New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-30
BUSY BASEBALL MEN.
A BIG REPRESENTATION IN SESSION.
WORK OF THE ARBITRATION CoMMITTEE-RE-
PORTS ADoPTED-sETTLING DIFFERENCEa

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| PORTS ADoPTED-sETTLING DIFFERENCES
| The baseball interests Of the country more
generally represented at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yes
terday perhaps than at any other meeting held
League, American Association and minor league club
! owners from all Uncle Sans domain were pres
ent. The morning session given up 10 meeting
of the Board of Arbitration and the afternoon to a
conference of the League After the morning session
the American Association delegates withdrew to the
Grand Central Hotel where a secret conference was
held. Plans were arranged for general meeting OF
| the Association to be held to-day.
The Negotiating Committee, Day, Byrne and Rog
ers, presented its report, which was adopted. II
TO the effect that the committee had applications
from players TO the number of 300 and that number
had been signed by the League clubs. Any club wish
ing of these players will have TO apply to n E.
Young.
The special Committee on Law reported that suits
in equty had been begun in New-York and Pha-
delphia to restrain certain players from playing
with any but their respective clubs for $780, and that
in the of John NJ. Ward, while Judge Morgan J.
| O'Brien held that no urgency appeared that would
warrant temporary Injunction he most unequivocay
decided the main construction in favor Of the Leagues
claim that the eighteenth paragraph Of the players
contract of 1850 gave each club an option the
players services for the Of 1890. The com
mittee recommended that suits in equity be started
| in every State and Federal court In the United
states where 1t might be necessary to obtain proper
Jurisdiction to restrain League players who were bound
or reserved by contracts. This report was accepted
and adoted.
The Board Of Arbitration considered the open war
between the Athletic Association and the New Eng
land League and decided in favor of the New England
League, and the seceders allowed to retain their
players and receive full protection
The delegates TO the Board were y. f. Young,
John l. Rogers and John B. Day for the League, and
W. II. Whitaker, c. Won der Abe and John J. ONelll
for the American Association. "Zach' Phelps was
elected secretary in place of c. II. Byrne, resigned.
The Board laid great stress upon Paragraph Of the
National Agreement, which will be strictly enforced
This rule prohibits any club from playing against any
Of the Players League teams, or against any cIub
employing an ineligible player
The complaints of players against clubs were many
and varied The Des Moines club protested against
the signing of Cody by the Cleveland League CUB
The Board decided that Cleveland was entitled TO the
uIayer c. f. Swartwood, formerly captain OF the
Brooklyn club, complained that the Hamilton cup
owed him one-han of his salary for last year The
Board granted SwartwOod his release. and gave the
Hamilton club ten days in which TO make a de1ence'
There was lively discussion going on among the
baseball men in regard to the League circuit lor inc
coming season. Boston would like TO see "ashlhSVoh
and Indianapolis retire and have the League COM,
nosed of eight climbs Detroit and Baltimore would
lie to enter and make the circuit twelvecHp one;
The NewYork club is negotiating with Michael c
Leblanc first baseman Of the Buffalo club OF laSl wear
John NJ Ward was present in the cOrrldOrs during
The League meets again at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
to-day. .. .,o ,,otrono1tan
George F. Duysters representing the hetTOPoDu i
Fxbihition Company, went before Judge q brleh III
the supreme Court yesterday and settled tRe GSco
of the baseball decision of the day before EA-SuGso
Henry f. Rowland appeared for Ward me quesiiloai
of the trial then up and Judge OHpen m f6e
10 have the case put the day calendar 81 Ine e
Snecial Term at once Ex-JudGe Howland salu Iha'
he did not think he could try the case before feo
rnarY s.