The sun., 1900-04-03
N THE BASEBALL WORLD.
,rsy LEAGUE MEN AskED To
90 SLOW 4 BIZ

for tho Latter WY >"
,..,r,,s O, the tact that the Eastern League
,ur,,essonnl Baseball Clubs was not falling
.,,.el, in an efrort 10 take In Baltimore and
U,. U.st,o,on Il was natural for the magnates
,..o NATIONAL League TO feel somewhat sur
Ia uhen they learned on Sunday that
pr..i,sp, powers's circuit would not bo altered
Ian, perhaps by tho substitution OF Hamil-
or,,ro. for Hartford So when tho
w.. s'.,.rn Ienguers went into Parlor d Il
,hs rith Avenue Hotel yesterday
lining ready 10 declare In favor OF dropping
II rerotlations for baltimore and Washington.
...,o ves manifest feeling OF relief among
,S.delecates :. that was not apparent az thelr
..,ous sessions. II looked like plain sailing
,,., and The delegates were soon listening 20
,%a rcport Of their specially appointed Cir
.,p Committee regarding tho situation.
rhs nroposltion from the National League was
..,.cted and II was voted that the offer TO the
,,,sr body o' $1,000 a year for the Baltimore
.,,a and franchise. together with similar
.,oun, for the Washington tertiary was fair
laugh As this offer had been ignored and
N. bic League would make no concessions.
,hs Eastern Lesguers were about ready
"a
S,.,n.,s when sor ething happened A new
c,cu, Committee consisting OF President
prss pnvsr, William Gait OF Toronto and G. T.
shan OF gtleld had Just been appointed to
3sSde between the applications, OF delegations
ron Hartford and Hamilton when telegram
Member OF the National League Circuit COM
mNtee and read something like This:
"a, gracious sake don't DO anything rash. Have
rr,en 70 other members Of the committee and may
~ Ahlr 70 Offer more agreeable terms The Eastern
ruS have baltimore and Washington.
This showed the big Leagues hand In an
oral 10 the men. who are skilled IN adminis-
,eTns ihrow-downs. asked the Eastern
Lasass wa, to dscei Tii tha. 'Gis ths Na,ona ,aSsn
ias isasus ~ TfiiI TdfiiInt submit satisfactory terms
I'D '.Ids Of forty.eight hours. the Eastern
.ircui, sruH would consist OF eight cities.
ssssstep,sps sst s the circuit would be- increased to to
,sn sIuhs In word the Eastern League will
not allow itself 10 be Inconvenience at oil in a
natter thai could have been settled long ago.
ceiling and as one OF the Providence delegates
"It's simply another case OF trimming. Tho
National League men want TO trim everybody
except themselves, but in this case We will not
Even after the forty-eight hours leeway had
been granted there were few Eastern l.eaguers
who believed that fair terms would be offered
by the controllers OF baseball and they were
Wiling to predict that Baltimore and Wash.
ngton would be left of the baseball map ms far
s their league u concerned. The Eastern
League without Baltimore and Washington
car be made very strong, inasmuch rs Hart
ford and Hamilton were represented at yester.
iay's meeting by responsible men who showed
that interest IN those cities Is booming. Presi-
roady in about two weeks and that
h sGs,0N aso stated S Gf% sSas GR 'Re ann mprss
appointment and salaries had been left 10 him
agree TO split up gate receipts on the basis now
10 vogue in the National League half and half.
instead OF 60 and 40 per cent or 500 guarantee
per game. AZ q late hour last night the meet
lng adjourned.
There has been considerable mystery re-
gardlng the proposed hackers OF the WASH
SHe Hs last EasH nsh kSs e9s Sst as
several applicants for the, franchise, the most
bbets. Jr.. both Of whom are employed by the
ssdsn, fssH 'HS EGSe,s ne That tIa cs6 who wSs
them The IN control. The inference. as
soon as the application. was made. was that
a, soon as certain National League men got
hold OF the facts Il is believed that there was
rronpt Investigation. Treasurer Abel. when
formed Of the mater wTe1 baSSasEe
Nntely nothing whatever to do with the appli.
atOn, and that Ebbets, simpson X Co. were
aking the risk OF their own accord
d one another this explanation was not sats-
isc.ory, and more information was demanded
President Fbbets said TO The sun. reporter
last night when confronted with the facts:
vas mixed up. but It isn't / merely saw
chance for Tommy Simpson. who has been
With the Brooklyn club seventeen years, ind
NY son 10 build themselves IN In the Sase-
should not make the Washington club GO
There are number OF good players on tho
market, whom, Of course. they could buy, and
possibly they might secure few from the
they would have 70 pay for them ike anybody
sse The conditions named. however. for
them to undertake this burden are somewhat
onerous."
While the meeting was going on q, deal was
closed by which Frank q. Se!ee, the Boston
manager. d sposed OF his stock 10 the Wor-
iormer Chicago catcher. KlttridSe nrst bought
hs release from tho National League for
$40. although it was officially listed n.
manager. Ettridge promptly Opened neGo-
'iatOns for PLAYERS and said to THE Sun re-
porter that he expected to put crack team In
he field composed OF several eN-National
League payers. kttrdge was wanted on the
Boston team hut the generous Triumvirs were
not willing 10 pay the salary he received in
Washington. s.
The story in yesterdays Sun, that two mag:
natrs have been tampering with McGraw and
brought out two positive stdte-
meDts from the Brooklyn and 81 Louis own
es Frank De Hass Robson sent on this
despatch;
Dp,pIts all .tstenepts IN the contrary NcGraw
and Robinson will play ball In ST. Louis or can get
out oi The business This Is hnal
The Brooklyn officials said that no other
ma2nate in the League except Robson could
nave either OF the two eN-Batimore PLAYERS
under any circumstances or for any money,
and II they decided TO remain out in the cold
mat was their own business. They .professed
% know nothing about the names Of the tam.
lernE magnates. but they had pretty good
luea. II Is believed.
-, Manager Ewing OF the New Yorks Is seriously
~ lie was removed yesterday from the
sturteyant House to hotel further uptown
where he can have absolute rest. 1t is said
nat he Is suffering from liver trouble AMI that
hew not be- able TO reassume his duties tor
several weeks. III the meantime George Davis
vi take charge OF the New York players In
their spring practice" Ewing is heart broken
over hi Illness, for II comes at q time when his
etvlces are needed at the Polo Grounds. His
many friends sympathlze with him and hope
mat he " u be- out very shortly Ia his former
good health.
P0Lo GrouNDs. April 2.-lt was warmer here
Today and the New York players, wearing on
~ average Of four red flannel shirts, three
sweaters and overcoats. INDUCED in some
SPIRITED practice. When they got through
..neS were steamed out so that they were abe
.oIeave for home. KID Gleason and Hickman
arrived uron the scene and enjoyed the frost.
Lhe three Italians threw aside their snow
shgyes ses and thawet out the drains by building
%ohrre-. One Of them said tonight:
me deals mentioned yesterday have not
ghe through yet. but another wonder has ap-
Eiied Tor a lou. He j. fast on his feet, f. m
~ batter can play short, second and pitch at
he same time, and has been known to drink
EllV dgerS 1tter game without belnL seen
paseuth His application Is on the hook.