Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-10-19
PEACE FAR AWAY.
The Warning Baseball Men Un-
able to Compromise.
THE NAME A BONE OF CONTENTION

he No One Knows.
Will the warning baseball capitalists be
able to negotiate a deal Of consolidation or
a treaty OF peacei That Is the most i'm
portant question now interesting the
friends of the great national game.
The capitalists have held two conferences.
brought about by the public demand for
! peace and the diplomacy Of Allen Thur
man, Jr. The result Is an srmistice until
Oct. %. during which time all parties
agree to keep their hands of each others
players. Meanwhile an attempt will be
made by the clubs Of some Of the cities to
arrange a plan for local consolidation, and
the conferrees OF the three major leagues
will meet again on Oct. g.
This is the situation ~ given out to the
public. Underneath the surface | regret
to record the situation is not SO favorable.
The capitalists on all sides are very de-
sirous, with a few exceptions, Of a COM
promise. or course the American associ-
alton conferrees do not figure extensively
in the settlement. They take part. but
they are ready, and perforce willing, to
agree to any deal that can be engineered to
the satisfaction Of the two big leagues.
The trouble in AN early solution of the diff.
culties seems to he in the disposition Of
each Of the high comforting parties to get
the best end Of the deal. Each side ap-
pears to desire TO have the public think that
It practically absorbed the. other. The
principal snag occurred on the question OF
a name for the leading organization Of the
two big league, into which it Is proposed
to divide the three existing associations.
speak adrisedly about this point be
cause | know pretty well what took place
at the second conference in regard TO it.
Other matters were discussed. and every.
thing seemed to be going smoothly when
the question Of name Nime up The Play
ers' league delegates said that they were
willing 10 give up their nane if the Ma
tional league would do the same. The Ma
Monal league men said nothing at first.
Then Mr.. Thurman made an eloquent plea,
in which he argued that IL tine American
association was willing to give up n name
that they had held for nine years the Play,
ers' league should he willing to give up one
they had only exploited Tor "a year, and
much more to the same purpose lie con-
tended that the National l~etsIr was "A
name which had the prestige of fourteen
years, and that it should stand
Nj. Spluing IA precise terms stated that
the National league would not consent to
abandon its name. and Mr.. johnson quite
as precisely announced that his side would
never agree 10 be absorbed into u new or.
ganization which should lie called the Ma
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matum tie conference might as well end
right there. Then there was "a silence in
the room which lasted fully ten minutes
1t was finally broken by Mr. Thurman,
who suggested that IL be called the United
National league, but Mr.. johnson said no.
Then the United league was suggested by
some one, but the National league dele.
gates remained silent. Then the matter
was laid aside, and the discussion was con.
tinued on the other details of the proposed
deal. How far they got, and exactly how
well they agreed on them, Is not known alb
solutely. beyond the armistice already re.
ferred TO and the fact OF adjournment TO
Oct. -
Some Of the things suggested and agreed
upon may he outlined by putting two and
two together. 1t was generally settled
that there should be but one club in Pitts.
burg, Cleveland, New York and Brooklyn,
and that the only cities that could stand two
clubs were Chicago, Boston and Philadel-
phia. | understand from good authority
that the two circuits suggested and dis
cussed Were rs follows.
National League-New York, Brooklyn,
PHILADELPHIA and Boston in the east: Chi
cago, Pittsburg. Cincinnati aud Cleveland
in the west.
Association Boston, Philadelphia, Bal
timore and Washington In the east: Chi
cago, St. Louis. Louisville and Columbus
In the west.
IL is easy to see that an immense amount
OF negotiation will BE- necessary 10 agree
to such circuits or "A modification of
them. There Is no doubt that consolida.
tion in New York and Brooklyn will be
easy. but in Cleveland and Pittsburg It
will be a hard matter TO adjust things.
There is sure to be a kick, and a terrific
one, against such n scheme by the Boston,
which under 1t would be practically frozen
out Of the principal league. A considera-
ton of n scheme such as | have outlined
will show how difficult it will be to arrange
any kind Of a deal that will satisfy all
conflicting interests. IL may be stated that
whatever five clubs agree to do in the Play.
ers' league the other three will be obliged
TO submit to.
This is practically what the +. l.. con
ferrees are reported to have said at the first
conference. As regards the name Of the
leading organization, from what | can
learn | am satisfied hat neither side will
yield IL any reliance is to be placed upon
the statements Of the maynates. IL is TO
he hoped, for the sake Of the best interests
Of the game, some way out Of the dilemma
may he found, but at present the indica.
tons are that IL the Players league insist
that the National league shall abandon its
name there will he no consolidation or deal
consummated. Albert l.. johnson, one Of
the Players league conference committee,
said to me most emphatically that he and
his associates would never agree to call
the new organization the National league.
w l. HARRIS.