The evening times., 1899-03-01
YESTERDAYS SESSION.
The Board of Arbitration Takes Ac-
ton on the ~. Louis Case.

tioh 81. Z uSe.
New York, March 1.-The corridors of
the Fifth Avenue Hotel were thronged with
the big and little fish of the baseball world
yesterday. and the timid politicians will
not have the corridors to themselves for
the next day or two. The scenes are the
same as al all League meetings. There are
the sleek, well dressed club owners and the
athletic looking player and the numerous
correspondents and local newspaper repre-
sentatves.
The club owners were late in arriving
yesterday and late in the afternoon the an
nouncement was made that the regular
meeting had been postponed until IL a. N.
today.
About O'Clock in the afternoon the
members of the National Board OF Arbi-
tration met in secret session, and at the
conclusion of their deliberatOn they said
that the club owners had decided TO throw
the ST. Louis team out of the League. That
club has been in litigation in St. Louis for
a long time, and ii is feared that the lti-
! cation will continue for some time to come.
/ The club owners are desirous Of placing the
/ Cleveland players and Frank de Haas Rob-
/ ison at ST Louis, and the move made yes
| terday would seem TO tend in that dlrec-
! tion.
The board of arbitration makes the
move with the idea that ii is empowered
! To 90 so under its own constitution. Last
year the ST. Louis club purchased the re-
! lease of Suter Sullivan from the Wilkes
barre club. II agreed TO pay the Wilkes
| barre club $3.50 for the release OF that
| player This has never been paid, and the
board considers that the 81. Louis club
| has forfeited its rights. In taking such
! heroic methods ii is the opinion OF some
! that the League is establishing a prece-
dent which il may desire to use in future
| cases 1t is notorious that some OF the
! club owners do not live up To the conSti
| tuition of the League, and If st. Louis can
be thrown cut legally il will be an easy
matter to handle other undesirable club
| owners in the future. Won der Abe, the
old owner of the St. Louis club, was not
present. Mr. Abell of the Brooklyn club,
held his proxy The New York cub was
again unrepresented, Mr.. So1cn. OF the
Boston club. looking after the interests Of
! the peculiarly managed New York club
| b. s. Muckenfuss, the receiver OF the St.
| Louis club was present, but he did not
seem to get much satisfaction out of the
rulings of the day.
The board of arbitration is composed OF
4. H. Soden, of Boston; John I. Brush. OF
Cincinnati; James y. Hart, of Chicago:
Frank de Haas Robson, of Cleveland;
John |. Rogers of Philadelphia. and y. E.
Young, of Washington.
The board of directors of The League
held session at the hotel last night and
the announcement was made that the di-
rectors had acquiesced in the findings OF
| the board of arbitration. This would
mean that Won der Abe is on the defen-
sive in st. Louis and that Robson and his
Cleveland players will be able to slide into
their new berth under rather favorable
financial conditions. The resolution adopt
ed by the arbitration committee was as
! follows:
Whereas the st. Louis Baseball Association
member of the National League and American
Association OF Professional Baseball Clubs, and
a party to the national agreement Of the Profess
sional Baseball Association. and operating under
the charter OF the Sportsuan'S Park and Club
incorporated under the laws OF Missouri was or
dered by this board October y, 1898. TO pay
| 10 the Wilkesbarre Club, also a party to this
agreement. the Of $50 for the release OF
! liaIplayCr sullivan, provided for by the rules
| governing the release OF players; and
Whereas the st. Lous Baseball Association
has failed 10 comply with the order of this board
! by paying to the Wlkesbarrc club the sum
! aforementioned; therefore, be it
| Resolved. That the st. Louis Baseball AsSocia-
tion be cited to appear before this board. and to
answer To the foregoing charge, and show cause
| why this board should not exercise the privi-
legeS with which it is invested under this agree
ment by suspending the said ST Louis Baseball
Association from the privileges OF the said ma
! tional agreement of professional baseball clubs
Receiver Muckenfuss was sent for and
appeared before the committee, which later
passed the appended resolution:
Resolved, That the st. Louis Baseball Associa-
| tion be suspended from the privileges under the
national agreement, for failing to comply with
the orders of this board and that they stand
so suspended until they have complied with the
said orders of the board in the of the claim
of the Wikesbarre club for compensation for
the release of Suter Sullivan.