New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-13
H NEW NATIONAL AGREEMENT
PLANNING TO REoRGAyIzE BASEBALL.
JOHNSON LIKELY TO GET THE ON
-INNATI TEAM

,lNNATI TEAM
The baseball men seem determined not to 60 into a
formal conference un;il all the intricate deals per
timing to harmony In the baseball world have been
arranged and fully ind,r,ed. Why" sad o; tlIc
cub-cwncr, lat night. what j. The Use Of holding
meeting and spending several hours, or several day
maybe. in wringnG over certain points which could
be settled in hall the time in informal conferences out
~dc' When meet matter, viii be - adjusted That
there can probably ne NJ further cla'h
Nearly every train arriving yesterday brought 1t,
load Of baseball men The Association men generally
went to the Grand Central Hotel the League men 10
the F;h Avenue Hotel while the Players League men
found the corridors OF the II. James Hotel more con
genial 10 their tastes A. g. sp1dinc made his head
quarter, at the Manhattan Athletic club, and he was
the naelet wiich drew many baseball men yeSter-
day to the palalill home OF the Cherry Diamond
athletes.
The convention Of tho baseball will formally
begin today, when the conference committees of the
League and Association will meet in parlor at tho
iith Ncnue Hotel. The League Association ana
Play cr' League viii meet later in the week and /: may
be sunday before the baseball turn their faces
homewad. Yesterday was spent in informal con
fercncc-, and it the calm before the storm. The
baseball are confident that all unp!ca'antnes' 10
present connected with baseball will be happily adj
iu-jcd before the present meetings are adonrhei'
Further delay is unnecessary and might be dangerous
Besides. tie time between and ,pring Is all nce'eH
by the managers for the arrangement OF their teams
for the championship season.
one OF thu plans which all clIb arc seriously
considering is 10 abolish the paying Of advance money
To players. Nnc oui OF every ten ball players have re
ceved roodly ar, Of their year. salary before they
really report 10 their club for duty in the spring.
Inc clUboWncr, assert that in no other business can
a man draw his salary ahead. They also say that IN"
plan cNtlavagancc among the players. Less
advance money has been paid to PLAYERS this winter
than ever before. The club owner, argue that man
who get, from 5000 to $1,000 year for ,N m 'n,'
work. ought to have enough left 10 keep him during
his season of forced retirement This edict Will Mt
meet with iayOl among tic players.
II J., sac 10 ASSUME that about all the existing
baseball con,rOycr-ic, viii be quickly adjusted
The Rochester Cub has followed the Syracuse club ana
viii quietly retire without causing the American As
ISOLATION any further trouble. Toledo shows a dis
position 70 light but will in all probability retire grace
fills IN good sea on. President Allen W. Thurman IS
not sure Of his position. and would not talk ycNtcr
dlY except To say that be- thought everything would
bee all right IN the end. Mr.. Thurmin'S past eN
pcrcncc baseball has been rosy one. but whether
hi rIuIre efforts VIII be well appreciated remains
Ia D." seen.
The sudden change Of sentiment toward \. L. John
son expressed bv most Of the clubowncrS wa, one 81
the significant features of yesterdays gathering.
few weeks sgo JOn-aon Wa, called the grandmother
of the PLAYER League and dinhy dink.' le'ter
day 10 wa. a courteous gentleman" and " roy nj
good fellow Mr.. Johnson. who has the persuasive
ar, 80 prevalent In certain Kcutuchians. has evidently
,ad something which has mad" the National League
and the American Association ponder 1t was SAID
that tho Linton Injunction suit In Brooklyn was one OF
le deaA engineered bv johnson. 10 bring about the
sudden change In sentiment
Aaron S'earn. who has been called the League
traitor. because he sold his Cincinnati club to the
Player, League Is at the Hoffman House. but he
miu.lc. little with the other baseball men. Mr.
,tearn the ruling spirit in the Cincinnati chb t'r
several years but that in future he VIII not CON
net himself with baseball Il have been uulustly
criticised aid h. Lat u-ht. but did nothing
which / would not do again # the opportunity
offered sold the club because got good price FOR
H. and because had In sacrifice either baseball or ms
NOR, profitable private business
The situation In Cincinnati IS a peculiar one Is 1t
Yrs if i..9 sad Mr. stcarn Il think the League
Will Do well allow A. l.. Johnson to have charge 81
mat move would XII two bri- with ono shpl, ana
would settle all the baseball dIfcutc, IN I9th ,eNe
land and Cincinnati Harry stern NV Ola partner;
,tAids ,ady to take up hall Of the took ana ne ana
Johu~, ,oud run the club much better mat J"hi l.
Brush or any other outside National League man. ~
c.uuat would not feel proud OF an l''iiuuoh pi'h'H
lN OUTSIDE capitalists. Harry j. a l"'d Lrague MAJ,
!, f,rt mat J had L, 1--WE stern $4,000 ont of my
own pocket bcfy" be would consent 10 the NcIhE Oh
the lib to- the Playcr,' League"
X,t,,r,l League men seen last night Acknowledged
t,t Kan, wcr,. being considered for IN" relief Of
T,nn-,n and Iutimatcd that ( certain arrangements
rorL Ia T. -f.ctrd tie Western street car hdgnhtc
votiid have control # the Cincinnati League cluh.
Nc -oirn. CouHut aid Billings the owners OF
the Boston League club viii not arrive IN the 'Iy
iintl lat. this afternoon, and their opposition 20
,i,c,u. An N--oc alton club I'm Ho-t N VIII protaby
',u.c ,hr only uuplclsautue-~ Of the present "'e;
convention They declare that they VIII l-ht tiH
p'arin, NJ a. opposition club at tie Hub Ii"N VIII
Ilso demand return Il their old '"rS VINO went
4, the PLAYERS Lracuc II they ar" ouiNotc1 ana 4
clul ID, placed i'm Boston over their heads Ire
'r,uu,yir, have secured the cou.cnt Of one or Two
Ic,,ue club ~ stand hv them in the present rrI,l,
IN entire new National agreement 'a- been oIaWn
mn v-lurh mean, an entire reorganization ~ baNena
Tho document (, the WORK ~ \. &: NILS y ~,
~p4dIrg and e.. II. Eyrn". ana VIII Pr,'piplN ~
formally adopted 10 morrow'' meeting me rF'rrFTT
rpc "a IN rcnirin a, IL - but emphatic changes VIII
b. made I'm regard the huyng and selling OF phNcs
and hl, robu, Wc~t"rn association VIII DE az
United Ia II protection under the National agreement.
al rut EN- owed only hv the National League ana
Hp,r~.,,a Alteration The new agreement, while
lru ont for the PLAYERS interests. viii enectually
put , -'op to any NOR. pltyer-' revolt.
II n,, ur.,out ARA -amruts are carried out the
st,rkholdcr, II the BROOKLYN Players club may be
l.ft ont In H." odd ard T.. F. Linton. who got ont an
Injunction putting stop - the consolidation OF the
two club, i'm Urookvu. viii feel sad lie can climb
To- the roof ~ M. handsome srandNtlnd at Eastern
park a., Tie wind, whistle mp from Jamaica Bay, ne
can -tr tx. his whSkcrs and mediate upon the slick
rc,'~ Il the National League aad upon {. H. Brhe