Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16
Not Worrying Over His Base Ball
Prospects.
FREEDMAN APPEARS As A REFORMER
Announces His Hostility to President
Young.
e THE LEAGUE ADJOURNS


Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, December 1T don't care
what they do said Earl Wagner this
morning, referring to his associates in the
National Base Ball League. They can re-
duce or go ahead with the old circuit. 1t
is all one and the same to me. The Wash
ington club is just as willing to play ball as
the remainder of them, and probably will
make just as much money in the present
condition as the league
Wagner, who was turned down for Freed
man as member of the board of directors
laughed heartily when he heard that Freed
man would not accept the place.
They'd better find out their man." said
he, before they try to elevate him to
office. A director who won't serve is about
out of the organization. l haven't sold a
player or made change" he continued
whats the use? l can't do anything with
my team until the league assures me in
some way what it intends to do
The Washington club is as supremely in
different apparently, as the New York
Wagner isn't worrying, and insists that he
has a property that can't but let him out
of the game with something on the credit
side of the ledger.
What Freedman Says.
Freedman said today that there was no
accept under any condition. He did not
care to be a director, a member of the
board of arbitration or anything else. In
fact, he refused to be identified with base
ball officially as long as it was in the pres
ent state.
81 don't care" said he, whether the New
York club for 1900 is good, bad or indiffer
ent as long as there is such a thing as
syndicate base ball and gross mismanage-
ment of the umpires. will not say that
p tr Itrh L,,t til. to not, hat
should be expected in a pastime that We
call the national game. The New York
club can afford to lose money just as long
as the rest OF them. My partners are will
ing to abide by my action and are in full
sympathy with everything that 1 have
done. l am not trying to oppose base ball !;
do not mistake me. I am simply trying to
make base ball what it should be-
Against Mr.. Young.
He said he would rather pay President
Young a pension out of his own pocket
than have him continue at the head of the
league. That, of course, was a rather broad
statement to make but 1t is characteristic
of the man in his deep-seated hostility to
Young. He insists that the present head of
the organization is utterly unable to con-
troll the unpires or manage the business
satisfactorily, and that base ball can never
be what it was until he is removed
Presumably Brush has little or no senti-
nent so far as Young is concerned, because
sentiment is characteristic that is far
from his nature: but Soden Reach and
some of the other magnates will be in
clined to wait a long time before they
vote President Young out of office. If
they do anything of the kind it will be
under such stress that sooner or later they
will rebel.
The League AdjOurns.
By Associated Pres.
NEW YORK, December 1G-The National
League of Base Ball Clubs, which has been
In session here nearly ali the week, closed
it's labors today and adjourned subject to
the call of the president At todays meet
ing a special committee of ways and means
was appointed with full power to make ar
rahgements for reducing the circuit. The
committee will report to the league at a
called meeting. The committee consists of
ScGen of Boston, Hart of Chicago, Brush Of
Cincinnati and Rogers Of PhiladelDhia