The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-14
LEAGUE CLUBS COMBINE.
BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHfLADEL-
FHTA, AND PI7TsBURG IN LINE.
They Reach a Mutual Agreement Tor the
hest Interests Of Baseball ana
to Prevent Throw Downs.

| The annual fall meeting OF tile -rauvn"i
| League. or Professional Bast-bail 'iuDs
| viii begt,s al IN. tlfth-Averue hotel AT
noon to-day. Many OF the maghates ~ NJ
! IN town last night, and they ptsan ~
| wire-puling and lobbying IN eaih inf
| When the delegates get together sum. VI
| them will be surprised 10 find tnat a.
| powerful combination has been ioi. ,u'
| comprising the New YORK, Boston, fhlia
| delpnia. and Pittsburg clubs, WIN possl
bly, Cleveland and W asnington 10 coic
That such a combine exists. the Sun can
| state with authority. and II mas peeh "
| gained within the past Week. IL Is sne
| idea OF those magnatcs who nave oeeii
| instrumental ia forming TINS aiiance ~
Dand together for the best interests s oi
| baseball 10 XIII the so-called one man
| power that is said to have cohtioiled tiie III.
| league in times past, and TO LOOK oat
| for any little throw-down schemes thd'
| may be hatched in the brains OF those
who like to play tricks. ,,a
Opposed to this combination are TIC
| Brooklyn, Chicago. and Cincinnati CLUBS
with Baltimore st. Louis, and LoaiSv'i ~
| to be heard from. These clubs are an III
| favor of Sunday ball-playing, ana thelr
| representatives are particularly bitter to-
| ward the Pittsburg New York, ana Bos-
ton magnates for openly advocating no
| games on the sabbath. AS II ioons nov
| the league will play Sunday ball in the III
| ture as In the past. for IT cannot De
stopped unless an amendment TO the con-
stitution, which requires a unanimous
| vote, can bc carried.
When these rival cliques come together
It will include the difference OF opinion
| that exists between Messrs. Freedman ana
| Byrne. The former. with his one year
experience In the league. has learned cor COR
| siderable. and he has succeeded IN lortlly
| ing himself pretty well against the Tnucm
| talked Of attempt 10 trim his wings.
| lie was in constant communication WIN
| Messrs. Soden Reach, and Rogers Ias'
night while Byrne and John T. Brush;
| Of Cincinnati. went off for secret councl
OF war James A. Hart. Of Chicago, also
had long chat with the brooklyn CluD
president who still profcssed TO have no
! grievance against the New y ork inasndto.
When the subject OF Sunday ball-playing
was preached 20 Brush Byrnes. ana
| Hart. however. they fiared up ana Vehe-
mcntly declared that the league would
not abolish II. The western clubs regard
| the crusade against Sunday ball as an
other effort on the part OF the East 10
squeeze them, so that In time the West
will be glad Ia go back TO the old eight
club circuit. but II can be put down as
] certain that no such change VIII be made
! for some time to come without the con-
I sent Of all the clubs.
and several influential magnates would
| like 20 see IL displaced by Buffalo or In
! dianapolis. The latter city is controlled
| by Brush. who might be induced 10 buy
! If the Louisville people would put falr
price on their franchise
| The umpire question will probably con-
sumo a great deal of the magnates' time
The clubs seem TO be divided in opinion
as 10 whether the double-umpire system
| should be adopted or not. Soden, of Bos-
| ton. whose conservative judgment usually
carries great weight, favors the selection
| of six competent officials and change
| in the rules relating to fines. Byrne be-
| lieves that instead of fining players the
| umpires should be empowered to remove
| kickers from the game after one warning.
| Freedman advocates the doLble-umpire
4 CuDN0rtffS.
Ii has also been scuggested that II
six good umpires can be appointed that
/ they shall be scheduled In the various
| cities at the time the playing schedule is
adopted. That is. that Hurst or Emsie
| be scheduled for the Decoraton-Day
games in New York, and that there can
! be no way of having an umpire removed
| from one city to another. In this way
! IL is believed that the club officials them
selves would not find 50 much fault with
offending judges of play.
