New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-17
THE ANGRY ASSOCIATION.
LEAGUE MEN NOT GREATLY ALARMED.
BASEBALL CLUBS HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF FIGHT
ING LATELY, THEY SAY.

BASEBALL CLUBS HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF FIGHT
ING LATELY, THEY SAY.
Tho threatened revolt Of the American Association
from the protecting wings OF the National Agreement
has created little concern among the local lo-
lowers OF the game. The stockholders Of the New
York club laugh at the rumors. 1t was said that the
Association would soon cool down and accept the
rrur1bs from the National League table, OF old.
How the Cincinnati club can be taken into the Asso-
citation is matter people hereabOuts cannot under
stand.
Speaking of the furry in the West, John b. Day. the
president of the NewYork club said yesterday: The
American Association will be foolish to break away
from the National Agreement Its suspicion OF Allen
". Thurman its president, is not well founded Tor nc
Is the best the Association had at its head
The settlement Of the quarrels over Bierbauer ana
stovey is legally correct and there would have been no
trouble but for the slipshod manner which the AS
ISOLATION has of doing business. Morally, those men
belonged the Association, but they were not re-
served by the Athletic Club, they did not belong 10
them legally. anticipate no trouble with the Asso-
citation, as 1t has had, well all other baseball
organizations, all the fighting it wants"
E. %. Tacott director of the club, seemed TO thhh
that the present trouble more Of molehill than
mountain. There is thing that puzzles me-
said Mr. Talcott "and that is why they call 1t Joh-
sons Cincinnati club. As l understand it, Johnson Is
only one of several stockholders who recently pur
chased the Cincinnati club for $4,000 Ward, l
think, does not own any sVOch, "iLo NV
nothing to do with II, as far as can see My pdrV
pers and myself wanted TO johnson out OF MS
trouble, and we offered him our $500 Tor Sf'loo.
Our object was simply help him regain some Oh INC
money he lost in the Brotherhood revolt"
elbow much stock in the Cincinnati club does Johh-
son actually own 2" asked the writer.
He paid in the same as we did, l believe, Soloo'
lie has also paid out few hAndred dollars to settle
some Indebtedness of the club but he has not called
for assessments from us, we do not know how much
he has paid OUT
johnson owns about one-third interest in the cluD
does he mott"
THAT / cannot say, for do not Know wHelher
President Prince of the Boston club has turned over
his stock to Johnson not Messrs. McAlpln, van
Cott Robinson and myself advanced $500 toward pur-
chasing the Cincinnati club. President Goodwin ana
the other owners of the Brooklyn Players club ad-
yanced 81, 500 while President Addison, OF Chicago
advanced a like amount. The Wagners, of Pmla-
delpha took about s3 800 of stock, believe JOhn-
son has probably been quoted incorrectly"
Police Justice Walsh, of Brooklyn yesterday grah'eu
the petton of George w. Chauncey on behalf OF INC
Hollywood Land and Improvement Company to remove
the Brooklyn Players League Baseball CUB from 'he
posscssion of Eastern Park and he granted judgment
against the club for 81 300 the amount OF rent que
on the premises. The club did not defend the acuoi'
The writ TO dispossess not issued, ana MI Chauu-
cev SAWS he does not know when he Will apply FOR H.
u s said that the land company will enter into negota
tions with the combined National ana IIaleF> Leagues
end that lease of the Eastern Park VIII DC lnaue 10
them