The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-25
THE DIAMOND,
Annual Meeting of the National
Baseball League Representatives.

Annual Meeting of the National
baseball League Representatives.
NEW YORK. Feb 2A-The annual
schedule meeting of the national base
ball league representatives was begun
at the Fifth avenue hotel here today.
AS in former years there was a large
number of baseball men in attendance,
including presidents, managers and
players. There were many rumors ito
the effect that the spring season this
year would be. a Lively one, but 9lhe
first days session passed off very
quietly.
The national board of arbitrators,
which consists of N. e. Young, of
Washington, G. H. Byrre, of Brook
lyn, A. S. Soden, of Boston, and John
T. Brush, of Cincinnati, went into ses-
sion and took up the petition of John
NJ. Ward, ex-captain of the New York
club. Ward wanted his name erased
from the reserve list of the New York
club. The request was granted.
The case OF Elberfeld, who is claim
ed by the Montgomery and Dallas
clubs, was referred to President Young
for settlement. The board took recess
at 2:15 p. m.
The regular league meeting was CALL
ed to order Immediately after the ma
tional board had taken a recess and
remained i'm session until o'clock be-
hind closed doors. When they ad-
journed the secretary stated that the
entire time of the session had been
taken up in the adoption of new
national agreement. The material
changes made from the one in vogue
are as follows:
The national board will in the future
be called the national board of arbitra-
'tion and its membership increased
from four to five. The board shall
determine the classification of the
clubs which apply for protection and
classify them under the national agree
ment in proportion to the population,
ION the basis of the last census), Of the
cities where they are located, or where
There are two or more large cities the
aggregate of the population win be
considered. There will be six grades,
namely, A. B. c. D. e and F. The
fees including right of reservation for
each club in these grades will be SIS,
$50, $40, $50, $40 and $40 respectively.
The limitation for the protection of
the players from the B and so on down
will be from the 1st of October to the
1st of january. The drafting of play
ers from these classes will cost as fol-
4OWo' OlooS "a, 9OVUy Clctoo GoUU, CLASS
c, 5000; class D, $500; class e, SIS and
class F, $50.
Clubs are forbidden to negotiate
with a player in minor clubs during
tho season without notifying the club
to which the member belongs.
Applications for membership must
be made annually as membership will
cease ait the end of each season.
The national board resumed It's ses-
sion at 1880 tonight and took the labor
of forming a schedule for the national
league clubs.
During the meeting of the magnates
this evening a session WAS held in AN
adjoining parlor of the hotel for the
purpose of organizing the minor
leagues. The meeting adjourned until
10 o'clock tomorrow morning when a
paper will be prepared in which will
be Selt forth the grievances of the mi
nor leagues and it viii be presented to
the national league tomorrow.
The national board adjourned at
11:15 tonight. The members said moth
ing of public Importance was trans
acted, and that the only business con-
sldered was in reference to some of
the minor leagues. The meeting of
the representatives of the national
league will be resumed tomorrow morn
Ing.