The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-11
BRUSH AND FRIEDMAN WAKE up.
Sodsn Said to Have Made Thorn shake
Hands at Dinner.

The magnatss OF the National League have
begun movement to restore harmony in their
ranks. From an excellent source The Sun
learned yesterday that the long existing
trouble between the Brush and Freedman
factions Is about to be healed. Most OF the
bitter enmity that has existed between var
ious clubs and their owners was originally
caused by the wrangls between Brush and
Freedman over the services Of Jack Doyle In
the fall OF 1895.
They have been at war ever since Brush has
been backed up by the Brooklyn. Baltimore.
Washington. Cincinnati. Cleveland. st. Louis.
Chicago and until last fall. tho Louisville clubs
Frsedmans allies have been Boston. Phadel-
phia and PittsburG. Beaten at all legislation
and hopelessly in the minority in the councils
Of the League. Freedman undertook to beat
his associates into submission by weakening
the New York team so that visiting clubs would
receive minimum gate receipts at the Polo
Grounds. Though the New York club has
probably dropped $50 this season, Freed
man has declared that he was prepared to
continue his rule-or-ruin policy He has
stated openly that he would kill baseball as
dead as doornail In order to get even with
the Brush faction for fancied grievances.
A. H. Sodsn. President OF the BOSTON club.
who 10 stock holder In the New York club
and who is responsible by the vote OF his stock
mAgnate who has any influence with the New
| York clubs President Soden is also ono OF
| BruBh's friends Approaching the fact that
| Freedman was hurting baseball and that the
| talk Of a new league meant harmony in tho
National League as q means OF self-dsfence
| Soden has been work ing quietly to bring about
| a general hand shaking bee
| 1t is Understood that when Freedman paid
| his annual visit to Soden in Boston recently
| the latter informed him that Mess the wa rfare
between Freedman and Brush was brought to
an end. tho Boston President would withdraw
| his support from the New Yorker Freedman
| il said to have objected Strenuously To any
reconciliation. but ns Soden Insisted. the for
| mer finally consented. Asa result SOden and
| Freedman came to this city few days ago. In
| response to a despatch from Soden. Brush
| arrived about the same time and registered at
| the Hoffman House. A dinner at the Waldorf
| AHtoria was arranged and 1t is said that Hodsn.
| acting as peAcemaker, induced Freedman and
| Brush To shake hands. II 10 not known how
| cordially the men acted toward one another r.
| bat 1t Ia believed that they patched up their
| differences and agreed to pull together.
The news Of this meeting has caused quiet
| sensation among he other League men. They
! do not know exactly what 10 make ~ II Som"
| say that Freedman requested Soden - fix mat
tiers NJ. while others hold to the belief that 30
don was the instlgatOr with Brush wiling
| accom- plice II s the general opinion that n
| order 10 bring about the necessary reduction
| OF tho League circuit to eight clubs. harmony
between Brush and Freedman was absolutely
necessary. A reconciliation between Freed
man and the SpadinRs has not yet bSen ar,
| ranged