Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-01-25
THE SETTLEMENT.
The Terms Under Which the
Baseball War Has Ended.
POINTS OF THE NEW AGREEMENT.

Players Fully Protected.
The baseball complications are now at
an end, and all parties interested in our
great national game as it is played profes-
sionally are happy over the manner IN
whichthe disputes have been settled. As
there is every reason to believe that they
have been settled for many years to come,
the admirers Of the game have cause for
congratulation. Strife was ended and
peace established by the final adoption Of
the Spalding- Thurman plan Of ~reconstruc-
ton.
The new agreement is a lengthy dOcu-
ment, drawn up in legal phraseology, con
tanning about 5000 words. / will try 10
make clear i'm a condensed form those feat
ures Of it which are not already generally
known. The principal one is the abolitio4of
the old board of arbitration and the estab-
lishment Of a national board, witt such ex-
tensive powers as to make it alhost omnip-
otent in baseball matters. This board con
sists Of three henderson each from the
National league, the American association
and the Western association. These mem
bers are elected for five years, but can be
removed by "A two-thirds vote of the bodies
which elected them. They receive $500
yearly As salary. They elect a chairman
and secretary and such other officials a.
may be needed, and decide the compensa-
tion they are 20 receive. The chairman
may be one of the three or IN outsider. In
the latter event hc has uo vote. Allen W.
Thurman. Of Columbus, will be- the first
member from the American association,
and J.. &. krauthoI, of Kansas City, from
the Western association. The League mem
Der will be- either John l. Roger, or &. II.
Byrne. a.. g.. Mills will bee offered the
-..-.rr.. 80 .UHrrr.nr. .unA y E A.rHnH will
probably DE chosen secretary and treasurer
The board d. to decide all disputes be
tween club, and players or Managers, and
be the Interpreter of the various clauses Of
the national agreement. Ii viii Keep the
records Of the players IN all the clubs, par
ties 10 the agreement. whethgr J.. major or
minor eague~: DO Will record all contracts
and releases and p~romulgate the same,
supply any club at any time with the
standing OF any player; interpret the play
ing rules and amend the same nj it, pleas
ure; il may appoint official scorers, and
also appoint umpires, and assign them for
any association il requested. in matters
within it, jurisdiction its decisions are TO
he final, il may reinstate suspended play
err: it will have the exclusive control Of
minor leagues. and many otaer privileges
that make il a power indeed in the conduct
of the inside affairs Of baseball. The eX-
penses Of the board are betrayed by Assess
ments on the clubs, and the lines and penal
ties inflicted for t-ransgreSs.on and viola
tions of the national agreement.
The board will classify all minor leagues.
fix the ASSESSMENT TO be paid by each, spe-
city the salary limits for each and the limit
Of compensation 10 be paid umpires by
each class. II will also prescribe the
amount Of compensation 70 be paid TO a
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taken by a club OF a higher class. In Osher
words, any club can require the services %
any player in q grade under its own when
it desires, with tie proviso that il cannot
negotiate with a player Of a lower grade
club during the playing season without
the assent Of the board and by paying the
compensation fixed. Between seasons they
are at liberty TO negotiate with any player
in any club Of a lower grade At will. In
every case. however, the player must be
given An increase OF salary, and cannot
even then be transferred without his free
and full consent.
The provisions in regard TO players arr
the fairest and most equitable ever yet
agreed 10 by baseball rules, aud they DO
away with nearly all the features which
players have heretofore considered oHen-
sive. The reserve rule remains in force ~
] heretofore. and players may be transferred
from one club 10 another, but no transfer
can be made without the free aud full con
sent - the player and at an advance in
SALARY, and the player is guaranteed pro
lection from any measures TO make him
sign where he has refused 10 20. any
player can get his absolute release from the
board hould his club az any time be more
thar fifteen days in arrears 20 him for
salary. II, when a club transfers its mem
bership from one association TO another,
any PLAYER can show cause To satisfy the
board that If he Is transferred with the
/ club he will be- injured thereby, he may OBJ
tain his release.
Contracts by the major leagues may be
made for any length Of time desired. but
minor leagues viii nave TO be governed on
this subject by the board. Whenever "a
| club Husbands OF is expelled, the players Of
that club arr released from reservation,
but their services are subject 10 acceptance
bv ans cluD ia the same league for "a period
Of teu days. Each clubin the major organ
i%zatious has the power to control and make
it, own regulations a. 20 salary ana dis
ciplinc. Any club In arrears Of salary 60 "a
player which does not at once %liquidate
the same on the order of the board viii be-
expelled.
The territorial limits ofthe major league
clubs have been extended 70 five miles Of
the city OF county in which the club Is
located. The territorial limits Of the
minor leagues will be prescribed bog the
national board, and the board will also
make regulations governing the exchange
Of players between all classes Of leagues
and clubs, fix the minimum solary Ina each
and fix a uniform rate Of compensation
for players taken from them by higher
class clubs
These are in brief the most important
changes made in the national agreement.
Under the final settlement the circuits
Of the major leagues will be as follows
Western kssociation-The same as last
year. National League-New York, Bos-
ton, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Chicago,
Pittsburg, Cleveland and Cincinnati.
American Observation-Disclosures Phila-
delphia, Boston, Washington, Chicago, St.
Louis, Columbus and Louisville. Under