The sun., 1900-12-15
MAGNATtS ARE DEFIANT.
rR,,Ti,tII, stW,R UIfH rii,IRs
'tD tVfRffiN Ift" D,
Protective ,.s"ela,i"n turned poun U'fd
and .fohu.on Ge's . Hard KNOCK -
,a ~. .tombirrtior Sow - Assome he
Onrn,i,r Wus,r ~igns WITH 'in1nnhu.


and dohu.on oct. Hard Enof. -
80 Ih,s tombirrtlor "ow "a Nssume he
b Onrnd,r Wus,r signs v,th'In',nnhu
Tho NHtipnni inrguc baseball mon prnc-
tI.olIy dc,lntcd war vr,trrdny nEntpt ~"
Turrra' Protective Na4ooiatipn AMI th" new
American lrprIc After dcnhcrHtiuc tur
nyr davs tho r.prnatc, nd Iournrd llat nicht
vI,l ru Intention ~ meet ~ again until u"Nt
spriur \. prndi,t"d NJ TuV SrN. tie dele
gatrs - mo l'rntc tiv" Association rcc"iv"i
a shock v".t,-dny morning when tho follow
ito resolution Na- handed 10 thrm hv rrc'i-
don't T.. Noun..
Rs,o'r,d That inasmurh as u. three requests
made by Attorney Taylor ~ the Protective hSso
cIntnn o. Professional baseball Players have b"en
s., merged ~ and confused with q large number ~
reN md radical proposed changes In our players
cnn;r.,,S which alsp Affect the National Agree
ntnt that u il imp ,ssibc 10 INTEL gently drerentato
thrm ana that thc adoption oi such proposed amend
mcnts would not only b. prciudclal To individual
Interests. hII would. We believe, be desuu"tvo 10
| organ lgcd baseball
President Xinmer of tho Protective As
! sociat!on had a 10 NC interview with Presi-
dent Snden Of the Boston Club thinner
Informed Soden that the players were per-
fectly willing 70 withdraw the prCposed
changes In the contract and allow the League
! to act on tho oral demands of Attorney Tay-
lor made to the mugnates In open meeting
| last Wcdnes day. But thinner was too late.
Alter d hTiTiGh 'S5aayGn e5t iIa @nTMIiGi naTia1i
| at Buffalo asking him To come on here at
! once At the same time Jenninga the Secre-
tlry Of the Protective Association, made
preparation, to send out an official notl-
| Icttion Of the Leagues answer to all ban
hsEG6 them ,o and by % taSr ncGscs Snd obey
| the orders of their leaders
Another significant grHeC1 msasGTs ADOPTED pdb py
sha Ra fS'Ii be Heal I for or %Iy cig6 to carry over
sixteen pihyrrs hiier Nay io her9 ere va Wa
good zeal of ques,i9hihG as TO the real mean
| ccssion to the players IN that IL meant the
abolition Of the farming system Gu, {no
OF the rule and the word carry does not
prevent a minor lepsge from carving Ca, ',
ibaT'ui bHf' rlRaasS lRaEfS sSpanatlon cane Iron from zn:
mer5 who said, ,,,,,. thu. ,,n ,,o-sr. w,,,
sh9s, .sat 70 os se With w shs
sixteen limit by sgnlns G9n'rects conttdiry
70 the pie9ses signed with the Protective
other hand said that this agreement was
lSe The League @i % Cubs carried too many players
said he. and their pqyrols were OF necessity
asse and thy 70 a6 in the
deasHG @ Sn no a%Tf aVST vain be
met at" At the &c concllscn of the League session.
| President 7. 7. Hickey Of the Western League
! fore Brush Soden, Rogers. Hart aud Robi-
! son with an application that Kansas CITY
rev d1 ana last gssa should be Trd awarded
| TO their lcague. Without any parley the
board granted President Hickeys Teanest'
having d"clined TO accept the protection OF
the National sreement' has nc, no rights IN
| word the Western League has recelved per.
| mission 70 invade tertuory .nat mas 10y y ye.
ami will be projected ip 50 dong ,.
The beard also admitted ~ ,he western western
ment. which places II on an equal footing
| with the Eastern League and raises the draft
| ing price from $500 to $1,000. By. this action
| the American League In the West with a
| new circuit which will Include Kansas CITY.
| sioux tity, St Joseph and Denver The
| American League planned some time ago
70 abandon Kansas City for Washington
on the former city where he has made big
money in the past six years. BY the boards
right, in baseball law, 20 go into K 'nsas
City at once and establish new club This
inrton or 20 back to Kansas City FOR a flRht
In order 70 mysufy further the American
League ne Tqlshafes o % 70 s{nning a{ nENs
April IS and closing OCT g. From TINS III
would anI,ear that ne ne National ! League quo CIR
stead Of being increased TO twolve cups:
But there can he a change at any tlme, II me
magnat"S see III to mako one. Johnson x
Co. have evidently been waiting to hear or q
twelvr-club circuit or the eSt StabliShmont or
q circuit Of conflicting clubs under Ma
tonal .eaGue proteCuon but the ainonnce-
ment that there will be no change is calcu,
lated by the magnates to throw John ns"n and
his friends into state or h"wl!derment.
Not u word officially. was spoken Of tho
American League after the macnateS ad-
journed but some of them were chuckllng
over what they believe is a predcament for
johnson.
II the American League and the players do
not back down nncer ms heayy crossrlre
they VIII combine. IL Is said that the Pro-
tcCtive Association will order the players to
20 ahead and sign American League con-
tracts, regardless Of reserve ruea OF my
other apparent obstacle and 20 accept smaller
mae me naqSs S eaT9en 70 b iae
bard rl,npa,sn