The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-26
is THE AIR ABOUT THE MEETING
OF THE LEAGUE MAG
MATES.
NOT MUCH DONE AS YET.
THE NATIONAL BOARD OF ARBI-
TRATION.
THE MEETING PROPER POSTPONED
Pending Questions of Importance
to BE Taken Up Today for
Decisive Action.
BALTIMORE, Md,

BALTIMORE, Md, Feb. 25.-Tht
men who control Americas nationa
game met here this morning for a three
days conference upon matters con
nected with the sport. The spacious
corridors of the Rennert are alive with
base ball magnates, managers, cap
tains and newspaper men from out-of-
town points. None of the several
phases Of the meeting, about which SC
| much interest clings, have as yet been
touched upon, such as schedule, rules
reduction Of general admission, etc.
The air is thick with deals and ru.
morS of deals, but none can be run
to earth, the days proceedings in their
entirety partaking much of the order
of love feast. The first meeting was
that Of the national board of arbitra-
ton called at 10 o'clock this morning
and remaining in session until 1 D. M
President Young says that they took
up several unimportant minor league
tangles and Strengthened them. This
board, which is identified with the
board Of control, consists of President
Young and Messrs. Byrne, of Phila-
delphia; Soden, of Boston, and Brush,
of Cincinnati.
The next feature of the days pro-
ceedings was the meeting Of the league
proper, which was called to order at
1:15 D. m. Mr.. SOden was made
chairman, and the minutes of the last
meeting were read and approved. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Young, this is the first
time in twenty-five years that such
action has been taken. Secretary
Young was instructed to send a copy
n llnr NfraT1 %
club as soon after each meeting as
possible. The report of the committee
appointed last year to devise better
means of controlling umpires was pre-
sented and temporarily laid aside until
after the. rules committee had made
their report.
The committee on Geographic con-
tracts presented it's report, which was
finally accepted. During a discussion
OF the report of this committee, it was
determined to take some steps to do
away with the ticker" reports Of the
games, at least in the home games in
respective cities. If this should not
prove feasible, it Is thought that the
league will endeavor to make the tele-
graph companies pay for the. privi-
lege of running wires into the various
grounds, which may possibly have the
effect Of bringing about a clash with
the telegraph companies
The league meeting was adjourned
until IL a. m. Friday. The report of
the committee on rules and the appli-
cation Of the Brooklyn club for permits
sion to reduce general admission to Is
cents, have not yet come up
The board Of directors, consisting. of
Soden, Of Boston; Earl Wagner Of
Washington; Hart, Of Chicago; Freed
man, of New York, and Stuckey. of
louisville, will likely not convene. Their
duties are to adjust differences between
league clubs and players, and, as Nc
Gonnigle's case will not come up for
consideration, it seems as if their ''oc-
cupatiOn is gone" McGonnigle's case,
at all events, will be settled out of court.
The matter was left to two arbiters,
each side to choose one. Mac named
DR.. Stuckey, former president of the
club, and the Louisvilles chose Mr..
Abel, of Brooklyn, to represent their
cause. These two gentlemen are given
absolute power to adjudicate the diff
ference of about $4,000, which McGon-
nigle claims is due him as balance of
'S6 salary and full pay for 1897.
Those in attendance at the meeting
are: Frank De Haas Robinson, Of
Cleveland; John T. Brush, Of the Gin
cinnati club; c. H. Byrne and F. A.
Abel, of Brooklyn; A. H. Soden and w.
II. Conant, of Boston; Andrew Freed
man, of New York, accompanied by
his attorney, E. E. Mccall, and by his
manager and captain, Joyce; John B.
Day, of New York; Messrs.- Rogers and
Reach, Of Philadelphia; the Wagner
Bros, Of Washington; James A Hart,
Of Chicago, and Chris Won der Abe,
St. Louis, besides President Manager
Edward Hanlan and Treasurer H. r.
Wonder Horst, Of Baltimore