Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-27
PRESIDENT PHELPS. WANING.
He Tells tho Association Clubs to Beware
of the League.


He Tells tho Association Clubs to Beware
of the League.
HARMONY AND UNITY NEcEssARy--A TEN-CLUB
ORGANIZATION PROBABLE FOR NEXT sEAsoS-
BRIEF NATIONAL AGREEMENr-CURRENr NEWS
OF THE PLAYERS.
President Phelps of the American Base Ball
Association has addressed the following letter
| to the members of the association, exposing the
plan Of the league to overthrow its doughty
rival 1t will be seen that it is the same plan
that was used with such good effect last fall
when the Players League was routed after it
had forced the league to treat it as an equal
The letter says:
by harmonious action and perseverance
you have succeeded in organizing for the en-
suing season the strongest clubs and most
brilliant players ever presented to the public.
You have about gotten your matters into such
shape as ELECTS the applause OF your many
friends and supporters and occasions conster-
| nation and alarm among those who have inter
ests inimical to youI prosperity.
TT is to be regretted that You cannot be al
| lowed to receive and enjoy the honors due you
for the pleasing result of your united labors.
vet 1t is true that there are those who seem
determined to by some hook or crook de-
stroy the existing harmony among you. which
Il have learned that the plan hit upon is to
create among you lack of confidence in one
another for the purpose Of causing disrup
ton III your membership and bringing I'M uries
which could not Gene while the present good
feeling of confidence and harmony continues.
Efforts have been made TO induce the Messrs.
Wagner Prince and Hart, Mr.. Won der Abe,
Mr. Williams and others TO believe their
sociates unworthy of their confidence.
The effort is made after this manner. Mr..
To ha nd al a-nr fri Nd
them TO sell out and abandon the association.
Mr.. A assures them that Won der Abe and
Williams have arranged to sell, and the Wag-
ners must on this account hurry up or they
will get left, for after the break comes it will
be too late. AT the same time Mr.. Is is assuring
MIR. Williams that the Wagners and Prince are
about to sell. and he will be left unless he
makes some deal at once. While this is going
on Mr.. ana Mr.. are at work on Won der
Abe and Prince exposing to them the fact that
the others about to Jump
1T is hoped that in this way feeling of
distrust may be aroused among you. and that
some one fearing for the future can he induced
to betray his associated merely call attention
to this mode Of attack in order that you may
not be mi'led into any indiscretion by any such
representations. or, / should more properly
say, misrepresentation.
Il have within the past few days received
the personal assurances Of the Wagners. Mr..
Prince, Mr.. Hart. Mr.. Williams and Mr.. Won
be induced to enter into any alliance or COM
pact which is not first submitted to the associ-
alton and permitted or approved by it.
You know these gentlemen to be men of
character, who cannot afford to take part in
any questionable transaction or trick. The 81
per cent of the stock OF each club cannot be
sold without the permission OF both the origi-
nal owner and the association, which Is the
present owner and holder thereof. may say.
however, that this precautiOn is needless, as
the gentlemen who are being worked upon
would not betray your confidence.
You have no war to make upon any other
association or league. You should quietly
pursue the plans we have agrt cd upon without
lnjurlng or trespassing upon the privileges or
rights OF any one. thereby tanning the position
OF advantage You now hold. Pardon ME for
imposing thus upon you. but You will. know.
agree that you should continue to hold up each
others ends. Very truly yours,
II. PHELPS"
PROBABLY TEN-CLUB ASSOCIATION.
Indications point to ten-cub association
next year. Manager Barnie of the Athletics in
a recent interview said that everything in con-
nection with the Chicago Association club was
going along all right. Mr.. Barnie further said
that the association would likely have a ten
club circuit. He stated that there are now
nine clubs. and the tenth will either be in New
York or Brooklyn. He intimated that jim
Mutrie might be given charge of n team in
Buffalo, and in that event New York and Brook
Ign would not be bothered.
Mr.. Diddlebock of the Philadelphia Inquirer,
thinks that 1.-The association has pretty nearly
decided upon a ten-club circuit for 1892 There
are nine members now, and the tenth club will
be located in New York, Brooklyn or Buffalo
The latter place seems to have the CALL and
Jim Mutrie will probably be sent to Buffalo to
manage the new club"
President Phelps. in a recent interview gave
ii as his opinion that there would be ten clubs
in his organization next season. The single
club required would probably be placed in
would almost certainly be decided within tho
next ten days. There is no chance for peace or
great twelve-club league, despite the leagues
representations.
GOOD ENOUGH AGREEMENT.
Billy Barnie makes the following sensible
suggestion for settlement OF the base bali
war:
What we want now is for the league to keep
all the players it now has and let us do the
same; let us have club in Chicago and one in
Boston and will agree to sign a national
main as they now are. and let us respect each
others contracts reservations &c. ! hat il
our position, and We claim it is reasonable aud
fair"
NOTES OF THE PLAYERS.
Manager Powers of New York has signed
Jack Boyle, the famous catcher of the ST. Louis
club. Boyle had already made a verbal agree
ment with the Cincinnati Association club. and
a suit to prevent him from playing with the
Giants is threatened
President Won der Al has secured another
man for the St. Loui, Browns for next year.
He is Third Bascnan John A. Newell of last
years Wilmington team. Newell was signed
by WIRE at his home i'll Wilmington, Del.
Dave Foutz viii probably play first base for
Washington. IT he is not secured Sutcliffe
may be given chance. Fhit0dephid Press.
THE STAR declared month ago that Ward
would keep FoutZ. Sutcliffe ON first would
please many.
Il know two second basemen whom con-
slider the greatest il the business" said Ned
Hanlon at Pittsburg one day last week. bid
McPhee of the Cincinnati club is one and Danny
Richardson is the other"
CANNOT GO TO GEORGIA