Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-06

will appeal to the league and have Richardson
awarded 10 them 1t Is strange how the New
York papers continue TO harp on what they
call the rights of the New York club IN Thu;
Richardson matter Their claim is that an ar
rangement was made at indianapolis whereby
Roger ConnOr who was secured by Manager
Barnie at the same time he signed richardson
To he left to the HhiiadelP has. New lorh
yielding Its claim. AMI RICHARDSON was TO go tS
New York. Philadelphia has obtained Common
saws New York. now We should have Richard
son.
Admit for a moment that such an agreement
wOuld upset the assignments made by the com
mIttee. Messrs. Young and Phelps. how car
New orb prove that such an agreement wa:
made! The other party 10 the alleged agree
ment has admitted nothing of the sort. Pref
dent Young denies ali knowledge OF 1t. There
Ii not a spark Of evidence that 1t was eyel
made
NO Such ARGUMENT WOULD STAND.
Even had such an argument been made
which is denied by al but the New York peo
pie. it would not stand after the agreement
entered into by all the contracting parties form
ing the new consolidated league. These arti-
cies OF agreement on which peace was final y
concluded 20 the effect that the clubs
were to have the PLAYERS signed by them prior
TO DecC mber - in case a PLAYER had signed
two contracts. like Moran and Mccarthy, the
uFrt tOltIdCb Hl-Ntt was ~ DC DAEG4l4S- i Hc
unsigned players and the players of the
Athletic. Columbus, Milwaukee. Chicago (assO-
citation and Boston tassOclatlOnl clubs were TO
be thrown into a pool Each club was to select
fifteen PLAYERS and was to submit its list to
Me-srs. Young and Phelps. who were to re-
arrange the lists so that players name
wOuld BE- duplicated and the strength OF the
clubs would be equalized as far as possible IN
der the circumstances
A. hat tins vas a formidable undertaking any
I...II
wll uuheSltItIugly admit 1t was new and a
vast work Undoubtedly no two better quail
utd men cCGld have been selected than Nessrs.
Young ami PHELPS More than thSt, no two
IN u could be found well qualified they.
Ia eases where a CLUB desired players no other
club Wanted they were awarded at once But
over some % TIE pIayer- ther= was decided
contest such men a. Tom Brown, Duffy and
Farrell were IN great demand The contracts
signed. with hIgh salaries. by Kelly and Pieffer
and EGsIe made them little sought for. But
finally the task Was completed and the assign
mcnts were published. In CONVEX
sat.on with the writer Mr.. Young said
tAAt he expected vast amount
c. criticism an! cOmplaint-there were many
demands to satisfy DUt the result must have
Teen extremely gratifying 10 them. In only
four Cases have been complaints of the action
q: the committee made by the management of
the clubs. These were III the assignment of
Grim To Louisville, Lyons to New York. Moran
IL.
Iltisbars threatened over Grim and
Lyons, but has subsidized tor the time being at
least New York expressed some surprise over
MOrln's assignment and has been fairly rioting
L. abuse OF Mr. Young over sending Richard
son to Washington. Al other clubs acquiesced.
NV YORK ENCOURAGES REBELLION.
There have been some protests on the part
Of tic players but in every but that of Rich
Ard-On they have been whipped into line and
4 4 Ill
Richardson New York has openly encouraged
las revolt. even lustI-,lted it. tor II is known
that without encouragement from New York
Danny would have come to Washington with
out question Upon what mea. has this Man
haitian CTsar fed that he has grown great
enough % make rules for his own conduct!
Other clubs want certain players. Why haven {
they as much right TO encourage re olt in those
players - New York has. But 1t can be easily
egu that If this were done the clubs would all
b. at war again Al the careful planning and
negotiations of last fall would be for nothing.
lie; gave the right To one club and you must
give II 10 all
This point was clearly brought out at the
Indianapolis peace conference. Mr. Brush
asked unanimous consent of the clubs for three
lLsyers- Immediately another delegate jumped
up
If Mr. Brush is to be given this privilege, "
be SAID, 'wAat reason IS there why it should
no; be given to the rest OF us?' and the
privilege WAS not granted
II was clearly seen then that there could be
nospecial iayOrs- livery club had equal rights.
POa no other basis could there be peace. New
York, with the other clubs. agreed to those
terms. Yet now II Is conspicuous in Its fight
Tor FAVOR anu threatens to induce the league to
oserruIe the assignment OF Richardson
AN ENTITY THREAT.
The threat is an empty one. The league
could not if it would and would not If it could.
Fr.-s, u,
the decision of the two srbiters. Messrs Youu.,
and Phelps. Override one decision and what is
there to prevent OyerrulIng another? Give
richardson TO New York and you must heed
PIttsburg's protest and give Lyons TO Temple.
Al once a horde OF Claims would pour in from
clubs now peacefully abiding by the assign
ments and more oyerruings would be asked
Then yea would have twelve dissatisfied clubs
snG-war.
The league managers are by no means fools
They see tnls clearly. There Is TO question
that at least eight OF the clubs would vote
sOhdly against any Overturning Of the assign
ment lIs;- Very likely there are more, but il
II Is known positively that eight wouId oppose
IT. New FORK has hardly friend In base ball
circles in tins senseless war upon the national
agreement OF peace. Its illogical demands
would ruin the league and the league men
knOS IL The Washington management there
fore cares very little for the threat
The protests of the players will have no more
"ft0A-A AA-stA IlOteSts Ot Tue CLUBS E.GCf
player who signed a contract before December
VIII play where his contract SAYS except IN
Case Of abandoned clubs. That tine assIgnIne nj
list may involve hardship to q few may be ad-
MItied. but IN the good of the many the hap
plness OF the individual cannot always be con
slieTed- some base ball writers who used 70
write most slOwingly Of the beauties Of the cid
reserve rule. whereby player was chained
year after wear 20 one city, though he cOuld do
better elsewhere have been writing .eeI:u xly
o. late Of the slavery" imposed by the arbi-
uary assignment. Their freshly born
so.IcItude Is funny. They oy, FLOCK the
fact that the very livelihood of III.
players depends upon the national game
being made paying business. To insure Its
existence WAS the object OF the peace confer
ence and the work OF MessrS- lOun-, anu PheIps
was Gone with this IN view. Tom Brown m
not want To &C 10 Louisville or Danny Elcharj-
son may not like Washington but Tor that rea.
son Is the whole scheme of the consolidated
league 10 he overthrow: They can retire. Of
course, but II they want TO stay in the league
they must co what the league. through its rem
sIGSISG TIE LOCAL MIN
Manager Barnie, already stated in these
columns, Is not worrying himself much over
Danny. He has returned from a trip to secure
the names of several of the players and saw
Doth the Richardson's Hardie Is quite enthu
siasuc over coming here and thinks We viii
have great team After Danny had had {
talk with Mr. B&rnIe he expressed himself yery
inherently from what he QId at first There 4