New-York tribune., 1899-03-26
BASEBALL.
THE LEAGUE CLUB-OwNERs ARRANGE
THE SCH sDULE AND DEPART

CONSIDERABLE uI,FEBIING SHOWN ~ ''''
FAcrroNs-HART AND ROGERS ALMOST
COME TO B1ows-BELILGERENT CLUB
owNEps NOT THROUGH YET.
Tb. bellieerent club-owners of the National Base
hall League finished their business at the r"'',
Avenue Hotel yesterday afternoon ana mos ~
them left for their homes last night '"''
was a time when the annual spring m'''"s
OF the baseball magnates was looked uio" "S ',
meeting of staid business men who had hhd"''''
holdings in a sportsmanlike game. I'm when a ma
ioritv ~ the public was more or less lntereS''"'
Dcccrurn was always observed. and the impression
O., least was conveyed that the cluh-owners one
object in meeting help TO perpetua'e '"e III
terest I'm the game and 10 keep 1t c.eah ana ""o''
some OF course the League has always Su"r"e"
is secrets carefully. and II has become wei A"o"'
as having as many star-chamber proceeui"eN Ct"
the sessions Of the railroad magrates
In the last few years. however the cluo-o""'''
have spent their time in wrangllhe' ana '"' '''
preston has gone abroad that the average ma
na,cs sole purpose in life Is sandbag his neigh
her or sell him gold brick. that eVerYpo"N "0
goes into the star-chamber has emp on me-
shoulder Things have certainly come 10 a pI''N
mass when The club-Owners cannot BEHAVE ''e"
selves With conditions as they are 'he o""''S
will be led a lively dance trying 10 compe 'i'e ~"
r1ily players TO behave in a becoming manner vi
the field II Is nice example he sets the uhcou''
and iliterate member of the baseball-playng pro
fession
The actual business accomplished AT the seSS'o'
an Friday and Yesterday was the settlement OF the
Cleyeland-St. Louis deal and the adoption oI d"
playing schedule. Some OF the magnates seemed 10
think that the arrangement made with 'he i'''"
dclpha club gave slight advantage 10 'h'' men"
her Of the League and they have been "rahellhS
over II for some time. John J. Rogers. one oi r'
owners Of the club, Is Philadelphia lawyer ne
is glib Of tongue. with tremendous iung pow OWL
These qualifications have stood MS VIuV j.. III
mill his rivals have been forced 20 Zee from uic
star-chamher to save their edrnfuulS anu ~
sl,gh,cst nrovocation than to 20 10 a beaisteak
dinner with congenial comrades. and ne ana fr'eu-
This fondness Of Rogers for oratorial display h%as mas
caused some OF the cut-o"ieIS no no, -" orte ~
downed with gibncss OF tongue TO form az SoIls VI
combinations 20 smut up the Phiiadcipha '"M3 '3 -
but Rogers up to the present ilme mas Brrn "'' ~
hold the fort As a general things Rogers con-
,lnues to talk until he finds Uncle NICK t@uihg
the only other man in the room ana IT , McE MN @
iesticauv from tn room with his right hand STUCK
under tie lapel Of his frock coat ana m8Icn, , lrto @
frcshmcnis are disposed OF the Others use napkins
hurriedy. and generally escape TO their rooms
Mos, Of The club-owners were in favor Of expel-
Ing the ST Louis club for not living up to is Oh
Cleveland players 10 ST Louis could be maze VIII
ON, a hitch and incidentally as cteapy as pos
eihle Rogers was said to he the only real OBJ
iector to the plan and this caused caustic com
meuts td he made the effect that I'm holdlnE out
Rogers was simply trying 20 get votes lot ms
Philadelphia gate-receipt problem final!Y JIM
Hart Of the Chicago club. and Rogers MADE ruSiii
for one another. and the other c.ub-oWnerS rushei
for the two belligerent club-oWners. The Tie was
pissed and a Donnyhrook Fair time was prom,
ised \ fat Boston magnate caught Rogers aIouhIi
inc waist and Wagner. of Washington, grabbed
Hart Uncle Nick" made frantic grabs Tor the
tnkstands and penholders and kicked the cuSpi-
dores under the table that they could not ne
used for missiles Hart II is said. threatened 10
'break Roeers's face" and Rogers retorted that II
he did he Rogers. would kin Hart Eyerybody
lost his glasses dignity and selfrespect Hart dld
not smash" Rogers. and Rogers did not Try TO
draw a pistol on Hart. Rogers is a human t"le-
phone not a pstOl-puler.
The schedule OF games was adopted as presented
bv President Young after between thirty ana forty
changes had been made. The season Will open on
April Il and close on October T. II is however
optional with any club Il il wishes 10 have Us
opening on April "a rather than on the following
day The original twelve clubs VIII 20 through
the season. but some OF the club-owners are de-
tcrmincd TO get rid Of two three undesirable
members and they believe that they VIII accom-
pish this before another season rolls around. \
thorough understanding has been arrived at be
tween f.. & Becker. who purchased the controlling
interest Of the 81. Louis club. and Frank De Haas
Robson. o. Cleveland. Robson takes the best of
the Cleveland players 10 s.. Louis and ne Will 20
along as the president and half-Owner Of the club
His brother Stanley VII remain with the make
shifts who viii represent Cleveland in the League
race.