San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-08
BASEBALL BUSINESS
National League Has Work
Cut Out.
THE NATIONAL BOARD HAS A
TANGLE OVER DRAFTED
PLAYERS ON HAND,
That Temple Cup Business Which
Has Been A Disgrace To
The Clubs COnteniing
Will Be Called Upon.
other News.

New York, Nov. S.-The Herald says:
The National League and Association
of Baseball Clubs will begin it's annual
meeting in Philadelphia tomorrow.
Standing out prominently on the list
of subjects to be decided is the Temple
cup question. None the less prominent
is a mass of evidence concerning the
of players on the field, which
increased last year to such proportions
as to disgust the public and alarm
the owners for fear that a further con-
tinuance of it next year would injure
the game.
There will be more or less talk of
having the western teams make three
trips east and the eastern teams three
trips west next year, instead of two as
has been the custom. The Philadel
phia's club gate receipts question will
also come up, it's three years special
privilege by which it settled with Wis
iting clubs on a % per cent basis hav-
ing expired. Numerous other problems
will arise.
The national board will meet tomor-
row morning to disentangle disputes
over drafted players. An appeal from
the Western league asking the board to
recommend to the league some modifi-
cation of the drafting custom will be
discussed.
w. c. Temple, of Pittsburg, who
gave the National League players the
trophy that bears his name, has an
nounced that he will be at the meeting
to protest against the abuses which
have been creeping into the games
played for the cup. Mr.. Temple says
that in the very first contest for the
cup in 1894, between the New York and
Baltimore, one important condition,
that of the division of the gate re-
ceipts, was violated, some of the pley-
ers, instead of standing on the provi-
sion of 60 per cent of the receipts to
the winners and 40 per cent. to the
losers, agreed to divide on a so per cent.
basis. Mr.. Temple says that he asked
the league to punish those players, but
was told to let matters pass, similar
offense would not be made again. That
in his opinion was where a serious mis-
take was made, for had the offending
players been punished at that time no
further offenses would have been COM
mitted and there would have been no
scandal this fall, when the Baltimores
and BostOns played for the cup.
Some club owners are opposed to the
Temple cup altogether and others are
in favor of it and will work for its
continuance. Edward Hanlan, man.
ager of the Baltimore team, which was
taken part in every series yet played
for the cup, very naturally will use his
in support of it and he has
gone so far as to formulate a new plan
by which he hopes to regain the en-
of those who have ex-
pressed their opposition to the way in
which the Temple games have been
conducted.
Mr.. Hanlon has adopted the sugges-
ton of A. H. Soden, of the Boston club.
that the clubs contribute a fund of S12,.
300 to be divided among the players of
the three leading clubs: the champions
to get $4,000; the second club 81, 600 and
the third club $1,000.
This amount could be raised by each |
,lub subscribing $1,000 or by setting
aside a certain per centage of the gate |
receipts of every game, say per cent.
Il, at the end of the season the amount |
Exceeded $4,000 the balance could be re-
urned to the clubs in proportion to the
espective amounts paid in.
Although $4,000 would be divided
.mong the first three teams, the teams
which finished first and second, ac-
ordlng to Mr.. Hanlon's idea, would
LAY for the Temple cup just the same
S usual, without, however, their re-
Giving any part of the receipts. The
National League would manage the
ames and collect all the money and II
er chance the amount should be great
r than $4,000, the excess amount
iould be so much clear gain for the
arious club owners themselves.
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