Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-14
TO DROP Two LEAGUE CLUBS
National League to Open the Season Without
Cleveland and Louisville.
cLINGMAN AND DEXTER JOIN CHICAGO
Talk of Imposing Fine of $1,000 on
observation-disclosures syndicate for
Playing wriSlcy In Closing
Games Last SensOn.

NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-The meeting Of the
League OF Professional Ball Clubs was called
today and the league representatives will
probably be in session until Saturday. Nu-
merous questions have come up and even
after the sx-hour session closed today 1t was
announced that nothing had been done
The Wrigley matter however, came up
before the board OF directors, Messrs. Brush,
Hart Robinson, Reach, soden, Wagner and
Young, and It was learned from what seemed
an authoritative source that 1t was the in
tenton Of the committee to impose a fine
OF 81 500 on the Brooklyn Baltimore syndl-
cate.
In the course of the investigation today
into the Wrigley matter President b. 7.
Powers of the Eastern league Fred
Knowles, representing the New York club,
John NJ. Ward, counsel for the Brooklyn
club, and Charles Ebbetts, president of that
organization, were summoned before the
committee
As the board Of directors is practically
the same as the board OF arbitration which
yesterday decided against the protest of the
Syracuse club against the taking of Wrigley
by the New York club, it was presumed that
the action Of the board of directors, which
is final, would be similar to that taken by
tion that remained in doubt was the ques-
ton of a fine, and although no statement
was given out that a fine would be imposed,
1t is believed that action will be taken.
Reprimand PuIIinm and Ebbetts.
Another matter under discussion today,
which was brought about by the Boston
club, was in asking that the Brooklyn and
Louisville managements be punished fon
transferring a postponed game from Louis
vile, without first getting the consent Of
other clubs The game in question was to
have been played in Louisville, on the last
western trip of the Brooklyn club but on
account OF wet grounds 1t was transferred
to Brooklyn and was played on August L.
Both Pulliam of Louisville and Ebbetts OF
Brooklyn were summoned before the board
and reprlmanded. 1t was at fret proposed
to fine each club 81 000 but later it was
ported the fine was rescinded.
Rumors regarding the proposed reduc-
tion of the league were numerous and per-
sstent today. 1t was said that all hope
OF Topping off four clubs had been given
up, but that the season will open with ten
clubs in the harness, Cleveland and Louis
vile being the two clubs it is proposed to
drop.
The election of Harry Pulllam as secre-
ldly VI lHe HeMiS ol6dhiHSu i'toDuiS NiuO
today gives color to the report that Louis
Vile at least has seen it's last year in the
big league
deal was completed today by which
Clingman and Dexter two of the Louisville
players, were sold to the Chicago club.
Buck Ewing, the late manager of the Gin
cinnati club came here today to discuss the
bose ball situation and admitted that he
had been negotiating with Freedman for
the management of the New York club.
He claims Freedman told him he could come
to New York and haye anything he wanted,
IL the league was cut down to eight clubs.