The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03
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The base hall TRUST, originated ~ the
leaaue managers and club owncrs much
trouble next season. So fnr u has mot
spread 20 the association, chiefly for the
reason that there ID no players brother
hood In the organization, hst IL the scheme
is . 90 I'm the league II In sure To be
adopted.
The new organization 10 In he called the
United Business Association. and In to be
made up Of BROOKLYN, Buffalo, Chicago,
New York, Boston, PittsburR, Cleveland
and Philadelphia. The indianapolis
seam in IN be transferred to Brooklyn,
where, IL IL said. the association In un-
popular, and the Washington club IL to
Deacon White and Jack Rowe
ARE to he the high moguls there.
In each city local capitalists are To op-
crate the teams formed and placed there
by the brotherhood, giving u bond of s25,-
tile work. Albert L. johnson is the Cieve-
land capitalist. and his active participa-
tion i'm the deal as a missionary caused
him to he mistaken for its national head.
II has no national head at this time out
side OF the officers of the brotherhood.
The association's officials are tn be
elected this fall.
The players are guaranteed their salars
les at the 1853 rate for 1880 and "a share of
Tire rofits All expenses and receipts are
20 he pooled for the general benefit, and
gate receipts divided equally between the
|, The first $4,000 profit. is to go into
prizes to be distributed among the clubs
an playing prizes. 5000 to first, $3.50 to
OF the first $4,000 after this $4,000 goes
~ the capitalists, $1,000 to those of each
club. The next Sso,O0O goes to the play,
ers and all the profits are pooled half and
half. Each player shares equally with the
others. .
Each club is TO he governed ny a board
made nm nf eight men. fnllr SnnifnliStS
and four players, end the main body by N
senate of sixteen, each club having two
other a capitalists. Each club Is stocked
for $2O,OOO, half Of which can be held by
the players. The $4,000 is in 200 shares
. of S1OO each. No known gamblers are al
lowed tn hold stock. OF course the classi-
ficatiou and the reserve rules GO with the
present management, hut the 1889 or
classification figures are taken as the
basis for 1880.
The association is to make and sell its
the fabric as Il stands to-day has been
done at Cleveland this summer. A. l..
Capsain F Fass Of the CieveIands has been peen
in with il. So has John Ward and Tim
keefe. Johnson's room. near the Hollen-
vous. Attorney L. A. Russell, Johnson's
iIaTyer, drew up most OF the paper;
league club and signed by the players.
Every group but those in Washington
nave signed the agreement. Arson,
BURNS ana S1ll1nnlSOn nave nOt SlKneu
the Chicago agreement.
Among the players who are already on
the association's books as s~tockholders
Broushers and ClarEson. boston thinner
and Faatz, Clevcland; Rowe, White and
hysss; BufE R Iii, Dunlap ,H ? a., AND hanlcn;
players may have signed the agreement.
Cleveland was the first tai %connplete it's
and their plan is to engage Tom LOTUS to
manage them. Competent. men will be
engaged at various other points.
In q recent interview President Nick
.Do YOU believe there viii be a fight be-
tween the players and the league" was
"Frankly, I do not. I do not believe the
men will enter into any combination like
should IL would no, affect the stability Of
the league. There will be a league next
s .rnsss W, wh SanSr.d dhe as un me% go or n nSs.
ers throughout the country who would
form the clubs, and make the p%ennant
"But would not the public p~atronize the
old favoritess no matter what association
.The public would undoubtedly go to
see n best ball playing" was the eau
tions and DIPLOMATIC answer OF Mr..
ment would have the right to say which
they would p~atronize. IL would, or might,
resolve itself into a fight for existence,
mission price would present itself. Let
me tell you, although there seems to he
plenty of money behind this scheme that
there would not he such immense
dividends to pay as it's promoters antici-
pate. In that event, how long would they
continue to put their hands i'm their peck
cts? The old union trouble il hardly a
parallel case; for i'm that only n few of the
men left, but IL the published accounts oi
this plan are true It Involves all. In that
ease there would be no other resort left
the league but to fight them. The league
would rave in such u fight brains behind
il, plenty of money, and what is more es'
sential than all, years of experience. But
as 1 said before, i don't believe there will
he q RUPTURE. The league committee, con,
sisting Of Mcssrs. Day, Spaiding and
committee from the brotherhood some
time before the annual meeting of the
league i'm November. At that meeting
believe all differences will he satisfactori
ly adjnsted."
at Work.