The St. Louis Republic., 1900-03-09
Robson Hopeful.


Mr- E0bisu certainly I.uk.i hopeful AMI
from the fact that he WAS congratulated by
t.S asSO,iatr~ On speech wE!ch IT-y--lrd
the vote on the reduction sCh-m-. Il l. ~
te iT!-rr-,. thar h. put Up E.- fences t--i"rc
action waa taken and tnut -. Louis will
clubs.
Will" no n:rn,ter Of the League wg3Id dis
CIISs ti,. terms ~ s--itl.ir-us ad'uit .iI.s-
tuEii's eiiCit"d the information that BL'ii-
more and Washington would receive III cash
sum Hanging between SN.np and Spi.gsi
zach. with The privilege q; selling players
Tor what they might bring. The cash c"u-
slider alton merely covers the franchise The
iigur-s for cleveland and i,DuisN !I!- SI"up
zach seem 10 t.. -NC.SS:Es. hut the weight
of ..Vid-nr. sgS;ains Tia" theory lh:; MIR.
Robson and tie Te,Uubrablv pT-yfus really
held th" League up for this sum.
''Unce Nick Young. IL Was understood.
nGG com" 10 NeH Off laden with schedules
To cover every e'neTgen'y. but he said afr
the meeting that the question -; 4 schedule
wvGid have tn go over.
Il have Tot prepared an eigEt-5':.5 sChrL-
ui-" -,iii President Young ''and Il VIII
take some tim. :" get IL ready. There viii
have to be a special schedule meeting lat.r
OF in tn, year "E the League Will hav- /"
schedule TO bc vuiei upon hy mail N-ry
prnbab.y the latter p!au Wilt have 10 b-.
adopted"
Mr. Young said that a great burden had
been lifted from hi- shoulders by the action
taken tonight. lie had f"u'ed that the
IL -2u;!gtiorS would tsI through aUG that
trouble wuu!C result.
Every body Satisfied.
John T Brush also seemed e!IteJ over
TN. settlement and hsrangU-d the baseball
reporters for iiftern minutes after the meet
ing Without telling them auythIus Nj
Brush uIlGtrtDB. ip fight President
Freedman az New York. bot H.. has backed
down completely and j. now ready {" make
concession to th- New York mIgnHte. lie
81 ia a. much tonight.
.'li there is any dissatisfaction In any
quarter" he said. 1T will L- "vcrrU,u@
Ne will make CuEC"sSions Wherever n.c-S-
sary. But think everybody = satisfied
The SIu.pJ ne-d-I to settle with the FO.Ir
Withdrawing clubs will D. contributed Ly
ga. receipts A certain i,arrrntae- OF the
r., eIpts viii A. So, aside for Ihis p,ITr'.e..
until the whole amount has been paid into
tine League treasury. Meanwhile the with
diyidua. notes OF guarantees "f the big
eight"
smiles after the InectinE
We demanded Sl'.r. FOR the Washington
Club. players and an h." said. ''cr &p.1sJ
for tn. franchise only. We have. Sold only
the franchise and received therefor nearly
the amount we asked. w. expect TO Iual.--
up the d-ici-nCy by ia" sale ~ players. II
Is a case OF the highest bidder getting the
players with Us. and NO fIv"rs will he
granted 1" arg one.
Leave me alone: let me thirL." was the
burden of Manager hsnIOu'$ story when
asked what would become Ut the Hll'inOr"
Il have n number Of offers he added:
but all propositions Of this sort VIII hav.
20 be placed before tn. pr"I.TIrtVT~ or 're
brooklyn Club. and IL would br Idle fer me
To- sprCUlai. an iI,c distribution OT men uu-
til We get tOgg Their
Mr.. Ab-il and President Ebbetts talked IN
the same strain. and then Hsnl"n and
President Robson went on together for a
late supper.
President Pat Powers os the Eastern
I.eGfu. is Immensely pleased with the out
come oc the meeting. He plans to make
Baltimore and Washington winning TueIn-
bsrs uf the Eastern League. II IL prub-
able that "Bdlly' Barnes. formerly of the
Baltimore club will manage the Eastern
League club in that city. while Tom
Burns, formerly of Chicago. Will go TO
Washington.