The age-herald., 1899-03-28
PLAN TO DISRUPT
 NATIONAL LEAGUE Alleged Efforts to Force Louisville
 Out. INDIGNATION MANIFESTED 07sF Change in Schedule Knocking Col OnelS Out Of Sunday Dates. BRUSH, OF THE CINCINNATI CLUB Believed to Be at the Bottom of the Scheme to Compel the Finan-
 cially Weak Towns to
 Drop Out ofLeague.
BRUSH, OF THE CINCINNATI CLUB

Louisville, March 27.-Great indignation vile baseball club today owing to change made in the schedule adopted by the league magnates in New York Saturday night by which Louisville is deprived of eleven Give at home and six abroad) of the seventeen Sunday games originally allotted that club. In nearly every instance where Sunday dates were taken from the Colonels the games were doubled up for Mondays or Bridegroom days for attendance, as President Dreyfuss puts it. MT. Dreyfuss is out in interview today in which he scores John T. Brush of the Cincinnati club, James Hart of the Chicago club and Frank De Haas Robinson of the St. Louis or Cleveland clubs for their alleged under- handed methods.
 The Courier-Journal will say tomorrow: Plans were laid by the Louisville club yes- terday afternoon for a determined fight against Brush, Hart and Robinson, or the entire National league, if need be, in order to get revision of Sunday playing dates for the Louisville team. Whether the op- eration of these plans will bring forth the desired results remain to be seen but If they fail the chances are that very inter- esting developments in league affairs will transpire before the season opens April 10.
 Meeting of Directors
 A meeting of the directors of the Louis vile club was held yesterday afternoon to determine upon course of procedure. All the directors who are the owners. of the club were present. Zach Phelps, the we'll known attorney, was also present. MT. Phelps is the attorney of the club and is an ex-dlrector, and it was he who framed the national agreement which binds the Ma tional league and American association to- gether. He is familiar with every phase of the baseball situation.
 The details of what transpired at this meeting were not given out. To have done so would have been very much like an- nouncing in advance the line of defense in a criminal olse at law. It can be stated however, that the facts will be given out late this evening through a statement from the Louisville clubs standpoint which is now being prepared by President Dreyfuss and MT. Phelps.
 A copy of the statement will be sent to each maSnate in the big league. A copy will also be sent to each influential news paper in the twelve big league cities. This statement will clearly show the reasons of this action. The facts will be presented and the ball-loving public will be left to judge for themselves. Secretary Puliam leIC TOT NeW 1OTk yeSleTudy dlleTHOOH OIl d very important mission. He will arrive there late this afternoon and will have done what he is expected to do before the clubs statement becomes public property.
 President Dreyfuss was seen after the meeting yesterday afternoon and in an- swer to series of questions said:
 Dates May He Given Back
 '"rhe outlook is hopeful that the Sunday dates will be given back to us. I cannot tell you what our plans are, but I have all understand the situation now, and if our plans don't miscarry, Messrs. Brush Hart and Robinson will be sorry they ever tried to do us up.
 Tn the statement which we will give out tomorrow night our position will be clearly ser forth and the enthusiasts of the na- tional game can judge for themselves whether we were or not the victims of robbery. And we will see to 1t that these facts are read by most of the fans of this country We will make the other magnates go on record as to who Is re- sponsible for this great throw down.
 Word came from the east last night that the fraud had been perpetrated on the Louisville club in order to immediately break up the natinal league and make uS a new one According to Colonel John l. Rogers, of the Philadelphia club, delio- crate conspiracy was entered into in order to defraud the Colonels of their best play ing dates and thereby effect the immediate dissolution of the big league. According to Colonel Rogers the plan was to form new league. headed by Boston, New York, Pitts burg Philadelphia and other organizations, strong financially, and then leave the oth- CTS out in the cold to shift for themselves.