The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-21
BARNES ENUMERATION
HE CONSTITUTES 1T TO MEAN 1hA1
HE rs "BLACK LISTED"
p.s MA No. Appesr Before the Boar"
and E.msins Under the na"-"'
Omit the Diamond.

>.v Work, Dec. ga special meet
,,r ~ the National Baseball Board cohi-
,,osed of Nick Young, of Washlps .o"'
go, of Boston, ana Byrne, OF Broohiyn'
,,,as held here to-day to act upon t"S
80 of Barn!e and PETER. who are I'M
dor the ban OF the league. Buckenpersei
disabilities have been rem0Veuip perez lid
anneared before the board, but Peier u,a
nnf After the board adJourneu psi"
psve out the following document rad
mir William Barnle having appea1 w
before the board, and being gIdh'e -, :"
beaytng as required by HIM, WIN Wv ,.
nc hav1ng this board relieve him from the
disabilit,es imposed at its meeting 80
Sanber 18th. and upon full ana patiene
tnvest,gation OF all matters oear.hs upon
the question at Issue, the DoaTi mus mus ,,h
tYtst That from all the testimony SUI
ritted IL appears that Mr. William bd ii
ME while under contract TO the LOU. liz liz
Easel Ball Club, was entirely 10y al " ~" 20
club, ana in no way acteu
the clubs. oIu,r chat
Furthermore. he has made clear Una, ina
at no time did Mr.. Barnie make any -
TO induce any player under cOl'l .i or
any national agreement called, "a "a I'm an
Identify himself with any oTSahlNa.lO -"
tagouistfc to the national aSFeeueHS' ,bo
second. Subsequent to the close Oh Al, Irre
season OF 1894. TO wit: SeptemDeL 'Vtt 1,, sol
Harnle admits he dld ldently 49,
With a new ASSOCIATION about 10 ne Ioi IA -,
ed which necessarily was 10 CoiIS i
conflict with the national agreement IN
admits also. that he was aware etiH
September 1894, of the formation ol 60
called American Association, but ana hot
Identify himself with 1t until on. OF aooue
Third. IL has also been made clear 10
this board, and Mr.. Barme so cotIcc,ieo'
that while he was Identifying hihlStil
with the formation of the new American
Association, he was at the same uIne en-
deavOring 10 secure employment WI" q"
national agreement clGD. ....o
Fourth. in the absence or any pOSlt,FV
evidence affecting Mr.. Barnle 5 loydiy,
TINS board has no other ALTERNATIVE ~
to remove the suspension imposed on MI"
on November 18th. .
In taking thi, action, this board desires
10 say that while Mr.. Barnie admits ne
was a factor in the framing OF the Origin
al national agreement, he declines IN any
way to put himself on record as O"lnE
allegiance TO the national agreement OF
professional baseball clubs. Nj parties
identified with the national agreement
can take due notice OF the above lact'
and govern themselves aCcordinEly.
tSigned \. r. 1OIN','
&. II. BYRNE.
I'm the matter of Fred. PETER, due no
tice having been served by the hartman
OF this board on MIR. PETER that meeting
Of the national board would be- held i'm
New York city, December 20, 1894. TO give
nm an opportunity TO be heard ana NOW
cause. If any he had WHY the disability
imposed on him November 18th should
noJ be removed and Mr. PETER not avail
ing himself of the opportunity To be
heard IN person, but presenting general
but extremely indefinite and unsatisfac-
tory written statement, and from evil
dence submitted to this board, both oral
~ and in writing, this board iirLS no
reason why the disability imposed IN
the case Of Mr. Fred. PETER on Novem-
ber 18th should be removed.
(SignedJ n T. YOUNG.
a. II. SODEN,
G, II. BNRNt.
When Mr.. Barnie read this document
he sought out Mr. Byrne and a heated
alteration followed. The utterance Of
the board in the eyes Of Barnie is viz
,ualIy a request If not a demand. that
no club, a party to the national agree
men5, should give him recognition or
IT is stated that PETER intends to quit
baseball playing and become a base
ball editor for a morning paper.