The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-04
NEW BASEBALL DEAL.
THE REVOLT OF THE BROTHER.
HOOD OF PLAYERS.
Dimcaltie. which Confront rh,m -rh:
League. Msgnatss Will Continue In the
Redistribution SIalding Interviewed
Other Baseball Notes.

Difficulties Which Confront Thorn The
League Magmates Will Continue In the
Field-Presidem Spsl,ling Interviswcd-
Other Baseball Notes.
New York special.l
The much-talked-o scheme of the baseball
brotherhood to organize u combination OF clubs
in the prominent cities Of the country. In on.
position to the National League and its
laws. is q most serious undertaking to those di.
rectly concerned. A review of a former attempt
terest at this time, in that 1t has more or less In
common with the present baseball situation,
In the carly part of 1881 Henry ". Lucas, a
wealthy citizen of st. Louis, conceived the idea
Of breaking. up that bulwark of professional
baseball, the reserve rule. He considered the
rule merely = means of robling the players Of
and. notwithstanding the fact that 1t had been
fairly demonstratedlthat theG players interests
were as fully protected by the rule ~ were the
1t. He enlisted the evaporation of capitalists
III various cities nf the East and West and
set about to organize the Onion Association. OF
Justus Thorner. of Cincinna.i; H. III. Hender-
son. OF (hica ~; and Tin MnynaNe, OF Boston.
These formed the nucleus of the new Associ-
alton. and ono by one other cities were repre-
selted by similar enthusiasts until eight wero
in the field when the season opened. They wore
=. i W,.is CHI, Ghic1 %S;,a cinsinnati; and Al,o9na in
tngton. and Boston in the East. Mr.. Lucas WAS
tightingf fer Il principle, and, believing thai he
was improving the status of the ball
thereby, expected To inlu,z, most of the prom
inent professionals to ignore the reserve rule
and forsake the National League clubs, which
held them under bondage. When the trying
declined to accept the offers of the Union Asso-
citation. and preferred to remain under the bond
age where steady employment and good salaries
We're cGrtaintiGs.
OF all the players approached those who de.
serted the regular clubs can be counted on the
fingers OF ones two hands. The first one to
Irhuk Nj M tn thu ~nr-s.,. ~.N, ..-.
Tony MullRne. of the st. Louis Association club,
He accepted the offer of 50. 5UO a year from MIR.
Lucas md p~ockete,l ., 900 advance money. He
md nsaiii jumped his contract, this tine Joining
the Toledo Club, which was u member of the
american Association in that year. George
tho next to Yield tn the Establishments of Lucas,
and ono armed Hugh Daily soon followed suit.
Then Fred Dunlap. Clcvclard's grcat second
Hssemnn, seeded and signed y contract with
the 81. Louis Unions. Crane, of New York, WAS
the next t" yield, he going to Cincinnati. DO
what they could the Union officials could get no
Association clubs. and they had to nuke up
their teams with the uneiigagcd players then
on the market; And so tho season was started.
Pitcher Sweeney, OF the rrovidence
consequence that he WAS blacklistel. He then
people was made on Aug. 4. when tllcy induced
Mccormick. lBriody, and Glasscock, Of tho sue
cesstul Cleveland team, to desert to Cincinnati.
SO much for the players. And now for the sue
cess of the clubs. of the eight TINT lngan the
season i'll April only five lasted to The finish.
After six weeks struggling the Altoona Club
gave ~. and OH May 81 Kansas City took its
place. The keystones. of Philadelphia, dis
banded early in August. and Wilmington was
induced to desert tlle Eastern League and fill
tho vacancy. The Wilmingtons did not last
long, and they i'll turn gave way to the Milwau.
KEGS on Sept. IL. Tho Chicago Club auit in
August, and transferred its PLAYERS to Pitts
burgh; but there, too, no success WAS made.
and they disLnnded Sept. 10. st. Paul, the Ia st
remnant of tho defunct Northwestern League.
finished out the season in pittsblrgh's pl1ce.
Such is the eventful record OF the first and
only season of the Union Association. Every
club lost money, md the leader, MIR. Lucas.
sank u small fortune. When tho lime for Tho
second annual meeting came around no Eastern
club WIS represented. An adjournment was
taken until Jan. IL, 1885. On that day only two
clubs appeared. and they formally disbanded
the Union Association. 1hc st. Louis club was
subsequently admitted to membership in the
National League and tile other Western clubs
called n meeting for forming a new association.
which proved to he the Western League, organ.
lied under the national agreement. Tho last
chapter i'll the story was the qualified rein
statement of the deserters, Dunlap, Glasscock,
Mccormick, and Brioiy by the Nation League,
A strong opposition existed 10 ii, notably that
of President A. q. Mills. When tho men were
finally restored to tho ranks of the League, Mr..
Mills resigned the Presidency, md has not been
prominently connected with tho national game