The Portland daily press., 1893-05-30
THERE is TROUBLE AHEAD.
FAN River and Portland Stand Shoulder
to Shoulder for their Rights-FaH River
viii Not Give Up Lincoln Nor win
Portland, Pitcher Mains.

to Shoulder for their Rights-Fau River
Will Not Give Up Lincoln Nor viii
Portland, Pitcher Mains.
There is trouble ahead for the New
England league which, unless immediate
and decisive action is taken, may lead to
its disruption. Yesterday the Portlands
and Fall Rivers resolved to stand should
er to shoulder for their rights against the
clique in Massachusetts, who have the ear
of the officials of the league exclusively,
and who have become possessed of the
idea that the league cities remote from
the Hub have no license to live. They
lose sight of the fact that Portland last
season provided bread and butter for the
struggling infant and aided materially
inrearing it to it's present healthy but
disgruntled condition.
The whole truth in a nut shell is this:
Last March, Mains, who was then at
Windham, was dickering with Manager
Clarity to play here, and gave his partial
consent in writing. Othor communica-
tions followed between the two which
was Of sufficient import to give Manager
Clarity PRIOR claim on the Windham
pitcher in preference to the Fall Rivers,
who entered into negotiations long
time afterwards. The league officials
were properly notified that Portland had
the prior claim on Mains.
Now Mains does not want to go to
Fall River and Fall River doesn't care
particularly for his services because with
viau, O'Neill and Lincoln they have an
efficient corps of pitchers. Lincoln hav-
ing proved himself great pitcher, and
the Brocktons being weak in that depart
ment, Manager Doe, with his usual Graf
tiness hatohed up story which he
poured into the ears of the representa-
tives at the recent SNAP New England
league meeting, of which Manager Gar
rity had no notification. Doe being
hand in glove with the Boston clique
who for years has run this league, or
at least tried to, carried his point and it
was voted to transfer Mains from Port
: land to Fall River and Lincoln from Fall
River to Brockton.
Yesterday Manager Med ermott showed
the writer telegram from the directors
of his club telling him to pitch Lincoln
today, and that it had been decided to
disband the Fall Rivers rather than give
him to Brockton. Lincoln was not noti-
fed in time SO he did not reach here in
time to pitch.
u will put Lincoln in the box against
Brockton tomorrow if we both live, and
Fail River won't desert Portland, you
have my word for that"
Yesterdays Globe has the following
from T. H. Murnance, the president of
the league:
"Down in Portland they have an idea
that the rest of the league has combined
to make it unpleasant for them.
Manager Clarity sends word that if a
meeting Of the league is not called and
his side Of the Maine's case heard, Port
land will quit the league at once.
The manager was informed by wire
that the president would call a meeting
III uAC AC4uO6I vi lOuI tluDS.
Last season the officers of the league
were accused by the Portland manage
ment of favoring Woonsocket. At the
same time the latter club was threaten
ing to leave the league, claiming that
Portland was receiving too many favors.
This is the best evidence in the world
that the management of both leans were
wrong.
The Portland press scored Manager
Leonard very hard for vigorously pro-
testing the work of Umpire Ryan.
Leonard is conceded to be one of the
coolest men at the head of ball team,
and when he kicks. hard and long, as he
is said to have done in this game, it is
safe to say that the umpiring was off
color.
The Portland club is now in bad posi-
ton; they have taken Glare, a player
claimed by Dover, right in the face of
Manager Leonard's word that he had not
been released. Quitting the league seems
to be small matter with the directors
of the club, Judging from the following
interview with one of them published in
the Portland paper of Saturday:
I'VE intend to ask for hearing said
he, land it certainly seems as though
common decency entities us to one. If
Mains can be taken away from us, then
there is not a player on the team but
what can be, as our claims to his SER
vices are as good as those we have on
any of the men ON the team. Rather
than submit to such outrageous treat
ment. l, for one, am in favor of with
drawing from the league. Portland new
er has been given fair deal in contro-
versies that have arisen, Hand believe it
is time to como out fat-footed and have
it. understood such treatment must
cease
Every club will suffer more or less
by decisions when players services and
picking out of umpires comes up for the
Judgment of the league and it's officers,
and the club that submits gracefully sell
dom loses.
The New England League is bigger
than any one cluh and pnrtland is Giro