The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-14

rectors selected il is certain the interests of
the club will be intelligently looked after. The
officers elected were: President, Henry B. Ben
nett; Vice President, Aug. Mencken; Secretary,
Thomas B. kalbfus; Treasurer, William O'Don-
nell The board of directors are Messrs. NJ. b.
Scanlan, j. j. Hogan, Edwin Sutherland,
Frank Smith, Charles V. Trott, President Ben
nett, and DR.. G. NJ. B. Smith. Messrs. Suther-
land, Scanlan, and Kalbfus were appointed
committee to look after grounds.
NEW YORK, Dec 13.-A number of base ball
men are in town, but they all claim that they
are not here in connection with the game.
Among them are A. Earle Wagner, of Phiadel-
phia; Charles f. Prince, of Boston; A. w. Thur
man, of the American Association conference
committee, and Mr.. Barnie, also of the confer
ence committee. Messrs. Thurman, Frazer,
and Barnie met to-day at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel to see If some arrangements could De
made regarding the Syracuse Club The Asso-
citation is in better position this year and does
not want such small cities as Rochester and
Syracuse in its circuit. The only way out of
the difficulty is the price to be paid Mr. Thur
man said this morning that he was very sorry
that Gen. BrinckLer had gone home, as he had
hoped to make a satisfactory arrangement with
him. He could not tell whether the Syracuse
matter would be patched up before he went
home, but hoped it would. Mr. Frazier had
made proposition, which was now under con-
sideration. The nature of the offer, Mr.. Thur
man said, he could not make public at present.
The result Of the conference between Messrs.
luuIndll, fIdZeT,anu Bafnle resulted IN q salts
factory settlement OF the Syracuse matter. The
club in that city will retire and either enter the
International Association or form with other
clubs of the New York State League The
Rochester Club will take the same course, and
then Boston and Chicago will have representa-
tion in the American Association. Messrs.
Spalding and Thurman have worked hard for
the past two days on this matter and expressed
tonight feeling of relief now that a settle
ment has been made. Mr.. Spaldingwas inclined
to make public the financial part of the settle
ment, but Mr.. Thurman was opposed, and in
consequence it was not given out.
Late in the afternoon there was an interesting
meeting at the Manhattan Athletic Club. The
! parties participating were Spalding and Ward
! the two leaders of the late base ball war. Mr.
Spalding said afterwards that Mr.. Ward did
| not meet him in any official capacity, but sim
ply as an individual interested in the welfare of
base ball. Late in the evening Messrs. Spalding
| and Thurman had another talk, and they eX-
! pect to bring about peace and goodwill feel
! ing between baseball men before the close of
! the year.
! Winklemann, who pitched for the Hartfords
! last year, and who is now employed here in the
City Post Office, hopes to get chance on the
! Washington team for local games. He is a
! good pitcher, fair batsman, and would make
! good man for home games.
Ed Hanlan, the defunct Players League man
! ager and player, now bobs up serenely and says
/ he will manage the new team at PittsburO He
! claims that he will have John Ward on the
/ team, and that the aggregation will be some
/ thing immense.
| Guy Hecker, the frst-class player of Louis
/ vile, was in town last week consulting Pres-
dent Young. He speaks encouragingly of the
game in Louisville
Won der Abe says the deals may work as they
please, but Comiskey, Boyle, ROBINSON and
O'Neil play in st. Louis next year or not at all.
Aug. Mencken, the vice president of the new
Washington Club, is one of the largest cigar
manufacturers in America.
Until the present disagreements among the
various baseball associations are settled def