The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-21
ANOTHER BASEBALL BLUFF.
,r,arE sCBENERs SAT- THERE'LL BE
ZEN CLUES.


Ending the Constitution IL fiiIed win
e,no. They Conclude That Court Proc
leading. Are Not DesirnbIe-Brooklyn-
baltimore syndicate Ready to Act Fair.
nh. League baseball schemers ever since
49,. prooklyn. Baltimore syndicate deHed them
W.. boen Noting with the idea OF pouring
,o,,b another bluff calculated to bring Abel.
yon der Horst. Hanlon and Ebbets to terms.
pobi.on OF ~. Louis has been acting as a
rorklng mem Der OF the Circuit Committee.
though not actually elected by the League. Tor
W. rsst four days. He has had daily con-
Wv. With Abel and Ebbets. but he has
-, seen Won der Horst and Hanlon.
Tyhus Robson agrees with the Brooklyn
..onlo that matters should be arranged upon
h,oad business basis. he is powerless to act
n,rsh the Chairman OF the Circuit Com mittee.
T., .,IlI here and consequently he Is at the beck
and call OF Freedman. who also controls soden
:, roston and Rogers OF Philadelphia. also
members Of tho committee.
when the Brooklyn Club refused to nay the
.vs.bundred dollar wrigley 1ne on Monday
and 40 declined to discuss the circuit dues-
zion unless the League rescinded the whole
wrleey case. certain schemers began TO pore
aver the League constitution. 1t is said. search
Ins for some instrument through which Brook
Ivp could be punished. They were particularly
harry when they found the following:
ee'"V" ~ ',.,.,I, a, which .b.I, not bo in.
clubs the msh" ,e,s,S ~ ,o- nsr,od q, Tan VAR,
creased or dim'nnheu ior peIoo y. "n 'ss'
oc,,ed in the following named cities; Boston. Now
yo,s prooNlyp Philadelphia Baltimore, Washing
tan Pittsburr Cincinnati, 81. Louis. Louisville
cleveland and Chicago; or such other clubs a. may
trom time to time be elected to membership. a.
may be hereinafter provided for but In no event
aN.tt la rElt
'nA'' '"''o
As the New York and Brooklyn c'uos arc ,o-
ea,el IN o, .H Wv, ~ tnr,o prooLivn ont ana
sohemers thoueh'' W iorce p'Uopu Wv iu
turn the champions over to Freedman. But
owns na,.,-n -, Ia n r,snh.r n, IN.
ate' that BROOKLYN must De memoer o. .ne
49, sosson =, IoOI. tho sobem.rs found
,h. ., deeply in the miro. Reading on.
So sSe there V Was another pleasant surprise
S6sn s; ;,a Z, paragraph 3 was scanned read
ing as follows. ,,....
BY i,ilns Or rsta;ns . so%Ply x,h any lawful re-
Here was chance, the ;sfrhsmsrss Tlhi,spersd.
clubs from men e;S5shD for To,s:inSF
The Board OF Directors last week. But
two bitches were quickly discovered. inc
word lawful In the above paragraph
wa, ons 81 rh 'afm the ne ssd eesa
sWtuliy i'm posed, especially In view OF the fact
that after the decision had been rendered
lrticla XVII OF the National Agreement had
been altered TO back mp the ruling OF the
National Board. Then, too, nerusa! OF section
qoi the constitution provided another hurdle.
for 1t SAYS. In rart:
In case OF expulsion each club shall transmit TO the
secretary written ballots For Expulsion Or "Ae.in.,
Expulsion" And II all clubs vote For Expulsion"
the secretary shall notify All clubs or the forfeiture
@memoership OF the party charged.
The absurdity OF this clause was quite ap-
parent then for. according to It's strict inter-
prefaton. neither Brooklyn nor Baltimore
could be expelled without Its own consent
further search unearthed another clause
that acted as a boomerang II is section 10.
which reads
,sS +, moi an actual member Of the club he repre-.
sou nor shall any club. under any circumstances,
Be- r.prssented by more than one person on the
Board o. Directors. shall Director tt In the
utll Of cause in which his club 10 interested.
Tho Wrigley fine was pushed through the
Boari OF Directors last week BY Brush OF Gin
,,nnau and Soden OF Boston. both OF whom
are heavy stockholders In the New York Club
and were. therefore, directly Interested In
Surthermore. they both refused to recognize
The Point made in section il when reSuestsd
10 refrain from voting BY the President OF the
Brookyn Cinb
raw ~ hopa came to the achemers how
ever. when they struck section "a, covering
tmendments az follows:
M non.,i,n,,on of mi, I..uu, Jaw h. .,t.r.a n,
,nsnasS bI a three. fourth vote Of ths iasgus ~
any annual meeting or by a unanimous vote 1t any