New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-15
BASEBALL.
A CHANGE IN SENTIMENT TOWARD THE
BROOKLYN CLUB-sTILL DISCUSS
ING THE CHANCES FOR AN
EIGHT CLUB LEAGUE-REG-
ULAR MEETING OF
THE LEAGUE YET
DE rIErr


TO BE HELD.
Bushwhackng tactics continued again at
the convention OF the club owners OF the National
Baseball League at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yester-
day. The moneyed men of the game have been in
the city since Monday. and many of them for a
week. and yet the regular meeting of the League
is yet TO be held More than six hours were de-
voted yesterday to another session OF the Board OF
Directors and when the meeting adjourned last
night the only information given out was that the
session this morning would be devoted to another
meeting OF the Arbitration Committee. and that
possibly the League proper might meet In the
afternoon.
a second session Of the Arbitration Committee Is
unusual proceeding, and il may mean much,
and again It may mean little. There was posi-
tive change In the sentiment OF many of the club
owners toward the Brooklyn and Baltimore CLUBS
Up last night 1t seemed TO be the general opin-
ion that the less fortunate owners could not con-
ceive Of any punishment too severe To be dealt out
10 the Brooklyn Club because it dared to wiz the
championship 1t was said that the directors
might conclude that 500 fine would be sufficient
to infict upon the club because OF its action In
the Wrgley case. and again. that thcy have de-
cded to refer the whole Wrigley New ork Brook
Ign fracas back 10 the Board OF Arbitration for
adjustment. Until last night the other club
owners had passed the Brooklyn men by without
recognition Last night several conferences were
held between the opposing factions. which seemed
TO Indicate that the hostile feeling toward the PEN
nant winners had subsidized materially.
Instead Of the present director Of the New-fork
Club running affairs II is beginning TO look as II
the Brooklyn magnates may hold the whip before
the convention is over 1t is the undoubted desire
Of all that the circuit ae reduced from twelve 10
eight clubs. Announcement was made that the
Louisville Cleveland and Washington clubs were
ready to retire and that the amounts TO be paid
to those cities had been agreed upon. Brooklyn
will dispose of It's holdings in Baltimore for, say
$4,000. If that sum is paid over the scheme for q
reduction OF the circuit may be carried out. III
there is hurdle then the circuit may remain as
IL is.
A telegram was received last night from u. D.
Quinn Of Milwaukee. the head of the proposed new
association, asking what arrangements could be
made toward Baltimore ana Washington going into
the proposed new association. NJ Some of the
opinion that In case the Senators and orioles drop
out both will be found in the Eastern League next
season which would mean that louisville and pos
siblv Cleveland might become members of the
Western League Buck" Ewing. who is spoken
club did not any Of the directors OF the local
club Al the meeting Of the Board of Arbitration
to-day changes In the National agreement may be
made which will preclude any chance OF turther
squa bibles of the Wriglcy sort. -,
I'VE are not worrying particle said r. n Abel,
of the Brooklyn club. I'VE are not fordlng rivers
until we get them. Officially my friends ana
myself know nothing OF what has been going on Tor
tho last four days" Another OF the club owners
expressed himself as follows: II came here as did
many of the others, ready to forget the old nghts
and individual differences. We have wiped OH the
slate and Will start all over again.