Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-10
BASEBALL.
BASEBALL.
National League Will Meet To-
day at New York.
Uncle Nick Young favors A. G.
SpaIding for Next President.'
Many Difficulties to be SiTaighteneI Out. u
League Wants to Live.

1 t.Dbtrl b'ft w NaSHllSipH LOT Ne" 1 lbIh,
| Nc ndaY morning. to attend Ia" annual
| meeting of the organization, which Will
convene. Tuesday. in that city. When
| seen last evening, by a Star reporter
| II nClr Nick had aS usual, no news TO
! give out. hut said:
| ~ have told the National League mag
mates that the selection OF Albert q.
| Spaldinc as president of the orcanizat ton
| wouid u. splendid move Oh their pant.
| / have served the National League for
many Years and am perfectly willing 10
| retire on tn" laurcls which my friends
| tell me | have won Many of the club
| owners have asked me 10 remain ana [
| haVV no doubt that they are Net my
stanchest friends. Mr.. Spalding is indc-
pendently wealthy and has proved q good
| leader, heretofore. At the head Of tn"
National League h" cannot but command
| the greatest respect from friends and
cnrmi"s alike"
"Uncl" Nick is great believer il tho
| Iltur" nf the National League and say
! that ii will he doing business at the old
| stand for til" next IL years as heretofore.
| Ills ambition now is to land MS son
National League. Bob as all his friends
cal him. has worked with his father for
years. and Shoaid III bc selected for tn"
position OF secretary. would still hav" III.
| advice of ''l-ncl. Nick" in an emergency
/ Robert is a graduate IF Columbian Law
| School and has maI.. th. study OF base
ball a special one. .NS n result everything Z
| has been handled in shipshapr order in
| Years, and 4 CONTINUATION "f this stat" of
| affairs is promised Sh"lld Robert bc s.
| l"ct"d for the new pDSt ot secretary.
| Regarding the coming meeting III New
York Of the National L"agI. thr New
| York Sun says:
No matter with whom tnc baseball sij-
nation in thu National !..aga- is dis
cuSSsd. tn" opinion is invariably forth
| coming ha; til" old organization that has
| controlled tho national ~ me- tor tn. pa,
= vars is in g pr"cari"uS condition
Gradually III. sound business rn.rha,l~
| that built In. leuEl" up to a standard
that commanded II" respect ami support
uf the community Eat" faded away uut!l
chaos rriEns SIpr"nlr h"ca.ls. Of tn" pre-
domlu"nC" OF an clement ;hat has been
pronounced pr-iuolivi-u tu ih' best inter-
cSts of the sport
som" have declared that H., r. is now
n comhin" IL control, ha. thlS combine
c"nSit. "f III. BuSt"r, \cw York. Pitts
DurE. Cincinnati ana ST. Louis clubs, ana
! that th"S" clubs ur" Sha ping h.. policy
upnu which III" l.IEu.- is rn Itnrrauiz,u
But "a a man vino knows IN. iuS ANA outs
| "f haSt haIl politics it is iuI,"ssbl- /" be-
| LEY, thHt such i Cnmbil" "NiStS. IL Is
THt. however. thtt one or tNo ma Gn:tt,.~
who arr >"'f-upp"int"d leaders have had
their 'aiS together for some TIM T.st-t
with fhc result ,hAt the lr;igli,. TO-DAY, in
I'M rr'.s nG III, pIhlir. has nlati, On,. .i
| In" most lnudViSdhl. moves an record.
John n. BruSh III Cincinnati has been
the boss schem,r IL the lragur-fnr years
Il was IruSh "h", hy his transactions il
tn. league, rrlutlN. Il, Mn. r,luNrr ,IJl.Stiu-i
was directly responsible, for tn. brother
| mood wdr in 1891 whicls knocked tn game
higher than Il kilt. IL was also EriI.h
who by his schemes t. rlpS.t th.. Am,ri-
can League. when Shat huuy was .xcIl-
Siv.ly western in mak.-rD. was the
cou~t. nf III. expansion nf Johusnn's rir-
cult. According to excellent authority il
is BrISh now vino is attempting to rn-
siuc,r i series II big d..ais In baseball
havoc in the business end of rhc gam.
