The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-13
THE DIAMOND.
CORRIDORS OF THE AUDITORIUM
WE'RE THRoNGa1D AGAIN.
Baseball Men of High and Low De-
sree-Much Talk of Interest to
Those Concerned.

| CHICAGO. nov. 12-As on yesterday,
| the corridors OF the Auditorium hotel
were thronged this morning with base
ball men of high and low degree and
gossip of the diamond predominated. The
uppermost topic of the morning was the
tie vote by which John T. Brush, the
| India napolis and Cincinnati magnate, was
! temporarily thrown down" in the mater
OF approving the minutes OIL the nrst
meeting of the league. The point at
! tional board in delegating itself the power
! of amending the national agreement by
a unanimous vote in increasing its mem
bership from four to I'VE, including
Pre- sident Mick" Young. ex-officio MEM
Der, should stand. An amendment found
at the end of the national agreement
reads: This agreement may be altered
or considered at any time by the unanln-
Gus consent of the board. This amend
ment shall become operative after Feb
ruary Il, 1885,
Such clause practically gives IN
limited control to the board The minutes
as read yesterday indicated that the
league had approved of the action OF the
board in inserting the amendment, and
further ratified the increase Of member-
ship from four to five.
Immediately there was question as TO
the correctness OF the minutes. PieSl-
dent Brush and one or two others as
the amendment in question at the league
meeting. Several did not know, and the
rest We're positive no such action mad
been taken, boldly announcing they
would have opposed it at the time II 1t
had been under consideration. The pet
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 clause in the league con-
stitution which provides amendments to
the national agreement snail be adoptei
only by the unanimous vote OF the
league. The two clauses We're, there
fore, in direct contradiction to each other,
but the league virtually waived its right
in favor of the board if the minutes were
granted to be correct
Both sides lobbied all the morning in
view of the board wrangle and neither
would admit defeat
The national league at 2 o'clock had be-
come split into two factions, which held
meetings far apart in the hotel and 6e-
/ mind closed doors. The one under the
leadership of DR.. Stuckey of Louisville
went to a 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 Louisville
holding the coveted balance of power and
Stuckey making all kinds of demands
for crack players The fixed demand Of
Louisville was for Hall1flan OF Phliadel-
phia, Catcher Clements and Right Fielder
Sam Thompson in exchange for Chick
Fraser and McCreary.
The deal for this trade was stated
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
liberal transfer of players. DR.. Stuckey
said before the meeting of each faction at
. o'clock:
Il want something, the Louisville club
wants something, and for once the
despised Louisville club is in a position
to dictate. There must be concessions
from both sides, no matter how 1 act.
If 1 remain with the smaller faction. the
tie vote will not be changed, and Louis
vile Will be in line for representation on
the national board of arbitration. For
years we have been mulcted and l firmly
believe we have been squeezed with the
intention of Citing rid of us. We Will
demand the strengthening Of our team.
I am for Mr.. Byrne of Brooklyn for the
board OF arbitration. He has stood by
Louisville when we soreiy needed help,
and I never go back on a man who
stands by me- 1 don't care anything
about the Brush feature of the case.
Personally, 1 think the man called in a
minor league franchise should be a mem
Der of the national board
The report was circulated in the hotel
rotunda that Andrew Freedman of New
York had offered certain members Of his
New York team as a peace Offering 10
DR.. Stuckey for the vote of Louisville.
Bill Clark. Connaughton and Stafford
were the players mentioned