The record-union., 1891-02-27
NOTES FOR TEE CRANKS.
The Northwest League Claims Several
Emigrating BaII-PIayers.
An Appeal to be Made to the Nationa.
League-A Coming Glove
Contest.

The Pacific Northwest League. it ap-
pears, are going to raise "howl' before
the Board of Control of the National
League, on account of the signing of a
| number OF their eX-piayers with clubs in
the California League. Three of them
Hustin, Peoples and Fraifce-have signed
to play ball with the Sacramentos, and
| they will be involved ip the difficulty.
They frankly admit that they were re-
served by the clubs with which they
played last year, but say that their man.
ayers afterward backed out oftheir agree
,nent on the salary question, and in so
doing forfeited their claims to the services
Of the men.
The following interesting dispatch was
received by the RECoRD-u Union last night
from Seattle:
SEATTLE CRANKs SURPRISED.
The confirmation of the report from
San Francisco that Van Xandt, Huston.
Peoples, McGuirk, France, Ward, Mills.
| Stevens and Pbillips-;!ll reserved play-
ers of the Pacific Northwest League
| have been Signed by California clubs in
| violation OF the terms of the national
agreement, has caused a great deal of sur
| prise among the baseball men here. They
have announced their intention of bring
| ing the matter before the National Board
| OF Control. w. -E. Rockwell, Secretary
OF the Pacific Northwest League, was to-
day seen by reporter, and had the fol-
| lowing to say of the threatened trouble
| between the two leagues:
PAID MONEY FOR PROTECTION.
I'VE have no fight with the California
| League, but we want and expect to keep
our players. We paid a thousand dollars
for protection under the National agree
ment, and we think we ought to have it.
Ii Caiifornians wished these men. they
should have dealt honorably with the
clubs to whom they belong, and have en-
tered into negotiations with them instead
| OF signing players without any notice
Whatever. Other men on our reserved
llst have been tampered with, but were
| too sensible to consider offers made them.
Woof the players approached in this way
are Snider and Hernon OF the Seattles.
We are going to
FILE PROTEST.
With the National Board of Control against
the illegitimate signing of our players
by outside clubs. / see that they exDect to
take the matter before the board them
selves, but don't know of the slightest
grounds upon which they can base their
claim to the men iii dispute. They belong
10 the Pacific Northwest League and to
no other organization. We claim and ex-
pecf TO keep every one of the players in
VOWED in this matter, except one"
THE BoXERs.
number of local sporting men met
yesterday afternoon and drew up the
articles of agreement for the proposed
glove contest between Charles Turner.
| the veteran Stockton colored boxer, who
defeated the Modesto giant, Englehart
| at Armory Hall, Wednesday eVeno,lg
and William Hall, the local champion.
The contest Will probably take place
next week. These two boxers met in
this city two years ago. and Turner won
| IN twenty-one rounds, and it was one of
the best glove contests ever seen in Sacrs,-
mento. Hall expects to win back his
lost laurels this time, and has been in
training for several days already in an
ticipation of tho contest.