The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-02
LEAGUE BOSSES FISHING.
THEIR NETS sPRE4D no CATCH THE
MINOR LEAGUE GAME.

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MINOR LEAGUE GAME.
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The Expected Prey are Wary and VIII
Discuss the Bait-Gossip About Bowl
ers, Wheelmen and Football = Sport-
ing Notes.
The League magnates are disturbed.
They do not smile and murmur bluff
when the talk OF the players brother
hood is mentioned. They laughed at
first and referred to the iron clad agree
ment and reserve rule. 1t was all their
own way of course. Well, it is not so
much their own way now and they have
found it out Eminent lawyers have
closely studied that contract system and
have reached the conclusion that 1t is an
agreement that is not binding q the
players can safely break 1t.
The League syndicate realizes their
utter helplessness If the players revolt
and organize clubS of their own. The
people would go to see the games of the
star players and the League could not
get sufficient star talent to nable them
to compete with the Players Brother
hood. The League, however, is making
preparations for the fight If the stars
rebel. This is evident from the very
sweet invitation they have extended to
the delegates Of the minor leagues to
meet with them and have q pleasant talk
and transact some important business.
This is the first time that the League
magnates have bestowed SO much atten-
ton on the minor leagues. They have
given them protection under the League
agreement to avoid complications, but
have never shown any disposition to
clasp the hand of the representatives of
the smaller associations of clubs.
The minor league delegates are not to
be caught by f1attery. They know that
the league syndicate has some Interior
motive in this sudden exhibition of affec-
ton. and they will meet to guess what
the object of the magnates is, n make
preparations to avoid being entangled in
the meshes of the net that will be spread
to gather them in
/ saw Counsellor James N. Braden, of
this city, the president of the Atlantic
Association, this morning. He showed
me the very polite Invitation extended by
the Arbitration Committee of the Ma
tional League to meet them at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel on Monday, November II.
The same invitation had been sent to
the International, Western and other
leagues. The iSpalding-Day-Young com
bine have undoubtedly arranged Q plan
by which they can make O successful strug-
gle against the players Brotherhood and
prevent the latter from recruiting from
the ranks of the minor leagues as ball
players only last as stars for a decade Il
players must step in to fill the vacancies:
Thus they would kill the brotherhood
in a few years by closing the avenues
from which they obtain new talent.
The gentlemen of the minor leagues
being suspicious of the league magnates
who want about all there is to be had in
the shape of money for baseball playing,
have compared notes, and Counsellor
Braden has a letter inviting him to a con-
ference of the delegates who will repre-
sent the minor leagues at the conSulta-
ton with the National Leagues Com
mlttee.
Matters iu baseball circles are certainly
at skies and seyens, and next season there
will be a decidedly lively competition If
the league owners do not come down
from their high perch. They hate to be
brought down to the level of the players
IN q business sense. They have dictated
so long that it will be a bitter dose to
have to listen and aecede to terms of the
players. If they act as the monopolists
and autocrats hat they have been, and
think that capital will always win against
labor, they may discover that 1t win be an
instance where capital was defeated,
Let Them Break.
IT the National League bosses and the
Brotherhood Of Players do not effect a
compromise baseball viii have such a
QOdAl hCAu 0N1c0A w. ApeS RN~C%O
been witnessed. !.
1t will be a good thing for the national
game If there is a falling out OF the bosses
and players. Interest will be aroused and
people who now content themselves with
reading reports of games will go and see
the contests. 1t a compromise is not
arranged then that movement to estab-
fish a league in this State should be
Messrs. CLARK, Mccartin, shannon,
Cummings and the other baseball en-
thusiasts why not form q club and put it
good team can be found right here in
Hudson county. Fitzgerald, Shannon,
DAWN, Reilly, Cuff are the names OF u
few local players that can be secured.
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The Volunteers Slug Pins.
The Volunteers did great work at
Becker's alleys last evening. They are
practising for the League contests. and if
they keep up the record they made last
evening, they win come pretty close to
catching that League trophy and furn-
ishing the banquet. Il. Lusch distin-
guished himself. and he made q brilliant
attempt to excel Jack Smiths great
record. He succeeded i'll putting up 235.
The averages tell how well the teams
bowled. The average of all was 1917;
that of the winning team was 164 So; of
the defeated team 157 2-3, The score fol-
lows
TEAM No. T.. TEAM No. 2
p. Kaiser ...........15 A. Butchtenkirk /. las
L. Van Wrinkle, +. !. ITO A. Grabo...........l3 1873
r.. Gilbert. ,........1 66 y, Grabo ...........i62
&c, Humphrey. 1f9 j, Fulton. ...., -...,.1 1853
J.. Bntchtenklrk. u. 142 g. Lusch ~..,,.,... 1913
r. Roehner. ...... 137 ~. Gernant .....,.. 1d5
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Total ,.........9 1916 Total ......,. $50
WHIRL OF THE WHEELS.
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Gossip Abou the Hudson County Bicycle
Riders.
Mayor Cleveland has been invited to
deliver an address at the reception to be
given on November IS, by the Hudson
County Wheelmen to their lady frieuds.
DR.. Benedict and Mr.. J. J. Grifiiths will