Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-23
THE BASE HALL WORLD.

Will the Ease Ball War End This
 Week-The Changes Sf the Past
 Week and Their Probable Effect
 The New International League
 The Season to open Friday-The
 State and Central League Meetings
 -Bufalo Staunch for the Intern2.
 tional-Horner Not Yet Signed
 Notes.
 The base ball season of 1891 will be in augurated in nearly all sections of the country by one or more games on Fast day, next Friday. By that time many of the clubs will be completed and ready to enter upon the preliminary practice season in good earnest. The past week has brought many changes in the base ball arena, several of which are more or less important according to the effect they will have upon the national game this season.
 Perhaps the most important event of the W. Thurman, chairman of the national board of base ball clubs and the election of N. E. Young to fill the vacancy thus created It is generally conceded by nearly everyone interested in base ball matters that this step means the speedy termination of existing differences between the American association and the organi- zations under the national agreement and the return of the seeding association to the fold of the national agreement. If most desirable end, viz; the end of all wars and rumors of war, cessation of the signing of players under contract to other clubs, and tho reestablishnent of peace and harmony in the base ball world.
 As MT. Thursman's decisions in the Story and Bierbauer cases wore undoubt- sdly, the cause of the disruption, so now it is believed that he has resigned in order to restore harmony and cement together the two organizations for the season of 1891 under the national agreement That both organizations desire cessation of hostilities is undoubtedly true, and owing to such feeling on their part, it is more than probable that the flag of peace will float over the base ball world before the close of the current week. Which of the two factions have made the overtures toward peace and harmony is not material. Suffice it to say simply that they have been made and will undoubtedly be car ried out.
 Apropos of the present situation the New York Press says: That the Ameri- can association is anxious to get back under the cover of the national agreement is certain. The officials of the Association see the folly of fighting the League any lon ger and have made advances to the League looking to compromise F. K. Abell of the Brooklyn club is tho League angel of peace and he is now in Baltimore talking over the situation with President Wander. horst and Manager Barnie of the Balti- more club, and it is very likely tho whole matter will be settled in day or two. The Association will be obliged to make certain concessions to the League as re- | gards players, especially with reference tc | the Pittsburg club, which will keep all the players it has signed with one or two exceptions. The Association will also | give up the fight in Cincinnati and place | a club in Indianapolis instead. The set | clement of this difficulty is to be com mended. It will allow exhibition gamer to be played between the clubs of the two organizations, besides materially helping the game throughout the country.
 Sporting Life" editorially says: Evel | since the Association settled it's affairs wisely and well by retaining Cincinnati within it's circuit and organizing club ir that city on a substantial basis, goodly portion of the press-mostly League or. gans-have been shouting for peace Why | this demand should arise is a mystery, at | the Association schedule demonstrates that there is no war save the guerilla cam paign couple of League clubs inaugural ed by seducing Association contracted | players from their allegiance. This is tn, 1 only manifestation of war in evidence, anc that has all come from the League side | The latter has but to stop contract break ing and the war will be settled.
 | It is pretty safe to say the League, now that it realizes that it cannot break dow1 the association and that any further eff
 forts in that direction will simply swamp
 itself, is very willing, and even anxious
 to enter into a new agreement with tn
 Association The League now has tn
 strongest collection of players it ever had
 although at ruinous expense, and it mus
 now cast about for means to keep, by dip lomatic means, what it 80 recently ac
 quired by diplomacy and force combined It's plan now is to keep what it has locked up and to to save it's dollars by prevent ing the dreadful Association competition l for the star talent next fall. A new Ma tional agreement with some new reserve rule, to keep the Association from fora | ging in League preserves next fall is abso lutely indispensable to the League, despit, all the outward show of bravado, and to SC cure such an agreement between now anC next fall it will exert all of it's skill.
 | Another important change which oc cured last week was the dropping out o1 Toronto from the circuit of the Inter national league and the admission o1 Lebanon to fill the vacancy, thereby neces sitating the adoption of new name for tht league. The dropping out of Toronto was a sad blow to the League, and in conse quence of its effect upon the cities ot | Rochester and Syracuse came very nearly latter cities were, however, bolstered up Lebanon admitted to membership and the affairs of the organization are now 1T a most promising shape. with excellent prospects of good season financially and otherwise. Lebanon, although little out of the way, has a most excellent club, is backed by M J. Fearing, a many times millionaire and best of all a most ar dent base ball enthusiast, and has posted 6 forfeit of $1 ,50O as guarantee to finish the l season. The championship season in this league will open the latter part of April and close late in September. The schedule committee, consisting of the cities of Troy, Albany and Newark, will arrange sched- | ule, which will be adopted at the next meet ing of the league in Albany April 6.
 The State League.
 The meeting of the delegates at Hartford Friday for the purpose of organizing a state league of base ball clubs can hardly be called a success. In fact, owing to a difference of opinion in reference to the adoption of the guarsatee or percent age places, the league came within an acc of being totally disrupted. Four of the five delegates present favored the percent age plan, but the remaining delegate was obdurate and no amount of arguing could shake his determination to have the team representing his city play ball on the guar antee plan or not play at all. The meet | ing adjourned without taking any decided action, and it is safe to say that unless | some steps are taken, and that speedily, the proposed Connecticut State league | will not materialize this season. Another meeting will be held in Hartford some day this week, when the future of the league will be definitely decided upon. In the meantime, President Lang of Hartford and Manager Reddy of Bridgeport W i'll