The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19
BASE BALL.
The Rival Organizations Finally Reach a
B5siS of Agreement.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 18-At~
O'Clock this morning the meeting in the
club room of the Bates house adjourned,
and with it adjourned the first meeting of
the National League and American Asso-
ciation of Professional Base Ball Players.
This is the name of the consolidated base
ball organ cations, which met this morn
ing separately. heard first the reports from
the committee. and terminated their af-
f irs and dissolved. At the meeting that
lasted all last night Nick Young was
elected president, secretary and treasurer
of the new league. and Iack Phelps was
chosen as solicitor. The headquarters viii
remain, as of old, at Washington. A board
of directors was drawn by lot, and was
composed of members equally from the
eastern and western circuits. The new
league is organized on an iron-clad ten
year basis, and no club can be dropped
without the unanimous consent of the
clubs, including the one to be dropped,
and a three-fourths vote is necessary to
change the constitution. The terms of
settlement with the clubs dropped are said
to have been satisfactory to all parties, but
President Young is authority for the state
ment that the exact figures will not be
given out for some time.
THE AGREEMENT
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec 1S.-The agony is
over, and base ball is once more put upon
a sound basis The amalgamation of the
National leagne and the American asso-
citation was fully consummated today and
the agreement signed. The new Organiza
tion is 10 be known as the National League
and American Association of Professional
Base Ball clubs The first meeting of the
new league for formal organization was
called for IL o'clock, Thursday night. and
it was O'Clock this morning before an ad-
journment was taken. The constitution
was adopted section by section. The new
organization is organized on an iron clad
basis. The period of its existence is placed
at the years, and no club can be dropped
without the unanimous consent of all the
clubs. A three-fourths vote is necessary
before the constitution can be amended
The new constitution starts out with the
provision that the league shall be composed
of twelve clubs, which number may not
be diminished or increased for ten years.
In case of vacany during the champion
ship season n majority vote admits an ap-
plicant, The membership of a club may
be terminated by n resignation accepted
by a three-fourths vote by failure to pre-
sent team at the opening of the cham
pionship series; by selling pools, or allow
ing them to be sold; playing with disquali
field clubs and throwing games, or per-
mitting them to be thrown. The individ-
ud1 CLUBS are DOO TSSCTlCbeu IN the exercise
of discipline or in the management of their
business, and the board of directors is
made the sole tribunal for the settlement
of every dispute. Each club must play
twelve or more games with every other
club each season. The admission fee is
to be SO cents, general, and 25 cents special
The election of officers resulted in the
choice of Nick Young as president, secre-
tary and treasurer. Zack Phelps and
John I. Rogers are the legal advisors. A
board of directors. three from each
division, was chosen bv lottery.
The terms of settlement with the
dropped clubs were satisfactory, and the
money is to be paid from sinking fund
created by the payment OF 10 per cent. of
the receipts of each game. The so per
cent. plan in division of the receipts was
adopted.
Committees were appointed on schedule,
on players, on rules and on national
agreement. The duty of the latter COM
mittee is to form plan for the protection
of the minor leagues in reference to play
ers, and 10 foster their growth. The
schedule committee will meet in March TO
arrange a schedule.