mr.. Spalding was
confident that the old players would
stick to the Chicago club, and he said
that those who did get out could easily
he replaced. He had no doubt but that
every player could be heln on this reSer-
walton law in all the courts in the laud.
Tomorrow the committee on playing