Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-13

The Clubs OF the Piayers' League Seek
ing Consolidation.

RUNNING TO COVER.
The Clubs OF the Players League Seek
ing Consolidation.
The base ball war il practically over. The
New York, Brooklyn and Pitssburg clubs have
agreed upon terms and consolidated aud Chi
cago club has offered to sell out This leaves
the Boston, Philadeiphia and Cleveland clubs
In the lurch. It il barely possible that these
clubs will continue next season In another
organization, but this rests entirely with the
| old nagnates The dissemination Of The capt.
talists in the New York Players League Club to
consolidate was the entering wedge that split
| the Players League. Once started there Was .
rush to cover. AL Johnson and Prince
OF Boston were the only ones who
held out for consolidating the two
! leagues. Through the influence Of the New
Workers the various clubs began negotiations
| on . basis of club consolidation instead of
league consolidation. As consequence those
clubs that could not arrange articles Of CONSOLE
| dation like the Bostons. Cievelands and Cincin-
| now at the mercy Of the National League,
which will not treat With the conference COM
mittee appointed by the players. Such men a.
Kelly, Ewing, Keefe, Richardson and Hanlon
will be taken back into the league fold, but
| there will doubtless be many brotherhood men
without job next season.
TWAS fatal mistake for the Players League
TO insist upon the players being represented at
the late conference with the National League
| and American Association. II broke OF all
negotiations for peace on q basis of league con-
solidation when compromise would certainly
have been effected Compromise Ia impossible
now. 1t will be . surrender.
NIKE KELLY's PRUDENCE.
Tho players are already beginning . stam-
pede back TO the National League magnates.
Those who are COPING are doing it quietly.
They realize that the Jig is up. Last night
Mike Kelly had secret talk with A. G. Spald-
ing. Kelly sees how things are and IL DESTROYS
around the side entrance of the Fifth Avenue, hid
in the darkness, until the meeting of the league
was over. He sent word to A. G. Spslding that
he wished to nee him, and soon 40 possible.
Spoiding, with his Characteristic way Of max
ing himself invisible, was away before anybody
realized it
THE CONSOLIDATED GIANTS.
Now that the New York Club has formally
resigned from the Players League the two
New York clubs are consolidated. Ewing will
make mp the team, and a. IL stands at present
it will be ~ follows: Pitchers-Keefs, Welsh,
husie, Sharrott, j. Ewing. Catchers-Ewing,
Buckley, Clark. Brown and Murphy. Infeld-
ers-Connor. Richardson, Glasscock, Denny
and Whitney. Outfelders-Tiernan, Slattery,
to Boston, while the Philadelphia (N.L.) club
has a line out for Whistler.
The following list of officers of the club are
slated: President, John B. Day; vice president,
T. b. Talcott; secretary, T. H. Robinson; treas
urer. Arthur H. Bell; manager, James Mutrie;
captain and field manager, William Ewing; di-
rectors Z. A. McAlpin, J. B. Day. E. B. Tai
cott +. II. Robinson, G. T. Dillingham; and
Joseph Gordon.
This will give the National and Players
League hackers an equal representation on the
board of directors.
HOW PIrTsBURa CONSOLIDATED,
j. Palmer O'NeIl showed the signed CONSOLE
dation papers Of the two Pittsburg clubs to a
Philadelphia Press reporter last night, and
also told how the consolidation took place.
He said that at the Philadelphia meeting the
Pittsburg {P.L) delegates were insulted by the
Boston people, who told the Pittsburg men
that If they couldn't put up money for next
Pittsburg and notified Mr.. O'Neil that settle
ment might be effected. All came together,
and Mr.. O'Neil told them that settlement
could be made on q so per cent basis, but that
it must be made then and there. There was
no discussion at all, but before half an hour
was up the agreement had been signed
The Pittsburg team, Mr.. O'Neil states will
next season be as follows: Pitchers, Maui, Gal
vim, j. smith, Staley; catchers, Mack, Decker,
Berger; Infelders Beckley Larooue Miller IT.
THE BosToNs FROZEN OUT.
The only club that will be likely to suffer or. |
in fact frozen out, will be the Boston PLAYERS
League Club. There is no place for it in any |
league. The hackers are old stockholders of |
the National League team, and Messrs Conant |
Soden and Billings will never consolidate |
with them. |
THE OTHER CLUBS
''Whst will be done with Cincinnati?" was !
asked President Byrne.
Nothing. That city is still in the National
League and You may depend on it IL will be
there next season, and she team also The In
ference is that certain persons who at present
are remaining in the background will buy the |
club from the present Players League owners"
John b. Day was asked if the Cleveland IN. |
L. people would be allowed to make any offer
they saw fit. II don't think they will have
the say" said Mr.. Day. ut may be left to q |
third party to appraise the value of Johnson's |
base ball belongings Johnson had chance |
last minute he went back ON il"
Just as the league met yesterday telegram |
was received from Pittsburg stating that Addi- |
son Of Chicago would dispose Of his club for |
$4,000 He had been offered by spalding |
$4,000 The price will probably be paid In |
Philadelphia the Players League Club will |
be given q chance to join the American Asso- |
citation.
The statement telegraphed from PittsburR |
that Washington had applied for admission to |
the Players League is ridiculed in base ball |
circles here. Mr.. Hewitt and Mr.. Seaman are |
the only ones at all likely to have the manage
ment OF base ball team here. The former
said yesterday that he bad spent all the money
in base ball that he intended to, and the latter
is known as profoundly hostile to the Players
League. He will probably have a team next |
year in this city representing the American |
association |