Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-05
NO AMAlGAMATiON POSSIBLE.
But tho Players League Can Increase Its
Circuit " II Chooses.

The mir was filed with rumors and hints
of bic baseball deals in New York on
Wednesday. Like many other reports on
tho same topic, most of them were Wild
exaggerations. According to the best iI-
formation obtainablc bv the Word there
was q meeting OF the Player5' League and
American Association Welfare committees
in the Colonnade Hotel, Philadelphia,
Tuesday night. THIS gave rise to the time
honorcd yarn that the two organizations
would amalgamate at the end OF the sea.
son. after the Notwithstanding teams OF
both had nlsvcd series of games for the
championship of the world and smashed
the so-cailcd national agreement. story
from Philadelphia said that President
Phelps. Chris Won der Abe and w. H..
Whitaker represented the American Asso-
clation and Albert l.. Johnson. Secretary
Frank H. Brunoll and John NJ. ward were
present for the Players League. A gentle
man who is thoroughly conversant with
what took place at the conference said
10 a World reporter last night: II am
not at liberty TO say VINO attended
the meeting or exactly what WAS
done. The story of amalgamation, now
ever. is untrue. The only deal the TWO
organizations could possibly mako would
be for the Players League to add four
American Association cities TO IT'S circuit
and thereby form "a twelye-club league.
That would not be Imagination any more
than was the National League-American
Association deal last fall. when Brooklyn
and Cincinnati we're admitted TO member
ship in the former body. OF course
any American Association CITY would be
mighty glad TO get into The Players League
and the deal would have some al
vantaCes for the new League. whether IL
will be made rests with the Central Board
of Directors ANY statement that the
PLAYERS League will drop from It's circmt
2 single club 10 make room Tor an hsso-
citation club is unqualifediy false. lhere
is the whole story in nutshell
lis there anv truth IN the report that
the Wagner brothers want 10 puy OuV tHe
Athletics 90 was asked.
1.-The Wagners would, presume, buy
the Athletics If they could secure the clnD
AT fair price. Mr.. Whitaker, ] am IN
formed. wants to sell the Athletics, but
wide difference exists between the parties
as TO the value of the club. Mr.. Whltta-
ker thinks the name Athletics IS worth
about SIC. 900. The Wagners do not. lhese
Young men now have the Philadelphia
Players League Club inexceilent shape ior
next season. and have IN store some very
pleasant surprises for their patrons"
You are sure" asked the reporter. IN
conclusion. THAT there is no truth IN the
report started by Manager Kennedy that
the PLAYERS League and American Associa-
ton will amalgamate with a circuit com
posed of clubs in these cities: Boston,
New York. Philadelphia, Baltimore, st.
Louis, Louisville, Chicago, and Cleve-
land?" ,,
mot an iota of truth in it. As said be-
fore. no city now represented In the
PLAYERS League viii be dropped to make,
room for an Association club; and l will
add that the Players League will have
club in Brooklyn as long "a the League
exists. and will have the call in the City
of Churches next year.
"Do Won know of any other deals the
PLAYERS League has in mind?"
Indeed do, but they are not yet ready
for public announcement"