Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-12
CHANGING PLAYING RULES.
The League and Association Joint Com
n,ittee in Session

The League and Association Joint Com
mittee in Session.
NEW York, Nov. 12.-The report Of Secretary
Young to the National Base Ball League was
the first business which came before the board
OF directors today. After it was approved Mr..
Young was elected to succeed himself as secre-
tary for another year.
The board then formally awarded the
championship Of the league for 1890 to the
Brooklyn club. which had won the largest per-
centage of games during the season.
Subsequent to the adjournment of the board
OF direction the joint committee ON playing
rules, with Messrs. Day. Spalding and Rogers
of the league and Managers Powers and
Barnie Of the American Association, were
together for an hour, during which
period they altered sections 1, 2 and Of article
70 and section of article As. The three for
mer sections gives club the privilege of hav-
ing one or all its surplus men on the
players bench in uniform, and allows the
substitution Of any or all Of them at any time
during game. This rule takes the place Of
the one formerly providing that only ten men
shall be in uniform. II q player is re tired
from the game he can not be replaced.
The change in rule 48 does not call for the
retirement Of u player in running from the
home plate to first base on a hit if he goes out
side of the three-foot line while the ball is be-
ing folded to first base as heretofore.
At 1890 o'clock the regular league meeting
was called to order. During the session re-
ports from committees will be heard and plans
adopted to fill the vacancy in the league caused
by the selling but to the Players League Of the
Cincinnati club.
Director Palmer ONeill of Pittsburg. in dis
cussing the possibility of the consolidation of
the Players League and the association, said
that in such an event the latter, as a national
agreement organization, would have to sur
render all the players to the league who were
with that body before the revolt.
THE PLAYERS FAvoR CONSOLIDATION.
PIrrsBURG, PA, Nov. 12-At the session Of
the National Players League in this city today
President McAlpin finally presented the resig-
nation Of the New York club.
An opinion from Judge Bacon Of New York
was then read to tho effect that at the time the
agreement was entered into between the New
York York Players League Club and the Ma
tional League Club OF the same city it was I'M
derstood that tho two leagues we're to CONSOLE
date. As this had not yet taken place the
agreement between the New York clubs would
not stand.
No action was taken on the resignation and a
committee consisting Of Ward. Prince and
johnson were appointed to attend the National
League meeting now in session in New York
solidation before them. The committee will
leave tonight fer New York.
The Players League Club Of this city was
not represented at todays meeting and the
matter Of Pittsburg's resignation was laid on
the table. The meeting then adjourned to as
semble at the cali OF the chairman.
As the matter now stands the feeling is
strongly in favor of consolidation, as all admit
that the base ball war has been failure.