Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-18
BASE BALL CONSOLIDATION SURE
No One Questions the Fact That the Doa,
Has Been Accomplished.

BASE BALL CONSOLIDATION SURE
No One Questions the Fact That The Deal
Has Been Accomplished.
The bare ball conference ct Indianapolis con-
tinued until late last night. with the situation
of affairs unchanged. The twelve-club organ
ization is settled. Nobody questions thiA The
| trouble lies in the arrangement of details. The
two conference committee, which adjourned
late Wednesday night, resumed the hearing of
| President Williams Of the Chicago club yester-
| day at noon The members of the committees
did not get together until SO late, owing to the
| fatigue experienced in o twelve-hour session
the preceding night Chicago held the COM
mittee's undivided attention for four hours. II
| is understood she has settled satisfactorily.
The committee, according to one of its men,
bers. was inclined to treat Chicago more hber-
ally than any of the other frozen-out clubs.
WHAT THE CLUBS WILL BE PAID.
President Williams will get every cent he has
expended in getting his club together. Column
bus held out for SIC, 000 but it was arranged to
give her 5000. and this will have to satisfy
her Milwaukee, which club, outside Of Chi
cago, was the only one not in the squeeze, "
S7.OO0-and no more.
As to what the Boston and Philadelphia asso-
citation people will receive is q matter Of mere
conjecture. The Quaker city men will pull Of
about s45, 900, and Boston sum in that neigh
oorhood- The exact amounts proffered the
clubs in the settlement may have to leak out by
the course Of time
President Young of the National League
VIII doubtless be made president Of the con-
solldated organization and Zach Phelps Of the
defunct association il to be given q soft berth.
The directors of the new organization will
number seven. three from each division, and
the president, member ex-officio. The 80
per cent plan for the division of the receipts
Will be incorporated in the constitution.
A guarantee fund Of 10 per cent Of the re-
ceipts Of each game was arranged for, the
money to go into ~ sinking fund for the pay
ment OF the debt contracted in the purchase Of
the franchises of the frozen-out clubs.
The report of the conference committee in
cludes the constitution for the new league and
Incorporates many of the provisions Of the old
league and association constitutions. Sunday
base ball IS put upon q local option basis, and
those towns desiring Sunday games can have
them included in the season schedule cham
plonshlp contests. In the constitution which
offers all the protection of the national agree
msnt, war is declared upon any club or league
maintaining club in any one of the twelve
cities now included in the new circuit.
DIsPosISG OF PLAYERS
Under the terms of the report every Chicago
player signed elsewhere whose services were at
the option of Spauldings team must return
there. This will carry back Pfeffer. Kittridge.
Hutchinson and others. late of Anson's colts.
So far as contracts with players not reserved
by contract options are concerned, the league
Will protect them. except. possibly. in the
OF Rusie, who, President Day of New York
says, will play with tue Giants again or no.
where
President john B. Day says he will have to
see fusie contract protected. Il have every
reason 10 believe" said &c. that it will not be-
Do you think the league is going to protect "A
$1,000 contract?''
The inference from Afr. Days subsequent
remarks Is that 1t is mutually understood that
Rusie Is to be returned to New York. ont not
at $1,000. Rusie becomes subject to the control
81 the league, which will give him to what club
Al pieases- Rasle. however. has personal
contract Tor his services In Chicago, which
may cause his new employers some trouble.
President SOden is heartily in favor OF the
Buffalo. Detroit. Columbus, Toledo, milwaukee.
indianapolis and other cities. and says that
ordinary management would make it a
success.
DOUBLE SEASON.
The constitution of the new league most Of
which has been practically agreed upon. will
differ IN some respects from the old. agree
ment OF the league, while in others it will be
fashioned exactly on the same lines. The first
and most radical change will be the provision for
division of the cham pionship season into two
series OF three months each. This. it is be-
IIeyed. viii greatly benefit the game, giving
those clubs which made poor showing during
the first half of the season through weakness or
disability of players chance to reinforce
themselves and start out equal with the lead
ers IN the second series. By this arrangement
the taienders will have two chances al the
pennan:. The clubs winning first place in the
spring and fall will play a championship series
OF seven. nine or eleven games at the end Of
the season 20 decide the real championship.
should one club win both it will of course
float the pennant without further contest.
Each series will consist OF six games for each
club, three the home grounds and three
away This will make the season entire twelve
games for each club. or 144 games for the year.
four games longer than tine old league season
Another question will be that of Sunday
games. 1t Is announced that the league will
not openly declare In favor Of Sunday games
no such games being on tie schedule, but 1t
viii connive at Sunday base bail BY permitting
those towns which desire to play Sunday
games to do so and count the same champion
ship contests. No club will be compelled to
play on Sunday. however. There will be moth
IN one Of these towns for a Saturday or Mon
day playing that game on Sunday and count
ing il a championship contest.
There will be certain other changes in the
new constitution, principal among which will
be the matter of contracts with players 1t has
not been asserted Yet whether or not the new
league will return to the graded salary system.
but some such agreement viii more than likely
be entered into A president of one of the
league clubs said yesterday that instead Of the
twelve-club league being organized on a five
years compact II will be for ten years iEsurinC
the existence Of the new league until the year
1901.