St. Paul daily globe., 1892-03-02
BASE BALL MATTE RS.
Hints Of the Work Done by the
National Body.

Hints of the Work Done by the
National Body.
NEW YORK, March 1.-The corridors
OF the Fifth Avenue hotel were alive to-
day with base ball men who are in at
tendance atI the March meeting of
the National league. The principal
subject discussed this morning was
the national agreement, which will be
formulated by committee consisting of
MeSsrs. Rogers, Phelps and Young;
Krauthotf, of Kansas City, and Jimmy
Williams, who is representing the East
ern league interests. The National
league went into session at the Fifth
Avenue hotel at $3.50 this evening. The
delegates present were: New York, j.
w. Spaldlng, John B. Day and E. Kohl.
Philadelphia, John l. Rogers and AL
Reach. Brooklyn, F. A. Abel and G.
III. Byrne. Washington. George W ag
ner and William Barnie. Baltimore,
Harry Won Der Abeist. Boston, A. H.
Soden, j. j. Billings and William Co.
nant. Pittsburg, w. FL. Temple and W.
3 E. Scandrell; Cincinnati, John
T. Brunt. Cleveland, George P;
How, Frank ID. Robinson and
Davis Hawley. st. Louis. Chris
fOh ~ Cl hHO OCOISG IhuiioO.is
Chicago, James Hart; Louisville, Presi-
dent Stuckey, Jack Chapman and Zach
Phelps. Nick Young, of Washington,
president of the league; James Will
iams, president of the Western league,
aud G. G. White. of the proposed
Eastern league, were also in at
tendance. Meetings were held in the
afternoon of the committee appointed
to formulate new national agreement.
and, when the league meeting was called
to order in the evening, the agreement
as adopted by this committee was read.
Then a lengthy discussion followed, and
numerous amendments were suggested
by different delegates. Finally an
adjournment was taken at IL o'clock
until tomorrow morning. Messrs. Will
Jams and White won substantial vic
tory in the agreement committee on the
adoption of the clause restricting the
drafting of players to the season be-
tween the 1St of October and the 1st of
February. For this the league is
to pay $1,000 for each player taken
from Glass A, or the clubs in the
Eastern or Western association, the
league and the latter association paying
$500 for players for such of the minor
leagues as wish to come into the agree
ment The fee which each club is to
pay for the privileges of the clause Is
$15O in Class A and SIS in
Glass B. Messrs. Williams and
White demurred to the fee as
eXorbitant, but they were given to un-
derstand that they had better withdraw
opposition if they wanted the indorSe
ment of the report, which they did very
gracefully. During the evening, and
while the magnates were in session, Mr..
Williams had his heart made glad by
telegram from SchInelz, of the Western
league. telling him the hitch which had
kept L oledo out of the league had been
settled and the circuit was now COM
plete.
The agreement as reported by the
committee was discussed for the time by
the convention, when com mlttee con-
sisting of MIR. Byrne, Day, Stickney.
Howe and Elliott was appointed to con-
fer with Messrs. Rogers and Phelps, of
the original committee, to discuss the
agreement and suggest such changes as
they could settle upon. As soon as this
matter was disposed of President Day
brought up the question of the rights OF
the New York club to retain Richard
SON. He was frequently interrupted
by those who opposed him, and the dis
cussion waXed so warm that it was
thought advisable to sleep over the mat
ter before coming to a final decision.
The meeting therefore adjourned till
morning.
The joint committee ON the national
agreement will submit its report tomor-
row, and the discussion of the two mat
ters alone will probably consume the
day. A lovely fight will probably occur
over the schedule later in the week.