Ii is expected that there Will be no end
| of trading and dickering for players dur
ing the meeting. Many of the team
managers will be on hand 10 lend their
advice. Managers Irwin OF New YORK,
| Selee, of Boston: Foutz. OF BROOKLYN
! and Ewing of Cincinnati were around
the hotel last night INDUCING in secret
| cODfabs. The New York club is liable
TO figure in several deals.
The Philadelphia Club has already OIL
| fered Pitcher Jack Taylor and Outfelder
| Turner for Meekin and Doyle OF the
New Yorks, but, according 10 Manager
| Irwin, such a deal is out OF the question
! The Quakers are more than anxious 10
! seure DOYLE to captain their team. but
| ne is certainly too valuable a player 10
| be exchanged for an inferior man Ike
! Turner Meekin is undoubtedly bet
ter pitcher than Taylor.
| The Boston Club has four third base
men, Collins, Nash, Harrington, ana
| Nyce. The New York Club might make
! excellent use of one of these men, pro-
vding the Boston people are willing TO
let one go. Manager Selee wants
catcher. but he is not in much OF a hurry
to complete any particular deal AS
Soden of Boston, holds a big block OF
| New York club stock. II is more thah
probable, however, that a trade between
| these two clubs may be effected IN some
way
Dan Brouthers. the well-known first
! baseman. is in town and would Ike 10
have the Louisville Club remove ms sus-
pension. He would like TO play first base
! for Philadelphia, and he mas ALREADY
| preached the subject TO President kcaCh.
John c. Chapman Is mentioned as the
| manager OF the Philadelphia club, ana
he is universally regarded as sood
man for the place.
+. A. Abel. owner OF the Brooklyn
Club. held a long conference with Man
! ager FOutZ during the evening. Mr.
| Abel said that he had not heard Of any
successor TO Long Dave" ana expressed
! himself as being perfectly satisfied with
| the present managers work.
| Manager Ewing. OF the Cinclnnatis, IS
anxious TO make a trade with st Louis
J for Catcher Pritz. Buck has Latham
Holiday, and one or two other men to
exchange for Won der Ahe's star Dack-stop.
| IL was rumored last night that the ST.
! Louis rnaenafe would come IN for sharp
| call-down for turning his ball park into
a race track. but none OF the delegates
would discuss the matter.
The annual meeting Of the stockholders
| OF the New YORK club Was held IN the
| Fuller building, jersey city yesterday
| afternoon Those present were Andrew
| Freedman. Valentine T. Snyder. r. G.
| Potter. Edward l.. Mccall, John B. Day
| r 4. Abel A. II. Soden, John T. Brush,
! Tho. L. Hamilton. and the clubs secre-
| tarv Horace A Bonnell. About 2lO
| shares were represented. Of which Mr.
" eedman held 100 Treasurer Snyder's
report showed a profit of nearly &9.oD
Oh the past season. and for the first time
| since 1889 dividend Of six per cent. was
| declared
Andrew Freedman was reelected Pres
| ident and. on motion of Soden. his salary
| was fixed at $1,000. Valentine u. Sny-
! der was reelected Treasurer, and the
| following Board of Directors was re-
! elected TO serve for one year: Edward
| r. Mccall r. c. Potter. Thomas l.. Ham
! iton F. r. c. Young. j. w. Spaldlng. V.
| L. Snyder. and Andrew Fro edman. The
Executive Committee was also chosen
again consisting of Messrs. Freedman.
| snyder. and Spading.
At the conclusion of the meeting Messrs
Brush Soden. Day. and Abel, repre-
senting the minority stockholders. all
said that they were highly satisfied
with the way the clubs affairs had been