New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-24
COLONEL MALPIN'S Defence.
HE REPUDIATES THE CHARGE OF TREACII-
cry.
CONSIDERABLY MIsoUoTED DURING HIS RECENT
TOUR IN TIE WEST.

CONSIDERABLY MlSQuOIf-D DUflNH Hlo hEOENi
TOUR IN. THE WEST.
Colonel f. A. McAlpn, the ex-president OF the de-
fnnct Players League arrived in tire city on satur-
day, after an extended tour through the West. lie
went West for and TO escape from vexatous worry
entaed by the baseball war. He was thoroughly SICK
OF baseball and tried to escape talking upon the sub
ect but was hunted up In nearly every city and was
made to say some peculiar things. which are entirely
foreign to his thoughts and disposition
Il went away for rest" said he yesterday, "but l
had no idea what nooriety one gets when connecuea
with baseball until l arrived at the West. tried 10
evade them, but the reporters followed me every
where, and invaded my rooms in the hotel some
OF those interviews did both myself and my friends
great Injustice Ny words were, probably uninten-
tionay miscOnstr1led. In an interview in st. LOUIS
did saw that there had been traitors in the Players
League but did not imply that the traitors were con-
nected with the New-YOrk or Brooklyn cIups as was
telegraphed all over the country
"When | referred to traitors, l did not mean the
Players conference committee, Messrs. Ialcot' "oo
win and Johnson Such an insinuation certainly does
those gentlemen a great injustice. The IDEA Oh
charging the New-York Players club with Delhg
traitors is preposerous. 1t was one OF the last 10
think or talk Of consolidation. III the Other CLUBS
had been as loyal and as financially WILING d uie
local team TO meet the ISSUE the Players League WON"
not be in such deplorabe condition to-day. Ihere
were some men in that fiaSers League WI" ~
small-very, ver- small . -
Co,oreI NcAInin was requested TO give the true
ipvardness OF that Pttsburg meeting about when
so MANY conflicting reports have been crculate"'
That meeting was the crisis in the anairS vi l'e
brotherhood League and really the beginning oil
its end.
81 went to Pittsburg In good faith, and was pre-
pared to stand by the Players League Win as hiuc'
frmness and LOYALTY as anybody else. l was sur
tha
other delegates. l had associated on the fnendiest
terms with these men all the year, yet scarcely
any body spoke to me when l entered Their con
ference They looked at the ceiling and out OF Tie
window and / never was so mystlhed III my Ill.,
I could not have been treated with less courtesy
II had been condemned criminal.
"Seeing how matters stood, told them mat mao
leen entirely sincere in all my dealings with the
PLAYERS, League and | pointed to the past record oil
myself and to that OF the Newiork Players Club
I, substantiate my statement They seemed to think
mr. tried TO give that impression, that our clnb mao
poven traitors to the cause, and sold out to the
National League i told them that the rival CLUB
I'm New-York could be consolidated on a thoroughly
equitable and satisfactory basis. but that as yet ho'
ING definite had been done and no papers had beri
signed This had been the condition OF affairs wieI
| left NewYork.
Later In the day F. B. Robinson, of our club
arrived and told me that the papers had been signed
and that the rival clubs in New York were as good a.
one organization. This Information l reported tt
The delegates and then offered the necessary resig
nanons The Pittsburg club had also resigned, and
the representatives OF the other six clubs were tot
agitated TO think of further work or anything else
nominated Mr.. Prince, Of Boston, for the presi
dency, and after he was elected the meeting brok'
up In some disorder.
The word traitor handled rather easily. and
l. Of course, defended my position and that OF mi
friends. ! told them that there had been one club
trying to save themselves before the New-iorl
Play ers' Club had taken any steps toward consodat
ing with the rival League club l charged those
clubs with tric1ery and deceit, ard dared them e
contradict my statements. OF course they did mol
do II. They could not do it. 900 49,,
ders and presided at political meetings OF some
importance, but that meeting at ttsburg was the mos
trying of my life hard wa na s W whom by men ha ar worked
for year ] determined never to let them have an
other chance to snub me, and they never Will,
THE idea Of those people calling us traitors
dared them to press or try to prove the charge
showed them that foolish legislation had ruined mem
but that they were not enough to Acknowledges
their mistakes. | showed them that when confer
ence with the National League was tist suggested ule
Players League was strong, and was July aoie " HAN
tain It's position"
Colonel McAlpin, like other sensible men connected
with baseball, believes that the whole oaseDaI war
body but for the stand taken by the players when
demanded representation on the conference comieioo
That caused the first feeling of distust IN the
ton internal discussions 1ouowco' anu aii o"' "N
II has been reported that Talcott had told spalding
o COMMITTEES Mr. TalcStt was yesterday, and
he denied this charge being as unjust am -. 90
had been those which cae "a. While lie had said
nothing he had felt that If the plsyers ior ecu ac
selves on the committee all nego'aHohS e ot , Inc
woult he brought TO an abrupt end lie Knew ,ha VIZ
National League would never receive deegati1h from
the brotherhood The Boston ana pns sn ;n , ZAP
alists were the TO support the PaSers III "ei'
efforts 10 get OH the committee