The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-26
RASE BALL KINGS MEET
an Who Control the Game As
W." sembIe at Baltimore.
ors,ypss BEFORE THE MEETING.

.oard of Arbitration WIN Consider er'ev-
Among the Players and Managers
.roohlyn Club Wants to Reduce the
..,.e of Admissions-Ha Hart After Nash
,.,.resting Gossip i'm Regard to the
~ which May BE Put Through.
o,,i,,,ore. Feb. 26.-The men who
.,rol Americas national game met
sora Thursday morning for three
80, conference upon matters connect
- with that sport. The programme to
=, sollowed out Is about as follows: The
,oeetng of the board OF arbitration Is
- consider grievances among the play
and managers, among the most i'm
o,tant of which Is that of William III.
Mccunnigle, who says the Louisville
III went back on a verbal contract
a. make him manager for this season,
.sorebv causing him to lose another de-
',rohle lob. and that of Frank Foreman.
the pitcher, who does not want to go
% Indianapolis, where President Brush
80 The Cincinnati and Indianapolis clubs
nronoses to send him. The next bust
nass ia the assembling OF the league
aroner and the presentation OF the va
r,ons committee reports, the most i'm
nortant of which is that upon rules. AT
his writing 1t seems likely that most
90 the suggested amendments will be
lost
Application of Brooklyn Club.
This report being disposed of, the
meeting will probably take up the APP
nllcation of the Brooklyn club for the
privilege of reducing the general ad-
mission charge to % cents, one which
is likelyto cause trouble, as 1t Is thought
both Cincinnati and Cleveland will
want the same privilege, and there Is
much opposition to 1t because OF its ten
dency toward lower figures all around.
There are other important questions to
he disposed of before the consideration
Of the schedule for the coming season
will be taken up, chief among them be-
ing the proposition to increase the mem
bership Of the board of control and ar
bitration by adding one member and to
give equal representation to both fac
tions in that board. This proposition is
said in some quarters to be In the ma
ture of an olive branch held out by the
seven clubs now in control OF the board
to the remaining five for the purpose
of averting the trouble which seems to
be threatening the leagues very axist-
ence and which II has been freely pre-
dicted would come up at this meeting
in a discussion over the schedule.
Presidents After Players.
President Hart of Chicago has beer
putting in time in Philadelphia trying
10 arrange a deal for Third Basemar
Nash. whom Chicago is said to be anx-
ious to get This is an important dea
that is looked for at the meeting. Pres
ident Harry Pullman Of Louisville 1:
suspected of having been on a still
hunt for players somewhere. The be-
lief that he anticipates some trading IL
strengthened by the fact that Manager
James F.. Rogers has arrived here. II
may be that the deal for Quinn. which
has been hanging fire so long, may &C
through. Among the deals which are
likely to be put through besides those
mentioned is one between Brush anc
Won der Abe, Brush giving Holiday
for big Roger Conner. 1t Is not un'
likely that New York may make some
deal, either the Rusie-Taylor-Cl Clements
or a trade for good left fielder. Bos-
ton seems out of it, as Manager Franz
Selee is not at the meet.