New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-11
FREEDMANS "METS" OUSTED.
THE ATLANTIC LEAGUE MAGNATEs
WEARY OF AN AUTOCRAT.
REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE NETWORK CLubs
PRESIDENT MAKE STRENUOUS PROTEST

REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE NETWORK CLubs
PRESIDENT MAKE A STRENUOUS PROTEST.
BUT IT AvAlIs THEM NAuoHT.
r,. u,.,o.sd N.trono,,tan baseball team Is a thing
Of the past Until yesterday this team was a men" ),
her Of the Atlantic League. but the policy pursued
by the management, which is the same as That
which controls the New-York CLUB. mas oecoi'o 90
unpopular that the other members OF the At"n"'
League at last revolted At meeting held IN 'ne
Office of Samuel Crane. In Park ROW. iast nsn., ~
was unanimously decided to drop the metropolitan
.a. ,ror the roll and to admit the Athletic team.
of Philadelphia In its place
The DELEGATES present at the meeting iast nisnt
were as follows: Samuel Crane. PRESIDENT .. NJ
Knowles and Horace A. Bonnell OF the Metro
potans; Daniel Long. Of Wilmington; q. T.. anu
Albert Ellis Of Newark: f. G. Barrow and A. A.
Mckee of Paterson; William Barnie, Of HARTFORD
Ted" Sullivan, OF New-Haven. and william ohar-
sig representing the Athletics. There Is cnahce
that the New-Haven team will sell out 10 Lah-
caster leaving the League with Six MEMBERS u
heretofore.
The delegates were not slow to give the reasons
for throwing the Metropolitans out Of their League
They said that Freedman had handled baseball
affairs In so high-handed fashion that his presence
in the League no longer desired Many present
said that II the National League could De as rortu
nate in Kidding itself Of Freedman the game at
large would be benefited materially. 1t was pre-
League might be the forerunner Of similar action
to be taken by the National League.
President Crane. In speaking of the 'throw-oown
of Freedman and his Nets" had this to say: The
Metropolitans were thrown out because they mad
not lived up to their contractual obligations The
club was not expelled for the non-payment OF its
dues as has been stated. We decided that we
would be better off without them, and we nave
taken this OF Kidding ourselves or an unde-
sirable customer. We want to be fair about ~.
however, and we shall return to Freedman the
$3.50 which he posted to have his team go through
the season. and the 800 which he paid TO the Ma
do not them. l understand that ne mas
only three under contract anyway
The whole trouble hought ABOUT py the
action taken by Freedman in refusing TO allow
Berryhill. the captain Of the Wilmington team. 10
enter the Polo Grounds. Freedman has debarred
newspaper men from the grounds with impunty
but ne n 1T with a setback when he tried to die
the local burial ground Of baseball in this city.
Horace A. Bonnell and F. NJ. Knowles represent
ed the Freedman interests at the meeting last n1sh
and they made long plea for the poor Old NETS
They pointed out that the NETS" had three
weeks OF games scheduled for the Polo Grounds
for which they did not have to give the visiting
teams anything. Mr. Bonnell minated that legal
steps might be taken by Freedman against the
Atlantic League. The Atlantic League men say
out Freedman, and that they have no fear Of the
result.
The Metropolitan Wilmington game which was
TO have been played at the Polo Grounds yester-
day was forfeited to Wilmington because the
Metropolitans refused to play