New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-13
TO END The WAR At ONCE.
LEAGUE MEN DETERMINED TO FORCE
SETTLEMENT.
MEETING; OF THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. YOUNG RE.
ELECTED PRESIDENT-THE PLAYERS
LEAGUE ON ITS LAST LEGS


The National League has at last shown It's hand and
the club owners are unit In saying that they propose TO
the baseball at There Will be no furef
sentiment In the settlement Of the differences ana wnee
is impossible consolidate conflicting interests the ciuos
Will be bought frozen out Inc Nauonai MOI
feel that their Organization on the top OF the heap end
they propose do little debating from this time out Inc
clubs In NewYork Brooklyn and Pttsburs are - gooo ~
consolidated while satisfactory arrangements may % maoe
at Chicago within the next twentyfou hours Inc NJ
tonal League intimate that the present convention wn
not stopped until be ociay declared on Tor
good.
The delegates to the annual meeting Of the Nations
League at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday. Inc
corridors began TO Ill with baseball men early ne
day. They confident and happy, and smiled win
cheeulness betokened that they believed that their
troubles about The delegates were Informed by
telegraph OF what being done at the Players con'eh
ton at Pburg and seemed better pleased ct each sue
ceedng dispatch 1t after O'Clock when the Nasiona
League body into secret session In Parlor r.
John b. Day, c. T. Dillingham;. Walter Appleton and
Joseph Gordon represented NewYork Brooklyn was rep
resented by c. ii. Byrna ]. j. Doyle and c. A. Abel
Chicago by A. G. and J. W. Spadins Jshn T. Brush Tor
Cincinnati; A. H. Soden and w. II. Conant for Boston
A. j. Reach and Rogers for Philadelphia; H. de H.
Robson G. W. Howe and Davis Hawley for Cleveland. and
j. Palmer O'Neill and w. A. Nimick for Pttsburg.
The meetings Of the Board Of Directors Of the League
and the Joint Playing Rules Committee OF the League
and American Association had met earlier In the day
Board Directors awarded the championship to Brooklyn
and attended other routine matters The Joint Rules
Committee made several minor changes In the playing
rules.
The League dispensed with the regular order Of bus.
ness and elected following officers fer the ensuing
year: n. f. Young president and John b. Day, A. J.
Reach w. A. Nmck and representative OF the Cincn.
natl club whose was not given, were elected oosrd
Of directors The various committees were arranged Is
follows SchedueMessrs. Byrne, Robinson and Reach.
Playing Rules-Spading, Day and Rogers Board OF Ar
btation-Young, Day and Rogers. The spring scneouie
meeting and next annual meeting will be held In New
York. The meeting adjourned unit! II o. m to-day.
The League much encouraged by the news
from Pittsburg, but when news was received
that the Players League committee had-sbeen ap.
nonted and had started for NewYork 1t was seen
that storm was brewing This committee Is composed
OF Prince Ward and Johnson, and unless IL Is changed
the trip to New-York will protabl be In vain. me
League men are still firm in their ideas about receiving
a rJayer on q committee. They say that they 90 not
object to Ward a player, but as brotherhood man.
As other Players League will be IN the city IL
thought that some other will be substituted fer
Wards.
1t also transpred last night that both the New-York
and Plttburq clubs had rendered their designations as
mem es OF the Players League, but that that organna
ton had refused to accept the designations This action
will have no perceptble effect unless 1t be further 10
hasten consolidation in New.York and PittspuH' ~
was said last night that the new club would play as
Park, and that Objects
be about AS follows John b. Day. president; f. B. Tacot
yice.presiden; +. H. Robinson, secretary A. ii. Bei,
treasurer The Board Of Directors Wound be composer
of f. A. McAlpln, John d. Day, E. B. Talcott +. IL.
Robinson and Joseph Gordon.
The players who would be selected to make up New
York;, team next year are follows: Ewing, Clarke,
Buckley and Brown, catchers; Keefe. WEIGH. Ruse,
Sharrot John Ewing, pitchers; Conno Hcharoson'
Whitney and Denny on the bases GasscocK snosssop'
and Tieman Gore sattery and ORourke IN the outned
were the happiest in the meeting They reported
everything settled Psburg and said that the baseball
war was over at least Pttsburg wos concerned
The new club at Pttsburg win be made up atout hke
this the stock being equally divided between 'ne Nu
factions President j. p ONeill NceDresident G. A Nc
CoIlum treasurer IL. Rea secretary A b. Scandrett
Walter Burnham, formerly managr OF the NewHaven ciuo
has had an OF the place OF manager and VIII proo
ably accent It, The Pttsburg club Is agreed upon VIII
he made up as follows Mack Decker and Berger catchers
John Smith Maui, Calvin and Staley pitchers Reckey
ors base Iarooue second base Corcoran. short stop
Miller third base Fields left field Burke right field and
Hanlon centre field. dispatch was also received from
pitsburg which made the National League men feel even
more confident The dispatch stated that the
Chicago club could be bought for $25,ooo thus remov
inc another Players League The proposition was
nut To Spading who demurred and said that ne would
Give only SIS 900 for the retirement of his rivals
in the Windy City. The other League men were QUICK
b, recognize the Importance OF having Chicago with no
I cIub there and proposed to have the other 90 600
Maid by the organization each club to be assessed equally
The players all the country would like to see A. L.
receive his just dues In the settlement or the war
THE two Cleveland clubs far been unable TO come
>. .nv agreement johnson did much TO organize the
u.vos League and his has done much to keep the
o,nization aoat For this reason the National League
has no sympathy for johnson. As matter OF policy
nease the players, deal may be made which VIII
enable Johnson to retrieve II not all OF his season
Losses IL has been suggested that johnson have entire
control Of the Cincinnati club Such step would quickly
end the war In both Cleveland and Cincinnati
In summing up situation last night one OF the League
club owners said 'The is over and the Players
League is dead shall pacify the players and protect
their riats but Of the capitalists who have baked
negotiations for peace will wish they had not Johnson
nav 90 to Cincinnati Philadelphia will go into the Ameri'
can Associaon those disagreeable Boston men Will be
frozen out and then bought out do not believe tnat she
national League will meet the Players League commes
tomorrow" ,a...
The BROOKLYN League delegates say that no definite
has as arrived at between the two CLUBS
IN Rrooklyn but they anticipate further trouble there