New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-14
BASEBALL.
ANNUAL QUARREL OF LEAGUE ChoD
OWNERS.
MUCH PICKERING AND I'LL FEE1LNG-MAKlN' II
,-rp1DAsASr FOR PENNASr w1NNERs-oNE
xAoxArE BUSHES TO WALL STREET
FOR CONSOLATION AND WINS
Ssooo-EwrNG MAY MAN

FOR CONSOLATION AND WINS
sIsooo-EwNe MAY MAN
AGE NETWORK.
n.y. .rs,r. a, the professional baseball world Al
,h,s time are not unlike those or the proleSsiono
b,eycle rIder-chaotic, insecure. with the cIoud VI
dons.r lowering over In the opinion OF some SEN
s,b,e men who have watched the growth anu "e
,sonnoent Of professional baseball for many years
the actual conditions which confront the cup OWL
,rs today were never moro complicated anu ui
satisfactory with the exception or the tunes VIZ
the charges OF crookedness we're mace aeaiS' Wv
snort twenty odd years ago and when the reoeHion
Of the brotherhood OF players happened zen year.
oro The club owners OF the National Baseoah
Jeag7,e are still IN session at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel and they may be there until SATURDAY anu
possihly longer There are those who predict 'Hdt
many of the perplexing questions whlch Coiiio''
the capitalists Of professional baseball VIII not DC
settled when the convention finally adjourns-
The conditions are much the same as prevailed
,ss, year. except that mutual distrust Is ram
nant lust now. Another difference Is that last
wear most of the moneyed men OF the game were
SO thoroughly disguised at Freedmans mismanage-
mon, that thew derided that individual 10 their
hearts content Now the III will Of the majority is
turned against the owners Of the Brooklyn ciuo'
and they are prepared to crawl and creep and tie
the shoe laces Of the man who has pracucaIy
killed the game in this city Thus are pehIlan'
winning and liberal business policy rewarded IN
the National League to-day. As one man expressed
Il yesterday "They are a mercenary SET THESE
club owners Freedmansm in New-York has
caused their teams to lose money when visiting
this city and they would warm cobra In their
bosom II by doing so they could get PACK some OF
the money they have lost. II Is not the man they
love and respect; Il Is the machine behind MIN.
Tammany Hall. which they fear. They want 10
reduce the circuit from twelve to eight clubs.
a1fka NAV
cording to the ten years agreement no change
can take place without the unanimous consent
OF all parties to the contract The four clubs to
he turned down-Louisville. Cleveland. Washing
ton and Baltmore-wi retire willingly, provid-
ing they are paid for their franchises. But they
cannot legally be thrown out against their Will.
THE club owners are standing over an abyss, and
some OF them realize II. II the trouble goes much
further there will be another baseball war and
somebody will get hurt. The minor leagues are
none too friendly TO the parent organization and
n the proposed newcomer has his wits about him
he can cause great deal OF trouble in the next few
years I believe that the present chickering's and
troubles will blow over. hope so for the welfare
OF the game
To show how some OF the club owners feel one
illustration will suffice. One OF the magnates came
the hotel last night. after being absent for the
afternoon, and explained his absence by saying:
TO The tales of Woe and trickery. and went to
Wall Street in desperation was out Of sorts, and
/ happened to be the slump side and cleared
$4,000 the day"
There meeting OF the League proper yes
terday. and there may be none to-day. The entire
day was taken up with meeting Of the Board Of
Directors. The settlement of the Wrgley con-
troversy promises to be used lever 10 bring
the Brooklyn Club to terms. After six hour
session the directors announced that they had
taken recess until II m. to-day and that no
decision had been arrived at. II IS significant fact
that the make up Of the Board of Directors and
the National Board are practically the same. one
decided against Brooklyn and the other Will do the
same II It's courage holds out. 1t said yester-
day that the directors prepared to impose a
fine OF $500 upon the Brooklyn Club for signing
Wngey. The club owners across the river merely
laughed when informed OF such possibility.
IL was said last night that the Louisville C1eve-
land and Washington clubs had set price for their
retirement from the League The owners of the
Brooklyn and Baltimore clubs said that they had
not been approached, and that they did not feel
like making any predictions until they were f A