The San Francisco call., 1898-04-27
A Fruitless Meetinq of the Two Baseball
 Factions.
President Bert Refused to Accede to Jake Rauer's
 Propositions.
Both Leagues Will Renew Hostili- ties With Unabated
 Vigor.

Two hours of fruitless debate was had
 last evening by the managers of the Cal ifornia and Pacific States Leagues, for
 the purpose of consolidation, but, as nei-
 ther side would accede to the propositions
 of the other, the proposed deal has been
 declared off
 President Bert of the Pacific States
 League strongly urged that the managers
 Of the three San Francisco clubs of their
 league consolidate with the management
 or Oakland. San Francisco and Stockton
 teams of the California League. They
 wanted to ignore the California League
 team at Sacramento for their club and to
 place Santa Cruz instead or Fresno, none
 Of which the California League would
 agree to.
 The California Baseball League agreed
 to consolidate with the Pacific States League only on one condition that the
 new league should consist of the Sacra-
 mento, stockton, Oakland, San Fran
 cisco and Fresno clubs of the California League under their present management:
 that the two San Jose clubs should be consolidated under the direction of $. N
 Fucker; Fucker; that the new organization should now held by the California League; that
 Eugene A. Bert should be president of the new league; H. H. McPike, president of the California League, should be vice president; Charles E. Wiggin of the Cali fornia League, secretary, and T. F.
 T League. treasurer, and all games should be played with the National League ball ana under National League rules.
 AS this did not meet with the approval Of the Pacific States contingent, It was agreed to disagree, and both leagues will go on in the even tenor of their ways.
 At the meeting last night J. J, Rauer Tor the California League Said:
 Mir Bert met me on Market street and sus- gested that two leagues would not be profit able If they continued this fight. and that the a frxTf Innr l-g.. for higher salaries. We'll, 1 said my theory is that II would be good plan to consolidate and have one league, as 1t would be profitable to the owners and players themselves I then asked MT. Ewing whether that would be agree able and he said if the clubs could come to- sether and harmonize it would be a good plan. McNeil sent for last Sunday and on my arrival at his house I found Mir, Bert. and We discussed the whole matter. MT. Bert and myself agreed to take charge of all these parks on condition that Mir. Bunker and Mir. Ewing were cared for. This was agreed to. but 1 did not learn until tonight that what they meant meant by caring for Mir Bunker and MT Bunker. and that Mir Coffroth. as manager for MT. Bushnell was to be associated with Mir Ewing as managers of the Oakland team. This refused to do. Our league willing to concede' the San Jose team to them on condi- tion that MT. McGlynn, its manager, was given MT Fucker be empowered to appoint whom soever he pleased as manager or the Garden Clty team They wanted two San Francisco teams to make 1t an eight team league. but .. as the rules of the national agreement will not pi I would not agree to it.
 We wanted them to throw out Santa Cruz ana put in Fresno. as Santa Cruz was poor baseball town while Fresno has the backing of Its leading business men and the support of a strong athletic club but they would not listen to 9e proposition. Another reason why we could not agree a consolidation was that yY vney wanted ted us to play at Central Park when ter adapted to the national game
 Alter the meeting MT. Bert made the following statement:
 These negotiations have been pendins for some weeks past. They were opened up the Central Park. On that occasion we had a good | big crowd, and everything was lovely and | leagues would not do, and thought that if the | could get together and agree we | was the financial packer of the other concarn ro came 10 my office the next day anu we onenad | np npr deSo'iatons: These negotiations have been pehIhs number of weeks, and we finally reached an agreement last Saturday in nnn s0aidSie snd the three parks. Central Recreation or or sixteenth and Folsom through Mir. McNeiI we agreed 10 pay the rent of the three niacas ana ana 10 play games at Central Park until such tIne as MT Rauer and myself could nnutnaii,, agree to transfer the games to Eighth ana Harrison or Sixteenth and Folsom strsa, Stiu S1 hauer wanted Mir Bunker and MT Eu,ira t, t manage their teams exclusively. as they had WonIS Hy nm nm loyaiiy to which agreed, saying " "oulu not ASK hlm to turn down anybodv We had arranged that MT Kapplan sbouIid nselp .sp manage the San Francisco team. I though people might unite in the managemenI of tpa stock otociton Club. and that Crowley and kapnIan i Moulu unite and manage the San Francisco oIuD MT Rauer came here tonight to carrS, put that contract, and the only people he was 70 bring were MT. Bunker and MT Ewing 1 "de very inuch surprised to see a numbsr- .of | other gentlemen with him, because it was die el speeaDie bea to talk to men had met before l. nave insisted right from the very start thet every manager that started out with ns r,at o,at continue . @ in the organization stated I wnuid ioe t pe d party Tn any deal of any consolidatinn nf lsers' all Of whom were loyal and reasonabIe
 AS IL stands now, the meeting has haen n waste or time We will play our rea1,lo ;ames as though no rival league has been in