Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-02-22
SPORTING WORLD.
TIZ ASSOCIATION WITHDRAWS FROM TEE
NATIONAL AGREEMENT.
I, L9css Like Another War n Prospso.-Prss.-
ta-. Byrns Says Tie Association Had a Per-
Zee: Righ: to Iung-Noiss A5oa: Players.
General Sporting News

NEv NoUN, Feb. l2.-"It is not q
war;. said President Byrne, of the
Brooklyn Club, to-day. nor will 10 be-
such. The American Association has
simply seen ht 90 go ahead AID Try 90
get along on It's own hook. The Out
come will De- awaited with interest. Ii
had perfect right To- break the Nation
ed Agreement. Nobody can gainSay
that. The action Of the Association
can bc iiEcucd % that of railroad cor
pora-iou which. growing tired OF the
business methods of the union of which
with several other corporations it is q
member, decides that 10 can do better by
withdrawing and going 20 alone. If il
| finds out that mistake has been made,
nothing is left bur 90 abide by IT, JUST
SD With the Association. l think il has
made a big bluudcr'
It was learned to-day that President
/ Byrue, although now not "a member OF
+ the Association. attended one OF It's
meetings. and did everything which lay
/ iu his power 90 prevent its representa-
/ tives from breaking the National Agree
Imen-. Having been member OF that
I Organization for eight years, he has yet
q friendly feeling for it. 10 was and
f has always taken mp "a great deal of his
time in fighting his associates % keep
+ them under the National agreement, and
/ this time seeing what would be the
outcome If it took such step now
Jumped in 20 patch up the breach. But
the DELEGATES were So dead set that a
locomotive would not have stopped
them 10 10 had been standing in their
way President Byrne characterized
the American Association now as q
guerrilla concern 1t should not
blame the League for some
thing that TO alone is reSpO4-
,i5,e for. The trouble is, its mem
| beers are finding fault because somebody
I does not look after their organization.
| In fact. 10 very much needs guardian.
I The members elected their president
land also placed him on the national
board. No matter what his actions
were. they should not have broken away
from the national agreement. At tine
Filth Avenue Hotel last month they
signed a new national agreement, prom
Using 20 abide by It's rules. They have
not done So. As 10 StOvey and Bier
bauer. 10 was their own fault. EXPIRES
.deu- Phelps failed % place their names
ON the reserve list This negligence
would have amounted 20 nothing, had
they iu the meeting of the Joint Con-
ference Committee placed In the report
submitted 90 the League tie facts IN the
case and asking that they be considered
reserved.
President Day said. Il am sorry 10 see
-he Association break the national
agreement but 10 should not have
made rules unless 10 intended To- stick to
tlem.
F Sd. Earle Wagner and myself worked
I for hours with our associates to get them
not to take this step said William
Barr.e last night 'They were immov-
able. They thought an injustice had
, been done them, and they were bound
7 90 make the move. We saw We were In
I tho minority. and. as we knew that
/ Spalding controlled Thurman. and that
TIE former was tightening his grip on
our ueckS in the interestS of the League.
we gave in. am I'm the fight. There
is mo- way out of it. see no way by
which a compromise can be- made. The
Association "ii certainly make no
over-lreS 90 tne League.
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