The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-17

s G Ss ia. h .ps a the shod Rsn e
tn. E Nsw Ys s9ef sHs sss Been
why he re,Sssd 10 attsnd Lea meeIipss apd
F FoS af ase9sa + Tb s0 dsssop q Chicago
By nS9 i ggse and o .o sSs's
t snr,eRSarlg =" he BTeokgn AMI salsqre oaS,
q fins 81 $500 paced on the brooklyn Club but
freedmen from Getting hack HE Holmes tine.
YorK. president was very much dispeased over
sns a good Of hs Il the He wanted
to ","S have Brooklyn and Baltimore thrown out
Of the League Hody he asked damages ana y,
aisn the Punishment OF President \. F; Young.
he met TTeye[se 10 eScl ins'sncs His i ini,ei
sS ON RfuSh R ona q %Ee
permitted him TO throw the bouquet lack
10 the faces o, his supporter: he had the 500
trirnr nj 10 not on set the Holmes matter at all,
in yFrsd ,s ssm,OSp Club would d. in the
matter, q the Wrjgiey $500 fine was q puzzle
yesterday. John n War;. acting az counsel
he LEI League With papers S ata &c ock yesterday
10 rninT in an Injunction suit restraining the
PGsh c fS n s the
way. The Brook yn Club could have re-
fused to paw the fine point blank. Then
it. Alcor ing to the CONSTITUTION, failure 10
nav fine imposed by the Board OF Directors is
punishable ~ emulsion from memherShip; Il
a. the Batimore Club would refuse 20 vote this
way and as Oh caeo. ST. Lous and Cleye,and
S w be at n Boa Ss ssSu Hp0 make
fight Several years ago. the directors
fined Teheau. then manager OF the Cleveland
team. $3.50 FOR an outbreak at Lonisvllle Robi-
son went into the courts and tied he directors
and the League hand and foot The Brook yn
Club could do the same and score big victory
- Abel, Hanlon and Ebbets. however. were
DISPOSED last night to look AZ the mater IKE
Owe such ci TT wal matter" they said The
Brooklyn Club. memter OF the League. has
S~as Bor have SSss
unjustly treated or not makes Little d ference
% us.. The money cuts no figure at all. We are.
controversy. by raying the ine and thereby
sa;isy II" demands Of yeriatn, people: That
@ To and S1 aT ae.d we
can EXPECT similar treatment for the League
Th,e the time comes fog the sale OF the
Ehbe'S could do nothing. however. without the
consent Of Won der Horst. their PARTNER. who
10 him II Won der Horst consents, the ins viii
will he raid and the matter dronned II he
refuses the League Will be IN an OH pickle.
As an illustraf on Of the methods Of the men
who want to reduce the circuit. THE Sun re-
rortcr was approached by certain League
manager the oth'r nigh: who. 10 the presence
ola " tness. said:
THE SuN will make a hit with certain big
men ia the League II II attacks the b ooklyn
Club and urges that the Baltimore Club drop
out of the circuit, for nothing. The circuit has
gut to he reduced"
It rurns out that in asking for damages In the
Wrigry case. Freedman wrote a letter to the
League directors wh oh was particularly warm.
When the case came up on Thursday Presi,ant
Young had occasion TO read this letter TO tho
directors. He sSipped over one sentence that
WIS particularly fiery. Lawyer Ward. repre-
senting The Brooklyn Club. promptly pulled u
corv oi the letter from his pocket and said:
"The venerable president OF the League has
stun hled over one sentence 10 the letter from
President Freedman. Let me read it 70 You. /"
Then h. read a sentence to the effect that II
tier WIS a sing trace OF decency left in
the League. his apn-al would he gran ed
Il remember he time. gentlemen" sad
Ward. when such fling in the faces OF the
I.aagu" D r-ctors would have been resented.
There was time when no man couli 70 ad-
dress YOU and then get any kind ~ a favorable
decision from you" Ward addressed these
few remarks TO two men uho have done every
thing that Freedman asked OF them.
Only a Few OF the delegates left town last
night They extract TO De called together
again at Gny moment to hear the repor; OF the
Circuit Committee. One club president pre-
dicted that the whole matter would be 6Aod up
Yith!a tho Lext two weeks.