Then what MI! til, maEn;.t.s IL, nrxt
week Rrush'e ,nmitv coward Rogers III
rhila,rlphil ana r'rr..im,ti.'- aucinnthv
fnr tn, SruukIvr, yJul, i,r,. minis nr inter
est i'd has h..r ou,uI. G-rl:tr.l thtt
Rogers must q t. H., wg.l. Ia spit. II
thr i:tr, that ~. owns II s-.pusr plant ANA
ia, ~ ,rauChiS. I:ri1sl .,ud It..,.r> b..d
a TIKI IL III. I,,ws,:r. I;,st min,.r nynr
TIL. ratlur.. Of th,. American \S~n.it1jnt
which WAS organized ul .,slrr t. tigl.
, tn, American League.
Rogers had th.. rign. ,.ud NJ mn. .lru,-
mrui hut H.. has been . marked man ryr~
since. I'll, Philld,.lphiI ruinl,l Inwoy..r
Is thnrpughIy thl,, al. ,.tl... ..rt nf himself
His record in baseball i. ..onI in tn,t m.
has stood tur cI.au g;nrt tud omen
handed M thods 1T I.r.,,i md his fr,ruf.
attempt t. iniIr,. Rogers III. sh,rIis ,,r,.-
dtr- Ii merry tim. ~ til, t'itth Ny,iu,.
Hot,i The. nrornSiiinl, nt .hn I,r,nLI1,
club is env,.I5ue,i IL 4 haze IN. Ernnk
| Iln rrupl. nav.. not h,.n cnnsIIItod AZ In
and are not in touch with thr situatin,,
JrjSf why the should H.. rn,d. t..r,,.tc Nh.
assaIlt is 1or ,I.Ir lIuI,.su !, * I.r,,,.,.
tn. Erookl,ns won tIyn chamt,innsbi,.
ana Incidentally dr;,rrt..d III M. my, il,
teams rwn.d by tn. nnss s,I.m..rs iu
| things considered tn. marnat.s when
th,,- ;rriy,. In This city viii h.,,-, -,l..nt /.
| Ia nccIpv their minds
| TO offset ana also t,, disrlIpt this MI
| tianM ANsnciation of Professional H,S..-
| bali Leagues tn, National I.acl.
| schemes headed b. Er1sh h,y, f,st,rnd
| what is known az fh.. \n,rri,a, \ssori:,-
| tion Of I,rofrssionai Hus,h,II ,.I,ihs m.
| prime mny.rs IN Til. .,n.,n. .,rn Il II
| Watkins nf Indianapnlls ana Thomas i
| Hickey formerly pr,.si,i,,ut of IN. Nest
! rrn League Watkins Has been IN IN. .m-
I pioy Of Brush and everything h,. does is
| considered as comirG from tn. Cincinnati
| n,agnat. If the Am.rIc.l \s>oclation
| which is slated to TAX. in Kansas titv.
s. Paul Minneapolis Milwaukee,. colum-
| bus Toledo. IouISyiil. and lndianapnIiS
| is n: co. il will rrc..iV. protrction from th,.
| antagonist 10 III" w NtNt:rn League. which
| r. = prominent factor ~ IN makeup "t
| tht Nauohal NSS"clatl"h brush ana his
! lI1endS hgurc that ih"N ,an create 4
| Stainptd" among n" MINOR leagues -
| mat wh"n tht tiin' comes thcN VIII desert
! ne Nth"nai Association ana one" NOR.
| L"ck T. m, "ld standard under which
| !l"$ suffered lnluStic, Tor 50 many ye;'rS.
! lflchc4, VINO htll'cu brush !hd ATKINS,