Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-13
SQUABBLE OVER THE GAME
John 7. Brush's "Throw-Down"
Creates Trouble.
STUCKEY HOLDS HIGH HAND
And Makes All Sorts Of Demands For Crack
Players.
SAYS LOUISVILLE HAS BEEN SQUEEZED,
And They Want to Put Her Out of the
Leaeue-He "wants Something" and
Demands That His Team Be
Strengthened.
,TUCKEY HOLDS HIGH HAND
SAYS LOUISVILLE HAS BEEN SQUEEZED,

Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. 12.-In base ball cir
cles today the uppermost topic is the tie
vote by which John T. Brush, Indian
apolis- Cincinnati magnate, was Temporal
rily thrown down" in the matter of ap-
proving the minutes of the meeting of the
league. The point at issue was whether
the action In the national board in dele
eating itself the power of amending the
national agreement by unanimous vote
In increasing its membership from four
to five, including President Nick Young,
ex-officio member, should stand.
An amendment found at the end of the
national agreement reads: This agree
ment may be altered or considered at
any time by the unanimous consent of
the board. This amendment shall be-
come operative after Feb. "a, 1885,
Such clause practically gives un-
limited control to the board. The min
utes as read yesterday indicated that
the league has approved the action of
the board in inserting the amendment
and further ratified the increase of mem
bership from four to FIVE
Immediately there was a question as to
the correctness of the minutes. Pres-
dent Brush and one or two others assert
ed they remembered the approval of the
amendment in question at the league
meeting. Several did not know, and the
rest We're positive no such action had been
taken, boldly announcing they would
have opposed 1t at the time If it had been
under consideration. The plan generally
credited to Mr.. Brush was thus to give
the whole power to the board rather than
to the league itself There is also a
clause in the league constitution which
provides that amendments to the national
QPrpRn6nt ha aptxr hx, th.
unanimous vote of the league. The two
clauses were, therefore, in direct con-
tradiction to each other, but the league
virtually waived its right in favor of the
board, if the minutes were granted to be
correct.
Cincinnati, Cleveland, St. Louis. Balti-
more, Washington and Brooklyn will join
with Louisville in Mr.. Brush's favor, the
oppu,< Hon consisting OF Chicago, New
York Bcstoii, Philadelphia and Pitts
burE
Botn sides were earnestly lobbying all
the morning over the arbitra ton board
wrangle and neither would admit defeat.
Only vote can prove the success or fail
ure af the Bush combine. The negotia-
tions delayed the days session until after
II O'Clock. BY o'clock the league had
become split into two factions over the
arbitration board matter and they held
meetings far apart in the hotel and be-
hind locked doors. The one under the
leadership of DR.. Stuckey, of Louisville
went to room on the top floor and the
big five remained in the regular meeting
place on the parlor floor. At that time
the situation was chaotic, with Louis
Vile holding the coveted balance of power
and Stuckey making all kinds of demands
for crack players in return for his vote
against the major combine. The fixed
demand of Louisville was for Hallman, of
Philadelphia, Catcher Clements and
Thpp1n-nn In
change for "Chick" Frazer and Nc
Creary. The deal for this trade was
started yesterday, but the arbitration
board wrangle complicated matters.
At O'Clock the factions came together
and the report which obtained most
credence was that Stuckey had been won
over to support his old colleagues by lib
eral transfer ofplayers
DR.. Stuckey said before the meeting OF
each faction at O'clock: II want some
thing, the Louisville club wants some
thing and fortunately the despised Louis
vile club Is In a position to dictate. I
want concessions from both Sides no
matter how I act. If remain with the
smaller faction the tie vote will not be
changed and Louisville will be in line
for representation on the national board
of arbitration. For years we have been
mulcted and / firmly believe we have
been squeezed with the intention of get
ting rid of u.s. We will demand the
strengthening of our team. / am for Mr..
Byrne, of Brooklyn. for the board of arbi-
tration. He has stood by louisville when
we SO badly needed help and / never go
back on a man who stands by me.
don't care anything about the Bush fea-
trre of the case. Personally. think no
man connected with minor league or in
terested in a minor league franchise
should be a member of the national
board