New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-13
BASEBALL.
CLUB OWNERS OF THE NATIONAL D1,'-
BALL LEAGUE IN SESSION AT THE
FIFTH AVENUE HoTEL-REG-
ULAR MEETING BE


GINS TO-DAY.
.os ,bat the annual convention OF
49, ornh owners OF the National Basepan heosu
10 =, -, - tho Fifth Avenue Ho'el !eSe'
w." 49,. IT. sassion OF the Board OF Atoi''a ~
,o.,od ca long that the regular cohVention 90
r,oneved men of baseball VIII not We" ..,s,s
aay Tho BOARD Of Arbitration, VIM" DR.
% Young Hart. Brush. Soden' hoeeis ".a =,
VI iop ., ,n,o session about noon, and instead Oh
their deliberations taxing up a" ,nh.fou In
anticinatod. the session lasted un' Iao,,rc
-, tbe BOARD of Directors held ihee'i'le,
- 40, ,be regular convention begins 'o-""''
{, NAV last through until Saturoa5' ,, ,ho
The club owners find themselves III " aya,,c
Same nosition as they were se'' e. % tho
,t oirc,,it and II is the opinion Oh '"osN ,ai-
,.,,tor mon of the organization that tne 80
thnih''s ~ mt unchanged when the delegates
wa 80 .ho;r raepectivc homes at the conciua'o"
80, letting The twelve club circuit ~ tlie "o'''
20 oor+ention All interested admit thdt 'u'" l.,
o,,,, ,s bulky and undesirable. ana tla' $3.50 "a
yould he better off II the circuit couiu NC t,t ara
s,oh, c,rhs The four cities whose memoerShp o.
-, desired are Baltimore. Washington Nou''
ord cleveland Cleveland Is ready 10 qut
%,.,.n,o mill drop out provided the other cruz
ou,oers nav something for the franchise asi''.e
"a, and Baltimore are prepared 10 re'hd'" ~
Teague and neither will retire without ITO
inc q substantial bonus for so doing -, A..
The question could be settled without iu ~ -,
c,,ssion II the eight remaining clubs Woulu pUo'
- o,d eubscribe a sufficient sum ior the
,roboeo Of the four franchises Th's the A'e
r7,oht refuse to do and as the little nsh cani,o'
no forced out Of the pond for two years W 49,
chances are that the circuit VIII ieiN1'
same at the conclusion Of the present 49,
tIon Some of the club owners peHe'e t ', y.
question of the circuit will however. pe So today
fore next spring: The CLUES at IPheladelphia A. j..
will be represented as tollo"sr5 .i,nn H. Soden
a ReaG W liar Conani; washington. j Earl wagner
Baltimore and BIooklyns r y; THanion; Cincin-
AUJ"" Iobn r Brush; Pittsburg Barney Dr os Id'
and ox-President Kerr; 81; LOUIS anu, anu ITsTt II
i'm he noticed that the New-York CIup mas No
representation. 1t was expected at ,nd a meeting
drruv freedman would consent TO attehu "a SiS be
OF the club owners but he did not tNSi'ef the
send Other local Grf fSe convention Boston
as usual in recent years held the proxy '0'
%o.day the Board will consider the appsaI maze
by the New-York Club to have the BrI0kft fr he
agement disciplined for playing What will be
donn is mathematical. The Board may dec H, 70
throw out all the Brooklyn games NAV M,' also de-
eide to place Wrgleys name on fn the Syracuse
s Jake n We fb m 5hf GT bitteriy He
Ssrgd T oan e. Ward Var as his and
that the entire mater was bs specson NAY also be
Construed as the first of series of slaps at the
TSe Board Of Arbitration sustained the protest
~, The Hamilton 0Ont) Club against the DStro,ii
Club over the taking Of the players IGe
and NJ Mccain, and decided against pt betU"en
Aha 4IbSnv and Newport for the services OF Daniel
Shea the Board decided In favor OF Newp os long
and bier one According TO the statements given
out last night the Board decided that thS Ng~
Hirbout The formality Of paying the Syracuse club
for his service. The result VIII pro6aoIy pc 10
cause trouble between the major ana me MINOR MINOR
leagues According TO the ruling any of the major
clubs can grab minor league players as soon as the
nlayinp season in the minor league has ended