Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-13
The score at o'clock was as fol
BASEBALL CONTROVERSY.
Not Much Accomplished But the
 Players Get q Hearing.

Andrew Freedman, president of the New York baseball club has come to the conclusion that it would be wei! for him to see what's doing ill the N:.- tonal league. Accordingly he bctooz himself to the councils of the league yesterday and kept an eagle eye on proceedings. The club owners finally did gSt into session after q delay of Il day. #lt they did not accomplish much. simply because there was nothing to accomplish. None Of the committees is yet ready to report and the most important committee of all. so far is public interest is c0ncCrneG-that which conferred with ihe committee from the Players Protective assOciil- tion-w;fS compelled to postpone the presentation eff the report until t0-
 day.
 In the morning the players dele &AtcS-Irosident Zjmncr Ot tue Pitts
 burg club, Secretary Jennings of
 Brooklyn and Attorney Taylor met the league committee, composed Of Colonel John l. Rogers of Philadelphia \. II. SOden of Boston and John T.
 Brush of Cincinnati. and presrnted
 their demands regarding changes in
 th" contract. \ mpmoranNUm of
 tE"Sr demands was submitted to thr
 league, which was iE session in tll, afternoon. The principal points cover cl $n lie n"uorantiuin are as fellows: First Club oWucrS not to huv,. tli,
 right to ''r"s"TVr" players at . salary
 less than 1'lat provided for tile rn&u- . ing year. nor for iun.'r tls:ln three years. Second Club owners lnt 10 lly sell. ASSiGn. ti.idh. ic1ll a,. 'rpj. select ot rlHi!n S"rVi;,c of any player ro.. any
 period iA any W.ly "ithnut ITS written i rUDscnt.
 ! TAjrd-tHnb owners to Day plysi- cjanS' fees for Injuries received ill ! actual play
 . FoCrti-Nc playcr tn be suSpc!ulr,l i without pay more. than three, times q 1 season or more than t"'o weeks at a 1 IiM:p.
 Fifth-romnittcc Of arbitration. 1 one nlrlnbcr to hr chosen by owners,
 one by the players and third hy lh, 9,.
 two. such committee 10 pass oil alI i differences between players and GNn- i o"S
 ! At the request of the players thc | meeting of the committees was an l open cue, and they not only scored 2 i point here. but in coming boldly out . and demanding a Dcariug the Players | association has done what never was i done before. They made q plain ! statement of their case and q good | impression.
 ! Mr SOdpn stated that a. anp result ] of correspondence between Mir Taylor
 and the owners. the committee had
 been appointed to listen to tnc de- i iHand$ of the players. The committee
 ne said, was appointed last SrDtcm- | Der. but for various rcaSons could not meet the players committee until the ! present time. AEr Sodpn said that the i committee had no power to act. but | would report the conference back to l the meeting of the league
 The New York club has secured two
 new minor lea gue players in pulSifp1.
 and out fielder and Conroy. al first ! hasrmun. The Brooklyn club vcstc1- | day completed q deal bv which, ihpy i get ShartSt0p Eih,rtirld from Detroit. The rules committee. have received
 two suggestions from "ChicI'' Zitnmvr | tEp littShUr@ catcher. Zimmrr ~u"- 1 @eStS that in the future in all double ! hcad"lS' each game shall be limited
 i" seven innings instead of ninp He | also Su@~"StS that a rule be made l which will compel q pitcher to deliver , the bail aS the batter steps into the { hattrr'S box. Tn" proposed rule only ! permits the pilrlor tO deliver the ball l elsewhere in case q number k on one 1 of th" bases. This would do aWay
 with needless delays in games. It is
 often the cas" that q pitcher will delay l th" game by "Warmin% up by pltch- ing to a bASem1n. even though tho | batter has taken his Do&itiOn The new rule would compel the pitcher to deliver the hall to the plate immediate ly after a hatSman takes his position