The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-02
CURRENT SPORTING TALK.
CRISIS IN THE CONGRATULATIONS
DEAL rs At HAND.

Looked For-Tnlk About Footbnn Dates.
A crisis in the much-talked-of BROOKLYN Bal
tlmore baseball deal appears to be near Mt
hand. According to the men who have been
trying to conclude tho transaction for the past
two months. the matter will be definitely set
tied one way or another by Saturday night.
Edward Hanlon and IL. r. Vonderhorst, owners
Of the Baltimore Club. came back TO town yes
terday and met F.. A.. Abel. majority stock
holder in the Brooklyn Club. at the Hoffman
House. Az has been the case at previous con-
fereuccs. G. II. Ebbets. President OF the Brook
lvn club. was not present, Abel had u talk
with Ebbets on Monday and again on yester-
day morning. but when he was asked whether
the deal would be made, Abel said that there
we're still distractions in his way. Hanlon and
vonderhorst proceeded TO ask Abel for facts
relating to his transactions with Ebbets and the
Byrne estate, and IN order to inform them
Abel hired a private room, where they re-
manned for three hours. When they came out
they made the announcement that the deal was
sta hanging fire. Abel said:
THE people OF Brooklyn can rest assured
that will make every effort to carry out this
consolidation scheme. aud the way things look
believe | shall ultimately succeed. There are
still obstacles In my way which I have tried for
two months to remove. ] do not say who liz
blocking the deal. but when the time comes. II
lIt NtNl lollo VI cuNONNbHs 4 Fuul bt I'LL wv
glad to give out the whole proceedings for the
perusal of the public. Baseball enthusiasts
in Brooklyn want Hanlon and the crack
Baltimore team to play at Washington Park.
They care nothing for Vonderhorst. Ebbets
or myself. for we do not play the game. They
are anxious to have a winning team, and that
a what | am trying TO give them. Hanlon and
Nonderhorst have come here for a final answer
from me and something definite will be known.
I,Ig,l hv Satin rluy biuht Thara fG n ,,aat
mG OF the Brooklyn Clubs stockholders on Fri
day. and / expect to be in a position then to
egI thus controversy one way or another"
spoken than Abel. Hanlon said:
know the exact state, OF affairs in this deal.
AMI You can say for me that there is one man
Of the Brooklyn Club. know. lust, what Abel
has asked him to agree TO. and all / can say is
II IS hard to understand why he has taken such
a strange position, tor, when the deal was first
bets said that he would agree to any terms that
might mnl he . p nnPfnj rbt should ~ I'd t He ms to snow ES,
cause | cannot make myself believe that he is
doing the blocking, OF his own free will, II the
horst and | will come pretty near calling it OF.
We shall be IN town for several days. and IL Eb-
bets Is not blocking things he might attend one
e. the conferences TO be held between now and
saturday"
He followed Hanion with these remarks:
"Ehbets is the man 70 LOCK to, am now
satisfied that he is doing all IN his power to
himself. Abel has been above board and per-
tectly fair in all his dealings with us. He wants
many things. We have been working on this
affair for two months, and if 1t fails the other
standing in his own light. What he expects
to gain by such pr9gseGdinsH i hSSyond
tod Abel that he would reorganize the
EE[ooklyn Club il he could be elected tEesident,
pHItpIS that he mad bOuEh out not only
H." llaye!s' IeaEuc MINORITY st3Gk; which
hut also had purchased so much OF Ahell's
stock that the latter would ultimately be forced
our Of th% cup: Ebnets said ne had SO much
League. Atthe League meeting in st. Louis
h" told the deleGatee in open meeting that he
The facts in tn" matter are these:
Ehbcts did not buy, Il single, share Of
% yer cent, Of The Payers League stock. and
secured the rest with money he rnised from
~ Neil. When the new grounds were secured
Al Washington Park. two trolley roads and
Aheil PAID out Of hi, pocket Sl.55O for PLAYERS
draftrd and S".Hon for lack salaries in ordert9
AGollartoward Geirayiuc the clubs many debts.
Lat honor being l"tt to Ah"il. thnets drov|
tn"n landed The Tiooklyns in tenth place.
Lover than lh;y eyer inisn"I hst"rg under
n RSr ariir e" Of tie n neM o. srq amy o' tGr "I"H%'fi Ssii
money. and all the tim" Ehhets had control OF
it, arnirs Ehbe,7 is hungry for rop1larity
he can gain both Ivy remaining at the
bead e II" BROOKLYN Club He SHOWS that
Ilanlon rumes to Brooklyn, and that is why he
is hamnerinG, the deal; II the BROOKLYN C!nG
tire. wears. when the twclye-club circuit is
hr"ken Tp. Brooklyn will be forced into a
miu"r league. There is no. doub; about this
for IN" League men have said as much. Abel
should he protected in some WY: and the mag
nate will devise means to do it.
W lille rho conference was HOllE on nj inc
Hoffman House, Ehhets remained in Brook
'""'Ass i + have said "a" Scfore. I am not blocking
my NJ. 'sa,SocSS.. but hoyomd this 1 viii not Italk.
Atell understands my position and ] under
''and his. In, reSp"ns" To requests from thr,
IL" stands p Washington Park. bringing them
al nearer ia" diamond
fhl"ts can lind Ahcll. Hanlon and Vondor-
hoist at the holman House this afternoon.
The probable reorening Of the Coney Island
ithhaatr ther@ viii be- some lively Kidding for a
tout II some kind in which E,itZsimm2ns may
ssR9 for a II aS SnIrS6s sTt sH IHcal clubs El1SS wifi Ii2f lie out an" %
tn" bidding, But il FitZ and the Sailor agree
t" meet in n limitedIr"und bout, the latters
CuI and to refuse an offer from the Coney
Island Club, In smchan cventtwo bids Of impor-
NH hang His f nT a Purse :" for pr' sSiarfey and d. JsGries,
while The .C"n"y' Island Clnb will probably try
manager. Brady, viii Undoubtedly, play TWO
ends against the middle 10y announcing that he
VII accept the largest purse, offered either Tor
sle result Of the bidding, sporting men are in
cllncd 10 the belief that an opportunity Will
soon be afforded 10 see Fitzsimmons here in a
contest with somebody. The Cornishman
realizes that he can draw big money. and It is
believed that he viii soon come along with n
hushel basket in which he can stow away the
coin,
Percy Rockefeller, manager of the Yale foot
hal! eleven, was in town last night conterring
WIN several Wpl-EnOWn graduates relative 10
The dates Tor III" games with Harvard and
Princeton. II is believed that the Tigers want
I" play Yale at New Haven on Nov. %, one
week after Nhle's battle with Harvard; The
Crimson men. on the other hand. are said to be
anxious to secure this date. too. leaving Nov:
~ TO Princeton. As the Tigers consented
10 play Yale before the %latter's game
with Harvard last fall. il is natural for them to
request a return to the old arrangement
Whereby they may wind uE the football season
with the Blue. The lale-Princeton game last
Novemb Der was not considered so important as
the Harvard-Yal game IA week later. chiefly