The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-02-15
BASE BALL.
The Reserve List-Trouble Ahead-Swear-
ing DireVengeanc.

Inc RESERVE I1Sb-IrOuDle Aneau-SWear-
ing DirevenEeanc.
CHICAGO. Feb. 14.-The following is the Off
cial list of players reserved by the League clubs
as far as made public:
Chicago-Reserved, Anson, Pfeffer, Cooney,
Williamson, Dahlen, Ryan, Duffy, Carroll, VIII
mot, Foster, Burns, Glenalvin, Farrell, Nagle,
Kittredge, Graft, Huchison, Luby, Stein, Gum
bert, Van Haltren, Dwyer, Tener, Earle, and
Darling.
New York-Reserved, Ewing, Clark, Buck
ley, Brown, Keefe, Ruse, Welch, Crane, Shar-
rott Burkett Connor, Whistler, Bassett, Rich
ardson, Glasscock, Ward, Whitney, O'Rourke,
Gore, Slattery, Tiernan, and Denny. Re-
leased, Hornung Murphy, and O'Day.
Brooklyn-Reserved, Terry, Lovett, Caruth-
ers, Hemming, DAILY, Bushong, Clark, Kinslow,
Foutz, Collins, Pinkney, Burns, O'Brien, Smith,
and Ward. Released, (conditionally,) Donovan
and Visner
Philadelphias - Reserved, Clements, Gray,
Mulvey, Mayer, Hamilton, Sunday, Thompson,
Fogarty, Thornton, Schultz, and Esper. Re-
leased, Farrar and Burlington.
Pittsburg-Reserved, Beckley, Bierbauer, Mil
ler, Root, Burke, Hanlon, Carroll, Fields, Sta
ley, Calvin, Smith, Day, Anderson, Becker,
Mack, Decker, Wilson, Laroque, and Kuhne. Re
leased, Mccormick, Beck, Conway, and Morris
President Thurman is to hold his position for
only one year and is to be succeeded by Mr..
Rogers who after like term will give way to
Mr.. Kraithoff.
The base ball board of control this afternoon
rendered number of decisions in cases in which
two or more clubs claimed the services of player
Louis B1erbauer was member of the Athletic
club of Philadelphia in 1889, but went over to
the Players League when 1t was formed. When
the franchise reverted to the Association, his
name was omitted in some way from the re-
served list. Pittsburg was quick to take advan-
tage and signed Bierbauer. ID.summing up, the
board said:
legal right to the man, but morally it has not.
1t ought to withdraw its claim; but as it does
not we must reluctantly decide in favor of
Pittsburg. The case of III. G. Stovey was ex-
actly the same as that of Bierbauer, except that
he was claimed by Boston, and the board was
compelled to decide in favor of Boston. The
slap administered to these clubs in these cases
was a severe one. Connie Mack was given to
Pittsburg. He was claimed by the Boston AS
sociation Club. st. Louis was given Denny
Lyons over the rival claims of Chicago. The
board also adopted classification of leagues
and associations based on the salaries paid, the
number of clubs, and the population Of their
cities. 1t is proposed that club in any class
may hire any player from lower class associa-
tion by paying an indemnity to the club he is
drawn from'
The Bierbauer-Stovey decision did much to
dissipate the feeling of brotherly love and fell
lowship which until this afternoon has appar
emily characterized the meeting of the baseball
magnates. Following the decision managers Bar
ME- of the Baltimores, and Irwin of the Philadel-
phias, will be pulling their hair and swearing
dire vengeance. According to the statement
the great hoard of control is of no earthly
good and does not know its business. In this
connection it is an interesting fact that
Mr.. Kraithoff, one of the members of the board
of control, filed a supplement to the decision
intimating that If the matter of dispute took
place since February, the date of the present
national agreement the result would have been
different. He says there was no jurisdiction to
enforce an equity under the former national
agreement, and adds that the jursdictonal
second time. Irwin and Barnie were
afternoon in buttonholing every other
representative of the Association clubs. To
say that there is only small amount of dissat-
isfaction expressed by the Association clubs is
putting it lightly. Especially are they angry
at the action of the president of the board of
control, who, while still president of the Amer
ican Association, voted against the Athletics
and the Bostons. They threatened to get their
that Mr.. Thurman was thoroughly posted on
the law in the case when he cast his vote.
There is nevertheless a clause in the ma
tional agreement which says all disputes shall be
judged in equity. If this clause holds good,
and Irwin, Barnie, and several others claim it
is the law by which matters ought to be settled
it is possible the decision of the board may be
changed. The Association people say it will be
reVerseo. MI. Thurman says IL Will not
Mr.. Thurman was very wrathy at some OF
the remarks let drop by the Association men,
He was greatly excited when he was met by A.
G. Spalding in the hall on the third floor of
the hotel In loud voice, trembling with
passion, he related to Mr.. spalding what the
Association said of Mr.. Cowen and others.
''If they make anyfus over this matter or dis
pute the fairness of our decision," he declared,
.'I'll leave the Association and resign from the
board.n
Mr.. Spalding hurried away and saw every
member of the Association and endeavored to
quiet them, which to at least scme extent he
did. The board adjourned subject to the call
of the chairman and the members are now on
the way home. The Western Association com.
pleted its business tonight by adopting the
schedule prepared by the new committee.