St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-22
PLOTS AND COUNTER PLOTS.
The Base Ball War Goes MerriIy
On in Chicago.

On III chicago.
CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-War to the knife
is the ultimatum of the national board
of control The gauntlet was thrown
down by the American association when
that organization boited the national
agreement. The challenge was taken
up, and, at the meeting OF the board of
control this afternoon, the following
was given out as the result of the mem
hers deliberations:
The national board has received the notice
signed by William Barnie. vice president of
the American association, announcing the
withdrawal of that body from the benefits
and privileges OF the national agreement as
Of Feb. Is, 1891. No reason is assigned for
This action, nor does this hoard understand
that there is The slightest justification for so
unwise a step on the part of the organization.
IF we are to take and believe the published
accounts for the action. they cannot be re-
garded as more than preteXtS for repudlatlng
The new national agreement SO recently and
so Solemnly entered into, and to the mainte-
nance Of which that association was pledged
by the strongest considerations OF truth
and honor The result of this i'll
advised action must rest on that body. By
its own action 1t has annulied the approval
of the contracts its clubs have made with
players, and its clubs have released all their
players from reservation. These players are
now IlpG 10 sigh Will ally udllOudI leuGtlc,
Western ASSOCIATION. or other national agree
ment club. The players under reserve by
these last-named clubs remain subject 10
their contracts and TO reservation. and to all
the provisions of the national agreement.
Nor can any national agreement club play a
game with any American association club.
nor with club which has played with such
association club. A w. THURMAN,
Chairman National Board.
\. Z. You've, Secretary.
The meeting of the board of control
had been called for 10 a. m, and at that
time the base ball magnateS began to
arrive. A. w. Thurman Jr., chairman
of the board; l.. G. Krauthotf, president
of the Western association: A. G. Spal-
ding, Walter Spalding, j. Palmer
O'Neil and Frank Robinson were soon
j. |. Rogers and Nick Young, the secre-
tary of the board, missed their train and
failed to arrive on time, but at 3 D. N.
they made their appearance, and the
board began its session with the above
result. That the decision of the board
in the Stovey and Bierbauer cases, and
Mr.. Thurman's voting against the assO-
citation which he represented, were not
the cause of the association seeding
seemed to be cOnclusively shown in the
evidence submitted to the board.
A week before the meeting of the
board Feb. l, the association had EN-
tered into negotiations with Pfetfer and
Cooney, who are both reserved by the
Chicago club. The men were told by
the agents of the association that the
latter body was to withdraw from the
National, aud not only offered the men
good advance money, but a sal
airy was promised that would
swell the head of any ordinary
man. 1t was told them that the league
would surely go to the wall, for not only
was the American association going to
withdraw, but the Western was going
to do the same. COOney and PfetfeT
told quietly of the proposition made
them to the leaders of The league,
Thurman, Krauthoff and Young were
acquainted with the scheme as we'll as
A. G. Spalding. Baltimore was to have
Cooney and ST. Louis Pfetfer, but Sc
completely has the situation altered, it
is declared, that already many players
have telegraphed their intention of
standing by the National agreement
and when the season Opens will be
found to have been gobbled by the
league. Mr.. Thurman received tele-
gram this evening from Frank White,
president of the International league.
saying: 1--WE will stand by the Ma
tional agreement" An application has
also been received from gentleman il
New York to form league in the East
to take the place Of the association. Mr.
Thurman would not give the gentle
mans name, but said there was plenty
of money back OF the enterprise. JUS
What will be done can't be de
termined at this early date. L
is possible that the association will make
overtures of peace, and be taken back
into the fold. 1t was stated at the Au
ditorium to-day that unless thing;
changed materially the plan of warfare
by the league was already decided upon
Whether or not anything in the matter
will be done this season cannot be told
The scheme is as follows: Among many
good ball towns in the East are Roches
ter, New Haven, Baltimore. Washing
ton, Troy, Syracuse, Buffalo, Toledo anC
Louisville. Letters from all these cit
les, with the exception of Troy, have
been received from influential citizens
asking the cooperation of the
league. If this should be given
the statement was, twill be when tht
association has become a thing of thu
past, or at least has reached totterine
condition. st. Louis would be part o
the Western association, which means
the dropping of Denver. The Nationa
agreement would then have three mair
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