New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-09
OUTDOOR SPORTS.
BASEBALL MAGNATES TO MEET.

SOME OF THE PREVAILING TANGLEs MAY. BE
STRENGTHENED OUT.
An important convention Of baseball men will be
held AT the Fifth Avenue Hotel Wednesday, and
all friends Of the game trust that the cubowners VIII
decide upon to stralghten out the prevailing
baseball tanges. The meeting will be the annual one
Of the National League, but several Association men
are likely TO be in the immediate vicinity, ready TO
talk peace in the haGglty League should decide
officially that 1t had weared Of the war.
The formal awarding Of the championship banner
will be Of ceremonial this year than ever before
In past the presentation of the pennant nag
has been merely routine duty. There is no doubt
that the League will award the trophy to the Boston
club, ard in spite of the assertions to the contrary
A e. Spalding and his man Friday, Hart, will enter
no formal protest.
But spaidng and Hart may be called to account by
the Boston and NewYork club owners, and they ought
to be. No two men mouthed more senseless rot
than did Spsding and Hart at the close of the cham
ponshp There slight discussions In several
Of the teams but not of sufficiently serious nature TO
cause much apprehension.
The directors OF the New York club appear TO be
more harmonious than usual, although 1t hard on
Mutrie that he should have been sacrificed TO bring
about friendier feeling. Manager Powers. Mutrie's
successor, is clear-headed baseball who knows
the business and balplayers from end to end.
Powers will at once start out 10 secure men to fill
Yorks great players. Powerss task will not be an
easy one Good players not only hard to get, but
when many assertions have occurred there is likely
30 be a suspicion that all is not right.
Mutrie says that he will be connected with a rival
club in the American Association, to be created in
either this city Brooklyn The Association is said
to have option property belonging to the Lynch
estate where its new grounds will be- There will be
less trouble securing advantageous grounds in Brook
Ign.
President C. H. Byrne, OF the Brooklyn club, is no
longer his clipper self, and he has been wandering
around Eastern Park lately with most detected air.
The troubles in his club serious and may end in
sp between the clubowners. Doyle and Abel are
ou,. and as the la Brotherhood faction has not paid
s lebtedDess, they are naturally out with everybody
Inc suggestion that the present be set led
BY the formation OF twelyecub league Is in the line
with many other zgzag ideas which have cropped out
in baseball Of late still il is possible that the club
owners may adopt such plan; they are likely to do
almost anything just at present. In case certain clubs
were thrown out does any suppose thai they would
calmly accept such fate They would Dave leGltl-
mate reason for war; and there would be some sen
timent in such fight There is no sentiment in the
present fight for it is simply war of cxtermnation-
for revenue only.
The ntest idea is that the Giants who have deserted
will all play in this city next season, but as members
OF the proposed Association club If the Van der
Ahes WagneIs and BARNES have been able TO erect
such step, they have bored great hole in the strong
box of the New-York club. BY securing Mutfie as
manager il would make another strike, and then, by
inducing John B. Day TO join the club and take entire
charge of its affairs il would make ten-strkc Mr..
Day has no idea of leaving the local League club
STILL no one could blame him if he did. No man las
done more for baseball and the League than Mr.. Day,
and no man of his ability and integrity has been
treated with little consideration by the League.
DAY did the Bro hcrllood battle than three
fourths OF the club-Owners who talk like chain
lightning