The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-08
.THE BASH BALL MHHTING,
The "PIsyers' National League
is Still in Embryo,
NOT YET AN ORGANIZATION,
What Has Been Done at the conven'
,tlon in New York by the Brother,
hood -AWother Meeting In
JanuSry,.National League,

New YoRK, Nov, 7,-The NatIona
Base Ball Players Conference was con
tinued at the Fifth Avenue Hotel to-day
All the delegates were present, Johr
NJ, Ward said that the principal business
to be transacted to-day was receiving
the report OF the common players con,
tracts aud appointment Of committees
on permanent organization, rules and
schedule. ], Palmer 0'Nsill, who is In
terested In the Pittsburgh club, spoke
dispairingly OF the new league, He said
there wers any number Of young play
ers anxious 70 get chance to enter the
old league who were in every way equal
10 the players at present before the pub
lie, He said the Brotherhood over.esti-
mated the amount OF money made In
base ball. The Pittsburgh club, he
added, made no money for years. Out
side OF New York and Boston he BE-
lieved very few Ot the clubs did.
1t was said In tue corridors OF the Fifth
Avenue Hotel this morning that the
players were not meeting with the
hearty cooperation expected, Tele-
grams were sent to Clarkson aud Rad,
bourne at Boston yesterday asking them
to take some stock In the Players Nation.
al League. Neither made any reply.
al johnson, who has been actlng as
temporary President, would undoubted.
ly have been elected permanently to the
position had he not stated that his bust.
ness interests would not permit hun to
accept. John Morrill, is spoken Of a.
the most likely person to be elected
President.
At2:15 the convention took recess,
and John Morrill, announced that tue
contract formed had been agreed upon
and players signed for three years, satis-
factory 10 both capitalists aud players.
The contract Ia virtually the samu us this
old league contract, with the exception
that the reserve clause was stricken out,
and the one on term OF selvlCe provides
for from one to three years.
During the session OF the Brotherhood
this morning II leaked out that the agree.
ment on the scope and plan OF the new
league which was signed some tlme ago
by all the players and capitalists, have
been entirely changed, aud In TACT a new
agreement drawn up, THIS change was
lone, 1t 10 said, by the advice or eminent
lawyers outside the movement, who
thought the frat agreement favored too
liuch Of trust corporation.
A later dispatch says; The players
National League is still in eubryo. The
meeting OF tue brotherhood Of ball play
.rs, which has been in session ut the |
Filth Avenue Hotel since Monday, ad.
burned tonight until January 7th with.
)ut making permanent organization oil |
.he new League. The first thing done
It the meeting was the adoption OF the
form. 1t was stated that the
reserve clause had been eliminated anu |
hat the term OF service had been In.
creased FROM QUE TO three years, The
contract was not exhibited and all who
inquired where 1t was Were informed
hat at had gone N the printers"
The final agreement, which was sign.
ed by the players some time ago, under
went considerable change, II was do.
,ided that every club should he run on |
ts own basis and tLiRt u club could Issue
so, 900 or 500, ,0U0 worth OF stock US il |
.aW lit. No club should be responsible
for the losses oi another.
A most important change was that.
which provided.a division oil 80 per cent
II tho gate and stand receipts. In the
Did league the visiting clubs always got
The small end Of tue horn, while un.
ler this new arrangement the clubs,
Visiting or at home, will share
aud share alike.
1t was decided that the prize money,
go, 0,0U0, should be raised by a tax oi
$500 on each club and that $1,000
snUuld 20 10 the club finishing tirst in
the championship race aud the rest
divided among the others in pro-
portion.
On Monday the Board Of Directors Of |
The National League eI base ball clubs
will meet at tho Fifth Avenue Hotel,
and on Wednesday next the annual
Of that organization will be
neld. The Association meeting will
also be held on Wednesday. 1t is said |
by some who are well informed GU Ma.
.lonal League matters that no attention
whatever will be paid TO the action Of |
he brotherhood and that business OF
he convention will be transacted as
before.